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Wonderful Steve, truly outstanding.....  Regards Alan
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 Stunning work as always Stevie I am loving this 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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Wow, stunning craftsmanship. Looking the part and beautiful work. 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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Endeavour Cross section,D51
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I'm really loving the way all the different coloured woods work together, stunning!
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Thanks for the comments A bit more progress, firstly, made a start on the main cannon - the wooden parts for this were plywood and not a good look. I didnt have any walnut sheet so decided to veneer the parts with walnut instead, came out ok - certainly better than ply anyway. Very surprised that these were not walnut in the first place when you think of how much walnut was supplied, practically all the insides are made from it! Next it was time to cut, shape and fit the 6 benches and brackets. This went quite smoothly apart from bench 3 (with the mast hole) As this bench had to line up exactly with the base mast hole I couldnt have it fitted directly over a rib like the other benches, it would have helped if this was mentioned when fitting the base block but the instructions didnt even say exactly where the hole in the base block should be  Nevermind, It's prob only me that will notice it  This was also a good time to give it a coat of Georgian Oak danish oil too Steve stevie_o attached the following image(s):
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Looking good Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Going great Steve. Your doing excellent job. On the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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Oooh I like those benches
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Wow what can I say lovely job simply bril Rgd Martyn Building ?
Completed. Soliei Royal . Sovereign of the Seas . Virginia . Scotland . San Felipe . Corel vasa , Santisima Trinadad X section , Vasa
Next Build ?
When sailors have good wine, They think themselves in heaven for the time. John Baltharpe
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Superb work there Steve, looking great. Rgds, Hans
"It's okay to make mistakes. mistakes are our teachers - they help us to to learn, even if it is painfully"
Current Build:
Endeavour Cross section,D51
Completed: HMS Victory
Under the bench: Endeavour x 2,Sovereign of the Seas, Akagi and The Black Pearl!HMS Victory Cross Section
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Top notch work Steve, she looks wonderful.... Regards Alan
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Steve, this is a tribute to our craft. Beautiful work, I've started to looking forward for each your update. Thanks for sharing this beauty. Any images I post on my personal builds are free to be used and shared under Creative Commons Attribution license, which means you can do what you want with them, on the condition you mention I'm the author.
Happy building :-) http://www.model-space.com/gb/
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Thanks guys, the comments mean a lot I dont like making accessories for models, I like making them even less at the end of a build so I have decided to get them all out of the way at this stage and then I can forget about them. There are a lot of bits to add to this build and they are all mostly made from scratch using the plans and instructions. There are 6 baskets / buckets, various cannon loading and cleaning tools, boat hook and a lot of oars, 12 I think  So, the next few posts will be showing the add-ons - the last couple of sessions I have been making the water bucket and the powder charges basket, containing the charges in 2 calibres. These were made by using 2 discs and planking the sides, the top disc was not glued in place as this needed to be removed when the plank glue had dried. They were then stained and rope wrapped. The water bucket has some clear casting resin inside to look like water. There is also going to be an anchor cable basket, rag basket, cannon ball trays and basket. The tools made so far are a cleaning swab, a rag scooper to retrieve the old rag wadding from the barrel, a cannon ball scoop, a boat hook and push rod to compress the charge and wadding. All the tools are for the big gun, not sure if I will make a set for the small guns yet, no mention of it in the plans anyway. More soon! Steve stevie_o attached the following image(s):
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You might not like building the accessories but you you have certainly done a pretty fine job on them as they look fantastic
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Lovely work yet again Stevie Rgd Martyn Building ?
Completed. Soliei Royal . Sovereign of the Seas . Virginia . Scotland . San Felipe . Corel vasa , Santisima Trinadad X section , Vasa
Next Build ?
When sailors have good wine, They think themselves in heaven for the time. John Baltharpe
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Great work on the accessories Stevie, I especially like the buckets, very well constructed and looks fab.... .. Regards Alan
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Hi simply stunning workmanship on display here.very well done, just love this build.a real joy to follow.cheers mick. Builds hms victory, suzuki gsx 1300 R hayabusa, honda C B 750, lamborghini countach L P 500 S, tamiya 1/16 rc full option tiger 1 tank,
built, Mclaren M P 4 - 23. Occre london tram,
Stash.airfix 1/24 mosquito. Diag Virginia schooner, tamiya 1/6 honda 750, tamiya 1/35 famo, tamiya 1/35 flak 88.
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Beautiful work Steve, and I especially like the bucket complete with water, a nice touch.
Happy building
David
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Awesome work. You have done great work on the launch. Chris. On the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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