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Michael, As EVERYONE has noted - Yes indeed your planking work is superlative. Hard to believe that you will cover it up with a second layer. Do you intend to plate the lower sections of the hull? The HMS Victory are one of those ships that make me just too nervous to even consider. Then there is the real estate war that would follow with the Admiral haha Will follow along & congrats on your newborn. -
Greg, WOA!!! indeed. found your log as it turned up on just posted updates. So in my "quick ignorance" saw your title and thought, "Hmmm what is an airship doing here?" then opened you log and got amazed (apologies for too many "like" clicks -- Your are indeed - as was mentioned - a master of plastic, PE, paint, research and aging - much more indeed. Brilliant work - So glad to follow along. Will need to go to your other builds as well - though don't see links in your signature (will find) Again superb work Regards,
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Martyn, Woa!! for a moment I thought that you had added photos of the 1/10th stern as an example- then realized!! - it is your brilliant painting details - You've set the bar very high for this kit - well done Cheers,
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Hi Mates, Martin – you are way too kind – big thanks ================== Update on deck guns –work in progress (paint details need to be fixed along with other bits) First so much for thinking ahead – did not even think about room on deck when I added rear train tackles to the carriages. Grrr As I did for the upper deck guns tried to also add the look of the capsquare eyebolt and keys to the carriages. Decided to at least add those to the three main deck guns – really simple to do. Then thought to add a challenge by also adding chainlinks that attach the keys to the carriages. Went to Michael’s Art supplies looking for a miniature jewelry chain that might work. Bit of paint and “looked ok” needs “touch up”. Next - made a jig template of sorts to measure, cut and attach second eyebolts to the breeching tackles – will be an easy install – just secure the guns and slip the eyebolts into pre-drilled holes. The jig makes adjusting and knotting other rope to eyebolts very easy Oh yes – got creative with the barrels – added a flat clear-coat to the sanded brass but now looks like flat gold paint – not happy with that – but oh well too late. I did a similar thing with my last build – scraping the emblems on the guns then adding a clearcoat –so faded the look almost disappeared so there is hope. I know that the brass rings on those guns is not remotely “correct”.
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Grant, SUPERB example of this super difficult (to achieve correctly) ship - Well done indeed.
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Excellent - really enjoy looking at your work PS: Damn that lathe is older that me.
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E.J., Just catching up on this one - looking super. Your scarf joints for the whales are perfect - Will add your technique to my memory banks- Great hull and deck work as well. Cheers,
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Denis: Thanks much appreciated - wanted to add just a bit to the visual - Regarding pins they are too short and a bit too large. Will let that go, as the rope coils will cover much of the scale issues IMO Working on carriages now. Very fiddly and time consuming - so tiny -, since I will only have three cannons on the main deck decided to take the extra time to fully rig them. That said I see that my trunnion cuts are too far forward on the carriages. Will need to remove those upper rows of wood, add new bits then re-groove further aft. Need to also make three quoins to fit under the guns. I don’t think that I will articulate the capsquares with keys and eyebolts. Did that for the lower gun deck carriages – totally lost work. Fun experiment, but Hmmmm Regarding the guns – just playing around – might un-blacken those rings – at least the ones at the breeches – just for their look – certainly incorrect historically. Might add rammers and shot triangled boxes. Will post when all is installed and completed. It will be a while haha… As always mates thanks so much for looking in and posting comments and likes……
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LF, Nice variation for a build log. Will follow as well. I'm using the instructions for the cross section that are included in the full ship kit for my cross section of same. There are more details added to your kit for the cross-section bit that are available with just cross-section instruction booklet (odd?) I'm also tempted to buy the full kit and attempting it later. Those would be a great side-by-side -- I have also read the the stern section is not too good. Other builders have done some great "fixes" to that area. You might want to look around at other build logs as well when you get into that area. Good luck with this one. Cheers,
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Thank Dave and Frank - mates thanks for the likes!! Continuing upper deck work. Added pin rails - rear rail and railing are not attached. Will add, much later, rear railing after I add hail and yard lines. Need to add deck blocks, rig carriages as well. Tried to use my Proxxon lathe to add details to knightheads - abject failure so improvised with left-over stanchion bits instead. Cheers
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Hi Mates, Been away from the shipyard for a couple of weeks. Added a few minor bits – but first Dave: thanks very much as an avid follower of your cross-section – very touching - thanks again Federicoaa: I looked briefly at the rigging sheets some time ago, as I am close to adding pinrails and blocks to the deck (no rigging at this point). Yes, you are right some lines do not have locations noted – My solution is in the last photo. This build will not go into any competition haha- so line locations are not SO important. That said somehow someway the Admiral will notice any line/pin errors hahaha Ferit: I think that you posted a question about how hull stairs could be climbed. That has been a question for me as well. Found very little at “Google University” – but there are apparently two methods – one of which I photographed from the 74 Gun ship bible book 2 (Jean Boudroit) With regard to stair alignments – Chose, the easier of the two solutions. well it is what it is. E.J. from your log - great idea for side skid contours. Cheers,
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Tom, Very excellent work - PS" you are right resurfacing the pins is a great "in scale" idea. Typically kit included wood pins are way out-of-scale. Alternative is buying aftermarket metal examples - hummmm? . Your idea is excellent. Regards,
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Katsumoto, This kit is absolutely NOT based on the Corel version; Corel's example is the least accurate of all the Vasa kits available (yes, mine was a Corel) Of the Deagostini examples in progress Marek's work here is brilliant. He has really captured the finely detailed colorful artwork that was present on the original - based on analysis of wood figures found after its resurrection. The museum's replicated carvings are an excellent tool to use as guides.
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Frank: The knightheads will go through the upper deck and attach to the upper gun deck floor. Also need to figure out what kinds of details to those four. The ship was first rate - so certainly the knightheads were sculpted as well. BTW the kit provided pins are way too large. Will toss those - and gold metal no less.
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Denis: Yes that rail cutaway is part of the cutaway - might be overkill on my part - here are a couple more photos, including one from the outer hull. =========================== Started work on the stairs as well as the chainplates. Decided to use Amati parts for the deadeyes. Learned something. Apart from the fiddly business of wrapping these small strap rings around the deadeyes, I also knew that those brass parts should be black. Did not want to first dip all of those bits into Brass Black liquid, and then put them all togethre - way too messy - was just going to leave all of those bright. Then by chance decided to dunk a wood deadeye into the Brass Black solution - well (I sort of thought so) but Brass Black did not also blacken the wood deadeye. So then just dipped all of the completed assemblies into the solution. Rinsed and you can see the results - very acceptable. Thanks for the likes and just stopping by.....
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Yes indeed, very beautiful. Ulises was very helpful with my effort with my Vasa. He was kind enough to send me jpgs of all of his kit's running rigging sheets after I decided to also add sails to my Corel example. I also looked over so many of his build log photos for help - Thanks again UV. Cheers,
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Congratulations indeed! As we would presume to say here in your old colonies - "Now that's a Grand Slam of a job. Though it seems that you had good help from two of our colonist's businesses for supplies lol... As always B.E. your work is superlative, and always a pleasure and learning experience to follow. Cheers
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B.E., Just catching up --what brilliance AGAIN !! - Cheers,
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