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Thanks Steve, Ian and Jase for your nice comments. I have just shaped a couple of parts from styrene sheet and fixed them to the bow and stern. Also a touch of yellow ochre paint to give a bit of detail.   More soon. Regards Alan England expects that every man will do his duty.
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Have made the thwarts from 0.75 X 2.5 mm styrene strip and temporarily laid in place.  The mast brackets were made from thin copper strip, cut down to 0.75mm wide and bent to shape.  Next update soon. Regards Alan England expects that every man will do his duty.
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 Nice work Alan super little build Rgd Martyn Building ?
Completed. Soliei Royal . Sovereign of the Seas . Virginia . Scotland . San Felipe . Corel vasa , Santisima Trinadad X section , Vasa
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When sailors have good wine, They think themselves in heaven for the time. John Baltharpe
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Seriously good work there Alan, real beautiful job you have done.....  Regards Alan
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Martyn Ingram wrote: Nice work Alan super little build Rgd Martyn Thanks for your nice comments Martyn, much appreciated. Regards Alan England expects that every man will do his duty.
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Gandale wrote:Seriously good work there Alan, real beautiful job you have done..... Regards Alan Thanks Alan for your nice comments, much appreciated. Regards Alan England expects that every man will do his duty.
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Hi Alan. Realy nice work on your boats. you can not see that you added the middles to them. fantastic work. look forward to seeing more Ian  Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
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ian smith wrote:Hi Alan. Realy nice work on your boats. you can not see that you added the middles to them. fantastic work. look forward to seeing more Ian Thanks Ian, Much appreciated. Well, the PE parts arrived from Germany this morning (Saturday) and among them was the sheet of gratings I had ordered for the ships boats.  There are four sizes on the sheet, starting at the bottom of the photo above with 1mm square then 0.75mm, 0.5mm and 0.4mm. For the boats I wanted the 0.5mm grating and cut it to shape using templates made from thin card to get the internal shape of the hull. Once I hade cut the grating, I made and the edging from 1mm X 0.5mm styrene strip, glued it to the grating and tried a test fit.   After a couple of coats of paint, they were ready to be fixed permanently.  Next I painted and fixed the thwarts that I had made earlier, plus the port and starboard ones at the stern.  Next I will make the rear davit and the central windlass. More soon. Regards Alan England expects that every man will do his duty.
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Hi all, Another small update on the launch. Have made and fitted the stern davit support beams from 1.5mm square styrene.   I have noticed that the planking detail on some of the hulls I will be using is a bit faint and on the launch I have a mid section that is plain due to the inserted styrene extension. So I have tried to re-define the planking using thin strips of masking tape.  Not sure if I should try to seal this first before painting, as I have never tried it before, so any advice would be welcome. Regards Alan England expects that every man will do his duty.
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Looks really smart mate J “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
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jase wrote:Looks really smart mate
J Thanks Jase, Regards Alan England expects that every man will do his duty.
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Hi all, More on the launch. I have spent tonight making the stern davit. Started with a piece of 2.5mm square styrene and filed to shape.  For the pulley I used some small plastic discs,  I think they are sequins, we were clearing out some cupboards and drawers the other week and found these in a box of buttons etc, I think they were my late mother in law's and my daughters used to play with them, I immediately ear marked them for the pulleys on the bowsprit but they are getting a run out sooner than I thought In the same box were some really small oval beads that I think I can use to represent the mouses in the rigging.  I digress, anyway, I glued the smaller disc inside the two larger ones then filed them down to a smaller diameter. Once I had the size, I formed the locating recess in the top of the davit.   A test fit using 0.6mm brass micro tubing for the pin and I have a working pulley.  The parts were disassembled for painting. Once dry I refitted the pulley with a shorter pin. Below are some photos of the davit in position.     I made it a tight fit between the support beams so that it would stay in place without glue as I think on the real boat it would have been stowed away when not in use, so when it sits on the skid beams it will be inside the boat.  Windlass up next Regards Alan England expects that every man will do his duty.
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Here we go with the windlass. I started with a length of 2.5mm square styrene strip. After making a working pulley on the stern davit I couldn't NOT make a working windlass, so the first job was to get the brass pins central and fitted in each end. It would have been heart breaking to do all the shaping first only to mess up on the pin holes and have to start again and as it happens, it took two attempts to get it right.  Once I was happy with the pins I marked out the areas to be shaped and went to work with small files and sanding block.   Next I made a couple of brackets from 1.5 X 0.5mm styrene and fixed one to the inside of the hull. I had to make a small rebate in this one to ride over a small blob of glue that I didn't want to risk trying to remove, once its painted and behind the windlass, I don't think it will show.  The idea is that once the parts are all painted, I can locate one pin into this bracket, fit the other bracket over the pin at the opposite end of the windlass, lower and fix in place. Like I have done for the test fit in the photo below, but without gluing.  They say you can't fit a square peg into a round hole, but with the aid of a small diamond file, I managed it for the turning poles  I made these from 0.75mm square styrene strip. They are not perfect as they were very flimsy and I could not excerpt too much pressure on them with the files etc, but they will do for now until I find something better for the job. Below are a couple of photos just to show that the windlass does turn.    Regards Alan England expects that every man will do his duty.
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Your boat looks very good, lovely detailing, well done Steve
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OUCH !!Nasty gash to thumb and 1st finger on right hand on Monday  Can still work OK but fiddly boat parts are out for the next few days till it heals enough to get the dressings off. Regards Alan England expects that every man will do his duty.
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Lovely work Sparks, inspirational to say the least..... Regards Alan
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Fantastic work Sparks, love the detail. Hope you fingers heal up soon so you can carry on with the build. Regards Foz 
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Hi Alan. Looking really superp. Hope your hand is better soon Ian. Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
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Thanks Alan, Foz and Ian for the nice comments, very much appreciated  You don't realize how much you take your fingers for granted until you can't use them properly. Everything takes twice as long to do, like typing this post  Hope to be back on the build in a couple of days. Thanks again and regards to all. Alan England expects that every man will do his duty.
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Alan, sorry to hear you have been wounded in action, take some time for R&R and report back for duty asap  ....England expects.. Steve
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