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  1. Gahm
    Beautifully done, Sal! Your long guns look the part, and the new wheel cleaned up very nicely! I have looked at the commercially available wooden wheels myself and found them all out of scale. This is clearly a part where Chuck's Syren company could come up with a nice little steering wheel kit. Btw, if you continue at that speed your Syren will be finished at Christmas Thomas
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    When you copper a ship's hull nobody will focus on an individual copper plate - it is the overall impression of the hull that counts. And yours looks very good! Thomas
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    Beautiful work, Sal! You are filling up this deck quickly! Thomas
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    You can be proud of your Cheerful! Fantastic work! Thomas
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    Your figurehead is shaping up very nicely! I found building the figurehead at that scale is a bit of a challenge - but also a lot of fun! And you have some "artistic freedom". When you search the Internet you will find all kinds of examples of mermaid figureheads in different positions, with different fins, etc. I chose one with the arms at the side because it is relatively easy to carve . Thomas
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    Beautiful work, Bob! Absolute pleasure to watch! Thomas
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    Very nice job on your gratings! They look splendid! Thomas
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    Simply awesome! Thomas
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    Richard, you can find a nice example of that piece with several pictures in Dirk's build log. But you are right, it does not come as a laser cut part in the kit. Thomas
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    Your deck looks very nice. Well done! I also really like the ochre color of your Syren! Thomas
  11. Gahm
    What a fantastic sight! Well done! Thomas
  12. Gahm
    This is a superb planking job! Beautiful work! Thomas
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    Thank you,Mike! I still have a lot of 'repetition' ahead of me Thomas
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    Thank you Glakie and CaptainSteve, and thank you for all the likes! I found specifically Tamiya masking tape a very useful tool, and not only for covering up areas when painting a part of the model. It sticks well to pretty much any surface, you can nicely write on it with a pen, it is pretty transparent, and it peels off easily. So it is perfect for marking things on the model without leaving any permanent traces. Thomas
  15. Gahm
    A little update: I have finished all carronade sleds, which means they are now all equipped with wheels and breech rings. I also added the 22 eyebolts with split rings to the Syren deck. To transfer the correct positions from the plan to the model I used masking tape. The tape first was aligned on the plan parallel to the gratings and the positions were noted on the tape (the black contours on the plan nicely shine through the masking tape, see image 1). In a second step the tape with the marks was aligned parallel to the gratings on the Syren deck, the position marks fine adjusted, the holes drilled through the tape, and finally the tape removed (image 2). Images 3 – 6 show the current status of the model. Thomas Image 1 Image 2 Image 3 Image 4 Image 5 Image 6
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    Well done, Sal! Excellent progress! You left me in your wake . . . Now I can look at your log to see how it's done Thomas
  17. Gahm
    Your improvements look great! I really like your Holly deck! Very nice color and execution. And don't feel bad about your time problem - I guess a lot of our fellow model builders in this forum have a similar problem. At least I know for sure that I do Thomas
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    Excellent work, Augie! This really is a beauty! Thomas
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    Bob, that is a very clean, precise planking job! Well done! Thomas
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    Excellent progress, Sal! Those breech ropes look very good! First time I see this zip-seizing method.That's an interesting way of doing it. Thomas
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    Absolutely beautiful work, Augie! It is a pleasure to watch your progress! Thomas
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    After several weeks of traveling and lots of other projects I finally resumed work on my Syren again. Nothing exciting - I just continued building the carronade sleds. So far I finished drilling the holes for all photo-edged sled parts and mounted them with the 0.4mm rivets from Scale Hardware on the sleds. Images 1 – 4 show the current status. Thomas Image 1 Image 2 Image 3 Image 4
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    These are some fine looking carronades! I love your bead idea! Thomas
  24. Gahm
    This looks fantastic! Beautiful detail combined with flawless execution! Thomas
  25. Gahm
    Your carronade sleds look very good! Can't wait to see the finished carronades! Thomas

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