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New, more detailed images of the ship deck, Jack. 01 20160426_123208.jpg  02 20160426_123216.jpg  03 20160426_123221.jpg 
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That's looking really good Jack! Not too overdone and just enough to show that the wood isn't brand new!  I'm relieved the solution did what you wanted in the end, I must admit when I was making the trench boards in the Messines diorama I also diluted the solution to quite a degree, I think it was about 1:7 with water in the end (I was working with bare wood coffee stirers from Costa Coffee though, not the darker wood you have there. Funnily enough, I'm on day four of my new test batch and that hasn't changed colour at all yet, all that's happened so far is that the wool has turned black. I'm wondering what a couple of old rusty nails would be like instead of the wool!  So glad it worked in the end, and so much cheaper than commercial weathering products! 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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Hi Robin, you suggestion at the end was probably the best and the cheapest. And there is room to increase its knowledge. Now this method is permanently archived in my positive experiences folder. Thanks again. Jack.Aubrey
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Hi Jack. The deck colour is looking really nice, keep the pictures coming. regards Ian Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
Finished Builds Corel HMS Victory cross section.
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Here some new images . . On the terrace, cloudy weather, no flash . . 01 20160427_142044.jpg  02 20160427_142036.jpg  03 20160427_142050.jpg  Inside home, with flash . . 04 20160427_145749.jpg 
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Hi Jack, you got some lovely finish on this deck. It was worth the wait and experimentation. Are you using off-camera flash? 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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michu wrote:Hi Jack, you got some lovely finish on this deck. It was worth the wait and experimentation.
Are you using off-camera flash? Thank you for your comment . . i'm using a smartphone of last generation, totally automated. Rgds, Jack.
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Hi jack. really great finish on your deck, nice pictures. Regards Ian Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
Finished Builds Corel HMS Victory cross section.
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Hi Jack, decking has turned out really nice. All that experimentation has certainly paid off.... Looking fab.....
Regards
Alan
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Such neat and tidy work, stunning Jack. I really like how the weathered planks turned out too
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Many thanks to all of you for your positive comments.
I believe it's the strenght of this kind of software applications, such as forums, to simplify and favour the exchange of experiences and ideas between their members. In our case modellers. Another positive effect is to encourage potential new modellers to start, being sure that they can easily find support when needed. Without the motivation coming from Robin's (Plymouth57) suggestion I'd probably followed another method . . may be better or not, who knows.
It's now coming the time to come back to my house near to Milan, after +/- six months passed in Tuscany. For this reason I'm going to close the shipyard here but, considering that the main amount of work on this model is over, I'm thinking to pack everything and to continue at home: considering what remains to do, it's reasonable to imagine the completion in a couple of months, also sharing the time with the other shipyard (HMS Guadeloupe) I'm managing there.
Most probably, my next messages will be originated from my main workshop in Milan where I think to stay until the end of August. If I'll be successful in finishing the Gokstad ship in time, my next return to Tuscany will probably coincide with the start of a brand new model.
Kind regards, Jack.Aubrey
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Hi Jack. hope your move back to Milan goes ok. look forward to seeing some more posts of your work. Regards Ian Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
Finished Builds Corel HMS Victory cross section.
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It's been interesting watching this come together. Look forward to seeing it's completion when your settled.
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Monday, June 6th, 2016jack.aubrey wrote:It's now coming the time to come back to my house near to Milan, after +/- six months passed in Tuscany. For this reason I'm going to close the shipyard here but, considering that the main amount of work on this model is over, I'm thinking to pack everything and to continue at home: considering what remains to do, it's reasonable to imagine the completion in a couple of months, also sharing the time with the other shipyard (HMS Guadeloupe) I'm managing there.
Most probably, my next messages will be originated from my main workshop in Milan where I think to stay until the end of August. If I'll be successful in finishing the Gokstad ship in time, my next return to Tuscany will probably coincide with the start of a brand new model.
Kind regards, Jack.Aubrey According with my previous statement, here quoted, I've resumed today this shipyard. I came back to my house close to Milan two weeks ago but I had too many task to take care before modelling, so I can start something on the Viking ship only today. I'm installing the several shields on the sides of the ship. These shields were a typical feature of these ships. Here below two images of the work done today, just a quarter of the whole. Regards, jack.Aubrey. 01 20160606_160424.jpg  02 20160606_201312_HDR.jpg 
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2016The starboard side of the ship is now over, with all its shields in place . . now it's time for the port side. Is more beautiful the Viking ship or the sage plant in the background ? 01 20160607_160807.jpg  02 20160607_160823.jpg  03 20160607_160836.jpg 
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Hi Jack. looking really good with the shields in place. Look forward to seeing more. Ian Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
Finished Builds Corel HMS Victory cross section.
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Hi Jack Love the look and the workmanship that's gone into this, how are shields attached to the boat ? Regards Paul Building: DelPrado HMS Victory. Building: DeAgostini Sovereign Of The Seas.
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Gibbo wrote:Hi Jack
Love the look and the workmanship that's gone into this, how are shields attached to the boat ? Regards
Paul Hi Paul, to answer to your question I think may be helpful the following picture from the "assembly instructions" available with the kit. As you can see you need to drill a small hole into the gunwale, insert a thin rope into it and tie the shield into the central part were there is a kind of handle to keep it. 01 Shields.jpg  But I developed a slighty different method, consisting in drilling two holes instead of one and pass the rope into the first hole, then inside the handle of the shield and back into the second hole. Finally I fixed it with a simple knot and a drop of cyan glue to strengthen it. Simple although more time comsuming, but the result is more stable and clean. Regards, Jack.
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Great build there! love those shield`s regards Phil COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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Saturday, June 11th, 2016The shields installation is now over . . Now I'm starting another task: building the oars . . Thanks to everybody for the positive appreciations. Rgds, Jack.Aubrey 01 20160611_163647.jpg  02 20160611_163637.jpg  03 20160611_163659.jpg 
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