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harlequin

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  1. poop deck bulwark timbers added...reasonably happy with the outcome.
  2. bow timbers...... these are worse than ratlines.
  3. Bow top rail and timbers.....why is it that when you offer a dry fitting and it fits perfectly...when you add glue it doesn't?....one of life's mysteries.
  4. lately i have been using some aliphatic rapid wood glue......best glue i have used for ages,,,,i've used the standard stuff for years but this is a great discovery for me. Where have i been all these years?
  5. Bow bulwark timbers being added.....such small bits have tested my patience today.
  6. belay pin rack....I've added a brass rod to the bottom of each post for added security when attaching to the deck. And in position on the fordeck.
  7. ships wheel and binnacle....the binnacle was painted with an oak paint and primer to cover the etched brass then the glass was obtained by using a soft HB pencil.
  8. drilling planksheer for the handrail stanchions.
  9. the camera doesn't pick all the mistakes up....compared with some of the builders on here my efforts pale.
  10. Boat boom and then 3 added in position to the gangways.
  11. gangways linking quarter and fore decks fitted.
  12. I joke about the price in London.......send me your address and i'll post you a real English Ale....some of these breweries here have been producing beer for well over 200 years. Yes I miss flying the microlights....I was once at around only 500 ft when two RAF Tornado jets went underneath me, they didn't know I was there....that was cool....
  13. frames in place and stained where required.....very flimsy thin plywood but will gain strength as I add the planks later.
  14. well when you drink proper real English ale at a local public house it will set you back around £2.50 to £3.50 for a pint ( or £25.000 a pint in London)....cheap beer to be had in supermarkets for home consumption, but real ale is king.
  15. the bulk of the plans are not too bad......my son frightens me to death but that what he does.....I skydive for a hobby, used to fly microlight aircraft and most dangerous of all used to go potholing, so after scaring the hell out of my parents it is payback time....I think he has more of my genes than his mothers...
  16. the plans were a bit knackered when I got the kit but my friendly neighbourhood mice have not helped.....I should be able to work round it though. Nothing much lost really as the kit only cost £10.00...........cant get 4 beers for that nowadays.
  17. looks like it.....I bought the kit 2 or 3 years ago for a tenner and it has been in my garage during that time. It would be a shame just to do nothing with it.
  18. ships bell added.....probably get knocked off again as I clumsily build on.
  19. I bought this kit for the princely sum of £10 for my son to have a go at....needless to say he isn't interested...he is a freeclimber who hangs off cranes and buildings so building a model doesn't do it for him...the kit and plans have started to deteriorate so along with building Bellona I am going to start this one before it goes beyond building. I have no idea what sort of quality constructo is but here goes.
  20. take note Hamilton.......a couple of second planking planks added........ :P
  21. I need a single malt after those two pillars. Later realised that these two pillars were placed wrongly......they belong further underneath the poop deck along side of the ships wheel and a single pillar in front of the binnacle......see further along the build log for photo details.
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