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Kevin

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  1. Keith Jullier did a very good review and made a lovely job in his book http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=ISBN%201-85486-081-X
  2. thank you Brian and grant and everyone else for the likes Brian I don't have a home for her, lol but that wont be a problem until she is finished which will be another couple of years at this rate
  3. Mobbsie thank you i my attempt to learn as i go on - and following example of others i am going to name some of the bits that i build- i appreciate that it is not the detail of the real thing, just the big bits
  4. more work done today - I am actually quite pleased with the way things are progressing, oh and as it is Sunday, a trip into sunlight please click on photo's for better image
  5. Thank you for likes and comments Arther - i spray painted the mast with white primer and then airbrushed the units with out problem - admiralty paints
  6. Hello my friend LOL - i am slowly catching up with you, i am now putting a few snaggie bits on mine, so no doubt there are going to be a few choice words coming from my man cave soon, i have loved following your build and will be sad to see it come to an end, just wish i had been able to keep up with you
  7. Good morning Piet very nice work ref the stanchions, i am most surprised that they are not removed as the submarine goes to harbour stations, and stowed ashore or under the casing,
  8. i now tend to do some work and leave it overnight whilst i decide if it is going to be ok, or "DO AGAIN KEV" i am however quite happy with this so far, and will decide again after paining
  9. Good morning Main mast dowel sanded down to 12.7mm then put into a simple jig that allowed me to taper both sides down - the top is now 12.7mm x 8mm a nail through one end allowed me to rotate the rod through 180 degrees to do the other side, and it worked no problem used styrene strips to simulate the iron banding
  10. well spotted mark it is one of the upcoming projects to do again, so yes it is loose, ( as kev turns around to the wife and says) (dam thats another couple of hours to add to the build time - lol)
  11. good afternoon thank you everyone for the comments and PM's 42 months after i bought her my build now has a name, apart from a repaint and fitting the emergency steering chain aft is now complete, good god i actually finished a bit - lol
  12. lovely work - oh and a change of profile picture as well, did you get fed up of the bus
  13. Good evening everyone sorry about poor photos - i will harder better tomorrow the six quarterdeck cannons are now completed that leaves a couple to do forward in the future, as i am not sure where i am going to put them, after all i still need room for the band the next bit will be paint any showing brass bits and train the ropes to lie down they have been pva glued to stop the fuzziness biut as a result they need to be dampened again and some weights to make them look a little more realistic believe it or not as far as i am concerned the worst of this build it now over, maybe another 20-30 hours finishing things off on the hull then into phase two of the build, the bit i am so looking forward to
  14. love the lantern work, now how many do I need for my Victory - lol
  15. agreed - the length of rope in the coils would allow the cannion to recoil past the ships centre line, i was trying to rig it as per the frawing wich came from
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  17. Good evening everyone, and thankyou for all the Birthday messages Upper deck cannons i made a moutiin out of a mole hill on this, but I wanted it at least to look like something in the book, at 3MM the blocks still look to large, but it is staying like this now, it took me all day to get this far, the large rope still needs more work to get it ti lie down, dont know why but there is not enough rope to put a coil in it this is what i am trying to achieve there is not enough spare rope to coil it
  18. Thank you Lawrence, very much appreciated the buckets are WIP, i am presently back onto the cannons
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