fnick Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share #121 Posted September 24, 2018 Hi all Thank you for the likes and comments. I've updated the post about the saw with my initial thoughts (link kindly provided by Russ. Thanks saved me a job!) Yes the saw is scary but I can see it is easy to become complacent or forget. That's why I've put a list of dos and donts on the saw itself in red so I've got no excuse! 😉 (think you can just about make the words out in the photo above). All common sense stuff but doesnt hurt to make sure! Nick Quote Le Mirage by fnick - Corel - 1:75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnick Posted October 3, 2018 Author Share #122 Posted October 3, 2018 Afternoon all I've started applying a coat of Danish oil. Here's a before on one side and after on the other! 😁. Bit of a difference as you can see! I'm sure I'll get used to it. Before... and after... Both pictures were taken in the same lighting conditions. Maybe a tad darker than I was expecting but still very pleased as to how it's slowly coming together. Thanks for looking Nick Hubac's Historian, md1400cs, Richmond and 2 others 5 Quote Le Mirage by fnick - Corel - 1:75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnick Posted October 3, 2018 Author Share #123 Posted October 3, 2018 completely forgotten I'd taken this one too. Quite like the contrast. Old Collingwood, Richmond, Hubac's Historian and 5 others 8 Quote Le Mirage by fnick - Corel - 1:75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubac's Historian Posted October 3, 2018 Share #124 Posted October 3, 2018 Outstanding, Nick! It really makes your terrific planking pop! md1400cs and fnick 2 Quote We are all works in progress, all of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnick Posted December 4, 2018 Author Share #125 Posted December 4, 2018 Evening all In today's episode of "Pimp my Ship"... OK nothing that exciting I'm afraid. But I do have the first lot of gold columns supporting the handrails done. Nice to start adding a bit of detail! Next up I need to build a couple of the deck guns (two different sizes) as some round gun ports need to be drilled on the sides and I want to make sure I get the height right! As always thanks for visiting. Nick md1400cs, marktiedens, Sjors and 3 others 6 Quote Le Mirage by fnick - Corel - 1:75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted December 5, 2018 Share #126 Posted December 5, 2018 Looks great Nick. The colors are all complementing each other nicely. Fantastic! md1400cs and fnick 2 Quote 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katsumoto Posted December 6, 2018 Share #127 Posted December 6, 2018 (edited) Beautifull ship and you did a awsome job on the planking part! Don’t mind the speed, the sharpness and cleannes of your work is only what’s important. When your model is finished,, that is what other people will notice, not the speed of the build. Keep following along the way sir, if you don’t mind... Edited December 6, 2018 by Katsumoto fnick 1 Quote Regards, Peter Current project - Wappen von Hamburg 1669 heavily bashed Previous project - Xebec Cazador 1750 bashed Previous project - Santa Maria bashed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnick Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share #128 Posted December 6, 2018 Thank you very much for the kind comments! 14 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said: The colors are all complementing each other nicely That's one of the main reasons I chose this model, "painting with wood" as someone else put so well. I'm glad the oil has deepened the colour of the wood. Personally I think that this tones down a bit the gold from the columns (and the rest of the decorations to come). 5 hours ago, Katsumoto said: Keep following along the way sir, if you don’t mind... I don't mind at all! Nick Landlubber Mike 1 Quote Le Mirage by fnick - Corel - 1:75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnick Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share #129 Posted December 16, 2018 Morning everyone Small amount of progress. First cannon build. Got a smaller one to do and I can start drilling the round gunnports. The barrel was already as shown above but I used birchwood brass blacken on the trunnion. Worked really well. Quick and easy to use ( I have no affiliation with the company by the way). Gun lines up pretty well with the existing gun port. Phew! 😀 Thanks for visiting Nick GrandpaPhil, Duanelaker, Katsumoto and 1 other 4 Quote Le Mirage by fnick - Corel - 1:75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHOI47NETHERLANDS Posted August 5, 2021 Share #130 Posted August 5, 2021 On 4/10/2014 at 11:53 PM, le débutant said: Looking forward,more picture. I believe corel as some error in all kit. there are definitely errors in the model. But that's what makes it so much fun for the expert builder. I have a lot of fun building it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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