Barbossa Posted February 20 Author #61 Posted February 20 Let's call it a recovery. The inevitable splinters were dealt with putty. I connected the flexishaft to my mini lathe ( proxxon db 250 ) A try out on some leftovers seemed the right thing to do. KARAVOKIRIS and Baker 2 Kind regards Christian "The original always beats the copy" (supportive statement)
Baker Posted February 20 #62 Posted February 20 1 hour ago, Barbossa said: A try out on some leftovers seemed the right thing to do. Looks good to me. Yes? Barbossa 1 Regards, Patrick Finished : Soleil Royal Heller 1/100 Wasa Billing Boats Bounty Revell 1/110 plastic (semi scratch) Pelican / Golden Hind 1/45 scratch Current build : Mary Rose 1/50 scratch große-jacht / Yacht D'Oro 1/50 Corel Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch Shore leave, non ship models build logs : ADGZ M35 funkwagen 1/72 Einhets Pkw. Kfz.2 and 4 1/72 Autoblinda AB40 1/72 122mm A-19 & 152mm ML-20 & 12.8cm Pak.44 {K8 1/2} 1/72 10.5cm Howitzer 16 on Mark. VI(e) Centurion Mk.1 conversion M29 Weasel 1/72 SAM6 1/72 T26 Finland T26 TN 1/72 Autoprotetto S37 1/72 Opel Blitz buses 1/72 Boxer and MAN trucks 1/72 Hetzer38(t) Starr 1/72 Cleaning the 1/72 military collection Si vis pacem, para bellum
Barbossa Posted February 21 Author #63 Posted February 21 Baker, It definitely is : on the left still the same foremast top. On the right the main mast top ( work in progress ) The holes in the main mast top were all exlusively made with cobalt drills. ( 0,9 mm ) And the difference is just stunning. On the risk of digressing a bit on this specific topic, I can only recommend anyone who's dealing with the same issue : Go for the decent tools : it's money well spent. Knocklouder, KARAVOKIRIS, Moonbug and 1 other 3 1 Kind regards Christian "The original always beats the copy" (supportive statement)
Barbossa Posted March 1 Author #64 Posted March 1 Well,...more or less ready to proceed with the first part of the standing rigging. Foremast, main mast en mizzen mast tops are dry fit. Regarding the mizzen mast, I deviated from the plans and ( accordingly to e.g. Pegasus buildlogs belonging to Moonbug and Blue Ensign ) installed some cleats. As I had to drill a number of very small and undeep holes I was nonetheless anxious to weaken the structure of this item, I limited myself to 5 cleats. It will have to do. The cleats were purchased through the aftermarket and were to be inserted. brunnels, Baker, Knocklouder and 1 other 3 1 Kind regards Christian "The original always beats the copy" (supportive statement)
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