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Finally got building! The keel straightened beautifully after clamping, straight as an arrow. Today consisted of doing the second deck piece (exactly the same as above), fitting 2 ribs, the bulkhead and the second keel piece. Pretty straightforward stuff at this stage. Still, should enjoy the quiet times before the storm arrives lol. 
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Glad you got the frame sorted Rob looking forward to seeing your next update Rgd Martyn Building ?
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Great start Rob. Glad you got the new parts and have it sorted. Look forward to your updates. Chris On the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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Great Start Rob. Look forward to seeing your progress. Ian Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
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Looking good. I think you may have a minor droop in the bow part of the keel? Though that may also be the angle of the shot.
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You're progressing nicely Rob but I think I see where Greyhawk is coming from. Just to be sure place a straight edge along the top of the keel, that should tell you whether your forward keel section has dropped slightly....
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Thanks for your concern guys, but I can confirm it is just the angle of the shot. In fact, I clamped it to build and I may have clamped it a little unlevel and thats given the effect of a drooping keel. A straight edge along the bottom shows it to be nice and straight. Pack 1 is finished now. Deck has been given 2 coats of light oak wood dye and 2 coats of satin varnish, I'm normally a fan of darker decks in period ships, but because of the tone of this ship (The Royal Sun), I decided on a lighter, almost golden deck with a touch of shine. And I also had the most amazing piece of timing from the postie ever. Just as I had finished drying my brush after the last coat of varnish, he knocked with pack 2! So back to work tomorrow. You still might see the droop in the first pic as I unclamped it to check after I took the pic.   
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Very nice work Rob. Making great progress. Chris On the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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Looking good Rob I like the colour of the deck (:-) Rgd Martyn Building ?
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She's looking good Rob and pleased your check showed no droop, always best to check these things rather than find there is a problem later on.... Love the decking, looks excellent..... Well done... Look forward to seeing you start on the next pack.
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RobT wrote:Thanks for your concern guys, but I can confirm it is just the angle of the shot. In fact, I clamped it to build and I may have clamped it a little unlevel and thats given the effect of a drooping keel. A straight edge along the bottom shows it to be nice and straight.
Awesome. :-) That's a nice colour on the deck planks.
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Some more progress. Coming to the end of pack 2 now. A couple more decks to go. All frames in. Going smoothly enough so far.  
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Coming along nicely Well Done!! Terry FINISHED BUILDS---- HMS Victory--Bismarck--Battleship Yamato-D51 Steam Train--Pocher Ferrari Testarossa--Soleil Royal--Schnellboot S-100--StageCoach 1848--HMS HOOD-- Delorean (Back to the Future)
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Looking very good Terry. Like the deck colour you have done. Chris On the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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Looking great Rob, you're doing a great job.....  Regards Alan
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magpie1832 wrote:Looking very good Terry. Like the deck colour you have done.
Chris Who's Terry 
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 coming along very nicely Rob lovely job Rgd Martyn Building ?
Completed. Soliei Royal . Sovereign of the Seas . Virginia . Scotland . San Felipe . Corel vasa , Santisima Trinadad X section , Vasa
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Hi Rob, That`s looking impressive. Very neat and tidy work. Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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RobT wrote:magpie1832 wrote:Looking very good Terry. Like the deck colour you have done.
Chris Who's Terry  Sorry Rob was talking to wife who said terry lol. I didnt even realise I had wrote it . Regards John erm sorry Chris..... On the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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Your decks look really good Rob, a great result so far
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