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Beautiful planking job! To back up a little, what was your secret in cutting the gun ports so nice and square. What kind of saw or knife did you use?

Great work,

hipexec   hipexec@yahoo.com

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Beautiful planking job! To back up a little, what was your secret in cutting the gun ports so nice and square. What kind of saw or knife did you use?

Great work,

hipexec   hipexec@yahoo.com

Thanks for the compliments Hipexec,

On the gunports, the kit came with hardwood gun port templates, which are actually part of the second planking layer when installed. The instructions called for placing these templates temporarilly and scribing the square holes with pencil, and then removing them and cutting the holes in the planking. Instead, I placed the templates permanently and used the hard wood frame to guide in cutting square holes. I drilled 5 small holes, one in center and one in each corner and then used a Dremel high speed cutting tool to cut out each port, and finished it with a file. The template made it easier to get the holes square and the same size. (See the first page of the build log for photos.)

 

Vince P.

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The main mast is finished. As I said before, when working on the masts, I am completing as much as possible before stepping them on into the ship. This may seem unorthodox to some, but for me it is a matter of necessity. When assembling the masts and rigging them, especially with sails, it is necessary to rotate them many many times in order to access all sides. With the sheer size of this model and the fact that my work bench is in a corner of the room, rotating the whole ship with the masts in place is very cumbersome and somewhat hazardous. Having the mast in a movable table vise makes it very easy to rotate in any direction, even tilting if necessary. After the mast is stepped, it will still be necessary to rotate it some in order to finish the lower shrouds and attach the running rigging to the deck belay points, but nowhere as much as with the masts assembled on the ship. For this model, this methed has worked very nicely for me.

 

Next up is to step the mast and finished it's rigging. That is a fun part that I really enjoy.

 

Vince P.

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Hi Vince

Once again very impressive workmanship my friend .

You are correct the more you do off the ship the better, I also find it hard to move her around .

Again very very nice work you are a credit to your skill as a model maker.

 

Denis.

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Beautifull work Vince

ist a pleasure to walk through your build log and you have Chosen an utmost ambitious model. Ist going to be a real eyecatcher when completed.

 

Nils

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lovely work my friend

 

lol it is taking me long enough to rig the gun port lids

 

all the best

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Hi Vince

Absolutely magnificent.

Nice to see the masts in position, it gives you some idea how large and stunning the SOS is.

I am sure I speak for most MSW people, thank you for sharing your build with us all.

 

Denis.

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Hi Vince

 

This is really top notch work, this will be a real jewel when all rigged

 

 

Børge

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Current build(restore, bashing)
BB582 "Dragen" Scale 1:12


On hold: BB534 Bolougne Etaples Scale 1:20

Not started: Model Shipways MS2040 USS Constitution 1:76

 

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The main mast standing and running rigging is completed with the exception of the lower shrouds. They are up next and the last to be completed, since it makes it much easier to access the decks for belaying the rigging without them in the way. The shrouds are not my favorite part, since rattling is a tedious and sometime boring job. But any part of ship building is still fun for me.

As I had mentioned earlier in this log, I literally doubled the number of pin rails and belay points from the kit plans. With the more complex rigging sceme I used, and the addition of sails, I used most every belay point and then some.

 

Vince P.

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Hi Everybody. I haven't forgot about my build log. I have been out of town on and off during hunting season, so a little slow on the building. I am working on rattling the lower mainmast shrouds and this is a slow process. Almost done. :) Photos to follow in a few days.

 

Thanks,

Vince P.

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The mainmast lower shrouds and futtock shrouds are rigged and rattled. (832 clove hitches). Yes I counted them. :P This completes the main mast rigging except for the upper mast back stays. I have attached them to the masts but did not complete them at the other end. Since they terminate at deadeyes in the mizzen channels, they will get in the way when working on the complex rigging of the mizzen mast. I will finish these after the mizzen is in place and fully rigged.

Next up is construction the of the mizzen mast.

 

Vince P.

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Wow, what a gorgeous ship. The details are amazing. You have done an amazing job Vince.

 

 

Cheers

Rowan

Current Build - US Brig Syren - Model Shipways - 1:64 - 1st wood build

 

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The belay diagram in the kit plans is incorrect and incomplete if you are going to full rig her and add sails. I am drawing diagrams for each mast and yard. Attached is the first. It is for the foremast lower yard and sail. I mislabeled the drawing. It should say Foremast Lower Yard and not Topsail Yard.

 

Vince P.

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Hi Vince

On behalf of all the model builders out there that are building or thinking of building  the Mantua SOS.

I  would like to thank you for all the photos and diagrams  that you have posted on your log.

Just a fantastic build and a craftsman model maker at its best .

 

Denis.

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wow - she looks fantastic

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