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To be honest i wouldn,t worry about having moving parts ,as u say who will move them anyway ? i would be more concerned about the finished look  . problem with moving parts is people are inclined to move them and usually break them !!!!

don,t be gutted ,, think , am i building a model or a replica ?????

it becomes a lot easier when u come to the answer 1

Are u buildin one a week now ?????????? 

looks good .i,m tempted !!!

Better or worse than the model expo kit ?????????

 i,m fishing ???

Welcome to MSW .

hi Mike , glad to see u go started .. logic tells me that the grove should be on the inside of the bend ,especially if it is only a slight bend . but i could be wrong !!! good luck .

of course do a build log ,even if it,s only pics it lets us see what the kit looks like .. just in case I ever get around to building one ..

yours Biggles .

i thought cornwall pricey ,, was wondering if u had ordered from Model expo ,, and how it worked , no prob will keep an eye on ebay 

Welcome spider , it,s always advisable to read the instructions well in advance of the stage u are at. i,m not familiar with Mamoli kit or the instructions but from experience kit instructions can sometimes be a bit basic , search the forum for similiar builds and any questions they don,t answer ,just ask ,, lots of willing helpers here . It looks like your lower decks will be fitted with only the cannon barrels ,no carriage , which is simple enough , . The upper decks will prob have complete cannons , but u still should have room to fit them . I would be inclined to finish the hull planking before fitting to many small pieces on decks as they may get damaged in the planking process , good luck with the build and may all your problems be small ones !!!

Boyd 

just out of interest ,, Mike ,, where do u buy the planes from , is it Cornwall ??

Welcome from N Ireland , and don,t worry we are all our own worst critic,s . Just have fun learning !!!!

lookin great ,, what,s next ?????

your committed now , there is no goin back , but i feel your pain !!!

i,d be happy at that 

FINISHED !!!!!

Hi Mike , i,m not sure there is a fixed distance , as i understand the distance would be shortened over time as the rigging was tightened , i could be wrong ? in a few examples i looked at the space seemed to be about twice that of the deadeyes themselves , eg if the deadeye is 10 mm the pace should be 20 mm .. Personally i think it more important to have them all spaced the same be it wide or narrow , hope this makes sence , Others may have a more specific answer .,,

Welcome Richard ..  I built the cruiser as my second build a few years ago . Given that u have some experience u should have no problem . Just take your time and use it as a learning build ,, good luck !!!

I got the bow area what i think is finished to-day .

You see thats what i mean about rigging ,even remembering all the different names gets me confused !!!! or are u like me and keep a book beside the computer ??? 

But seriously ,u seem to know what u are doin , and makin a great job of it too.

sounds bad , we only have a couple of inches , although the east and south of us  seem to be getting it worse .

If gold it will look well , 

Stay warm ,, Boyd 

glad to know u survived the" beast from the east "  though it not quite finished yet . There is a heck of a lot of ornimation on your build, will u need to paint it all ???

i was really just checkin to see if u all were payin attention !!!!!!!!  simple solution would have been to turn them around but the lashing i had on wasn,t well enough finished to be on the top , so resorted to brass strips , , probly looks better anyway  . 

cheers Boyd 

refurbished anchors 

Mike ,,  i forgot u are in the highlands aren,t u ???    good excuse to batten down the hatches and get some peacefull buildin time   . Believe it or not a neighbour of mine was cutting and baling silage this morning (, if u know what that is ?) it was a field that was to wet to get on since last July , this is the first time the ground has been hard enough to get machinery on .It,s just startin to snow here now but i think we will escape the worst of it .

Keith ,, safe home ,, sorry i don,t speak foreign languages !!!!!!!!   only -4 here , i,m in my shorts 

Keith ,, note a chance , all i want now is to get her to a stage i content with and into a case of some sort and move on to the next build . i,m probably the only one who will ever see her anyway , and i have discovered i do not like rigging .Did u get much of the beast from the east yet ???  We are cold but not much snow yet anyway !