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Kevin

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  1. all the running gear is in place she will see water soon, for test trails and ballasting
  2. Mark i could make some, well i say make, i could chop the threaded bits off and push them into a hollow tube, BUT am i doing the wrong setup for this build, should it be deadeyes like on the foremast
  3. my second build was the Royal Caroline by panart https://www.mantuamodel.co.uk/products/ship-kits/panart/443/royal-caroline-detail
  4. hope this comes out, rigging and aerials left to do, then ballasting video-1583430167.mp4
  5. that is absolutely fantastic lovely work
  6. Good evening everyone Thank you for like and comments there was certainly far more reference material for the Victory, there are tons lots of phots of trawlers but they lack any detail, but i try to proceed onwards the shrouds, certainly appear to be wire on the after ones hence the turnbuckels so i have been playing with thread and various colours of grey and silver, the one in the final shot is a warhammer silver and will see how this goes next will be ratlines, i am still undecided if i should go with wooden slats or wire, or the same as the shrouds
  7. im trying to replicate wire rope by using it, but the mast is very flexible, as i replaced it from wood to plastic tubing so as to run electrics through it, so it is very difficult to get any decent tension on it the rope is fine, but i want it to look like wire
  8. good afternoon, and welcome to MSW
  9. i had a light bulb moment, but it dont work i stripped back some wire, and twisted the strands, but unless i make new adjustable turnbuckles, i am unable to get a decent tension, so it is try again
  10. good morning everyone thank you for the comments there is a deadeye arrangement set up for the fore mast and these turnbuckles for the after one, again i presume that it is a mixture to allow removing the mast for transport to shows and ponds so on the main mast there are 3 shrouds and the back stays, i dont have are wire that would pass the test, could a silver stained rope representing wire pass? the fore mast is going to be a while away if i get something that resembles the wire i could ten use them as ratlines, but will not get the tautness, so maybe a single wire would work, go go to wooden battens lol any suggestions? this is Mountfleets show kit
  11. not progressed much at all since the last update, lol i dont think im confused so much now, the main mast is supported by stays, but very few is any show any ratlines, the instructions do say that the shrouds can be adapted to enable the mast to be removed for transportation purposes, so from that i presume from that no one went to the trouble, even though the superstructure is removable mine will have ratlines, again the instructions call out for wire to make them, is this right?
  12. lovely build, and lots of fantastic off topic tales (or donkey tails) to go with it
  13. if someone told me tomorrow, no more ship building ever, then this is what i would love to do lovely project
  14. wow she looks fantastic, sorry i have not been keeping up with your progress
  15. Good morning everyone apart from the handling ropes the life boats are finished, i put everything in place according to the plans, and secured in position, however the forward drum reels are set to far aft to be of use, it looked tight even on the plans, after looking at other builds and seeing the same issue they got moved about 1cm to make them more usable, i may have to move the after hatches now as they might not have enough room the middle picture drum reels are in place according to the plans, but in reality are to far aft to be of use reels after being moved, dont quite know what to do about the stain damage on the wood
  16. here is another story, of a captured German Submarine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Graph
  17. love the paint work, and yet another fine kit built, and a different aspect of aviation history behind her as well
  18. thank you, i was thinking more of the trip hazard side of things, but using google today it appears they do lead from the top
  19. Thank you gary, For the shrouds, i am going to have to rethink them, lol it took me ages to do them in rope for the victory
  20. Alan Fig 119 appears as part of 120 , support for the Dolphin striker
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