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Kevin Aris

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  1. good evening everyone, day 344-48 sorry about the pants photos, but now the freezer has moved out of the mancave, and its waining, so no wheelie bin, plus the mancave has had a bit of a sort out so i have to find somewhere to take the shots for tonight spent some time tidying up the front end, but even tonight i see the spirit yard is not sitting right i will label up a lot of the lines in the next day or so but today was sorting out the fore mast truss, i have to cut the lines to the jeers to do that, serves me right for not doing it in order (again) horses still to be sorted, but in the right place and lots of loose ends still
  2. im sure no prod was required, you just want to blame me for something
  3. i have never attempted one group build or sig, everything i touch is a min of 6 months
  4. and in reality, i will be told to finish the Britannic, and Amerigo oh and progress the Enterprise
  5. i could not find any one having started this, apologies in advance i will be completing the Vanguard Models HMS Indefatigable, and await a two decker from @chris watton, but i also have his Duchess of Kingston the Occre Tug that i did a kit review on recently Adler train and carriages MODEL AIRWAYS CURTISS JN - 4D JENNY 1:16 SCALE and as a side project which i started today Diamond art Galleon
  6. lol i seam to have lost my last post, i updated all my logs about 2 weeks ago good evening everyone day 291-19 its been a couple of weeks since my last update, real life has hindered the progress, lost central heating for nearly a week, the puppy has had a operation to remove his bottom fangs, but some progress has been made i will let the photos do the talking, but i am presently working forward to aft, and every now and the i will go and tie in some more ratlines, loving this build, and have another @chris watton kits for Christmas " the Duchess of Kingston, amongst other non maritime kits
  7. good evening everyone sorry for not doing my pointless daily updates, quite a lot going on in my life at present, one of them being the new pup anyway Indy day 252-16 completed redo of main lower ratline yep i completely ignored @chris watton instructions, to use natural hemp provided thread, and stain black, yet again i did it my way, ordered black in various sizes, which arrived and i used the wrong ones, however they look ok ish, i might replace one or two of the saggy ones, but in the right lighting you cannot see them
  8. getting them in the same room is quite an achievement, boating gets done in his sleep period
  9. and for those asking here is a puppy update 8th October 20th October taken today
  10. good evening everyone build log 240-14 main mast shrouds and ratlines very little progress being made, but today the starboard main lower rats were completed,
  11. no boating today, we have a new English Show Cocker Spaniel puppy his name is Apollo (kennel name Albertean Apollo) and was 8 weeks old today, i wont fill my log up with Doggie Photos but wish i could the Older Boi you may know as Dobbie aged 8, i think they will be very good friends, but he is avoiding the little boi like the plague when awake
  12. good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes day 215-8 18ft cutter taking a break from rigging i have a fear of ships boats to overcome, i have never successfully built one, so i started with the smallest of the Indys boat set the 18ft cutter
  13. good evening everyone thank you for all comments and likes day 213 -8 forestay snaking - possible subject to a redo having completed both sides of the lower forestay shrouds and rats i moved forward to put the forestay and preventer snaking in, having now done them twice now they still dont look right, i have adequate tightness on the stays and the snaking thread is not pulling them in, but at a distance they look like they are being pulled together
  14. good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes day 209- Port side fore mast lower ratlines im finally happy with something
  15. good morning everyone thank you for comments and likes days 207-7 fore mast yard i am aware i am doing this all the wrong way around, and that certain things need to be done first, however i wanted to know to myself that i was still able to do certain tasks, having now proved those tasks i can go to the conventional way of rigging my build, i will still continue to work forward to aft, but concentrate on getting the Ratlines done before the yards fore yard made made slings being fitted Jeers
  16. looking fantastic, i did the trumpy 1/200, lol not in a hurry to do another of that era battleship
  17. good morning everyone gardening, and puppy arrangements as well as PC gaming have got in the way of the Indy, never mind though its not a race, even though next build is planned LOL on table 201 -7 days when i put the Catharpin's in everything around the futtock staves looked bulky, so i redid the futtock shrouds and Catharpin's again and again it was 4 times before deciding to leave them, not brilliant but not looking quite as bad then made a decision that may bite me in the future, to go ahead a put the bowsprit on, as this was already made up and ready to go
  18. good evening everyone a little update on my Indy build all the mast have been made but not built as one unit, as i want to ne able the add the lower shrouds prior the the upper sections being added simulated iron bands and rope wodding added foremast pendants added first starboard side first for the 1st pair of shrouds to keep the upper shrouds in place(from being pulled through, the futtock shrouds and futtock shrouds
  19. good morning everyone thank you for comments and likes well i have made it to day 176-6 (days since start minus days no work on her at all) without abandoning/getting bored, or falling over her channels, made up in 3 layers, and pinned bow area now being tidied up, and addition of deck fittings, some of these will be added much later on, to reduce snagging when it comes to rigging starting to add deadeyes and chain plates having fixed two chains into position i am now moving onto the masts, because, we have a new puppy arriving in 6 weeks so i wanted to get some of the bigger jobs out of the way making the gardens puppy proof was first hand has taken a couple of weeks masting this used to be my mancave, moved on since then but still handy for the big messy jobs milling machine makes this so much easier two lower masts now made up and in primer, i think they look ok
  20. good afternoon everyone the stern gallery had more work done on it the side rails over the gun ports have been added, and changed around a bit to look right a jig to make up the cathead knees head rails temp in place the figure head painted but not fitted yet, and the head rails adjusted to fit correctly
  21. good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes, very much appreciated day 133 i have decided to start working aft to fwd on the outside of the hull so the galleries are getting some attention,
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