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  1. Kevin
    good afternoon well i put in the three lines, replacing the two that i had in position, but not fitted, these are white, and although not confirmed i believe these are steel on the real vessel, but i am constantly moving away from the kit, lol nothing seams to be in the right place,
  2. Kevin
    the bulkheads look very thin and fragile, i agreee with the balsa infills is a template in the kit for marking out the gunport locations
  3. Kevin
    however im confused the build i am following has three ropes going forward, but two lines seam to come from the same mouse
  4. Kevin
    Good morning everyone with the foremast shrouds in place, i am going to proceed with the front end standing rigging, as the main mast is not ready (or needs adapting) forestays time to bring the serving machine back out, not seen the light of day for quite a few years, it was very dusty and had a little light rust/corrosion on the rope feeders, so i stripped it down, and put a plastic sleeve through the rope holes to stop it marking the white thread you can see the rust marking the thread, do this line eventually went to the bin my first attempt which i think is to short and mouse to large made thes to long but maybe a better mouse
  5. Kevin
    lovely work my friend, lol that reminds me i have a 1/72 version somewhere, abandoned to to airbrushing skills, (or lack off)
  6. Kevin
    thank you
  7. Kevin
    and so very nice to see her back
  8. Kevin
    i was enjoying the Enterprize build very much, but it was slated in a FB group, and somewhat threw me off my perch, hence the restart of the AV, i dont have the skills for a full scratch and this was at the time the best kit for it, im now ready to get on with her, but so enjoying me present build, so i will continue with that for a while longer
  9. Kevin
    non of my builds are worthy of this much trouble and expense, i will have to make do with my EOS 1300 outside lighting and a wheely bin
  10. Kevin
    Good morning mike, i adapted the upper deck to make it fit in the lower position, im sure i could have attemped scratching one, but i went for the easier option
  11. Kevin
    just arrived today the replacement upper deck about a week from China, Thank you Tom @cafmodel
  12. Kevin
    good evening everyone well considering this build has been in the bin on more than one occasion, i am so glad i decided to restart it today the foremast shrouds were put in, i pleased the way they turned out, as for leaving the brass showing, the jury is out on that, but it is to far down the road to paint it all now i have been thinking of new names for her, Pandemic and Covid are no longer contenders, it will most likely be "SIRA" my surname in reverse and i can name her from the kit contents photo etch
  13. Kevin
    Fantastic news, and well done Caldercraft for actually answering someone's email
  14. Kevin
    Very nice, that photo takes me back a few years to building mine
  15. Kevin
    That sounds an intresting idea, im looking to see if my amerigo would ever berth along side with sails stowed but sail lines that attach to them left in place, i just dont think i can make the sails look realistic
  16. Kevin
    Did you continue with this build, would love to see any progress
  17. Kevin
    very nice indeed
  18. Kevin
    good evening everyone i have had to change my approach to the rigging i am making my own rope, and have been making 8 sizes from 4 different thickness spools Guttenburg Mara in 120, 100, 70 and 30 the plans i have say size 6 for the shrouds but using the above sizes (which happens to be 4x70 is just over 0.5mm where as 4x 30 is about right at just under 1mm i hope that makes sense, what was the largest size will drop down from 7 and 8 to 5 and 6 so i have ordered another size 11 which now allows me to change my 8 sizes and possibly not use the 120 size through the rope walk now i am able to use my new size 6 to make up the first pair, no deadeyes on here, so the only way to get the tension right is using slip knots on the sheavef
  19. Kevin
    brilliant build
  20. Kevin
    stunning build
  21. Kevin
    i had to giggle just after i posted this i looked at whats next, only to see that some of the things have changed, meaning more rework
  22. Kevin
    well the nets are completed, LOL i now need to find a way to avoid knocking the front end, breaking the bowsprit from now and i will certainly throw all my toys out of the pram and drop kick the build into the bin wire template to get the shape tight squeeze
  23. Kevin
    Thank you OC
  24. Kevin
    Ty for posting phots of castings, they look better than i thought they would
  25. Kevin
    thank you Yves, i keep finding new lines to go in

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