Vivian Galad
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Nice build, Mike. Since this is one of my next projects - with probably some modifications - I´ll follow yours with interest! Waiting for new pics ^^ -
Jerome, I´m taking as many pictures as I can. Your cousins are right. Although São Paulo is a mixed city, with people from all around the world, it´s a big international city, with malls and skyscrapers everywhere. Lived 11 years at Cuiabá. Mato Grosso, near the Pantanal (our everglades, lol) and all I can say is that all ppl who lives in São Paulo should live a time out of the city to feel really brazilian.
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Ulises, always learning. Today I´ll mount my anchors and already decided to forget the original plans, so I´ll not have problems as those for the cannons. After a lot of images review, I´ll put it at my will - that´s one thing I´m loving, too, to modify the kit. Sam, I can understand what u´r saying, cause I throw now a lot of time at tools searching. Saws, drill parts and lots of tiny instruments are at my wish list, now. ^^ Burn, I found it at a brazilian manufacturer, link follows: http://www.artimanha.com.br/Vendas/Kits_a_venda/Venda%20CV%20Portuguesa.htm Scott - u´r right and I think I´ll just raise my cannons. The first caravels were mainly used for exploration, since the lanteen sails and the low keel let them sail through seas and rivers and gave them agility against other types of ships. The model I´m building is one used for exploring Africa´s west coast, between the 1430´s to 1470´s. They were light gunned and, as u said, gave cover to land incursions. The first caravels were two masted, and got Portugal beyond any other nation´s exploration at the time, at least in the Atlantic, mine is a later one, three masted and used after bases Portugal already had in Africa´s coast.
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Duff, that´s it. Found a passion, or it found me. Already got 3 more kits on e-bay - Cocca Veneta by Corel, Chinese Junk and San Francisco II by Artesania Latina. Hope I get better in each one I build. Jeff, turns out I´ll paint them black, after I get some nails to them. Thanks for the explanation, got one more word to use. Thinking about the etimology for it... lol. I thought about fixing the cannons that way, but I´m still searching for an excuse to that, since the other two can be placed without problems. Out of question, though is to fix the hull, making new holes - it would be a risky work with new planking that I´m not in the mood to do. If I build, they will come -
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Doris, I´m really amazed by your work. Not only by the creativity with materials, the care with details and furniture, but with the final result so far. Glad I got to your work through MSW! Thank U!!
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Ulises, hope I get some more soon, 3 more ships already coming. =D Al, São Paulo is a busy city, a place to work and make money that never sleeps. I found my peace, now, when I work on the caravel; think she gets me to another dimension - it´s a time to forget my problems. You´re doing a great work, I´m sure u´ll get yours all pretty and neat. =D Sam, they´ll be mobile, but not by wheels. The canons in this case were just put on the carriage (a simple base, really) and adapted from cannons from fortresses. The gunners had to move them through sheer force. Since the small caravels had great manoeuvrability, the cannons usually hadn´t to move. Later, the "caravela de armada" got new guns with a firing deck and all. Well, as for the tools, still don´t know what is to have too much Mihail, spaciba bolshoi =D
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And today´s work. Finished oppening up the deck´s rail. On the original plans the ship got 4 on each side, but after seeing some images, decided to put only 2 on each side, on the lower portion of deck (considering the ship on still waters). Fixed my anchor machinery, holder, whatever (don´t know the term in english, yet Varnished and gave some glue to my canons. Loved them, by the way. After reshaping and painting some fittings, fixed them next to masts. They´ll hold the lanteen sails ropes so they can be maneuvered. Then I got some real work. The kit lacked the rudder brackets, which on plans are shown as brass fittings. So, I improvised those things from some nails and stuff to get like that: Used the drill to soften the sides and bring them fit to the rudder and got this And then fixed the rudder to my ship. My main will was to have a functional rudder, not a still one. Got my ladders to the ship, but had to cut out some steps from it. And that´s all for today. Tomorrow I´ll make ready my sails while I wait for my deadeys (can´t really understand why it gets so long for those to reach me). Well, final picture is my complete set of tools till now. ^^
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Hi San, those carriages can be seen today in some museums in Spain and Portugal. They´re from early stages, when canons were still, not a moving thing. The details are giving me some hard time on ocasion, but I love them. ^^ Ulises, I´ll keep it sailing! =D Jeff, already tied them. Got a problem, though. I followed the kit instructions on the beggining, trying to do nothing wrong, but turned up to be the worst thing. My canon holes on deck are higher in relation to the floor and the carriages are too low. Think I´ll have to make them fit someway.
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Thanks for the documentary, Matti!! ^^
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Well, let´s talk about tiny pieces and a lot of work. After returning to my ship, I got her waxed with bitumen, as I said before. The general look is like that: The hull got a dirtier aspect, which gave some spirit to the caravel. Then, I got to the canons. They came in lead, as those deadeys I hated - painted them in black. The canons base were made of laser cut wood, so I sanded it to give a hand made quality and since the canons are from the 1400´s, I kind of liked the result - shaby, a bit bitten and no one alike. As the canon base, the ladder came in laser cut wood. The first impression was of a child´s toy. After a lot of sanding and varnish, it got like that: The next images got the same process Atm I made some holes on deck´s rail, for water draining. Still working on them. That´s all for now. ^^
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Beautifully done so far. I´ll follow with great interest, since my main line for the hobby are medieval ships. Impressive work!
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Hope u get along, Al. Havê fun and keep it up!
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Jeff, already moved it to a more centralized position. When I glued the mizzen it got that Pizza tower inclination. Today I got back to work on her. Waxed the hull to get an older look, as that of a used thing, varnished the castle rails and painted my canons. Still waiting for wooden deadeys, though. Duff, That´s impossible. Now that I have an appropriate place for my modelling, I´ve cracked open my keyboard and cleaned everything, lol. That´s a lesson I´ve learned, never to sand wood atop my keyboard (again). I´m very happy with your feedback, guys. You´re a lovely and helpfull bunch of friends I never expected to find. =D (Happy with new toys, too. Got a Red Dragon chinese Junk which I´ll try to change into an older junk, like those Marco Polo - if he really existed - should´ve seen in his travels!!)
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Jerome, me too. It´s time consuming, passionate and a really satisfying hobby. That´s a hobby I would love to chat with other girls. ^^ Scott, I´ve already changed the initial 3 windowed plan so my caravel could get more likely to those from early sails. The 16th century caravels had more ornamentation to them, too. To think most of the crew slept on the deck for the castle had the captain´s cabin is sad, yet, truth. Thanks for visiting ^^
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Gracias, Ulises! Estoy a trabajar con entusiasmo!! ^^
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Just love sections and it´s something I want to do scratchbuilding. I have a dream, when all my ships will have their sections exposed right beside them! Great work, Jeff. Waiting to see more. ^^
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Nice xmas building. Loved the boats´ names. =D Following u in this!
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Sam, Canons, yep. Old ones, primitive on comparison to most of the ships I´ve seen so far. It was an exploration ship, from those first steps through the Atlantic, I think that explains the light gunned deck.
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Now, some more pictures. Just moved out from home and city in the last few days. Bigger house, lots of space and just that perfect room to put my studio in. Hope some more models come from there ^^. Please, don´t mind the glue stains, All will be sanded away as the days go by. Put the rails on the aft castle, sanded till masts got a soft conic shape and there they are, ready for the rigging, ropes and sails.
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Ty Marc, i´ts something I´m doing with immense pleasure.
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Sam, I think I´m for the wood, too, now. After watching a lot to her, can´t really put that dark color the plans r up to. I´ll darken some details, though. Matty, ty =D Jeff, as I said before, I´m getting my tools while I need them. Next one is a vice for my dremel ;-). Deadeys coming, hope they do not get lost on the travel, lol. Couple of weeks to get here - till there, I work on details. Hey, Mark. I got it about the pictures, and I´m not posting everything I shoot ^^. Rlly helpful tip, though, and already made me change some of my earlier notions. After some shoots, too, decided for another varnish to cover up my hull. Ty u all!!! =*
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Mark, I´ll be putting some new pictures right now. Just varnished a first hand and will give it all a darker hue, though I rlly loved the hull wooden color. Don´t know if I go with the original plan and put it almost to black, or if I just give that old stain. Drilled those ones on a dremel - need some tools for it, though. Would be easier if I didn´t have to hold it while sculping the pieces. Here I was a bit disappointed about the kit, for dead eyes came in metal - so, had to buy some wooden ones and will have to wait a bit till they get here - didn´t find them in Brazil.
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Sam, I´m learning that! Improvisation, with care. ^^ Matti, I´ve sanded some angles and tried to give a used look to my ship. Have modified a bit the original plans, since some of the details could be more to my liking and to pictures I´ve seen. This is my first wooden model but I´m already bidding on a Cocca Anseatica, hope I win this one - Another medieval ship. One year! That´s some time! I´ve been by your work too and it´s a beautiful work, gratz on your achievments so far
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Sam, I´ve improvised my work station. Have few tools and I´m buying them as I need. Already noticed a lamp will fit as a glove and, as soon as I can, will fetch me a studio with a work bench and things for the hobby I do see as permanent in my life. Thanks for the tips!! ^^ Hipe, many thanks.
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Beautiful ship Andy!! Gj! ^^
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