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  1. Kevin
    great review, thank you @James H
  2. Kevin
    good evening everyone the last couple weeks no work has been done to the renamed build, the temperature in the UK was silly and made the mancave unbearable and very hard work to put the new fence in, the last week has been DIY with wood staining and a large skip to get rid of all the rubbish, as well and a few finishing jobs But yesterday i built up the Mizzen mast, still to do the spreaders and radar supports,
  3. Kevin
    it certainly filled that, lets do something different period
  4. Kevin
    they are going to look terrific when placed into position
  5. Kevin
    your Pinta is coming along very nice
  6. Kevin
    just putting in 3m concrete posts as the soil is quite damp along the boundary, the life expectancy for the wooden ones is about 5 years even if treated, lol i never realised how dam heavy they are to do on my own
  7. Kevin
    that may have to be an option. i have a plan in my head which means keeping it white but i dont see the plan anymore lol, if i could wait for the first of the sails to go on and then stain, i certainly am not in any hurry to rip it all off
  8. Kevin
    good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes it think i have now got the foremast backstays in, but now thinking i dont like the ratlines, they are the right scale i just dont think white and brass works for me, that will mean replacing the shrouds as well why o why do i try to be different and half way through regret it whilst i ponder that i am also replacing a line of fencing 8x6 foot panels the posts all failed in the Jan storm (100MPH winds) with no contribution from the neighbour i am also preserving his side as well , the first panel has been reduced to move the post holes
  9. Kevin
    i tried the fire bucket decals and failed
  10. Kevin
    Stunning
  11. Kevin
    great start, good luck with the rest of the build
  12. Kevin
    she is looking fantastic
  13. Kevin
    looking great, well done
  14. Kevin
    good evening its another not much to report update ratlines main and foremast complete, still need to be trimmed and set into position, and replace any that dont look like to me Modelspan for the sail
  15. Kevin
    great news @chris watton
  16. Kevin
    oh the great 2013 crash, well we are bigger and better nowadays, do we have a party next year to celebrate it, i might even finish a build by then
  17. Kevin
    another masterpiece from the Jedi
  18. Kevin
    so very very nice
  19. Kevin
    Good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes standing rigging main mast
  20. Kevin
    looks brilliant from less than 2 feet as well
  21. Kevin
    anyway on with the build i have two different thicknesses of Modelspan on order, I am not in a hurry for them as i dont even have a sail plan yet the foremast lower rat lines continue, i will then do the Catharpins before going onto the upper lines, there are so many snagging bits ofn the build, so glad i never put everything on
  22. Kevin
    good evening, everyone it was about 10 days ago lying-in bed 3 in the morning, wife breathing heavy one side and the Boi spaniel in his bed right next to me and all i could do was think about model building, the sd14 is enjoyable but 100 days on im slightly ready for a change, I have other kits new and some started but i want the WOW factor, something to get me head thinking, something to tax me without being boring, and a little out of my comfort zone, thinking we are on an adventure my boi follows me into my display area and discuss what to do next, well I talk to myself whilst the boi looks for treats in me pockets a process of elimination rules out any new build 1/200 Titanic and Shipways Syren being started as the new INDY is out later this year Next the started builds, 1/48 Enterprise is crossed off as is the U Boat and Snowberry. We have one build left the Amerigo, this is the build that should have gone to landfill many years ago, its only when I restarted her that I decided to make her in my own version Anyway she came back to the table, and im pleased with the progress my WOW and out of comfort zones will be coming in the form of putting a full set of sails on her
  23. Kevin
    love the sails, just brilliant
  24. Kevin
    Thank you Keith, i believe i have found somewhere that can supply Modelspan, i need to read everything again to see what to use on it
  25. Kevin
    im still unable to find a stockist in the UK for silkspan, been trying all afternoon

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