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Kevin
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first build post day 3 day 1 clear room, only long enough to get a good clean done, and did the kit review photos After marking identification numbers on all the parts All the plywood bits removed . shame they dont do this at the stage they are made, after test fitting day 2 i painted them in Oak, using the OcCre dye, then made the hull up using titebond original too yellow day 3 what about walnut? im happier with that, becomes a nice shade on top of the oak lower hold forward half deck on one side of each plank i marked with a permanent marker - in black painted the deck black, laid planks in a 3 shift butt system drilled holes to represent nails stained in oak this is how she stands tonight
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so many build logs on MSW, but very few ever completed, maybe i will find out why in the coming weeks/months
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a conversation between the wife and myself last week (yes we do talk) wife. i love that Viking thingy, i like the wood effect me. oh wife, will you build something for just me me oh wife yeah me, what wife, something like that, no copper tiles, no colours on the hull, just natural wood, sails, bit of lighting, and see something inside like on that big thingy you build from chris me. you mean Indy wife yeah Now i have everything i want in life, Ruth never asks for things very often, so i have to say yes, we ruled out all my on hold builds and spent a few days looking around, in the end this build suited all the requirements, so it was ordered and i found a copy of the AOTS by John Mckay 2md hand
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Lnk to the wikki wrt this build HMS Bounty - Wikiwand photos from the kits web page Wooden Model Ship Kit: Merchant Vessel HMS Bounty at 1:48
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Thank you everyone for the comments and likes. one final photo before i start my next build me with my happy face
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Good evening everyone 42 days on the table and of those i did something on 39 of them and im calling her finished, i have another couple of figures to paint but im not good enough to do them Thoroughly enjoyed this one, quick build, brilliant online tutorials, excellent plans and wooden material, pants supplied thread, instructions, and after sales (but im very well aware of what is going on in their country glues used Titebond original and C/A Occre walnut and oak dyes paint 1 bottle came with the kit, a acrylic metallic colour for the shields figures from Aliexpress i have the Captain John Smith's Shallop ordered at the same time from @chris watton Vanguard Models 1:32 Captain John Smith's Shallop - Ships of Pavel Nikitin - REVIEWS: Model kits - Model Ship World™ but have also recently ordered the San Bartolome 1:48 San Bartolome by Pavel Nikitin - REVIEWS: Model kits - Model Ship World™
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good morning everyone took a while to get the sail to look more realistic, but i think this looks better, most of the fittings are now in place, except the shields and mast stands along with the bow and stern scrolls still have to trim some excess thread from the sail, and cut the bolt rope ends. 5 seconds after the last photo the breeze caught her and she landed on the puppy, puppy is ok though, and build was repaired
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good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes i seam to have missed a post, so lets play catch up seat lockers day 29-2 nice and simple with just 28 to make up, stain and varnish oar storage brackets stained and fitted name plate two tone stained and varnished day 29-2 barrels made up along with cradles and the rudder oars required a lot of clean up due to laser char, then stained 1st August 2025 day 34-2 stand cleaned up, stained and varnished outside contractors employed (Ruth)(wifeypoos) for sail building 3rd August day 36-3 started rigging i fed a bolt rope around three sides, and room for a wire if im unable to get the sail to sit right not many rigging lines to fit, but getting the sail to sit right took longer than most other things today was spent tidying her up. and adding a few bits like the rudder, oars, seats, rope coils more to add tomorrow, before the big reveal, and move on to the next project
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great start @James H Thank you
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The shaped inserts come with the kit, the handles per the instructions are shaped dowel, but i used some out of scale belaying pins
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lovely build
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im very pleased that he is continuing to update the builds, this is the 2nd change in design since i started mine, the oars originally had to be made up, but the billet that had the blades on also had the handles to the shields, which has not been added to any of the run since i believe they are sending them out to me. no big deal i will make some
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i see that Mr Nikitin has put a post out this morning stating a new update for the mast step is being released, as the kit is not correct to the original
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is this thread off the same opinion as it was in 2013
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ooooooooooops thank you, might, just might have to rethink it
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thank you, there are still a few glue marks, that will never be removed now, but im 3/10 happy with how she is turning out
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Good evening everyone the last two planks fitted to the ships side completed, decking plates only there to ensure they fit mast step made up, this comes in nice pieces, sandwiched, together. and then shaped using the paper templates the hull has been darkened with more spray layers, and all the decorative parts have been added and made to fit as best i can Decking completed and fixed into place, i kept one section open and made a few bits for under deck interest (yep i messed up a plank and had to use it elsewhere) day 26 (today) Oar holders shaped and in place mast step varnished as she sits tonight
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On the build table On hold Santisima Trinidad – 1/84 - Artesanía Latina - by Kevin - started June 2025 - MHS Britannic by Kevin Bluebell - Flower Class - Revel - 1/72 U552 German U Boat Trumpeter 1/48 Amerigo Vespucci - 1/84 - Panart- HMS Enterprise -CAF - 1/48 Finished Oseberg' Viking Ship (v3) by Kevin - Pavel Nikitin - 1/25 - started June 2025 HMS Indefatigable 1794 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Belle Poule 1834 - OcCre - 1/90 - French frigate Hercules - OcCre - 1/50 - Tugboat ST Nectan-Mountfleet-models-steam-trawler-1/32 HMS Victory - Caldercraft/Jotika - 1/72 Dorade A renamed Dora - Amati - 1/20 Stage Coach 1848 - Artesania Latina - 1/10 Lady Eleanor - Vanguard Models - 1/64 - Fifie fishing boat
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as much as he will love yr comments @gil middleton hasn't posted on MSW in 3 years
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Good evening everyone, thank you for comments and likes deck plates- not finished yet two sheets of plates have to be removed, separated and sanded, i numbered each piece of mine prior to removal, as i was bound to mix them, the instruction don't show much, other than where they go, but great online tutorial then sprayed all the edges with walnut, sanded them with 3500 grit pad, repeated, then sprayed over with Oak and sanded again Been 34 deg in the mancave, too warm for me, so im slightly behind, where i would like to be, not a race, im pleased with the way it is turning out, But wood glue, is a real bug bare, even with just using a cocktail stick to apply. So before she is completed, i will remove some of the worst offenders and open them to reveal the hold no plates are glued down at this stage
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