Shipyard sid
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Hello Dave Thanks for your post on my log concerning gunport lids, 100% correct. I have stopped installing the lids and taken your advice to install the channels etc. thanks for your advice, and I also have info from your log to help. Once again thanks DAVID -
Hello Martin Yes when I looked yesterday I was also confused whose log this was. Good to see you got your missing parts. Jotika are usually Good with sending anything of this nature. Anyway you just enjoy building your ship , it's pretty big!!!! Regards DAVID
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Hello derek Yes I am derek, I noted earlier I had not painted a few of them. The last six are not fitted yet and need another coat of black, and I will paint the red then. I am now finding it not to bad doing these lids derek, once you get into it it's ok....I kept thinking back to those copper plates!!!!!!! Catch you tomorrow .......starting lids?????? DAvid
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Greetings one and all I have spent a few days fitting hinges and eyelets to the 14 upper deck guns and painting them. Tonight I loose fitted the cannons to check the alignment and they seem ok, and if any adjustment is needed there is no problem. I simply drilled them by eye, after trying to use a spirit level Phile ( the glass bit whatever it is called) blue tacked on the top of my small drill. Well the idea was there !!!! But it didn't work for me......I had bubble trouble!!!!. Fitting the lids is pretty easy, and I just lined them up by eye. I fitted six and will leave them overnight and will secure the threads to the hull tomorrow. I am definitely going to do a better job than I did on the earlier ports, which was not very good, with the thread sagging. I think it's just a matter of pulling the thread tight and touch of ca on the eyelet, I don't know why I didn't do it before. I also fitted the canopy, but I dropped a bit of a clanger earlier today. I deleted some of my photos of my last post, when deleting a message I had left. I will put a few of them back up with the ones I am posting now. Well there you go, once again I am pretty happy with things and will post again when I have finished the full 14 lids and guns. Thanks to you all for viewing and your comments. Here's some photos. DAVID
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Hello Patrick There is a post for you on my log, sorry about photo quality DAVID
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For patrick I made this marker thing, the marker is approx 105mm from the base. Stand your ship on keel on a flat base and square it up and wedge it in position. Draw all the way around hull with marker and glue styrene around line. I think I used .5mm x 1mm like derek said. Hope this helps DAVID. Check 105mm dimension on drawing. Sorry for photo quality
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Yep it was me I will send photo to my log and you can see it there ( I am rubbish at this sending lark ) going to look now , I will send you a post when I sort it .
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Hello derek Nice canopy, and you have done a paint job on your canons. Well here we go then 58 canons to fit and lots of gunport lids, this should be exiting and time consuming !!!!!!!!! .......... I start my 58 tonight....catch you later DAVID
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Hello Patrick Everything looks really good, you've done an exellent job. I think you may be doing the upper deck next, I may be wrong , but if you are make sure you have plenty of clearance around the bulkhead uprights, you don't want to jam the deck. Make sure the deck is tight down on the camber beams, or it will affect the height of the guns in relation to the ports and also the inner bulwarks need some attention to keep the gunports level on the inner bulwarks and the outer gunports. Well done DAVID
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Patrick There's some on the rudder later. DAVID
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Yon Thanks for posting more photos as you promised, yes it is exellent, the whole bow area is very crisp and tidy , you are doing a cracking job. Enjoy your break in Barbados .. DAVID
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Good morning yon When you look at this, and relate the last part of your build the bows along side of it, it looks brilliant, it really does. I would like to see photos of them both together if you know what I mean. Cracking build. Are the other six cannons finished?? I am doing the middle deck gun port lids. It is not as tedious as I thought, it gets easier as you do them. What's next???? Some more photos please before you jump ship. Have a cracking time.DAVID
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Hello Patrick Well everything looks fine to me. You said you fitted and then removed the skins off the quarter gallery's. What is your intention to do with them or are you not sure ?. I think it is a good idea to leave them off for now as I said earlier. And if you were to fit them now and you glazed the skins, there is always a chance you could knock the glazing into the inside of the skins. Talking about caulking, filler etc, the admiral said to me " were as your ship gone to I cannot see it ? " I replied " It's behind that filler". Keep up the good work. DAVID
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Welcome Well this is a log I will be watching. Everything is crisp and clean, the deck looks brilliant . It looks like we are going to see a Cracking build. Just enjoy your build, and we will all enjoy watching you DAVID
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Hello Patrick Yes it is good getting to this stage, the eyelets are are a devil ( being polite) they are all over the carpet, they kept jumping out of the tweezers and the stem needs to be about 1mm, plus the tweezers get CA on them. I decided to slip the eyelet on a pin so i did loose it while locating it. You learn as you go on. I have the ship on a board on top of a computer desk top, so can slide the board forward to create the clearance to rotate it on a lazy Susan. Thanks a lot, look forward to your updates DAVID
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Cheers derek I only have two more lids to do on this deck plus the rigols, and there may be a few obstacles on the way as you say, so I might do those steps and the canopy thing next. Thanks for your advice. Is your rudder on yet?? DAVID
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Greeting Yes I like this a lot, definitely one to follow. Keep the pictures coming and just enjoy your build. Crisp and clean DAVID
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Greetings Well over the last three days I have built eleven gun port lids, my aim was to do all the lids for the middle and upper deck on the port side of the ship. I think that's twenty one or twenty two. Anyway I got a bit bored after a while, and decided to have a break and fit some. I fitted five tonight and they are not to bad. The only problem I had was the 1mm recess as I said earlier, so needed to sort them as I fitted the lids. I adjusted the angle of the lids by eye and they seem ok. What I was concerned about was knocking the lids when moving the the ship about, so I decided to buy a lazy Susan which I think is worth spending a few quid on. Anyway I am pretty pleased with my progress. I would like to thank you all for viewing and all your comments. Here's a few photos
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Hello rob Totally agree with patrick, welcome back with your cracking build. I look forward to your progress which I will follow with interest. Enjoy your build DAVID
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Hello Rosemarie Now come on Rosemarie, come clean !! It's not a workplace you have got, it's a model shop !!!!!! DAVID
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Derek I am going to drill the holes for the barrel spigots first, and then fit the gunport lids. The barrels will be then easy to locate and glue in position as the upward angling of the lids gives you a clear view of the gunport. I can see we're you are coming from derek, and think this will be the best way to do it. DAVID
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Greetings Thanks a lot Patrick and derek. The device for setting the angle is still on Gil middletons log. Page 2. Scroll down , a long way!!!! You will see it. They should call him.... Gil the jig..... DAVID
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Derek If you mean how am I going to be certain that all the lids are consistent in there assembly, you need to jig up especially when there are so Many to assemble. I have made a very simple jig for the hinge position, as the hinge needs to positioned 1mm from the rear edge of the lid. I just locate the lid up to the back of the jig which has the 1mm recess, and lock it in position and glue on the hinges, with a guide for the hinge position, simple but effective. photos show simplicity itself. DAVID
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Neale Everything looks crisp and clean, an exellent build going on here. I look forward to your next posts and will certainly Follow your log with real interest . Crack on and enjoy your build. DAVID
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Greetings all Well I have made a bit of progress over the past few days. I completed the fitting of the rudder which was OK but not as good as it should have been. I then decided to make a start on the gunport lids. I took over three hours to do the first two lids, and they have turned out not to bad, But it will take quite a while to complete them all. I can see were I can speed up the build, but my biggest problem is all down to me. the 1mm set backs on the ports are all over the place. I will need to make adjustments to the top edge of the ports as I do them, and to be honest if they all turn out similar to the first two I will be more than happy. Anyway thank you all for you comments, and thanks for viewing.. Here we go a few photos.. Thanks a lot DAVID
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