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Riggers wrote:Nice Start Mike like it  . As you know I'm building the Victory at the moment would you recommend putting Balsa in her bow and stern? It's my 1st wooden ship build and it must help a lot with curving the planking... Cheers Chris Hi Chris thank you for the nice comment I would certainly Balsa the Bow and stern, I did it in my Victory build and Fitted balsa to the Cutty Sarks complete Hull, and The Endeavour Kind regards Mike MWG attached the following image(s): MWG BUILD DIARIES: HMS VICTORY, SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, SAN FRANCISCO II, HMS HOOD, HMS ENDEAVOUR LONGBOAT, HMS VICTORY X-SECTION, 007 DB5, NISSAN GTR, CUTTY SARK, RB7, AKAGI, BARK HMS ENDEAVOUR, HUMMER H1, MITSUBISHI ZERO.
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Hi Mike, I see your well under way with the Sovereign,great presentation,you are a real help to this forum keep it all going Mike. Kind Regards Trev. Work in progress: Tombstone (Scratch) - San Francisco 2. -The Mayflower ( scratch by plan).
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MWG wrote:Riggers wrote:Nice Start Mike like it . As you know I'm building the Victory at the moment would you recommend putting Balsa in her bow and stern? It's my 1st wooden ship build and it must help a lot with curving the planking... Cheers Chris Hi Chris thank you for the nice comment I would certainly Balsa the Bow and stern, I did it in my Victory build and Fitted balsa to the Cutty Sarks complete Hull, and The Endeavour Kind regards Mike Hi Mike your welcome. The pictures of all the hulls with balsa attached have given me lots of food for thought thanks for that. Have to source some balsa now and read up on how to attach it  . Cheers Chris Builds in progress: DeAgostini HMS VictoryDeAgostini McLaren MP4-23 " If it looks right then it is right "
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Hi Mike, thanks for such a useful build diary. I'm currently in the process of setting up my work space and your tools list has been a great help allowing me to create a basic tool set for the build. I'd never have thought of using tiles to keep pieces flat (was thinking of using books) so I popped into B&Q today and picked up a pair of 500mm x 500mm floor tiles for a few pounds (other diy stores are available). Hopefully be up and running this weekend although will have to wait 4 weeks for my next bunch of issues which will contain the stern keel piece... Keep up the good work. Will definitely continue looking in for more hints/tips for us 1st time builders... Andy Andy Current Builds: - HMS Sovereign of the Seas Planning on Building: - Scratch built HMS Victory full detail interior (I know what's inside even if you can't see it ) Completed Builds: -
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Hi Mike That looks good with the Balsa, great Tipp 
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Mike...What is the specifications of your brackets mate please?  Current Builds: Deagostini HMS Victory: Deagostini HMS Sovereign of the seas. Completed Builds: Del Prado: HMAS Bounty: Hachette: RMS Titanic: Del Prado: Cutty Sark...
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tf64 wrote:Hi Mike,
I see your well under way with the Sovereign,great presentation,you are a real help to this forum keep it all going Mike.
Kind Regards Trev. Hi Trev Thank you I appreciate it. Kind regards Mike MWG BUILD DIARIES: HMS VICTORY, SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, SAN FRANCISCO II, HMS HOOD, HMS ENDEAVOUR LONGBOAT, HMS VICTORY X-SECTION, 007 DB5, NISSAN GTR, CUTTY SARK, RB7, AKAGI, BARK HMS ENDEAVOUR, HUMMER H1, MITSUBISHI ZERO.
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Riggers wrote:MWG wrote:Riggers wrote:Nice Start Mike like it . As you know I'm building the Victory at the moment would you recommend putting Balsa in her bow and stern? It's my 1st wooden ship build and it must help a lot with curving the planking... Cheers Chris Hi Chris thank you for the nice comment I would certainly Balsa the Bow and stern, I did it in my Victory build and Fitted balsa to the Cutty Sarks complete Hull, and The Endeavour Kind regards Mike Hi Mike your welcome. The pictures of all the hulls with balsa attached have given me lots of food for thought thanks for that. Have to source some balsa now and read up on how to attach it . Cheers Chris Hi Chris I will be giving detailed instructions on how to Balsa the entire hull, we still use PVA adhesive Regards Mike MWG BUILD DIARIES: HMS VICTORY, SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, SAN FRANCISCO II, HMS HOOD, HMS ENDEAVOUR LONGBOAT, HMS VICTORY X-SECTION, 007 DB5, NISSAN GTR, CUTTY SARK, RB7, AKAGI, BARK HMS ENDEAVOUR, HUMMER H1, MITSUBISHI ZERO.
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Sillvestra wrote:Hi Mike, thanks for such a useful build diary. I'm currently in the process of setting up my work space and your tools list has been a great help allowing me to create a basic tool set for the build. I'd never have thought of using tiles to keep pieces flat (was thinking of using books) so I popped into B&Q today and picked up a pair of 500mm x 500mm floor tiles for a few pounds (other diy stores are available). Hopefully be up and running this weekend although will have to wait 4 weeks for my next bunch of issues which will contain the stern keel piece... Keep up the good work. Will definitely continue looking in for more hints/tips for us 1st time builders... Andy Hi Andy, I am glad you are finding the tips usefull Regards Mike MWG BUILD DIARIES: HMS VICTORY, SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, SAN FRANCISCO II, HMS HOOD, HMS ENDEAVOUR LONGBOAT, HMS VICTORY X-SECTION, 007 DB5, NISSAN GTR, CUTTY SARK, RB7, AKAGI, BARK HMS ENDEAVOUR, HUMMER H1, MITSUBISHI ZERO.
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Jesus-Belzheim wrote:Hi Mike That looks good with the Balsa, great Tipp Thank you Peter Regards Mike MWG BUILD DIARIES: HMS VICTORY, SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, SAN FRANCISCO II, HMS HOOD, HMS ENDEAVOUR LONGBOAT, HMS VICTORY X-SECTION, 007 DB5, NISSAN GTR, CUTTY SARK, RB7, AKAGI, BARK HMS ENDEAVOUR, HUMMER H1, MITSUBISHI ZERO.
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jonny7england wrote:Mike...What is the specifications of your brackets mate please? Hi Jonny, here is the spec:- 6 cm long x 6 cm high x 1.5 cm I hope this helps you Regards Mike MWG BUILD DIARIES: HMS VICTORY, SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, SAN FRANCISCO II, HMS HOOD, HMS ENDEAVOUR LONGBOAT, HMS VICTORY X-SECTION, 007 DB5, NISSAN GTR, CUTTY SARK, RB7, AKAGI, BARK HMS ENDEAVOUR, HUMMER H1, MITSUBISHI ZERO.
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ISSUE 5 BUILD Hi Team, not much to do this week,the plan is to assemble a further rib, and store the rest of the parts under my tile press. This is what we received this week:- MWG attached the following image(s): MWG BUILD DIARIES: HMS VICTORY, SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, SAN FRANCISCO II, HMS HOOD, HMS ENDEAVOUR LONGBOAT, HMS VICTORY X-SECTION, 007 DB5, NISSAN GTR, CUTTY SARK, RB7, AKAGI, BARK HMS ENDEAVOUR, HUMMER H1, MITSUBISHI ZERO.
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ISSUE 5 BUILD next up is to cut out and sand off all the loose ash from the edges of all the parts:- MWG attached the following image(s): MWG BUILD DIARIES: HMS VICTORY, SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, SAN FRANCISCO II, HMS HOOD, HMS ENDEAVOUR LONGBOAT, HMS VICTORY X-SECTION, 007 DB5, NISSAN GTR, CUTTY SARK, RB7, AKAGI, BARK HMS ENDEAVOUR, HUMMER H1, MITSUBISHI ZERO.
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ISSUE 5 BUILD I then stowed parts 17, 18, and 19 in my tile press, and proceede to assemble rib 16 with 16a and 16b:- MWG attached the following image(s): MWG BUILD DIARIES: HMS VICTORY, SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, SAN FRANCISCO II, HMS HOOD, HMS ENDEAVOUR LONGBOAT, HMS VICTORY X-SECTION, 007 DB5, NISSAN GTR, CUTTY SARK, RB7, AKAGI, BARK HMS ENDEAVOUR, HUMMER H1, MITSUBISHI ZERO.
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ISSUE 5 BUILD then using adhesive (PVA) I fixed the parts together again using my board covered in plastic so the glue will not stick to the board. Thats all for this week Thanks for looking in, questions and comments welcome. I will leave you with a photo of my tile press filling up Regards Mike MWG attached the following image(s): MWG BUILD DIARIES: HMS VICTORY, SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, SAN FRANCISCO II, HMS HOOD, HMS ENDEAVOUR LONGBOAT, HMS VICTORY X-SECTION, 007 DB5, NISSAN GTR, CUTTY SARK, RB7, AKAGI, BARK HMS ENDEAVOUR, HUMMER H1, MITSUBISHI ZERO.
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Hi Mike, Looking good ss always, the tips you are giving are useful to all
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Ger C wrote:Hi Mike,
Looking good ss always, the tips you are giving are useful to all
Hi Ger, much appreciated Regards Mike MWG BUILD DIARIES: HMS VICTORY, SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, SAN FRANCISCO II, HMS HOOD, HMS ENDEAVOUR LONGBOAT, HMS VICTORY X-SECTION, 007 DB5, NISSAN GTR, CUTTY SARK, RB7, AKAGI, BARK HMS ENDEAVOUR, HUMMER H1, MITSUBISHI ZERO.
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Great work Mike, finding your diary very well presented, informative and very easy to follow....
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Gandale wrote:Great work Mike, finding your diary very well presented, informative and very easy to follow.... Hi GD thank you Regards Mike MWG BUILD DIARIES: HMS VICTORY, SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, SAN FRANCISCO II, HMS HOOD, HMS ENDEAVOUR LONGBOAT, HMS VICTORY X-SECTION, 007 DB5, NISSAN GTR, CUTTY SARK, RB7, AKAGI, BARK HMS ENDEAVOUR, HUMMER H1, MITSUBISHI ZERO.
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looking good mike, cant wait to see it all put together ^^ Processing - Progressing
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