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z8000783
#401 Posted : 09 July 2021 09:55:53

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Glad it worked Chris.

I'll set up a Dropbox area and send you the password. It will be easier sending that way.

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#402 Posted : 09 July 2021 11:10:18

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Many thanks John.
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#403 Posted : 09 November 2021 15:10:39

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TEST

There is a picture below this message. Can you tell me whether it is visible or not, please?

Many thanks.



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#404 Posted : 09 November 2021 16:07:15

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Hi John,
Yes I can see the pic perfectly (but then I think we knew that already!BigGrin BigGrin )
It will be interesting to see who else responds.
Chris
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#405 Posted : 09 November 2021 16:48:31

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I can see you pic John but its the only pic I can see on your diary.....Cool Cool

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Alan
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#406 Posted : 09 November 2021 16:59:22

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Hi John, images on post #400 now visible....Cool Cool

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#407 Posted : 09 November 2021 21:28:29

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I can see your test picture and very nice it looks too
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Greet the last light of the library...We were here!
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#408 Posted : 09 November 2021 23:08:26

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Hi John,

Yes i can see the picture and very clear it is too.

Tony
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Yes I can see it too. We want more... BigGrin BigGrin BigGrin
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#410 Posted : 11 November 2021 21:23:10

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Thanks everyone. A bit of a blip there with the pictures but all back and working again.


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#411 Posted : 13 December 2021 08:50:19

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Just a short post this time with the latest progress which takes me up to issue 92 i.e. β…” of the way through and heading back to the UK.

The main task this trip was completing the bowsprit (more on that in a moment), placing the first carronade on the deck which I made about 50 years ago, and also fitting the ornaments to the galley.

Also completed the gallery, including breaking the badge, the ekeing rail and lots of unfinished touching up (including tipping over the paint pot on more than one occasion and needing to hold them down) with still more to do when I get back next year.

Have a great Christmas and see you next year.

PS

Please let me know if you can't see the pictures.



I went back to the real ship to get details of the gallery.



The bowsprit took longer than I was expecting in the end due to painting issues. I wound the 10 strips of thread, and they looked OK, but after I spray-painted them, the finish was awful see pics. So I took them all off and redid them, this time painting with brush thinking it was the spray process causing the problem but no, exactly the same.

I then remembered we did something similar on the main mast but when I checked, I had completed the windings with masking tape and simply painted over that and the finish was good. I have no idea what went wrong here and so if anyone knows, I would be curious to find out how this occurred. I doubled checked the video build, and it looks like thread was used there and painted over, and the finish looks fine.

Anyway, this gave me an opportunity to have a look at the pictures I took when I visited the Great Lady a few years ago, and I noticed that the bands are a lot thinner than on the model. I also checked a couple of books I have that provides plans, and they say the same thing. So, I broke out the mini masking tape and used that instead. All looks good again.











Finally, got round to fitting the Carronade I built over ten years ago. I put it away and was pleasantly surprised that it looked OK. Not sure why we're not building the other one yet, though.



Some trepidation painting the ekeing rail, but I bit the bullet and tried painting with the 1 mm masking tape. The results weren't too bad, so I will go with these now.



Had an accident with the badge, so carried on with the painting and glued it back together at the end.



Problems with the paint pots . . .



Lots of touching up on the gallery sides to made it look as good as possible, and may paint the black bands again using masking tape.







Reasonably pleased with the finish on the bow frames now.






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#412 Posted : 13 December 2021 12:31:52

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Hi John,
All looking fabulous as per usual.
I feel your pain with painting the thread on the bowsprit.
I love the way the gallery has turned out and the eking rails look good too.
Have a good Christmas.
Chris
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#413 Posted : 13 December 2021 23:57:24

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Ekeing rail looks great John.
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#414 Posted : 14 December 2021 11:06:14

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This looks absolutely amazing John well done!

In terms of strange behaviour of bowsprit bindings when painted I found that one layer of shellac seals the thread and everything looks smooth then :) Every day you learn something new by look of it.

I like the way your Victory looks now so I better get cracking with mine ;)

All the best John!

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Tom
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That looks great John well done…
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#416 Posted : 17 December 2021 17:16:19

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Many thanks Chris, Paul and Richard.

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#417 Posted : 17 December 2021 17:21:10

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Thanks, Tom, you are too kind and overly generous.

And yes, I have learned so many things while building this model.

Coating the thread was never mentioned in the instructions or on the video, AFAIK, though. That seems a shame.

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#418 Posted : 03 January 2022 13:39:38

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z8000783 wrote:

Thanks, Tom, you are too kind and overly generous.

And yes, I have learned so many things while building this model.

Coating the thread was never mentioned in the instructions or on the video, AFAIK, though. That seems a shame.




No problem. I have learned so much during this build that I wish I could have another go so I could improve some stuff. I think my next model will be at least 1/64 so I can go crazy with details 😁

Happy New Year!!!
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#419 Posted : 04 January 2022 16:06:25

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tom.ganc wrote:
z8000783 wrote:

Thanks, Tom, you are too kind and overly generous.

And yes, I have learned so many things while building this model.

Coating the thread was never mentioned in the instructions or on the video, AFAIK, though. That seems a shame.




No problem. I have learned so much during this build that I wish I could have another go so I could improve some stuff. I think my next model will be at least 1/64 so I can go crazy with details 😁

Happy New Year!!!


I agree Tom and John, every time I look at someone else's build, I wish I could start again. I console myself with the fact that I do have another kit to start after Victory.
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goddo wrote:
tom.ganc wrote:
z8000783 wrote:

Thanks, Tom, you are too kind and overly generous.

And yes, I have learned so many things while building this model.

Coating the thread was never mentioned in the instructions or on the video, AFAIK, though. That seems a shame.




No problem. I have learned so much during this build that I wish I could have another go so I could improve some stuff. I think my next model will be at least 1/64 so I can go crazy with details 😁

Happy New Year!!!


I agree Tom and John, every time I look at someone else's build, I wish I could start again. I console myself with the fact that I do have another kit to start after Victory.



So what is it you starting after the Victory? :)
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