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Amerigo Vespucci by Dimitris71 - Mantua - 1:100 scale


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Hello shipmates, Mike and Edwin I thank you for your nice comments for visiting my build log and also for your likes!! :)

Elia-Carl-Brian-Chevygrunt I thank you for passing by and also for your likes!! :) :)

 

A small update to my build log.. :)

 

Cheers

Dimitris

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Current Build: Amerigo Vespucci -Mantua- 1:100 scale

 

Completed Build logs: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Gallery: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Future Build: Royal Caroline -Panart- 1:47 scale

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Looks fantastic, Great job!

Thank you for your nice comments and for visiting my build log

 

Regards

Dimitris

Current Build: Amerigo Vespucci -Mantua- 1:100 scale

 

Completed Build logs: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Gallery: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Future Build: Royal Caroline -Panart- 1:47 scale

 

 

 

 

 

 

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That really is coming on nicely.

 

Great bit of masking.

 

Frank :piratebo5:

Hello Frank , Thank you for passing by, for your nice comments and also for your likes!!! :) :)

 

Cheers

Dimitris

Current Build: Amerigo Vespucci -Mantua- 1:100 scale

 

Completed Build logs: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Gallery: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Future Build: Royal Caroline -Panart- 1:47 scale

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hello Dimitris,Very artistic ,classical paint workmanship totally awesome. Edwin

 

Hello my friend, I thank you for visiting  my build log, for your kind words and also for your likes!!! :)

 

Cheers

Dimitris

Current Build: Amerigo Vespucci -Mantua- 1:100 scale

 

Completed Build logs: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Gallery: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Future Build: Royal Caroline -Panart- 1:47 scale

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hello shipmates, Elia-Brian-Mike-KeithW, I thank you for visiting my build log and also for your likes. :)

 

Now to my build progress. I installed the portholes to the port side and also  opened the  doors with my Dremel . I also start to construct the deck house that is going to the quarter deck.

 

Cheers

Dimitris

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Current Build: Amerigo Vespucci -Mantua- 1:100 scale

 

Completed Build logs: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Gallery: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Future Build: Royal Caroline -Panart- 1:47 scale

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hi Dimitris,

 

What a beautiful smooth paint job.  The fibre glass and resin was well worth the effort.

 

Do you mind telling us what hull red paint you used?

 

Cheers

Slog

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I'm following because I like what's happening! Great Job, and the detail. Very impressed Dimitris!

Thank you very much for your nice words about my work !! :) :)

 

Cheers

Dimitris

Current Build: Amerigo Vespucci -Mantua- 1:100 scale

 

Completed Build logs: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Gallery: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Future Build: Royal Caroline -Panart- 1:47 scale

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hi Dimitris,

 

What a beautiful smooth paint job.  The fibre glass and resin was well worth the effort.

 

Do you mind telling us what hull red paint you used?

 

Cheers

Slog

Hello Slog, thank you for your nice comments for visiting my build log and also for your likes.

Regarding your question about the hull red paint. The paint is  : Vallejo Model Air,  code 71.084, Name Fire red.

 

Cheers

Dimitris

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Current Build: Amerigo Vespucci -Mantua- 1:100 scale

 

Completed Build logs: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Gallery: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Future Build: Royal Caroline -Panart- 1:47 scale

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hello shipmates, Brian-Mike, I thank you for visiting my build log and also for your likes. :)  The things in the shipyard are moving slowly.. Weekend udate.I constructed the chimney, the Mantua didn't come with any clue on how to install the four rings on the chimney. The kit's  handrail stanchions are not of my taste. They look fake.So i decided to cut some stanchions to construct a base for the 4 rings of the chimney.

 

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I also start to assemble the windlass.

 

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Further more I constructed the Radar too.

 

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And finally finishing the quarter's deck house with mahogany varnish, also I put  transparent pieces (it was not included in the kit)of plastic to simulate the glasses of the windows.

 

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P.S. I decided to change the portholes with better quality products http://www.rbmodel.com/index.php?action=products&group=048

 

Kind Regards

Dimitris

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Current Build: Amerigo Vespucci -Mantua- 1:100 scale

 

Completed Build logs: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Gallery: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Future Build: Royal Caroline -Panart- 1:47 scale

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hello to all. Edwin,Brian and Mike I do thank you for visiting my build log and also for your likes.. :) :)

I finished the windlass assembly that includes the crane of the ship. I also glued the stern's balcony and painted with mahogany brown.. :) :)

 

Cheers

Dimitris

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Current Build: Amerigo Vespucci -Mantua- 1:100 scale

 

Completed Build logs: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Gallery: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Future Build: Royal Caroline -Panart- 1:47 scale

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Beautiful build dimitris. I've always had a soft spot for the Vespucci and will follow with great interest.

Anton T

 

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1/78 Sovereign of the Seas - Sergal - kit bashed

1/72 Arleigh Burke class DDG flight iia/iii - Sratch built RC - no log

 

Waiting for further inspiration

STS Leeuwin II 1/56 scratch built (90% completed)

 

Previous builds - completed

1/72 HMAS Brisbane, Airwarfare Destroyer 2014 -Scratch built RC - completed

1/64 HMS Diana 1796 - caldercraft kit - completed

1/75 Friesland 1668- mamoli kit - completed

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Beautiful build dimitris. I've always had a soft spot for the Vespucci and will follow with great interest..

 

Hello Tallshiptragic, I do thank you for your nice comments and for visiting my build log. I am always glad to see new crew to my build log. Welcome aboard. :) :)

 

Regards

Dimitris :)

Current Build: Amerigo Vespucci -Mantua- 1:100 scale

 

Completed Build logs: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Gallery: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Future Build: Royal Caroline -Panart- 1:47 scale

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hi Dimitris,

 

I lke the A.V. Fitting out Details which are comimng on splendid....

 

Nils

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"Zeesboot"  heritage wooden fishing small craft around 1870, POB  clinker scratch build scale 1:24

Pilot Schooner # 5 ELBE  ex Wanderbird, scale 1:50 scratchbuild

Mississippi Sterwheelsteamer built as christmapresent for grandson modified kit build

Chebec "Eagle of Algier" 1753--scale 1:48-POB-(scratchbuild) 

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"Lorbas", river tug, steam driven for RC, fictive design (scratchbuild), scale appr. 1:32

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Hi Dimitris,

 

I lke the A.V. Fitting out Details which are comimng on splendid....

 

Nils

Nils, i do thank you for your kind comments. They are very ecouraging, especially when they come from people with experience like yourself! :) :)

 

Regards

Dimitris

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Current Build: Amerigo Vespucci -Mantua- 1:100 scale

 

Completed Build logs: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Gallery: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Future Build: Royal Caroline -Panart- 1:47 scale

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hi Dimitris

 

I like much your detail work on the fittings! - and she's growing, your A.V.  :)

 

Best regards!

Mike

Hello Mike, I do thank you for your visits to my build log and also for your likes and nice comments!!! Your Stavanger is awsome!! :10_1_10:

 

Kind Regards

Dimitris

Current Build: Amerigo Vespucci -Mantua- 1:100 scale

 

Completed Build logs: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Gallery: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Future Build: Royal Caroline -Panart- 1:47 scale

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hello shipmates.

 

Elia I do thank you for visiting my build log, for your nice comments and also for your likes :) :)

Slog-Igor I do thank you for visiting my build log and also for your likes. :) :)

 

So.. I finished the A.V.'s balcony on the stern. I have to say that it is a tricky spot and it gave me a hard time  bending the brass fence and installing it right.... :(

 

Kind regards

Dimitris

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Current Build: Amerigo Vespucci -Mantua- 1:100 scale

 

Completed Build logs: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Gallery: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Future Build: Royal Caroline -Panart- 1:47 scale

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hello shipmates, I installed the bow's and stern's decorations of the ship and I also opened the portholes below the stern's balcony.

 

Best Regards 

Dimitris

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Current Build: Amerigo Vespucci -Mantua- 1:100 scale

 

Completed Build logs: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Gallery: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Future Build: Royal Caroline -Panart- 1:47 scale

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hi Dimitris

 

Just out tonight trying to catch up on a few of the MSW Build Logs including yours, I have been stuck in my own old ship yard with my own little fishing schooner. I have decided to take a look around tonight. Great job you are doing on your Amerigo Vespucci . She surely will be one of a kind that is for sure, WELL DONE, ENJOY.

 

Regards Lawrence

Hello Lawrence, I do thank you for your nice comments, for your visits to my build log and also for your likes. As I told you before your Annie and your work on her is amazing.. :) :)

 

Kind regards

Dimitris

Current Build: Amerigo Vespucci -Mantua- 1:100 scale

 

Completed Build logs: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Gallery: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Future Build: Royal Caroline -Panart- 1:47 scale

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hello Dimitris,The neatness of your work is already radiating  in the direction of a masterly classic build,one of the nicest AV's yet,well done my friend.Edwin

 

Hello my friend, how are you? I'm glad to see you again in my build log. I do thank you for your kind comments and also for your likes.Have a good day!!

 

Kind regards

Dimitris

Current Build: Amerigo Vespucci -Mantua- 1:100 scale

 

Completed Build logs: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Gallery: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Future Build: Royal Caroline -Panart- 1:47 scale

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dimitris,

 

Very nice work on the stem and stern detailing.  I haven't yet worked with photo etched brass so I don't know how it difficult it is to work; I suspect it can be challenging.  You've done a very neat and clean job of it.

 

Is your plan to leave those brass details 'bright' or paint them?

 

Cheers,

 

Elia

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Hello shipmates, Slog-Brian-Mike-Nils-Igor I do thank you for your visits to my build log and also for your likes. :) :)

 

I continue to construct the bow rudder housing's glass dome. I copied the design from 1/84 Vespucci because I did not like the design in the plans that came with the kit. I used walnut strips 0.5 X 3mm to make it. It needs 2 more coats of paint.

 

Kind regards

Dimitris

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Current Build: Amerigo Vespucci -Mantua- 1:100 scale

 

Completed Build logs: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Gallery: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Future Build: Royal Caroline -Panart- 1:47 scale

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dimitris,

 

Very nice work on the stem and stern detailing.  I haven't yet worked with photo etched brass so I don't know how it difficult it is to work; I suspect it can be challenging.  You've done a very neat and clean job of it.

 

Is your plan to leave those brass details 'bright' or paint them?

 

Cheers,

 

Elia

Hello Elia, I do thank you for your nice comments, for the likes and so many visits to my build log. Yes you are right about the photo etched brass, it is very challenging.It gave me a hard time to alighn with the hull. In the end i did not use any glue, I nailed them on the hull . :angry: :angry: lol. Regarding your question about painting the brass , I am still thinking about it. Feel free to advise me.. :) :)

 

Kind regards

Dimitris

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Current Build: Amerigo Vespucci -Mantua- 1:100 scale

 

Completed Build logs: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Gallery: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale

 

Future Build: Royal Caroline -Panart- 1:47 scale

 

 

 

 

 

 

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