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 Looking forward to it Mick  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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Stunning work Martyn  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
So Much to Build,But What a Hobby!
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Absolutely beautiful ,all those bright colours shouldn't work together but somehow they do  Man he took his time in the sun Had a dream to understand A single grain of sand He gave birth to poetry But one day will cease to be Greet the last light of the library...We were here!
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tigerace wrote:Stunning work Martyn regards Phil Cheers Phil I'm loving this build 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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nightwisher wrote:Absolutely beautiful ,all those bright colours shouldn't work together but somehow they do Thanks for the comments nightwisher the colours are totally bonkers and at a distance the red and yellow on the roof looks pinky/ orange  a bit strange but she must have looked stunning in real life 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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Hi all A bit more done on the Vasa The ratlines on the lower shrouds have been completed and the upper ones started with one side finished and the other side half done. To break up the tying of the ratlines I have removed the pinrails and drilled the rails to take the belay pins as per the real ship. I also noticed that the beakhead was missing the two dolphins so used some of the left over ply from the carriers of the bulkheads to make them, see I never throw anything away lol . Looking at the rake of the shrouds on the main mast I am planning to fit the main yard as it will be a bit difficult to rigg with them in the way but that's a way ahead yet Cheers for following Martyn Martyn Ingram attached the following image(s): 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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Looking fab Martyn, doing a great job with those ratlines.... A long job but the effort is so worthwhile..... Regards Alan
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Nice work Martyn, looking a stunning build. I have a box of all spare bits, just in case I might need something one day. Mark
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thanks for the feedback guys The main yard has been fitted as their would not be a lot of room to rigg it with the shrouds in the way. I have made two more rams head blocks as the first two where a bit big and out of scale. The halyard rope was passed through the top of the block then up through the sleeves on the main mast and tied to the main yard. The block was then rigged to the knightshead . The parrels where then made up and fitted to the yard . The shrouds where fitted with the dead eyes and tied in pairs as per the real ship . Looking at the Vasa 1 book I noticed a strange looking block just above the mizzenmast chainwhales. This turns out to be a fixed block that controls the sheets of the bottom of the mainsail. Most ships in the 16 hundreds had a loose block that would hit the side of the hull by fitting a captive block this stops this happening ,very clever so I made some up out of some spare stock wood.I have also changed the look of the blocks supplied as they look to square so I have filled the edges to give them a more rounded shape . I have started putting on the ratlines and have discovered that I haven't got enough dark brown thread to complete them and was just wondering if I am missing a roll of brown thread as I only got one ? . So I think I will have to order more  Thanks for following Martyn Martyn Ingram attached the following image(s): 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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All looking good and nice work Martin Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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More amazing work Martyn, I really like the idea of rounding the corners of the blocks much more realistic. I also like to stain mine a darker shade to make them look older Man he took his time in the sun Had a dream to understand A single grain of sand He gave birth to poetry But one day will cease to be Greet the last light of the library...We were here!
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Looking good Martyn, lovely work..... Can confirm you only receive one roll of brown thread, issued in Pack 1..... Regards Alan
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Thanks Alan . I thought it was only one . The only trouble is there not enough to do all the ratlines which is a bit strange. Might have to have a word with CS to see if they can send me some 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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 It now seems I have used the wrong thread for the ratlines my fault. The thread was mistakenly marked as .5 but was .25 in stage 2 . Hayho I will order some more silly me . I must admit the thinner stuff looks better . 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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Hi all Still going with the ratlines but to brake them up I thought I would paint some more carvings and scratch build a lantern for the stern . The Vasa museum haven't found the lantern but they still have a lot of artefacts to go through and I am pretty sure she would of had one as bobbin about the middle of the Baltic at night with no light was just looking for someone to crash into you . As their are no pictures of the lantern I let my imagination take over but keeping with the look of the ship so it's a bit over the top. The lantern was made with some spare wood and glazed with some thin plastic from a manicure file set I had lying about. The carvings of the lion heads came from leftover carvings from the Corel Vasa and I copied the top finial from the galleries . I also made a copper oil lamp out of some dowl for the inside Thanks for following Martyn Martyn Ingram attached the following image(s): 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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Hi looking good and coming along well,like the lamp ,suits the decoration on the rest of the ship,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,
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Beautiful work Martyn, some great modelling skills. Mark
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Looks good to me Martin and nice work Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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