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Looking real good mate...  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 shipmates, I was a while since my last post but I was busy doing... planking :) I've got my hull nearly finished now, only few more rows of planks (I hope to get issues 35-38 next week so I'll finish it off) First of all take a look at this. I'm duing gunports Zeptrader's way and I've tried to paint it just to check the result. Have a look  By tomganc at 2010-12-31 And now have a look at the planking itself. I gave it rough sanding, but propper one will be when all is finished. Planking is far from being perfect but I'm happy so far. It is my first planking ever and I must admit I know I messed it up a little bit but I don't really care. It will be copper plated anyway. Have a loook  By tomganc at 2010-12-31  By tomganc at 2010-12-31  By tomganc at 2010-12-31  By tomganc at 2010-12-31  By tomganc at 2010-12-31
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nice going, looking fine. keep the pics coming.
Willz
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Looking great Tom, i have just finished cutting gun ports,so quite a bit behind everyone, it will be nice to get something different in the issues, i have got planks everywhere.Keep up the good work.
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really fab build I am just about to embark on lower hull planking hope I can do as good a job!  “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Looking pretty good Tom, I am still stuck on issue 29 and had been since when the missus took a tumble and done her back in a number of weeks ago, of course, my work area is in the bedroom where the wife is laid up, so the build has been put on hold until further notice...  Keep the pictures coming mate... 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 there again, I've ran out planks so I've decided to get some gunports framing. As you've notticed before I'm doing gunports Zeptrader's way. I cut them to 10mm square and I'm inserting inner frames (9mm square). When gunports closed they will be flush with the hull. I've done lower ports framming but it was really time consumming so I've decided to do something about it. Because I've had some scrap planks left I've decided to do use them. Have a look what I mean.  By null at 2011-01-03  By null at 2011-01-03  By null at 2011-01-03  By null at 2011-01-03  By null at 2011-01-03  By null at 2011-01-03 Right now I need to glue them in position and job done :)
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looks great..nice work with the port frames..i will look forward to when there fitted...benny cheers benny
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Hi there Finally... I've finished hull planking Right now I need to sand it down little bit, finish off port framming and sand, fill, sand, fill ...  I'm happy man now.  Pics to follow
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Hi there As I prommised in last post please have a look on my finished hull planking. It needs some more filling and sanding but it looks good so far :)  By tomganc at 2011-01-29 I've tried to frame gun ports using profiles made from spare planks but it didn't work out as good as I planned. Instead I've used 1mm2 stock and made them quite quickly. I'm not framing upper gun ports yet. There is enough access from both sides to do it later. Have a look what I've got so far  By tomganc at 2011-01-29  By tomganc at 2011-01-29 See you next time :)
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Looking really smart tom. Ive just started the lower planking and finding it hard going and time consumeing.
Keep up the good work and keep the pics comming
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nice job on the ports tom.and looking very nice overall...benny cheers benny
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The gunport framing has turned out quite good!.
I am still planking the lower half of the hull and framing the gunports as I go along, are you aiming for a natural finish or a painted one?, you might be able to get away with a bit of filler if the wales overlap the filled part, if your painting it doesn't matter, fill to your heartss content.
Cheers Steve..
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Hi Steve I'm going for painted finish but I don't want to use filler too much. Even after painting I want wood texture to show up little bit. I've used just little bit of that white filler just to check it how it looks like after sanding. Only one row of ports needs framing now and I'm sorted :) Hopefully next 4 isuues will arrive this week :)
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Hi there again I've managed to get some more work done on my Victory. I've got both sides sanded (it needs some filling and fine sanding but I'll do it later) and gun ports framed. Entry ports are not ready yet but I'm currently working on them. As you will see on the pictures I've done some "kit bashing" on the deck. I'm getting ready for another deck planking (Issue45) but because of the cutout in the hull I needed to put some details there. It's not finished yet though. I'm not going to leave original deck planking, but I'm going to glue on top of it 3mm planks as I've done so far. It looks much better to me. Please have a look  By tomganc at 2011-02-07  By tomganc at 2011-02-07  By tomganc at 2011-02-07  By tomganc at 2011-02-07  By tomganc at 2011-02-07  By tomganc at 2011-02-07  By tomganc at 2011-02-07  By tomganc at 2011-02-07
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Very nice Tom, you have really adopted this build as your own. Exceptionaly smooth lines at the bow/front, I see you have not followed the build instructions in regard of the placement of the hull planking, but nonetheless looks very very good  . The way you have planked the lower part of the hull is very similar to the way I finished my last build, this time I am trying to emulate the official build, but either way it's the end that counts. Many congratulations on an interesting diary..
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Hi there I wasn't here for a while but I was busy.... building I'm on the stage of rigging the guns and I didn't like the size of blocks supplied in magazines so I've ordered some 2mm ones. I think they look great with this canon. Have a look yourself. Blocks supplied with magazines  2mm blocks 
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Hi Tom! You're right the 2mm block are more in scale than the 5mm one's supplied.
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2mm blocks it is then cheers benny
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The 2mm blocks do look a lot better. May i ask, silly question as new to this, which ones you got, from were and how many will we need.
Keep the great pics coming, lovely looking build.
Foz
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