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Looking good Mo, the plastic looks like its working good. HMS Surprise
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Really like what I am seeing Mo, credit to you....  Regards Alan
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Hi Mo, Hope i caught you before you got to far with your beakhead, the plastic pieces you are putting on, go on the outside of the uprights, not the inside. the upright parts are wrong in the kit, if you check Magpie's, Moriarty's and the later pictures in James Choi build you will see that they scratchbuilt the upright's to get the right effect. It would be ashame to see a brilliant build, look bad because of the beakhead, keep up the good work. Regards, Andre Building:
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Thanks for the advice on that, but yes you were to late, Job was already done, I was following a picture of James Choi's build, If his timbers are on the outside then he must have changed it, also the picture's on the instructions clearly show them on the outside, But I must agree they look better on the outside. Dilema or what. Do I rip it apart 💣 Or leave it, As this is my first real build, I think I am going to leave it, for the meantime anyway. The cut outs in the v frames are all going to have to get filled and sanded, I will do this over the next week or so and see how she looks, In the meantime I think I will go and drown my sorrow's.
Mo 🍷 🍺          Mo
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Sorry i was to late, James did change it, if you look at his pictures No. 406 onwards you can see what he did. Andre Building:
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Thanks Andre, This is all a big learning curve, and if I had read your post earlier, I may well of done it the other way. But this won't be put in any museum, and I am generally really happy with it,
Cheers. Mo. Mo
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Hi there Mo, you have done a good job on that beakhead and the guys are right about the constuction all being on the outside. I think if you look further into David Chio,s build you might find that he did not like the plan build and changed it. At the end of the day it is still a first class effort and if you like it thats all that matters. Well done again Mo  HMS Surprise
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Very nice Mo, very nice indeed...
Regards
Alan
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"Feels" like the real thing, inspiring work
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A very nice build and a great progress! Regards, Bernd
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Not done much over the past few weeks, been busy on other projects, just letting you all know I have not given up on the build, of on holiday next week for two weeks, So all have a Happy New Year when it comes.
Mo. I drink to the health of another, And the other I drink to is he - In the hope that he drinks to another, And the other he drinks to is me! Mo
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Very meticulas Mo, but it is working a treat. Very nice work HMS Surprise
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Don't know what you call these things, it's the rope that goes round and round.  Its to reinforce the ropes at the deadeyes.I coiled the thread around a drill, then put some thin superglue on to it, then quite quickly pulled the thread of the drill. I will make a jig for this as this method was not ideal, sticks to your fingers I used a safety blade to cut them to length. I tied the deadeye to the thread, then superglued the end of the thread to make it go hard, and cut a 45degree angle on it, I then passed the thread through the rope sleeve, same with the other thread, and pulled it up tight to the deadeye, using pva to hold in place.   Tying the deadeyes to the bowsprit    Thats the position at the moment, will crack on and get on with the building now, Will post again soon,
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looks really good Mo, i especially like your tip on how to do the bindings, great idea current builds
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Looking great Mo, especially love the detail you are showing and the pics showing how you achieved it.... excellent work.... Regards Alan
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Help required. I am trying to tie the blocks on to the bowsprit, As you can see from the drawing below, the block is tied to the dowel, but between the dowel and the end of the block, there is a bit of rope about 5mm long, i.e. the block is not tied directly to the dowel, I have tied the block to the dowel as you can see from the 2nd picture, can anyone help on how I can achieve the correct detail.  Thanks MoMo
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Hi Mo. Excellent build and she looks great. Good attention to detail. Well done. I do beleive the look you are after can be achieved by leaving a longer tail after you have tied off to the block. You then use the tail to tie down on the dowel with 5mm required inbetween. Rgds, Hans
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