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Mark, EXCELLENT..I am also struggling with the chainplates. Age of Sail also sent me those Amanti plates, but with round blocks. I found that trying to assemble them was futile. So now I'm working with those included in the kit, but they are not correct either. I would like to get better looks at what you did, it really looks excellent. I would like to revisit those Amanti pieces and follow your excellent design. I also like those triangle shaped blocks. Would you be so kind as to post a close-up of how you adapted those pieces, especially at the block end? It looks as though you also shortened the plate and bent it over the brass rings which you inverted to loop towards the inside. The pic is What Corel supplies for several of its kits. Not even a single, but a trike out. Also way too long. Thanks in advance Michael
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JP, Thanks the admiration is certainly mutual (:-) Your log has also been such a pleasure to follow. I've learned a lot from your very copious and well illustrated postings. Your Rattlesnake is super. PS: Good luck with your Victory as well. That ship separates the adults from the children (I'm just a "teen" so far) Michael
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Lawrence, Hi, those double laminated blocks are NOT mine. They are from Andre's very beautiful Wasa also a Corel kit. I was just using HIS pic as a reference from his build log. If you have not dropped in on his build, you are missing a really beautiful project. I do not (yet) have the Proxxon 37110 milling machine. I will order that very soon That should complete my need for tools. When the milling machine with the XY table arrive, I will try to slot those double deck vertical pulley blocks. I do thank you for you your nice comments about the triple blocks, I did those "by hand" so they are a bit sloppy, but came out better than I hoped for. Regards, Michael
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Andre, I'm happy that my build is also of benefit to yours. I have learned so so much by visiting other builders' logs here at MSW. My skills have so improved as well. Yes that Proxxon milling machine will be mine after the new year. I went back and looked at your upper railings again, they do look so good. I was also going to follow your idea on how you designed the deck rope vertical pulleys (I don't know their specific name) The pic below is from your build. Very nice. Question?? where did you obtain those brass pulleys? Again, I appreciate your nice comments. Michael
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Hi JP, Yes to all of the above comments. I also really like your hull treenails Whoa. beautiful. Nice to see your updates again. Regards, Michael
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Joachim, So nice to see an update on your build. Wacko is SO correct. The amount of superlative extra details, at every step of your build, that you are incorporating is so beautiful to see. Your quality of work is superlative. Your ship is already certainly light years ahead of the basic kit. Whoa Nice, very nice indeed. Regards, Michael
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Lawrence, Thanks for your confidence, Yes it will be a challenge, especially the masts and spars, much more detailed that the century earlier Vasa. I also plan to copper the lower hull. I'm gathering much info and numerous photos, placing those into files so that when I start it won't be a total mystery. Though it seems that very little original information is available regarding the details of this ship. Michael
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Matti, Thanks. Yes, noted on the nails I agree with you. Also had I been more educated regarding this ship in its early build stages, I would have also added tree-nails to the upper areas of the hull timbers, as seen on the 1/10th. Nonetheless, I'm ok with this look. PS: your red scheme is super nice. Michael
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Nigel, Thanks for your nice thoughts. Yes you are right a milling machine is a must. As can be seen the block grooves are a bit sloppy, as I was running the drill back and forth by hand. Now that I am much more serious, and passionate about this hobby, slowly tools are "showing up" (:-) Here are pics of my small work area. I took over our departed son's room (he lives in S. Francisco), it has become my hobby room. The last pic is what is really needed. It's on my Amazon cart, but I will need at least two very copious portions of Lagavulin 16, neat- before clicking "buy" PS: the Best of the smoky's. A bit north of your neck of the woods, but for Scotch Hmmmm the choices you have in the UK are wonderful. I remember Oddbins (:-) As always, thanks for your stopping by. Regards, Michael
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Hello everyone, A minor very tiny update, but one that I am actually comfortable with, this one is peaceful for me. It was small but rather labor intensive, as it took several attempts to get "ok". From the first 1/10th pic, I wanted to add these two rope blocks with three pulleys to my weather deck. Below was my solution. The pics are self-explanatory so I won't drone on. A couple of points to note; 1) That second drill bit is the one that goes sideways to make trenches (name escapes me) 2) I used small cannon rigging blocks to simulate the pulleys within the wood blocks. As you note, I cut them in half and rounded them off. They are a bit oval purposefully. Once inserted, they didn't crowd the edges within the main block, allowing for rope (I don't plan to add sails (at this point) so these two blocks are just to add detail. I was going to add those small block nails as seen on the 1/10th. Since my build is lacking those in so many places, I skipped that effort. Next up will be to drill all cannon doors hinge, and rope holes. I won't share that (:-), and then on to the ratline hull braces. Looking forward to those. As usual thanks so much for dropping in, so appreciated. Regards, Michael
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Joachim, As usual, you're so kind. Coming from you I so appreciate the compliment (:-) Hope to get some updates from your build soon. Cheers, Michael
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Simply astonishing work. !!!! Michael
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Lawrence, Thanks. Hmmmm so appreciate your confidence in my abilities, as well as this Vasa, but mentally the Victory would "freak me out" (:-) SO love that ship. My (and many other's) all time favorite for sure. I did have the pleasure of boarding her. Super memorable experience ( I shared that previously) My next build, already under my table, is a cross section (Santisima Trinidad) Thought that I would explore something very different. Possibly after that one I would attempt your ship. Again my hats off to you victory guys. Regards, Michael
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Frank, Thanks so appreciate your really nice words. Michael
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Lawrence, Thank you for your very nice thoughts, I cherish the compliment. I'm not super comfortable with my decision, in retrospect, of having purchased the Corel, the Billings is a much superior. That being said, when it comes to the masts and riggings I can hopefully get much more accuracy as I move forward. PS: You Victory guys are so above my league. That is probably the most difficult ship to build, with the SOS somewhere just behind. The painting alone on the V. is scary.
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Thanks Joe, much appreciated. MIchael
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NIgel, YES, sawing those metal figures was a bit of a chore. Some didn't end well, but since I sort of doubled my inventory I ended up with enough acceptable halves to paint and install. These figures are an other area were Corel did not go its proper research. This kit needs an upgrade. Its been around for decades and has certainly paid for itself in spades by now. Coupled with the huge success of the museum I would imagine that this is still an excellent SKU for Corel. Perfect opportunity to upgraded both the kit's accuracy as well as, of course, its price. Regards, MIchael
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Andy, Thanks as always. Take care of yourself right now (:-) MIchael
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Matti, Super nice. After following the Vasa Builds here, I agree with you, the Billings, in retrospect should have been my purchase choice as well. The Corel, for all of its nice features is not very accurate. It needs a lot of customizing. Your Billings right-out-of-the-box is very well designed. The only deficit for a kit of this cost are the decorative pieces. They would have been much nicer in metal, in my opinion. However since they all needed to be painted I suppose that it is a small fault. The pieces are certainly very accurate to the original, Corel's are not. You chose well. Your build is excellent. Regards, Michael
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Andy, I'm also just catching up. So sorry for your loss. These events are never easy. Please take care care. Sincerely. Michael
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Hi everyone, So finally an update that actually has moved forward, working on adding the outer rail decorative figures. One side is complete. Turns out that the 1:10th has theses figures carved in two dimensions (same as the 1:1). Corel supplies their kits with complete three-dimensional figures. So, I sawed them in half. Corel also supplies only one form of these figures, whereas the Vasa actually had several different looking figures, mounted in various forms of clothing and colors. So, I painted them all the same to reflect the example in the photo below of the 1/10th (the one next to the cannon.) But allowing myself a bit of artistic license I kept a gold tinge in the hair. Them being Nordic and all (:-). I also finished the railing white trim on both sides. As usual thanks for dropping in. Regards, Michael
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Matti, Nice update. looking very excellent. Be sure to put the "first class" toilets in the right place (:-) Regards, Michael
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Mark, Very nice work. Sergal sure got things right with this kit. Love the cannons. Regards, Michael
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Andre, Nice update. Your railings look excellent. Nice work. Regards, Michael
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