Salty Dog Posted May 28, 2015 Share #1 Posted May 28, 2015 (edited) Hello everyone, I've recently been kind of in a rut when it comes to building. I have been working on the San Felipe by Panart but ran into problems with the wood supplied. It was short some walnut strips and I didn't have enough to complete the hull planking. Mantua Italy told me to contact Ages of Sail for the wood and they were VERY helpful, but I ultimately got walnut that didn't match match what was already there. My intentions are to build it with no painting, so the walnut just won't look right with 2 VERY different shades. So I've decided to put it on hold and think it through. In the meantime, I thought I'd work on a smaller project, that being this very pretty boat. It has a huge cannon since the scale is so large, the wood strips are very large in comparison to what one is used to with your typical model ship. I figured it would be a change to work with something larger. Maybe this will keep me going! For now I have attached pictures of the kit. Hopefully I will be able to keep this log. Thanks Edited May 28, 2015 by Salty Dog UpstateNY, Canute, AntonyUK and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonyUK Posted June 2, 2015 Share #2 Posted June 2, 2015 Hi. Will be a interesting build. My young person wants to build this model this year so I will follow your build and learn from you. Is the timber you received... You can sun bleach it if it's too dark. Just lay it in the sun and make sure it does not warp. If it's to light then you can use a wood die.. Dilute it and test it. Let it dry. And compare. Regards Antony. Canute, Salty Sea Dog and maddog33 3 Quote Best advice ever given to me."If you don't know ..Just ask. Completed Mayflower Completed Fun build Tail boat Tailboat Completed Build Chinese Junk Chinese Pirate Junk Completed scratch built Korean Turtle ship 1/32 Turtle ship Completed Santa Lucia Sicilian Cargo Boat 1/30 scale Santa Lucia On hold. Bounty Occre 1/45 Completed HMS Victory by DeAgostini modelspace. DeAgostini Victory Cross Section Completed H.M.S. Victory X section by Coral. HMS Victory cross section Completed The Black Pearl fun build Black Queen Completed A large scale Victory cross section 1/36 Victory Cross Section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSteve Posted June 24, 2015 Share #3 Posted June 24, 2015 (edited) I'm looking forward to you putting your spin on this build. Edited June 25, 2015 by CaptainSteve Canute 1 Quote CaptainSteve Current Build: HM Granado Bomb Vessel (Caldercraft) My BathTub: Queen Anne Barge (Syren Ship Models) Log: Queen Anne Barge (an build log) Bounty Launch (Model Shipways) Log: Bounty Launch by CaptainSteve Apostol Felipe (OcCre) HMS Victory (Constructo) Check It Out: The Kit-Basher's Guide to The Galaxy Website: The Life & Boats of CaptainSteve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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