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 Thanks Alan she is slowly but surely Regards. Gareth Completed models,Hachette Titanic.Deags. Hms Victory. Hachette Hems Hood.Ongoing builds. Deags Akagi,Deags Sovereign of the Seas,Deags Spitfire,On my wish list.Yamato.Royal Navy world war 2 aircraft carrier.
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Good stuff there, Gareth. She beginning to look the part now, well done, keep the pics coming. 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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Thanks Hans. I sure will Gareth Completed models,Hachette Titanic.Deags. Hms Victory. Hachette Hems Hood.Ongoing builds. Deags Akagi,Deags Sovereign of the Seas,Deags Spitfire,On my wish list.Yamato.Royal Navy world war 2 aircraft carrier.
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Hi Guys. Quick update to where I am at the moment. I firstly completed the lower main yard on the main mast  I then painted the lower hull with copper paint. This I gave 3 coats of admiralty paints.   I then moved on and completed the Foremast and Fore main yard.    As you can see from my yards I am going down the With sails option. A few times putting the extra blocks on I have questioned my decision as I struggle with doing the knots but apart from that am getting there slowly I think. Thanks for looking guys. Gareth Completed models,Hachette Titanic.Deags. Hms Victory. Hachette Hems Hood.Ongoing builds. Deags Akagi,Deags Sovereign of the Seas,Deags Spitfire,On my wish list.Yamato.Royal Navy world war 2 aircraft carrier.
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Hi Gareth Looking good and the more blocks you do the easyer it gets so they say regards Andy  Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Hi Andy thank you for looking in. Hope your right Regards. Gareth Completed models,Hachette Titanic.Deags. Hms Victory. Hachette Hems Hood.Ongoing builds. Deags Akagi,Deags Sovereign of the Seas,Deags Spitfire,On my wish list.Yamato.Royal Navy world war 2 aircraft carrier.
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Hi Gaz, looking really good.... hope it does get easier as I like you, intend to have my ships with full sails showing..... .. Keep up the good work and keep posting your progress... Regards Alan
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Hi Alan . Thanks for looking in and your comments. As for sails go for it. I always wanted to do a sailing a ship and the victory in particular so the hassle of the extra blocks well worth it come the end. Regards. Gareth Completed models,Hachette Titanic.Deags. Hms Victory. Hachette Hems Hood.Ongoing builds. Deags Akagi,Deags Sovereign of the Seas,Deags Spitfire,On my wish list.Yamato.Royal Navy world war 2 aircraft carrier.
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Hi Gareth. Coming along really nice. Keep up the good work. Ian. Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
Finished Builds Corel HMS Victory cross section.
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Hi Ian . Thanks for looking in and your comments. Regards. Gareth Completed models,Hachette Titanic.Deags. Hms Victory. Hachette Hems Hood.Ongoing builds. Deags Akagi,Deags Sovereign of the Seas,Deags Spitfire,On my wish list.Yamato.Royal Navy world war 2 aircraft carrier.
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Like you I found the blocks tedious and frustrating but got there in the end.your build us coming along well.i opted for the sails option just for impressiveness.
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Thanks PG for looking and you comments. I agree with sails she is impressive. Regards. Gareth Completed models,Hachette Titanic.Deags. Hms Victory. Hachette Hems Hood.Ongoing builds. Deags Akagi,Deags Sovereign of the Seas,Deags Spitfire,On my wish list.Yamato.Royal Navy world war 2 aircraft carrier.
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Coming along well there Gareth...  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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Hi Gareth, coming along nicely. But as to your waterline. I don`t know if your finished with that, but there is quite a bit of the black colour reaching into the copper part. I guess you already know that - but when masking the waterline (or any line) with tape, you first should paint a thin coat of the colour, you are masking, along the tape. When dry, you can paint the other colour, which now can`t run under the masking tape. E.g. you first paint the copper part - then you mask the waterline. Then you paint a thin coat of copper along the tape on the side, where the black paint will be. And then, when dry, you apply the black coat. Please excuse my english, i hope that was understandable. And please forgive me, if this was no news to you. Cheers, Walter Greetings,
Walter
Present builds:
Revell B-24D Liberator 1:48
On the shelf:
Italeri "Fiat Mefistofele", Italeri "Moto Guzzi California", Fokker "Red Baron", Revell Bismarck, Revell Tirpitz, Arab Dow, Stage Coach, .....
Completed builds:
McLaren MP4/4, D-51 Steam Locomotive, HMS Victory, GWH F-15D Eagle, St. Stephen`s Cathedral (cardboard), Solar-powered paddle Steamer (little project with my son), HMS Victory X-section, "Geli" Phantom II (cardboard)
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Hi Jonny and Walter. Thank you both for your comments. Yes Walter I had noticed there a few bleeds that need touching up. It looks worse in the photos than in reality  . I'll be painting her stripes shortly so will sort it out then. Regards. Gareth Completed models,Hachette Titanic.Deags. Hms Victory. Hachette Hems Hood.Ongoing builds. Deags Akagi,Deags Sovereign of the Seas,Deags Spitfire,On my wish list.Yamato.Royal Navy world war 2 aircraft carrier.
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Hi Shipmate,
Good to see your build coming along - yes all those dead-eyes are a pain but it'll be well worth all effort you put into it now.
As a novice myself, I believe you would want honest appraisal of your hard work and having looked at your recent pictures, it looks as though your fore mast may be slightly mis-aligned. It may be just the camera angle you've used and I really hope it is.
The picture I'm referring to is one taken from above the bow, looking down and to the stern, and compared with the angle of the hull and the main mast there does look to be an inconsistency.
If it is indeed out of line, a bit of remedial work at this stage will correct it. If your build progresses much further, it may be too late to correct it. Sorry to be the bearer of this information, but I'm sure you would want to know about it sooner rather than later. No offence or criticism of all your effort intended and I wish you well with the rest of the build.
Happy building
David
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Hi David Thanks for looking and your comments. Regarding the foremast it is the camera angle that makes it look out of line. It is inline. Regards. Gareth Completed models,Hachette Titanic.Deags. Hms Victory. Hachette Hems Hood.Ongoing builds. Deags Akagi,Deags Sovereign of the Seas,Deags Spitfire,On my wish list.Yamato.Royal Navy world war 2 aircraft carrier.
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Well that's a relief, thought it might be but wouldn't have wanted to see it overlooked if it was a problem that hadn't been spotted. Hope you didn't mind me commenting on it Happy building David
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Hi guys I'm sorry I not updated this diary for ages. As I progressed I stored photos on Photobucket but can no longer access these  . So all I can show is the final result of my efforts . Its not perfect but as this is my first attempt at such a model I am quite pleased with the result. Thanks to Tomick for the official build diary and all the great people on here its been a real pleasure to do. Thanks so much. Gareth Gaz attached the following image(s): Completed models,Hachette Titanic.Deags. Hms Victory. Hachette Hems Hood.Ongoing builds. Deags Akagi,Deags Sovereign of the Seas,Deags Spitfire,On my wish list.Yamato.Royal Navy world war 2 aircraft carrier.
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Well done Gaz, you've done a real nice job with her, you should feel proud of yourself.... Regards Alan
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