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  1. Kevin
    carrying a damaged one, is about all i found so far Taiwanese ship Wei Lee in Sydney HarbourDamaged bronze spare propeller January 17 1983
  2. Kevin
    stern gallery looks very different with see through glazing, where as i used PVA Glue
  3. Kevin
    now looking like a ship, she looks great, are you happy with the progress made, and would you recommend this kit to others
  4. Kevin
    now there is a question, what side is best for display on any build, i def have one side better than the other on the Victory, but what happens if the are both good enough to show?
  5. Kevin
    as discussed just above this post, this is one of the main reasons the build keeps getting delayed, in our property we just dont have a area big enouth to take her, so the plan is to use the garage, one of my workshops, and put possibly a set of patio doors or glass sliding doors about 1 to 2 meters away from the back wall, this will allow my collection to be displayed, although im the only one who will ever see her again
  6. Kevin
    Good evening Jerry i dont mind at all, i hadnt realy given it that much thought up to now, because they were going to be part of the diorama i was planning, LOL before i realised just how much room it was going to take up but the Admiral and myself have found her somewhere to live, but it will take some work to get the idea to work, the plan is to put a set of patio or some sort of slinging doors inside the garage and therefore create a sort of enclosed space possibly take 1m of so from the end wall where the plans are hung and create a viewing area behind a set of sliding doors,
  7. Kevin
    OC i hope this helps, i presume you have rope to do do that with
  8. Kevin
    good evening everyone, i have been quite fortunate to have had a 4 day weekend off, and the wife away, so just me and my doggie a majority of the rigging is now done, the after sheet block are still to be made, but i want to look at where i am going to put the ships boats first, then sort out/make the gaff i have done quite a bit of reworking on the beak head, and re-run some lines as i am finding that they were run incorrectly, and two lines were broken i have even replaced a few of the missing copper tiles with the plans i have now highlighted the lines completed, and lol some were found to be missing, but will go in this weekend and as as the stun booms lots still to do, but hopefully a few pictures will show what i have been doing
  9. Kevin
    still have the ships boats, head decoration, stun booms anchors and a lot of tidying up, one of the main spars looks like it needs levelling off, but very enjoyable at present, Easter still looks good for completion
  10. Kevin
    Good evening everyone the Mizzen mast continues, and progress is better than expected, I have a 4 day weekend coming up, and the Admiral is away for two of them so i am hoping to finish the rigging within a couple of weeks
  11. Kevin
    Good evening, did I see something on Facebook about the Admiral winning a kit
  12. Kevin
    thats all i did, 0.3mm hole into the mast and a pin in the spar, its certainly help, and once the yard is secued it isnt seen
  13. Kevin
    Have you tried to obtain some decent plans, from the likes of the company that built her possibly the uprights were changed over time, loads of steel triangles certainly add to top weight, and nothing would show lumber holes, to allow water to pass through, Certainly dont compare it to my builds, lol thats a recipe for disaster sorry about the water ingress
  14. Kevin
    ooooooooooooh i forgot i have lots of anchors to do, at least 6
  15. Kevin
    coming on in leaps and bounds now, lovely work
  16. Kevin
    i had the same issue of inserting all the sheaths above the gunports, and then securing the lanyards, it took me weeks, then i did them all again, because i i got better it showed up on the earlier ones, hence i vowed never to do another first rate again and then what happens, Chris Watton, is designing new ships, so maybe there will be another one in the distant future, after the St Nectan
  17. Kevin
    Good evening Mike, i just popped over to see how you are getting along, have you tried to pins the spars into position, it makes life so much easier, so that when it comes to truss pendants and jeers and parrels it is easier to get the tension right, i wont spoil your log with photos but will post on mine is you so wish,
  18. Kevin
    Are you referring to the stun booms, if so i just left them as there is enough to snag on with-out them in the way, plus some of the lines tend to run along the spar, so another thought of mine was, as they are movable, i should be able to put them on at a later date
  19. Kevin
    Good evening everyone, im still here, although compared to a couple of years ago, my post contribution towards the site has dropped considerably, for which i am sorry but unable to do much about, i so miss the banter i used to get involved in, and getting involved in other people builds, anyway the main mast is complete with the exception of the stun booms but that is complete as per the Caldercraft plans, im sure there is more when i compare it to the Longbridge plans, the spars on the mizzen have been secured to the mast, and hopefully rigged by the end of Jan
  20. Kevin
    Lovely work, she is going to look great when completed
  21. Kevin
    Pop over for a coffee, im in Bridgwater
  22. Kevin
    Chris you might even persuade me to build another period ship, so looking forward to your updates
  23. Kevin
    Chris Watton, it gets my vote
  24. Kevin
    lol - point taken
  25. Kevin
    We all love a plan, looking good, but strange lid port set up

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