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Hi Barry, You are correct. I filed mine down as I was copying the jotika HMS Surprise prototype. It's slightly different to the version you are doing. Your doing a great job on the planking as it is. Well done mate. 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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She's looking good Barry, you're doing a great job with the planking...
Regards
Alan
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magpie1832 wrote:Hi All,
Here is the bow Gunport. It is further forward than the Instructions say.. It is in-line with the prototype Gunport.It was quite tricky as the front is solid and I will have to use a dummy cannon.
Chris. Hi Chris, Getting ready to mark out the gun ports but a little confused...it looks like your ports stay in line with the curvature of the deck which I think is the correct position for them....i.e. the bottom of the port is parallel with the deck and not parallel with the waterline..am I correct? Thanks, Barry There's no time like the present.....
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Hi Chris Nice job on the planking, looking forward to seeing more. Regards Paul Building: DelPrado HMS Victory. Building: DeAgostini Sovereign Of The Seas.
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Hi Barry. Yeah the gunports follow line of the deck . Measure down from inside then mark it on the outside. That will give you your deck line the work out the height from that to the port. 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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Hi Chris. Fantast planking, looks the business. Ian   Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
Finished Builds Corel HMS Victory cross section.
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Hi Chris, Well done on your planking job. I love the clean, crisp lines. Kind regards, Garth "Measure twice, cut once!!!"
Finished!!! HMS Victory,
Current build: Black Pearl.
On hold: Bismarck, Golden Hind, Flying Scotsman, Victory Cross Section, SOTS, Tiger 1.
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Nice planking!Greetings,
Walter
Present builds:
Revell B-24D Liberator 1:48
On the shelf:
Italeri "Fiat Mefistofele", Italeri "Moto Guzzi California", Fokker "Red Baron", Revell Bismarck, Revell Tirpitz, Arab Dow, Stage Coach, .....
Completed builds:
McLaren MP4/4, D-51 Steam Locomotive, HMS Victory, GWH F-15D Eagle, St. Stephen`s Cathedral (cardboard), Solar-powered paddle Steamer (little project with my son), HMS Victory X-section, "Geli" Phantom II (cardboard)
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Hello Magpie, i am looking at your build, perfect work here.
Do i see right, you used different Gratings on the Gun deck as those from the kit ? (or just resized those which come with the model)?
I am waiting now for delivery of my set and i have already looked at the original instructions - i didnt like how they describe the cannon rigging, especially the lack of rear tackles and the main tacks spanned to eyebolts
The original Unite reported problems reloading the Long Guns propably because of the Gratings getting in the way so one of my thoughts would be to change them for Carronades
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Thanks for your nice comments. And welcome to the forum.
I based my build on some of the unite plans I had and the Jotika Version which was very similar.
My gratings were the original ones from the kit but shaped, cut and placed where the unite had them.
On the main deck I will be using a carronade at the front where I haven't placed a cannon as that's where the Jotika version placed theirs. But haven't managed to get hold of one in the right scale.
Hope you enjoy your build and post up your build log for us to see.
If there's anything you need to know just ask.
Cheers
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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I think I am going to get the Caldercraft 24pdr carronade Kit (25mm) for mine, I did get a Amati version, which was good but I could not drill holes in the metal chair to put the rings on as it just ruined my drill bits!! Anyway when are we going to see some progress?? how far down is it on your list of other models to do?? ________________________________________________________________________________________ Built Mare Nostrum Google Photo AlbumMatelot (ˈmætləʊ) , Matlo or Matlow
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Hi Matelot,
I will get hold of them carronades too as need 2 for mine.
I would love to get back on to her but have got a couple needing finishing first. I haven't figured out which way I'm going with the rigging, I was sort of hoping that by now Jotika/Caldercraft had released their Surprise so I could copy the rigging But they haven't 5 years on from me doing mine.
If I could get plenty of good quality pics of the prototype version they have, then I would be able to do some sort of rigging. Otherwise it will be rigged the A/L way
ChrisOn 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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Have you read "Anatomy of the ship - The Frigate HMS Diana" That has some good and detailed diagrams of the rigging (and lots more) for the period frigate and it's mentioned on the jotika site. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Built Mare Nostrum Google Photo AlbumMatelot (ˈmætləʊ) , Matlo or Matlow
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Hi Matelot, Thanks I will have a look at that one. I do have a few rigging books, cant remember the names will look in the morning and post. Cheers 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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Hi Matelot
The books I have are,
The masting and Rigging of English Ships of War 1625-1860 - James Lees
Rigging Period Ship Models - Lennarth Peterson
I looked for the Anatomy of Diana. Its quite hard to get and some places want silly money.
ChrisOn 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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