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15 November 1777 American prize HMS Racehorse (8) destroyed in the Delaware. 1798 Capture of Minorca by Commodore John Duckworth and troops under General the Hon. Charles Stuart 1810 HMS Phipps (14), Lt. Christopher Bell, captured privateer lugger Barbier de Seville off Calais.
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lol - you wont want to see my painting, it makes my bad workmanship look worse, The intentions are to build the sub assemblies and then prime them before the full colour scheme is applied, but in some cases - like on the funnel i have already applied the primer, this is because of my inability to wait for the PE fitting kit to arrive -
Build time 30 hours, having sorted my thread out today, i feel much better about it another 3 hours on the build this evening, lol - not much to show for it, the PE work takes some getting used to, the folding and keeping the correct shape when attaching air intake vents in searchlight gantry fitted, the upper walkway built and fitted, the other end attaches to the forward structure, and i think it support one of the masts
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hello my friend, i still continue to watch your build, although it has been a little while since i last looked in on you, nice work, hope you are well
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lol - im sure to can find the time to make some for me, my victory is only on hold, she will be back
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i have just been back to page 10 of your log, which was only in june, at which time even the masts had not been finished , great progress
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i have come to realize that very quickly, moving from one subject to another, doesnt save time. i never really thought through how i would approach the actual build it's self, that was until last night
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wow - she looks fantastic
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i was considering restarting this log, but have decided it is not a good idea, But reading through, it does not read like a build log, more of a random "what shall i do next", this was a result of waiting for the PE kit to arrive i will now treat the build with a better direction, and of course all the conversations in between, i have therefore deleted some of my not quite so relevant posts up to this date, in fact 3 pages have been removed the funnel area is the area i will be concentrating on this way i can attempt to show some logic into the build rather than the way it was going, ie a bit of this or a little of that, any suggestions will be greatly appreciated
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there are several places like on this walkway where the PE replaces the plastic, i will do better in explaining it as i progress this is not my photo but shows in this case the area to be removed
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14 November 1745 HMS Fox (24), Cptn. Edmund Beavor, foundered off Dunbar when she was driven ashore in a violent gale. 1755 HMS Orford (70) captured French Esperance (74), Cptn. Louis Jubert de Bouville. 1797 HMS Cerberus (32), Cptn. J. Drew, captured privateer Renard (18). 1803 Boats of HMS Blenheim (90), Cptn. Thomas Graves, HMS Drake, Cptn. William Ferris, and HMS Swift hired cutter (12), Lt. Edward Hawker, stormed a fort, spiking the guns and blowing up the magazine, and captured French privateer L'Harmonie (8) at Marin St. Ann's Bay, Martinique. 1808 Boats of HMS Polyphemus (64), Cptn. W. Price Cumby, French national schooner captured Colibri (3) off San Domingo. 1846 US Naval forces capture Tampico, Mexico.
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tonight was PE practise, something at this size is a bit of an art, please dont take to much notice of the picture, it was my first attempt, the second was much better this is a walkway that connects the search light platform, on the funnel, made up of the platform with the folded lip and 7 strengthening bars for me that is another tick in the box
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I have just purchased some products from http://www.snmstuff.co.uk/mig-pigments/ and some flory, http://www.florymodels.co.uk/washes washes, as i intend to weather my 1/200 Bismarck, like everything else i have purchased extra to this kit, i have no idea how to use, but will show my progress as the build progresses
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13 November 1776 Cptn. John Paul Jones in Alfred with brig Providence captures British transport Mellish, carrying winter uniforms later used by Washington's troops. 1797 Boats of HMS Fairy (16), Cptn. Joshua Sydney Horton, captured privateer Epervier (2), a lugger, in Whitesand Bay. 1800 HMS Milbrook (18), Lt. Matthew Smith, captured French privateer Bellone (36) whilst escorting a convoy off Oporto. She afterwards escaped using sweeps when Milbrook could not take possession due to damage sustained. 1807 HMS Carrier (10), Lt. Robert Ramsey, captured privateer cutter Actif (2), Norbet Corenwinder. 1809 HMS Chiffonne (36), Commodore John Wainwright, HMS Caroline (36), Cptn. Charles Gordon, HEICSMornington (22), HEICS Ternate (16), HEICS Aurora (14), HEICS Mercury (14), HEICS Nautilus (14), HEICSPrince of Wales (14), HEICS Vestal (10), HEICS Ariel (10), HEICS Fury (8) and HEICS Stromboli bomb-ketch destroyed more than fifty Joasmi pirate vessels at Ras-al-Khaimah in the Persian Gulf. 1816 HMS Tay (18), Cptn. Samuel Roberts, wrecked in Gulf of Mexico off the Yucatan coast. 1840 HMS Fairy (10) wrecked on the Sussex coast.
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12 November 1699 HMS Biddeford (20), Cptn. Samuel Martin, wrecked on Point Baque. 1795 HMS Fleche (14) wrecked on reef of Rocks off Fernelli Tower, Saint Fiorenzo's Bay, Mediterranean. 1797 HMS Cerberus (32), Cptn. J. Drew, captured French ship-privateer Epervier (16) 1806 Boats of HMS Galatea (32), Cptn. George Sayer, captured schooner Reunion (10), off Guadeloupe. 1810 Start of engagement by HMS Diana (38), Cptn. Charles Grant, HMS Niobe (38), Cptn J. W. Loring, HMS Donegal (80), Cptn. Pulteney Malcolm, and HMS Revenge (74), Cptn. Charles Paget, engaged 2 French frigates which went ashore at La Hogue and Tatillon.
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thanks for that gil another way i have found for the banding, is to use a preformed styrene tube, cut to the width required, and then if to large in diameter, take a little out, like down sizing a wedding ring
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http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/403-hms-victory-by-kevin-caldercraftjotika-172/page-33 is this the item you are referring to Jerry
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Hello my friend I have another ? the square windows on the bridge, have you seen a PE kit fro them, reason for asking is i have seen a photo, on one of the build sites. where he/she had high-lighted all the glazed area in a different shade, but appeared to have a screen/frame around all the squared windows
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art 108 in my log http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/403-hms-victory-by-kevin-caldercraftjotika-172/page-8
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sorry i didnt make my self clear the recess where the dead eye strop fits in the channel , i driiled a hole in this recress at the side so that the two lugs to which we were referring to have a home, they dont fit very well otherwise hence they hang out the bottom of the channel, it just gives them enough room to be held securly
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lol - this is not the first conversation wrt these strops, personally i never had a problem fitting them, just like everything else, it takes a little time and patience, i found drilling a 0.5mm hole into the side of the recess allowed the pins to be put into position prior to twisting the whole unit 90 degs, this info was passed to me in the same way, as to avoid the potential rip out,
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looking good Eric
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hello Jerry, good morning the dead eyes, both pins need to be in the channel, otherwise you stand a good chance of ripping them out, when they come under some pressure of being attached with the chain plates, or by the shrouds
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a strange couple of hours, did lots but achieved nothing, stil cutting area's out of the hull, and tonight, the funnel had two large areas removed for the PE vents, i now need to decide what area i am going to do first and get on with it
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i dont have a PE bender, well that's a lie - i do but it is a pair of pliers, i am scuffing it and having a great time
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