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Of course everything is looking good! One thing that jumped out at me was the ladders in your earlier post, looks like there are two ladders coming up from lower deck, one port and one starboard, looks to be a very challenging setup to avoid accidents if both sides are being used simulataneously and doesn't seem to leave much headroom space when coming up - do you know if that is a unique French design? -
Hi Niles, catching up on your progress can't believe how you accomplish so much so quickly! The rigging on this ship is fascinating a makes a nice change from the usual 19th century warships. Beautiful and innovative work as usual, love the details you've put on.
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Looking good! Nicely thought out approach Rob, the quarter galleries are harder to get right than one would think. Visually, line of the wale is so critical. Studying the plans, it looks as if the slope of the bottom of the gallery follows the line of the wale, similarly the decorative rails and channels appear parallel. On the steps, I too had the intention to angle to account for tumblehome, although it is not very pronounced on the Artoises (sic?), but found them just too darn fiddly to get right. In the end I made the call it wasn't worth it as no-one would notice but me....but I've already put my hat on ready to take it off to you!
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Very nicely done, beautiful work on the planking, really looking the part with the wales added. Definitely agree with your decision to use the metal black colour. Looking fantastic.
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Kurt - might I suggest you create your own build log and share your pictures and approach there? I'd be very interested to see more of your beautiful work, but it can be distracting and a little confusing for followers of BEs log to see pictures of another very similar model interspersed. BE - my apologies for hijacking your log - I can remove....
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Indeed they are wipers, Captain's windows for enjoying the view while sipping coffee in his comfy chair, can't let rain interfere....
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Hi Mark - contemporary models seem to be a mix of blue and black on the stem so it seems 'correct' to go with either, but you are correct that the Bellona model is blue, the view below of the same model shows it a little more clearly.
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Very interesting Rob, where did you obtain the log again? - I'd be interested to go through a similar exercise. Good to see 'Jason' gets a mention on page 132! BTW - I wonder if the ship's name it looked like you had difficulty transcribing on same page is Melpomene?
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Excellent work on the rigging Jesse, think you've captured the scale beautifully. The colours really look spot on as well complimenting the rest of the model. Well done.
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Nicely done, definitely worth the extra effort on the dummy carriages. Are you going to consider upgrading the metal carriages as well?
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I'm clearly late to the party, but congratulations Bob on completing such a fine looking model, greatly enjoyed following your progress and looking to see whats next...
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Glad to see you back Ferit. Nice clean work as to be expected, the replacement grating looks much better. Nicely done!
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Very nice result, well done. As for the photo, look for a very feint greyish 'x' in the bottom corner that allows you to delete photos that have been uploaded, but not inserted.
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Congratulations Christian, she really is a stunning and inspirational model. Agree with all the comments above on the case, and I think a one piece case would look complimentary with the console - personal taste of course. I personally prefer a more discrete stand as well. Something I may consider for 'Jason' is to display the ships boats at waterline height, possibly tied up alongside, this could probably be done relatively simply with some small brass rod mounted into the display base - again all personal taste.
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Beautiful work Tiziano
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Alan - I take my hat off to you, you really are doing an amazing job and overcoming challenges. I would love to tackle something like this one day, and its all the more impressive because you drafted the plans as well! I'll keep looking in and learning.
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Apologies for being a little late! Lovely work on those ships boats Christian, they look much larger scale than they actually are! Really precise work, I can see these being a nice little distraction to the main ship.
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Joe - that is looking seriously good, love the detail work on the binnacle, and the companion cover looks great. I didn't get a chance to comment on it earlier but I think the approach you took to the head works is was really wonderfully executed and adds so much character to the model. Really clean and precise work! I'm hoping to also use Chuck's ships wheel for 'Jason', but I don't think he makes a large enough version currently.
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Hi Martin, I've been starting to play around with the headworks on 'Jason'. I'm of the opinion that the kit supplied parts are not the correct shape and will be making and shaping my own. Aesthetically, it seems the head rail needs to be shaped to allow the space between it and the hair rail to follow nicely and from the side they should be similar in profile. Just my observation, I'm sure there is something more scientific to the shape.
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Looking good BE. Looks like I'm a bit too late, but one thing I found that works quite well for planking between the ports is to edge glue some planks together for the height needed and then shape/trim these back as a whole. This allows the interior edge to be nicely aligned. without needed to scuff up any paint.
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One thing I did Stergios (I used the supplied CC rope), was to ensure that it had been fully straightened to remove any kinks ( simply running through fingers or leaving a length suspended from a door frame with a clamp on one end as a small weight). It should then hang a lot more naturally, and if necessary then a little watered down PVA can help as well once on place.
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Hi Rob, I think Peter's question is a good one, that does not look at all like boxwood, European or Castello. From my experience it always has very sharp edges and flaky/splintery edges are never seen.
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Looking good Mike - I like this stage of a build...so much potential to look forward to.....and few regrets or mistakes!
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Hi Rob, really beautiful work, those rails look nicely in proportion and certainly 'finer' than the kit's walnut. Colours are always hard to judge in photos but glad you were able to tone those down a bit. Are you planning to attach all of the trim at this point? I'm planning to wait until I have the quarter deck in place before going any higher than the sheer rail with trim to allow any compromises with the line of the wale and deck to get figured out....and also whatever is going to happen with the headworks. Tell your son he did a really nice job on his Red Arrow. I'm finding my son doesn't quite have the same passion for plastic modeling and hes been chipping away at a model of the Tirpitz for quite some time. I've promised him I'll post a picture of it when he finishes!
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