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Thanks Steve, hope to be back with it soon. Regards Alan England expects that every man will do his duty.
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Hi all, After regaining the use of a full compliment of digits, I set about completing the launch. The last main item to build was the rudder, but I immediately had an oops moment. Upon looking at the rudder details I noticed that the ships boats do not have a prominent stern post like the mother ship, or indeed, the donor hulls I'm using, so that had to be shaved off.  To get the rudder tight against the stern board, cut outs are formed in the top section of the rudder and on the back of the keel to fit the pintles into, unlike Victory, where all the pintles are on the rudder,and all gudgeons on the stern post. I made the pintles and gudgeons from various pieces of small brass and copper strips.   The rudder itself was cut from styrene sheet and again, the pintles and gudgeons made from strips of brass and copper.  Finally, a length of 0.5mm brass micro tubing was drilled and glued into the top front edge to form the steering arm.   A couple of coats of paint, and the stern board repainted, to complete the working rudder.   A couple of shots of the completed launch in position on the skid beams.   Its good to be back on the build.  Regards Alan England expects that every man will do his duty.
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Something else I was tinkering with before the finger incident  The boats oars. Just made one to get a feel for how I would do them. I used a length of 0.8mm brass micro tubing and flattened one end with pliers hoping to get the look I wanted for the blade of the oar, but it didn't look wide enough. So I glued a piece of 0.5 X 1.5 styrene strip to each side of the flattened end, then filed them down to get the thinner profile required. I then inserted a small length of 0.5mm brass tubing into the other end to form the hand grip.  Finished off with a couple of coats of matt white paint.   Another little mini project to fall back on. If I decide to make the full compliment of oars for all the ships boats, there's 66 to do  of varying lengths. More on the main build soon. If I can keep myself uninjured at work Regards Alan England expects that every man will do his duty.
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Very nice work on the launch, love he detail you have added. Keep up the great work. Regards Foz 
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Hi Alan. great work on your launch. it looks realy nice when sitting on your victory. Look forward to seeing your progress ian  Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
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Cheers Foz and Ian for your comments. Regards Alan England expects that every man will do his duty.
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Beautiful work on that launch Alan, especially loved the oar too, not the easiest of things to make. And Ian was right, it does look great on the skids! Well done! Robin First wooden ship: The Grimsby 12 Gun 'Frigate' by Constructo Second: Bounty DelPrado Part Works Third: HMS Victory DelPrado Part Works 1/100 scale Diorama of the Battle of the Brandywine from the American Revolutionary War Diorama of the Battle of New Falkland (unfinished sci-fi), Great War Centenary Diorama of the Messines Ridge Assault Index for the Victory diary is on page 1
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Great work Alan, looks superb.... Regards Alan
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Thanks Robin and Alan for your comments, much appreciated. I have made a start tinkering with referbing the gun ports and lids with the new PE gear, but I doubt much will be done over the festive period Which brings me to my reason for logging on. A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONERegards Alan England expects that every man will do his duty.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONERegards Alan England expects that every man will do his duty.
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Good job there Alan, well done, looking forward to your next instalment. Rgds, Hans
"It's okay to make mistakes. mistakes are our teachers - they help us to to learn, even if it is painfully"
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Hans wrote:Good job there Alan, well done, looking forward to your next instalment. Thanks for your comments Hans, much appreciated. Regards Alan England expects that every man will do his duty.
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Hi all, I'm still plodding along with the gun port refurbishment, but haven't done a great deal since Christmas as I've been busy with work and family, it's a pain how these things get in the way of your hobbies Here's a few pics showing the refurb procedure. Step one is to grind off the hinge and large raised detail around the holes on the gun port lids.  The new PE hinges are then fixed to what was the inside face of the lid.  Followed by the eyelets.  The old riggols are carefully removed and replaced with the new correct profile PE ones.  The colours on the lid are reversed, eyelets fitted to what is now the inside of the lid, new riggol painted in, gun fitted, lid fixed in place and lanyards attached.  Only quite a lot more to do Regards Alan England expects that every man will do his duty.
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Hi all, Just a quick post regarding another little enhancement. Through another forum, I found a guy in the US who does miniature engraving. After a couple of emails back and forth, he came up with this.  Notice the little plate on the quarter deck. Move in closer and see what it is....  I had him make it as small as he could (7mm X 4mm) for me. It cannot be read with the naked eye, (well at least I can't read it), buts that's what I wanted, but he can obviously make them bigger, and you guys doing the De Agg model could have it bigger without it looking too over scale. It does make an interesting and authentic addition to the model. I'm not involved with this guy in any way and am not looking to make anything from it. He charged me $20 plus postage. If anyone is interested, PM me and I will pass on his contact info. Regards Alan England expects that every man will do his duty.
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Hey I like that! I'm hoping to scratch build a living Nelson eventually, (possibly two, one standing and one laying wounded) but I suppose I could have his secretary standing behind him holding the plaque!  That's a great idea though, well done! Robin First wooden ship: The Grimsby 12 Gun 'Frigate' by Constructo Second: Bounty DelPrado Part Works Third: HMS Victory DelPrado Part Works 1/100 scale Diorama of the Battle of the Brandywine from the American Revolutionary War Diorama of the Battle of New Falkland (unfinished sci-fi), Great War Centenary Diorama of the Messines Ridge Assault Index for the Victory diary is on page 1
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The plaque is a very nice touch. Can't wait to see more.
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dtssyst wrote:The plaque is a very nice touch. Can't wait to see more. Thanks for commenting, much appreciated. Regards Alan England expects that every man will do his duty.
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Plymouth57 wrote:Hey I like that! I'm hoping to scratch build a living Nelson eventually, (possibly two, one standing and one laying wounded) but I suppose I could have his secretary standing behind him holding the plaque! That's a great idea though, well done! Robin Thanks Robin, I am also making a Nelson figure by converting one of the Minifig officers. Poses a problem of what to place on the quarter deck, the plaque or Lord Nelson (plaque is only temporary at the moment). Mind you, if the plaque had been there on the 21st Oct 1805 it may have convinced him to change into a lower ranking uniform, then who knows how things would have ended up. Definitely still a great victory for Nelson, but he may have returned triumphant, probably married Lady Hamilton, had more children, caused more scandal, died an old man, still a great hero, but I doubt there would be a Nelson's column in Trafalgar Square, would there even be a Trafalgar Square ? Sorry, I'm rambling again Regards Alan England expects that every man will do his duty.
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Love the little plaque Alan, really nice idea. Quote:Mind you, if the plaque had been there on the 21st Oct 1805 it may have convinced him to change into a lower ranking uniform, then who knows how things would have ended up He probably would have tripped over it just as the sniper fired his shot Could have been a lifesaver - but then it would have said "Here Nelson Tripped and Fell" Steve
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Hi Alan. Superp little touch with your here nelson fell plaque. Your gun port lids also look great. look forward to seeing more. Ian Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
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