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CK, V. nice start - will follow along as well. In case you were curious 🤔 Swiss Air flight from JFK to Zurich.
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Mark, As fiddly as the gun port jigsaw is a lot of work - And it does result in perfectly located and sized openings - And for me this would have been a lot easier than having to cut, size, and locate 68 of these -- great job Model Shipways !!
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Richard, In MVHO Watco is the "go to" option. I know many builders protect their work with Varathane types of sealers. Again just my very own personal opinion - I typically don't like the "looks" that result. I totally understand why builders add sealers - time would dry timbers, glues etc - protection is important. That said my Santa Maria was Watcco'd 43 years ago and still looks exactly the same. My second build (Vasa) no sealing at all. It will be the same for my current 3rd build. In any case it won't be "my" problem in the future - just my son's haha Lastly your skills with planking are so perfectly in scale - I would think that certain types of sealers would look "out of scale" given the quality of your work. And looking at your new posts those skills are continuing in Spades. Cheers,
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Peter, Re: the rotary tool and the lathe - it takes a bit of practice. Also several light passes work best. Turning the lathe on and off between passes lets you really see how the yard looks (spinning hides errors.). The real tricky part is pinning the end of the yard dowel directly at the center.of the lathe tip. Otherwise there will be a slight wobble - then it's almost impossible to get the yard properly reshaped. I also vary the rotary sanding wheel sizes as needed. funny 1400CS my first laptop- then, of course, needed get AOL. - could not think of a log in name - it became and still is MD1400cs - haha. (I'm a post WWII boomer - though the Admiral says that I'm still immature (glad she still notices)
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EJ, You are always so kind thanks indeed. BUT - I can only claim very little with these sails Yes: I bought the material, steeped the cloth in black tea, cut the paper patterns from kit provided sails, had an "idea" on how they should look -- that's about it Then went to the same sewing sewing school that I used for the Vasa sails. There I was totally immersed in my teachers step-by-step instructions An YES without her complete assistance and that brilliant computer machine - well you know the rest haha Here are the step-by-steps that I used. Cheers,
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Hi mates, Finishing up the other two masts as well as attaching the yard hailing ropes; decided to somewhat divert away from the Occre specific rigging instructions -- including adding double fiddle blocks at each end of the yards + other changes. For example Occre’s instructions for attaching parts of the sails to yards – just below sails - are not correct IMO. Other issues as well. Re-worked the stunt boom yard structural support to “fit” the look that I wanted. That copper tape was much too thin. Instead used thicker model car pin striping tape then banded the supports with same type of tape. Will probably add two small nails to each side – to finish off how it would have been secured to the yards. Made the sails (first pic is Occre included sails) – that said, sails should probably be hemmed with rope as well (though some museum models that I have looked at do not border sails with rope – probably because the rope is wrapped within the hems?). Started to do that (thread the rope) but became too fiddly. In any case sails will be mostly furled – I think? So skipping that detail for all four sails. General pics. Give you the ideas –Hmmm need to “clean up” underside of that platform some bits are badly finished off. Thanks for dropping by Cheers,
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Peter, PS: I saw your photo - I used to do it that way as well - takes way too long IMO. I found this better method at one of our members build logs - so much easier, faster, and easy to shape. Took photo just posing yard FYI. If you have a rotary tool give this a try. Cheers,
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Peter, Great find indeed. Sat - will have 2 coffees and spend time there. Thanks for posting link 😊
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Dave, Always great catching up. Beyond excellent work! PS: your sequence for making the deadeye stropping - now my go to... I used metal wires in my last build, copper would have been SO MUCH easier to work with. Great advice - thanks for sharing your technique.
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Patrick, Yes ALL charts. That said could be column, line, pie, bar, ...... all confusing indeed. including your Dutch word A naval chart is just another name for a map, could also be nautical chart. FYI https://mapshop.net.au/mscharts.html
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Well your superb deck won't be covered in paint - but clear "marine lacquer" - perfect!- your attention to scaled details are simply a pleasure to look at.
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P. As always - a treat to follow. - love the map (could have been called a chart in those days??) MJD
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Richard, Awesome start - yes your planking is indeed beautiful work. -almost a shame that it will be covered with paint. Brought my chair will also follow along... Cheers,
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Matt, Nice start. Will follow along - This one is on my "long List" Always loved this ship. Though, as you prob. know, there is much controversy as to how all of those stern and galleries really looked - depending on diff decades of service; along with the controversy of the circumstances of how she caught fire in 1697 - ending her long career. Cheers,
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Mark, Yes indeed, as Frank said, quick turnaround. Great choice. I know nothing about Model Shipways product quality - so it will be fun to follow for that as well. Good luck! Bringing my chair as well Cheers,
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Martyn, Certainly great relief for you regarding your wife - cheers ! Your rigging is looking excellent - happy that those files (I got them from Karl) were useful as well. Still odd to me that DeAgostini would have poor rigging sheets as part of their kit. Frank (fmodajr) and I were laughing yesterday about STILL waiting for the Vasa II rigging book to be released - should have been about two years ago. Our Vasa's would still be collecting dust waiting for the rigging to be done as close as poss. to original with historical accuracy -- haha PS: According to Fred Hocker the 1/10th is not quite right either. He mentioned that some bits are "English" - Regards,
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Dave, Always a pleasure and a learning exp. to drop by your log. PS: Yes those guns are indeed awesome (carriages are no that bad either haha) Cheers,
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Frank, Really superb project. Your attention to details are very noticeable indeed. Nice change from our "typical" logs makes this build even more interesting as well. Regards,
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Frank, Thanks indeed. We all learn from each other - Glad that some of my ideas are useful for you as well. My work would not be as "good" or as evolved today - had it not been for all that I have learned from and adapted following other builder's logs, yours included. Also all of the very kind advice that members have posted in my logs have been super helpful. Still learning and experimenting a lot - also part of the fun --- figuring out solutions that are "out of the box". Cheers,
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Update: Non-soldering solution to Stuns’l Boom Irons, and learning soldering dilemma (mine). Found this very useful article. Sharing indeed worth a read. Photos are self explanatory – with some added notes. Making yard details.HOW TO,pdf copy.pdf
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The Lazy Saint - you are so kind - thanks - yes a cross-section is a nice change from accustomed to usual work. Learned a lot working with interiors including new vocabulary 😀- nice variation. PS: My Admiral has called me your avatar -- well sort-of --- haha Patrick - as alway thanks - yes talented indeed - scale is another matter for me. Tom - good thanks for the post So I have decided to do a plan "B" will post an update once things have been worked out. As always thanks s much mates for your continued thoughts and just dropping by.
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Looks to be an excellent project - Very nice start!! Got my chair to follow along as well.
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I’ve always been impressed with builders that also work with metal and solder. Way beyond my skill set. But, now I need to get more skilled. --------------------------------------- Completed shaping the lower main yard, also knowing that for the first time I would also need to add Stuns’l Boom irons. Thought that I would use the 2 kit bits, but then decided that “scale look” was an issue (for me). This dilemma also created an opportunity to attempt to learn new skills. Making the rings was, of course, super simple. Two possibilities just drill two holes through the small rings, add a rod, CA the three bits then paint black – or solder the three parts together then blacken the copper in a solution. My concern is that once I solder a rod to one ring then try to solder the second ring – the re-heat will disconnect the first two parts haha Or – brain just woke up - drill two holes through rings insert rod through each hole (at once) that go deeper through each ring, then solder both together – later cut the inside rod protrusions, dip in blackening solution – though I don’t think that the solder will turn black? Need to spend some time here --- hmmmm! In any case the sails are done, but boom metal bits need to be fitted first. Also need to probably purchase a hobby torch or soldering gun, then determine what type of solder to use. Mates any help here would be greatly appreciated. I will also look at help sections here at MSW. Cheers,
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Hennie, By the way -- Yes to your decision NOT to use the kit provided pre-fabricated upper deck planking sheets. Makes for indeed a big improvement. If I ever get to this kit I will also build the upper deck plank-by-plank. Looking at your's make this one very tempting for me -
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