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  1. Old Collingwood
    Really good work. OC.
  2. Old Collingwood
    Its great to bond the inside seams of a ships hull probably the same inside a planes fuselage. OC.
  3. Old Collingwood
    Thank you Piet, its amazing what can be done with an already very well constructed kit - it makes detailing it so much easier. OC.
  4. Old Collingwood
    Right then plan for tomorrow - Im going to try some knitting - only joking, I am "wait for it - wait for it" going to build/paint/weather and fit the anchors as the cables are there so is the cathead. OC.
  5. Old Collingwood
    Thank you so much for saying that mate - getting compliments like this is just so inspiring, and puts a smile on this pirates face OC.
  6. Old Collingwood
    Thank you wallace - Im actually enjoying the rigging (not so much the shrouds). OC.
  7. Old Collingwood
    Very nice finish mate. OC.
  8. Old Collingwood
    Thats a great repair mate as you say so much better than filling and sanding. OC.
  9. Old Collingwood
    Thank you denis, it was thrown together at a stage of none model building. OC.
  10. Old Collingwood
    So I got my second wind - so I glued inplace the upper/topgallant mast - got it ligned up, then I constructed the front upper stay, first I built the bowsprit block attachment - this forms a triangler rig, then I lashed the top of the upper mast secured it with ca and ran the stay through the bowsprit block, it will be tentioned and lashed when I attach the four side stays down to the deadeyes. Three more pics. OC.
  11. Old Collingwood
    Thats what I thought mark - with the tention off all that standing rigging, I have even braced the inside of the main mast sections where they were two part sections. OC.
  12. Old Collingwood
    Good start on the build all the best. OC.
  13. Old Collingwood
    Like a scene from gullivers travels. OC.
  14. Old Collingwood
    Lovely work mark. OC.
  15. Old Collingwood
    More progress today - next was the pre-molded topmast/topgallant, I decided to have a go at replacing the topmast section for a piece of wood dowel, first I cut off the mastcap assembly - then after cleaning it up a bit, I drilled a hole to take the thicker end of the topmast, then I shapped it so it was narrower towards the top, then again I drilled a hole into the top mastcap - after I glued both sections between the wood topmast with ca. I decided to use the plastic topgallant but smeared it with ca and cleaned the exsess off - this helps to strengthen the plastic, I then forc
  16. Old Collingwood
    Thank you sincerley EJ. OC.
  17. Old Collingwood
    First rate craftmanship - she is looking superb. OC.
  18. Old Collingwood
    Hi mate how you doing. OC.
  19. Old Collingwood
    Sadly no more or all three of them, I used to love seeing the Sea King - S41 coming over me daily, ok the Merlin had taken over but there not the same thing. OC.
  20. Old Collingwood
    Sad faces - Deadeyes? OC.
  21. Old Collingwood
    Yep it is taking A lot more time and concentration but I think its paying off, its also a geat way to learn more about seamanship and nautical terms (before building the pearl if somone had mentioned a Lift - I would have thought - people getting in it to go up or down) OC.
  22. Old Collingwood
    I realy like the idea with the wings - adds more interest to an already attractive build. OC.
  23. Old Collingwood
    I thought I would show a kit I built straight out of the box, it was based on a real helicopter I used to see often, it fell together fairly quickly in about four days, I used tamiya enamel paints - satin finish I think. Anyway here is my old kit and the photos that I took of the real thing. OC.
  24. Old Collingwood
    Evening all - more progress with the foremast, firstly I painted the lower deadeyes and ropes, then I did the same to the tops - after this was dry I worked on fitting the futtock shrouds, these were fine black tread treated with thin pva to stiffen and de -fuzz the rope, I then wrapped then around the base of the deadeyes - twisted them and added a dab of ca, this was repeated till all six were done. Next job was to create a sherpole on each upper section of the shrouds - I did this by using the same thickness of thread as used in the shrouds, I glued this with ca behind th
  25. Old Collingwood
    Thank you kindly mark. OC.

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