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Thanks everyone. I have just started on the 6 deck cannons so be patient as update will be coming by end of the week ;)
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Hello again I managed to get some work done last night and I thought I'd share something with you. I'm making the 6 top deck cannons now and I'd like to add some details to them. I will be using 2mm blocks for the proper rigging so there are some details required too ;) First thing I found somewhere it was the wheels. Real cannon has much thicker wheel shafts than proposed brass ones and I managed to find just the right way of doing it. I can't remember where I saw this method but it works great. Instead of using the brass rod I used tooth picks but you insert them from the outside of the carriage which means the spike goes into the wheel first and then comes out and into the carriage. This gives you thicker diameter on the outside which you can trim. I went a step forward and decided to show the metal strap on the wheel hub. Using method described at the gun port lids I made some eyes of the diameter just big enough to fit on the toothpick just outside the wheel. Then I cut the toothpick off and secured it all with tiny drop of super glue. It looks really good and I'm pleased with the result so far. Tonight I will be putting everything together; as you can see on the last pic there is quite few extras on each cannon ;) My aim is to get started on the rear gallery this week, and probably do the carronades. I hope it is all helpful ;) Regards Tom
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Hi Tom ,love what your doing with the guns it's little upgrades like this that make the difference 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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Great work Tom I'm loving all the detail she will be a stunner when shes finished.
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Thanks guys, I always try to make things slightly better if I can. I really enjoy the process and if my experiences can help anybody it's great. Last night was quite time consuming as I was assembling the guns and preparing the rigging blocks. I used 2mm single blocks from Cornwall Model Boats as the supplied ones are way too oversized. I know that originally cannons have double blocks I think but the 3mm ones would just look too big. I will use double ones for the back of the carriage. It was a fiddly job getting all the little hooks and attaching the string but it's done. The only thing I have left is the thick rope that holds the gun itself. Have a look :) Sit tight for another update ;) Regards Tom
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Hello again As promised another update on my build. I decided to get cracking with the gallery and gosh it was tons of work to get it nicely done. I'm almost there, just need to do some painting of black strips and little touch ups but it looks impressive already. I couldn't resist to dry fit the masts and WOW I forgot how beautiful she is with them on :) Have a look ;) Net up will be fitting chainwales and little bits and pieces on the deck. Once done I'm off to making bowsprit :) Have a great and productive weekend all Regards Tom
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Hi Tom, Looking very good to me, think it will be a work of art when finished. Keep up the good work. Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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Galleries look fantastic Tom Regards Paul Building: DelPrado HMS Victory. Building: DeAgostini Sovereign Of The Seas.
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Fantastic work Tom, well done.
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Thanks guys I nearly forgot how satisfying it is when you see all the hours of work turning into something this stunning :) When I was fitting spindles I almost thought I'm going to fall short as I realised how close together I fitted them. Luckily we were supplied little extra so I have about 6 left Looks like I will be messing with some other stuff tonight
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Hi Tom, Some very impressive and neat work there. Keep it coming. Chris
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Hi all Yeah, it is great fun for sure. Yesterday I was messing with my son's lego blocks and I made simple rope walk just to run some tests with rope making. I used regular thread I found (I think it was 0.2mm). I need to experiment with different pulling force when twisting the strands but so far I'm impressed. I used one of the ropes as breech rope for my cannons and it looks great. This is just a temporary one but so far so good. Have a look... And the cannon with all the rigging ;) Have a great Sunday Tom
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Hi Tom Really like how your model is progressing and looking. I have dug myself into a bit of a rut with so many unmade kits i don’t know what to start (if i ever will) or what to pick up that i had started but due to personal issues over the last year. My very first “proper” part work was the victory and while the hull is only complete to the planking down to the gunport level, i really want to do something with it seeing lovely it can be made as with yours. Hope yours continues as well as it is going, and hoping i can pick mine up in the coming weeks. Tony Happy Modelling
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Hello everyone Thanks Tony for kind words and I hope you will get bac to the Victory build and make her spectacular :) I'm working away all this week but I couldn't resist taking my last contraption with me (lego rope walk). I've got some thread and I'm manufacturing some ropes in the hotel There is not much I can do here so at least I get to practise. This will be better version of rope for my shrouds. I'm planning to get better quality thread and improve my ropewalk so I can make more quantities and quicker ;) Have a look at some samples... I'm back on Friday so I hope to have productive weekend :) Regards Tom
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Hi Tom it would be good to have a pic of the ropes when you get your new thread alongside the ones you have now for comparison, because they look great already Regards Paul Building: DelPrado HMS Victory. Building: DeAgostini Sovereign Of The Seas.
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Wow that rope looks amazing,can't believe you have achieved that with a bit of lego 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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Hi there Thanks for that guys, so I just went to the shop this evening and got some Gutermann thread got the cotton in neutral and black in synthetic. I made three ropes from neutral ( 3x1, 3x2 and 3x3) and one from black (3x3) Please have a look and compare to the cheap thread ones. I'm extra happy with the neutral look but not too sure about the black. There is massive u=improvement already but I've got to try something else too ;) Thanks Tom
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Looks great Tom, looking forward to seeing the 'something else' Regards Paul Building: DelPrado HMS Victory. Building: DeAgostini Sovereign Of The Seas.
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Anyone who goes that extra mile has my admiration for sure and this is one of those occasions. The Lego rope walk looks great and appears to work well with the thread you are using. WTG (Just hope the Lego owner doesn`t suddenly want it back) Keep up the good work. Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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Thanks guys
The lego owner doesn't mind as he is old enough that this lego had been sat in the loft for last few years ;)
I managed to get some synthetics thread and I'm doing some trial ropes. I'm going with black and dark brown so it should look great.
I was thinking about getting cnc rigging blocks but it will end up costing me a fortune looking at amount of them in the model so I have decided against it. I will be staining the original ones walnut so they will look much better. Already redone rigging of all the blocks on the chainwales with the new rope - big improvement.
In the meantime I have finished the top cannons and carronades rigging - looks great to me. I will be taking some decent photos hopefully tonight so I can share the results with you all.
Yu will have to be patient with the pictures as I don't want to spoil the effect using the poor quality ones ;)
Stay tuned
Tom
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