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Great looking job there Claret, steady as she goes. Rgds, Hans
"It's okay to make mistakes. mistakes are our teachers - they help us to to learn, even if it is painfully"
Current Build:
Endeavour Cross section,D51
Completed: HMS Victory
Under the bench: Endeavour x 2,Sovereign of the Seas, Akagi and The Black Pearl!HMS Victory Cross Section
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 Nice work Claret Happy Building Rgd Martyn Building ?
Completed. Soliei Royal . Sovereign of the Seas . Virginia . Scotland . San Felipe . Corel vasa , Santisima Trinadad X section , Vasa
Next Build ?
When sailors have good wine, They think themselves in heaven for the time. John Baltharpe
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Hi Dominic, Thanks for the kind comments, I ahve been watching your plastic builds with interest. Awesome!! Regards Claret Also working on:
SOTS.
Moebius 1/32 Flying Sub with PE & lights.
Waiting in the wings:
Polarlights Spindrift from Land of the Giants.
finished:
007 Iconic DB5.
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Hi Hans & Martyn, Thanks for looking in and posting those words of encouragement. Much appreciated. Regards Claret Also working on:
SOTS.
Moebius 1/32 Flying Sub with PE & lights.
Waiting in the wings:
Polarlights Spindrift from Land of the Giants.
finished:
007 Iconic DB5.
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Rank: Vice-Master Groups: Registered
Joined: 02/09/2012 Posts: 515 Points: 1,515 Location: Burnley
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Hi all, Fixed the plank under the gallery. Soaked it first in hot water, bent it into shape and held it in situ with pins until dry. once dry, I pulled the pins out, glued it back into its place and re-pinned. Once the glue had cured, the pins were removed.  The plank was then sanded into the correct profile.  That's all for now. More to follow later. Claret. Also working on:
SOTS.
Moebius 1/32 Flying Sub with PE & lights.
Waiting in the wings:
Polarlights Spindrift from Land of the Giants.
finished:
007 Iconic DB5.
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Going well Claret . Keep the pic's coming  Rgd Martyn Building ?
Completed. Soliei Royal . Sovereign of the Seas . Virginia . Scotland . San Felipe . Corel vasa , Santisima Trinadad X section , Vasa
Next Build ?
When sailors have good wine, They think themselves in heaven for the time. John Baltharpe
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Thanks Martyn, will do. Also working on:
SOTS.
Moebius 1/32 Flying Sub with PE & lights.
Waiting in the wings:
Polarlights Spindrift from Land of the Giants.
finished:
007 Iconic DB5.
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Hi, Progressing with the 'upward' planking, pics below;     more to follow.... Regards claret Also working on:
SOTS.
Moebius 1/32 Flying Sub with PE & lights.
Waiting in the wings:
Polarlights Spindrift from Land of the Giants.
finished:
007 Iconic DB5.
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Hi again, When i had finished the planking, i masked off all the non planked areas and sprayed the planking with grey primer, fortunately the bank holiday weekend here in the north west was nice enough to do this outside (no way would I have had permission to do this inside!). 24 hours later, I removed the masking tape and set about sanding the hull, using p80 paper first. several hours later (not non-stop) the grey primer had been removed, leaving a few recesses that needed filling. these were filled and duly sanded. I finished off with fine sand paper p150. A couple of areas where the bambo may be a little thinner that I wanted, but on the whole the result was okay. pics below:     Thanks for looking in. Claret Also working on:
SOTS.
Moebius 1/32 Flying Sub with PE & lights.
Waiting in the wings:
Polarlights Spindrift from Land of the Giants.
finished:
007 Iconic DB5.
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Joined: 05/09/2012 Posts: 1,400 Points: 4,690 Location: Beaminster, Dorset
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Looks Good
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That's a lovely bit of planking an ideal base for the next layer.
Kind Regards Nigel
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Joined: 24/09/2012 Posts: 491 Points: 1,452 Location: London
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Lovely work claret, looks very smooth! Processing - Progressing
Previous builds: HMS Victory
Current build: HMS Sovereign of the seas
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Joined: 23/04/2013 Posts: 287 Points: 859 Location: Hartbeespoort, NW, South Africa
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Hi Claret She looks good! Just started with my build, upto issue 5, and looking forward to all the updates! Enjoy Kobus
Current Build
HMS Sovereign of the Seas - First Build
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Hi Claret, very well done indeed. Think you have done a great job, keep that great work going.... Regards Alan
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Hi Andy, Nigel, AAS, Kobus Beukes & Alan, Thanks for all your kind words. The hull is surprising smooth after all the sanding. I read in a couple of diaires of sore arms etc. My thoughts were ' from a little sanding?'  How nieve  I too had the symptoms of sanders elbow for a couple of days. Hopefully this weekend, it will be marking the hull up for cutting and adding the canon ports, still looks daunting. Regards Claret Also working on:
SOTS.
Moebius 1/32 Flying Sub with PE & lights.
Waiting in the wings:
Polarlights Spindrift from Land of the Giants.
finished:
007 Iconic DB5.
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The hull look's bril Good luck with the gun port's  Rgd Martyn Building ?
Completed. Soliei Royal . Sovereign of the Seas . Virginia . Scotland . San Felipe . Corel vasa , Santisima Trinadad X section , Vasa
Next Build ?
When sailors have good wine, They think themselves in heaven for the time. John Baltharpe
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Joined: 24/04/2010 Posts: 5,787 Points: 17,662 Location: Stafford, United Kingdom
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Martyn Ingram wrote: The hull look's bril Good luck with the gun port's Rgd Martyn Hi Claret good stuff 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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Hi Claret, All credit to you , that looks good. I`ve just completed lower planking, so got more planking and sanders elbow,wrist and fingers to look forward to. Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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Hi Mike & Derek, Thanks for the comments and looking in. Regards Claret Also working on:
SOTS.
Moebius 1/32 Flying Sub with PE & lights.
Waiting in the wings:
Polarlights Spindrift from Land of the Giants.
finished:
007 Iconic DB5.
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Rank: Vice-Master Groups: Registered
Joined: 02/09/2012 Posts: 515 Points: 1,515 Location: Burnley
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Hi, Have started to cut the gun ports out, first one done after measuring out all the ports on the one side. Measuring and rechecking before drilling a centre hole and one each corner within the marked area about a 1mm from the edge. I then cut the waste area out with a small saw that came with my scalpel set. Then using emery board, sand, measure with a vernier, sand and measure until the right size acheived. A spirit level was used to ensure the ship was level and the gun ports were also.  Regards Claret Also working on:
SOTS.
Moebius 1/32 Flying Sub with PE & lights.
Waiting in the wings:
Polarlights Spindrift from Land of the Giants.
finished:
007 Iconic DB5.
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