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Great job with the planking, looking really good.
Graeme
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Great work on your planking Martyn. Planking is the best bit. Very therapeutic to do. 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 Martyn, making great progress.....  Regards Alan
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 Thanks for the comments guys I have just started to put on the second planking and I sent an email to Fred Hocker asking for the length of the planks and he kindly sent me the following lnfo. The planks are to scale, 130-140mm with a scarf joint not butted . The length of the planks very along the side of the hull and seem very random very like the deck . Will post pictures when I've laid some more Hope this helps people following along Martyn Building ?
Completed. Soliei Royal . Sovereign of the Seas . Virginia . Scotland . San Felipe . Corel vasa , Santisima Trinadad X section , Vasa
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When sailors have good wine, They think themselves in heaven for the time. John Baltharpe
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Hi all and as promised here are some pictures of the second planking with the scarf joints. I was trying to work out how I was going to get the joints all the same and came up with this idea the tool was made out of some spare plank left over from the first planking and some brass sheet left over from the S R s anchors. The brass was bent into shape and ca glued to the plank and a handle made out of a old paint brush fitted on top the brass strip edge was sharpened with a file. The wood of the second planking is quite soft so the tool presses into it very easily and once marked I used a sharp pencil to highlight them , after that I followed the marks with a sharp scalpel so hopefully they will show up when I stain the hull Off to get on with some more planking Cheers for looking 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
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When sailors have good wine, They think themselves in heaven for the time. John Baltharpe
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Nice idea Martyn and looks good... Think its going to take you some time to complete the whole hull and am sure it'll look great when finished.... .. Regards Alan
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Cheers for looking Alan and the comments I have been quite busy on the Vasa . The scarf joints have been completed and the strakes glued and pined to the hull. To represent the bolts that hold the strakes on I have used track pins for model railways as these are a lot smaller and seem just right for the scale. I have deviate from the instructions and fitted the doors to the bow and main deck as I didn't like the metal frames and tops so these were covered with some cut down strip using some ca glue and after rubbing down and marking some nails with a sharp pencil they were stained with the same varnish as I used for the deck I have also planked the inner bulwarks ready for staining which hopefully be done this week Thanks for following Martyn File Attachment(s): 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
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When sailors have good wine, They think themselves in heaven for the time. John Baltharpe
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Looking good Martyn, some lovely enhancements being done.. Regards Alan
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Nice attention to detail that's going to look great when the build is complete
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Awesome detail Mark Currently: Soliel Royal, Deag DC-3, DeAg Ford Shelby Mustang GT 500
Prior builds: Mayflower, USS Constitution, Academy 1/800 USS Kitty Hawk, Revell's 1/48 A 10 Warthog
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On Hold: Revell's 1/48 P 61 Black Widow; AL L'Hermione La Fayette
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Very nice Martyn  The detail shines through! Great build Regards Gray
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Cheers for the comments guys A bit more work on the vasa . I have gone a little off the build instructions and have fitted the gratings with two covered with tarps . The hull has been stained with a coat of natural oak and when dry two coats of dark oak as the real ship was painted with pitch and turpentine mix . The upper hull and stern was then painted red and the lower hull in white Now the fun begins painting all the little figures and decorations  ooh me poor old eyes  Thanks again for looking 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
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When sailors have good wine, They think themselves in heaven for the time. John Baltharpe
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That`s looking very good. Nice paint work on the mouldings. Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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Lovely work as always Martyn, looking fab all round....  Regards Alan
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Fantastic build so far! Keep up the fabulous work!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, .....
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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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Cheers for all the comments guys A bit more work on the Vasa Looking at the instructions it says to fit the rudder later in the build but didn't like the idea of leaning the ship over with all galleries glued on while I fit it so decided to do it now a bit of a heads up the rudder pintails are really hard to bend unless you soften them up first by heating them up over a gas flame to a cherry red and allowing to cool down slowly. I have also cut notches into the Rudder to move it closer to the stern post . To save my old eyes from painting loads of carvings I built the stem and once completed made some heads to keep the crew happy . Next job making the message port that seems to have been forgotten. On the real ship this was part of the second whale up from the waterline and just past the last gunports on both sides. This allowed messages to be lowered to a small boat running along side . That's all for now . Thanks for following 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
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When sailors have good wine, They think themselves in heaven for the time. John Baltharpe
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Wow that looks good.  Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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All looking good Martin and nice work Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Martyn Really impressed with your scarf joint tool. That is really smart to give the effect of the joint without having to go to the lengths of actually making the joint for real. Hope it all continues well. Happy Modelling
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Lovely work Martyn, looking fab.... Regards Alan
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