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Nicely done Sjors... she looks fantastic, I know you had a lot of problems with their lack of instructions, but you prevailed, this is a build you can certainly be proud of. Congratulations Sjors!!! :cheers:

Frank

completed build: Delta River Co. Riverboat     HMAT SUPPLY

                        

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in progress: Red Dragon  (Chinese junk)

                      

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Sjors, she is absolutely lovely! You say there are mistakes, but trust me only your eyes see them. Be very proud and display her with honor!

Robbyn

If you risk nothing, you risk everything!

 

Current builds

Syren (Model Shipways) version 2.0

AL San Francisco II

Mordaunt (Euro Model)

Completed Builds

18th Century Longboat designed by Chuck Passaro
 

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Battle Station

Al Charles Morgan (1980s version)

 

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Thank you very much all of you !!!!!!!!!

I don't know what to say.....

I 'm just saying.......THANK YOU !!!!!!

 

I will replay on a few answers,

 

First she is gonna go in a display but when ?

When I buy one it cost me about 800 Euro's and that's to expensive !

So I have to take a look at plexiglass.

 

The Aggy is still in the box and she stay there till the first of January.

I think it's a nice date to start on her.

In the mean while back to the SI.

Shrouds and ....yep, ratlines ....again !

 

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Congratulations Sjors on completing your Le Mirage. She looks fabulous and reflects all the hard work you have put into her.

 

Well done my friend, well done indeed.

 

 

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Grant,

 

Thank you very much.

 

It was a struggle but I've done it.

Learn something more that I can use at the SI and Aggy....

 

Thanks again my friend !  :D  :D  :D

 

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Sjors,

 

Well done!

 

Cheers,

 

Jim

Completed      Robert E Lee, Misisssippi riverboat               

 

Completed,  HMS Victory Bow Section

 

Completed,  Wells Fargo Stagecoach...Picasa album.... 

 

Completed,  Lackawanna tugboat converted to private yacht...

 

Completed:  Sopwith Camel, 1:16 Scale, Model Airways...at another location...

 

Completed:  1961 Ferrari F-1 Sharknose

 

Completed: (sorta)  OcCre BR-18 Locomotive

 

Completed: 1/35 Pz.KPfw.III

 

Completed: Allerton Steam Pumper circa 1869

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Sjors for display maybe you should think about what I am planning :

 

this is an OZ website but I am sure they will have these in the Netherlands too : http://www.shopsupplies.com.au/showcases-glass/tower-showcases

 

expensive but you can display 4 ships in there and in the end you pay less then if you buy 4 separate display cases

 

Current builds : HMS Bounty, Constructo Pilar

Next build : undecided

On the Shelf : AL San Juan, Mamoli HMS Victory

Builds on hold : Ochre Gorch Fock, Hachette/Amati Black Pearl

Previous Builds Gallery : Virginia; King of Mississippi

Previous Builds logs : AL King of Mississippi 1/80

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I can't express it much better than everyone already has, but I will say it really does look wonderful - definitely something of which you can be very proud!

Congratulations!!! Now on to San Ildefonso!

Sherry

 

Every goodbye is the birth of a memory...

 

Current Build: San Felipe

 

Finished Builds: Mayflower Build Log

 

Gallery: Mayflower

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Hoi Sjors,

 

Now, if I can get my jaw off of the floor - - - then I can also say - - - congrats for a most magnificent build!

 

I will certainly visit your next build, good luck!

 

Cheers, 

Piet, The Flying Dutchman.

 

"Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends."  (old Chinese proverb)

 

Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942

                       VOC Ship Surabaya

 

Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000

 

Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi."  Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp,  Buginese fishing Prauw.  Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser.

 

Completed Builds:   Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine

                             Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands

                             Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner -

                             Friendship Sloop Gwenfra

                           Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack    

                             Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum)

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Sjors,

 

Let me add my CONGRATULATIONS!!!!   Very well done, my friend. post-76-0-44755800-1385773886.gif

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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Thank you all very much !

 

I'm not a shy person but at this moment I don't know what to say......

It was a long and hard journey but it is done.

 

And now on with the next journey.....San Ildefonso !

 

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she looks great my friend, congratulations

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are you tempted to have two builds going on again?

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I can not say any more eloquently what others have said, my friend. She is wicked slick (rough transkation - beautiful). Thou can be proud of the result - you worked through that dozen or so problems and, along with your gnomes, have succeeded (insert favorite animated gif here)

Wayne

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.
Epictetus

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Thanks again  :D  :D  :D

 

Kevin,

 

Yes, from January I have again two builds.

But the main build will be the San Ildefonso.

I think it works for me the best having two together.

Normally when I have one build and when I get started, I will glue the frames and will not wait till the glue is dry.....

Then you touch a few frames and the they are out of line.

I will do now one frame at the time and then wait till the other day to do the next one.

In the mean time I can work at the San Ildefonso.

I hope that answers your question ?

 

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Thanks Lawrence,

 

I know that I have no patient to wait till the glue is dry.....

Now I can force myself to wait !

On the table where the tools are, I start with the Aggy.

It is out of the way and I don't need the tools at the time.

 

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Hi Sjors!

Congratulations on completing Le Mirage! The hard work (and re-work) was well worth it, she is beautiful! See you on San Ildefonso, then.

Padeen (Adeline)

"When there is a will, there is a way"

Completed build: Le Camaret - Constructo - static wood 1:35  (build log, gallery)

Current build (very limited modelling time at the moment...): HMS Fly - Amati/Victory Models - static wood 1:64 (build log)

Projected build: HMS Victory - Chris Watton's design - static wood 1:64 (when available..., no rush!)

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Hi Sjors,

Yes, every thing's all right, thanks. It's just that I have had very little available time for MSW of late... I hope to be more present from now on.

Padeen (Adeline)

"When there is a will, there is a way"

Completed build: Le Camaret - Constructo - static wood 1:35  (build log, gallery)

Current build (very limited modelling time at the moment...): HMS Fly - Amati/Victory Models - static wood 1:64 (build log)

Projected build: HMS Victory - Chris Watton's design - static wood 1:64 (when available..., no rush!)

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@ Lawrence,

 

I'm not an expert !

I'll doing my best and every time it goes better but I'm still far away from be an expert

You are doing a great job on your Victory !

The tips I past along the way is what I have learn from other builders.

The tip about lining up the chains is coming from Garward.

Dan Vad send me a few pictures how to serving the deadeyes and the lanyards.

That's something I'm gonna use now at the San Ildefonso.

So every time you are learning something new and you gonna use that to improve your model.

That's the greatest thing on this forum.

People share there skills and tips !

I'm also lucky that Mobbsie is watching over my shoulder and I have a critic-us in the house.

When she don't like something, she is saying it and I have to change that.

 

@ Dragzz,

 

Thank you very much !

 

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Congratulations!  Beautiful build!    :36:

Mike

 

Current Wooden builds:  Amati/Victory Pegasus  MS Charles W. Morgan  Euromodel La Renommèe  

 

Plastic builds:    Hs129B-2 1/48  SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48  Five Star Yaeyama 1/700  Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama  Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32   IJN Notoro 1/700  Akitsu Maru 1/700

 

Completed builds :  Caldercraft Brig Badger   Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle  Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700   Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350

F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72  Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48  Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48  Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72

Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya  Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16

 

Terminated build:  HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn)  

 

On the shelf:  Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits

 

Future potential scratch builds:  HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)

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Thanks Anthony,

 

When the time is there she is gonna go in a glass case.

When the San Ildefonso is also finished we will make a little cabinet for them......

 

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