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Dorade by Kevin - FINISHED - Amati - 1/20 - renamed Dora - completed March 2021


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haven't looked in,  in a while Kevin........she certainly has evolved into a beautiful vessel :)   the blue suits her well......love all the fittings!  you've really done a fabulous job here ;) 

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

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23 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

haven't looked in,  in a while Kevin........she certainly has evolved into a beautiful vessel :)   the blue suits her well......love all the fittings!  you've really done a fabulous job here ;) 

thank you Dennis, must think of a name for her soon, with being blue, i dont think Dorade is now suitable 

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good evening everyone

 

was hoping to complete the masts today, but binging on watching "The Crown" now 1/2 way through Season 4, 

 

then onto the the deck blocks

 

sorry about pictures on the side, all attempts to put upright are failing me

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On 2/19/2021 at 8:06 PM, Jim Lad said:

Catching up, Kevin.  She really looks first class!

 

John

thank you John

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25 minutes ago, Kevin said:

"The Crown" now 1/2 way through Season 4, 

I thought this was the best season yet.

Bob Garcia

"Measure once, cuss twice!"

 

Current Builds: 

Hms Brig-Sloop Flirt 1782 - Vanguard Models

Pen Duick - Artesania Latina 1:28

 

Completed: Medway Longboat 1742 - Syren Ship Model Co. 

Member of the Nautical Research Guild

 

 

 

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3 minutes ago, BobG said:

I thought this was the best season yet.

Agreed, perhaps it is because i is in my working life timeline 1970's onwards 

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Superb work Kevin  - really really  nice.

 

Is this better  mate -

 

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Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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On 2/21/2021 at 4:58 AM, Jim Lad said:

She just keeps looking better and better.

 

John

Thank you

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Good evening everyone

 

been a good day, took the Boi out on 3 walkies and never got wet once

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as for the build,, the hull, masts and fittings are complete, other than two spars that are stowed on the deck, i might not bother with them

i had to scratch the fwd skylight, i remember removing them at the start of the build, put them in a safe place, but forgot where that place is, no doubt they will be found when the Amerigo comes back to the table later this week

 

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skylights

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and a few progress shots

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good evening everyone from a very windy Somerset, but dry, might even get some gardening done tomorrow

 

wrt the build the rigging has started, and the stays are going in its such a shame that the instructions are pants, going by the steps the brass runners go up the masts and are pinned into position, tonight i realise the stays go behind them lol ho hum

 

sorry for the crap photos, to get any detail in landscape i impossible as she is to large, when in portrait to picture turns 90 degrees 

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Very nice work Kevin, she is looking  a beaut.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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good evening everyone

 

took the build outside to get some better photos, and of course the wheelie bin, which i think has been in every log, but very windy here today and the build is very light, the standing rigging continues

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good afternoon everyone

 

sails

 

the supplied material is washed in 70/30 water pva mixture and allowed to dry, this stops the material fraying

 

cutting the material to the 1/1 plans and drawing the seam lines in, these lines were then sewn over by the admiral,

reinforcing strips added i have done both sides

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good evening

 

@Jim Lad lol she is not going to let me forget that she helped me

 

tonight i managed to get the bottom of the after sail fixed to the trolley and put on a bolt rope, and for tonight just temp put it in place, im quite pleased the way it is turning out

i think the sails could do with cleaning up a bit, like removing the pencil marks

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Excellent work on the sails Kevin,    really finishes off the build.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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good evening everyone

 

the after sail placement was easier than the main, in the end i removed the standing rigging and took the mast back out to fit, lines are now being reattached, and i am pleased the way she is going

the two forward sails are 5-% complete and hopefully will also be on within a few days

 

lovely nice day here so out in the sunshine for a couple of shots

 

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Good morning everyone

 

not much of an update, but all four sails are now attached,  hope to have then fully rigged within the next day and still on track to complete her this week

 

will be nice to get on with another project (Amerigo Vespucci) but will miss this as it was something very different for me

 

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such superb progress on her Kevin.........the sails look awesome,  complimented by the fittings and rigging :)   is there to be a bow spirit?

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

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Good evening everyone

 

99.9% complete now 

hope to do a final reveal at the end of the week, after sorting the stand and final bits of rigging, oooooh and a sunny day to get a few outside shots, might even get the wheelie bin in 

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That is looking Splendid Kevin.

 

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Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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Good afternoon everyone

 

the stand has now been made up properly and mounted on a stained pine shelf

 

last night i finished a few last bits off, rope coils, safely rail and and the silly mounted navigation lights

 

the last thing i did was put the name on, which is Dora, as she bears very little resemblance to the real item

 

thank you to all those who have followed me

 

i will put some reveal phots in the gallery later

 

Thank you MSW for a lovely retirement gift

 

 

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