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Hi all being a big fan of ships from the 17c I just had to get this one as she is one of the most iconic ships of that era and the Deag one is stunning I will be posting my build with a few changes and custom made bits , yes I know here he goes again Hope to post pictures soon 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 Martyn Looking forward to following your build Rgds 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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Soleil is proving very popular, great to see another on this journey
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Look forward to seeing you build this one. Youvwill enjoy this one. 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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Awesome. I'll be following this.
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cheers for the comments guys just glued the first bulkhead in place so it can dry overnight . I have put the first kingplank on to the deck but more of that later will post pictures tomorrow 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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Great to hear Martyn and no doubt we will be able to feast our eyes on another of your fabulous builds.... I'm looking forward to following your progress as always.... Regards Alan
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Hi Martyn. Great to see another Soleil build. Look forward to seeing your progress Ian Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood. Finished Builds Corel HMS Victory cross section.
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Hi all and thanks for the encouragement sorry I haven't posted any pictures yet but work has got in the way but will post at the weekend Happy building 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 all some pics of the start of my build . As you can see I have put the kingplankdown the center and layed down a 3 shift patten on the decks . Next job laying more decks and planking Rgd Martyn Martyn Ingram attached the following image(s): 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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looks like a good start look forward to following this build Rgds 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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Thanks for the nice comments Terry Started putting the bulkheads in and makeing sure they are 90deg to the keel , when dry fitted the next deck and started planking Just had a look at the instructions and you can't see the deck under the forecastle doh. Oh well I know it's there Happy building rgd Martyn Martyn Ingram attached the following image(s): 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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Very nice work Martyn, excellent update.... Regards Alan
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The planking is looking rather nice Martyn, great job
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Looking really good Martyn. Going really well now. 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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Hi Martyn. Great start look forward to seeing your progress. Ian Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood. Finished Builds Corel HMS Victory cross section.
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Great start Martyn, nice work on the deck too
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Cheers Alan Dave Chris Ian and Tom for the nice comments .I'm now moving on to the next decks I must admit I love planking and making it a bit different 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 all just a little update I have finished planking all the decks and have fitted them to the bulkheads I have stained the first two with a light oak and varnished over the top next job glueing on the stern bulkhead Cheers for looking rgd Martyn Martyn Ingram attached the following image(s): 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 Martyn. Looking really nice. Look forward to seeing more. Ian Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood. Finished Builds Corel HMS Victory cross section.
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