Santa Maria by mtbediz - FINISHED - handmade kit by a friend

[mtbediz]

I started building this handmade Santa Maria kit 3 months ago which was prepared by my friend. It is going quite slowly because i have limited time. I am going to share what i have done so far and continue to share when something new is done.

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Some more pictures

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The last update in the ship this morning

[Pierretessier]

Looking good, quick question? What scale ?

 

Keep up the good work.

will be following.

[mtbediz]

Thanks for nice comment Pierre. Scale is 1:50

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Hull planking. I think it looks fine.

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The last strip to complete hull planking

[mtbediz]

Hull planking has been finally completed  it took more than 2 months because besides i had limited time to work on, i only used white carpenter glue (needed to wait for drying of glue) and the widht of the strips were only 3 mm which means i had to prepare (cutting, tapering, soaking, bending) a lot of strips before install them. Time to go up to the deck now

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False treenails effect on forecastle and quarterdeck 

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I am on the deck now. And my shipyard which is in my living room . I am not sure if it is in the correct location. I wonder when my wife will banish me

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Working on the deck. Treenails effect.

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False keel and stem planking

[RichieG]

I think it looks great! But, when you say the model was 'prepared by your friend', do you mean that he designed it? And what kind of wood is that on the hull planking? It's very pretty.

[mtbediz]

12 hours ago, RichieG said:

I think it looks great! But, when you say the model was 'prepared by your friend', do you mean that he designed it? And what kind of wood is that on the hull planking? It's very pretty.

Hi Richie, no he didn't design the model. He has a plan of the ship and he just cut bulkheads, false keel and decks according to that plan. The wood that i used in hull planking is magohany.

[mtbediz]

False keel plank has been bended and installed 

 

 

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Tung oil application on the decks. Process is like this; I apply tung oil by a paintbrush to the deck surface, to help for penetration of the oil, i sand the surface by No:1000 sandpaper and finally, i clean residue of oil by a piece of cotton fabric. I repeated this process 3 times after oil dried. Result was very nice, i got a quite smooth surface and a natural look. Tung oil is a good wood protector also.

 

 

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Small updates on her,

 

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I did something on poop deck and added a few planks to the upper hull,

 

 

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My new little cute plane

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Some more progress on her,

 

 

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What i have done recently on her. Planking is finally complete.

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Bulwarks done

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Ladder trial

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Whales are complete

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Futtock riders are in progress

[Tigersteve]

Nice planking!

Steve

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8 hours ago, Tigersteve said:

Nice planking!

Steve

Thank you for nice comment and visiting my build log Steve.

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Some small update

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Ladders and captain's cabin door are ready to be inslalled but will wait a little bit more.

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I applied tung oil on the hull and decks.