Moarein Posted November 18, 2020 Author Share Posted November 18, 2020 I start with the cannons slowly. The first deck is arranged - 30 cannons. I put the rope to hold the cannons in place in case they accidentally come loose during the manipulations. The deck fitted without a problem - I'm waiting for the glue to dry to arrange deck 2: 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moarein Posted November 19, 2020 Author Share Posted November 19, 2020 The second row of cannons are placed. According to the instructions, there should be 15 on board, but I remove one because of the entrances 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europapete Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Good morning, that's coming along great Moarein, nice clean work. The stern gallery is very well done. Regards, Pete in RI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moarein Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 Finally the letters are ready I continue forward with the decks. 9 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moarein Posted November 30, 2020 Author Share Posted November 30, 2020 Construction of a second gun deck. Much of the deck will not be visible. The wooden texture, which imitates wood is removed, I stick paper tape, then arrange the deck slats. The slats are 3 mm wide and 0.5 mm thick. Finish - Danish oil. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Wow! That deck is absolutely gorgeous. Lovely work! Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafi Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Wonderful work!!! The positions of the nails are correct, but still there are some rows of nails missing. Have a look at AOTS, the page with the deck beams. There you can see all the missing beams. As the decks were an integral part of the stability, all the beams should be nailed on a real ship, not the carlings and ledges and also not the curved pieces in the area of the masts as far as I know. All the best, DAniel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moarein Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 3 hours ago, dafi said: Wonderful work!!! The positions of the nails are correct, but still there are some rows of nails missing. Have a look at AOTS, the page with the deck beams. There you can see all the missing beams. As the decks were an integral part of the stability, all the beams should be nailed on a real ship, not the carlings and ledges and also not the curved pieces in the area of the masts as far as I know. All the best, DAniel Yes I know for the missing nails I will add them later. I want to see first how many of the deck will be visible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moarein Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 With great effort the deck came into place. I used a pretty large range of obscene words ... 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 God, I feel so proud to be British having been reminded just what an amazing Navy we had (and still do) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bates Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Always a pleasure catching up with your build its looking fantastic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moarein Posted December 8, 2020 Author Share Posted December 8, 2020 This deck is almost ready. The nails has been fixed I need to add some more details, and I will start the main deck. to be continued... 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europapete Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 This is looking awesome, time to get printing again! Regards, Pete in RI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moarein Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 The deck is ready. I tested the upper deck to see what will be visible from the lower deck I hope I'm not bothering you 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europapete Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Actually, I am glad you posted pictures of the kit's deck next to your wooden deck. WOW! that really shows off the difference. Regards, Pete in RI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moarein Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 2 hours ago, europapete said: Actually, I am glad you posted pictures of the kit's deck next to your wooden deck. WOW! that really shows off the difference. Regards, Pete in RI Just wait to see what I will do will the next deck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bates Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Looking good your work load is impressive you will be catching me up. Did notice you haven't put the stairs leading to the lower deck but cant wait for your next instalment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Amazing detail on those deck guns, very impressive, as is the wood. Looking forward to seeing the upper deck! Ian PS Hi @europapete! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 On 09/12/2020 at 12:02, Moarein said: I hope I'm not bothering you Bothering us? Certainly not. This is an absolute delight to behold and an inspiration for anyone who would like to tackle this kit in the future. Some utterly amazing work going on here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moarein Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 On 12/10/2020 at 6:30 PM, Jim Bates said: Looking good your work load is impressive you will be catching me up. Did notice you haven't put the stairs leading to the lower deck but cant wait for your next instalment. Thanks to everyone for the comments, I'm glad you like it. I will not install the stairs from the middle to the lower deck, because it doesn't make sense - they are not visible. I still have some work to do on the main deck, I'll show you photos soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moarein Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 As I promised - here is my technology for making the main deck: 1. I remove the plastic imitation of boards with sandpaper. 2. I stick paper tape to the pad. I glue the slats with C200 glue, which is water-based. The tape serves to hold more firmly to the manufacturer's plastic deck. 3. I cut the slats. The tree that I use is a wild pear. The dimensions are: 4 mm wide to 0.7 mm thick, then I calibrate them to 3mm wide, and after final sanding they will be around 0.3-0.4 mm thick. 4. I start from the middle of the deck symmetrically - one left - one right. I pass one edge of each lath with a black permanent marker to highlight the joints between slats. 5. Installation of a round board - this slat is 4 mm wide. 6. Sanding the entire deck to level the slats. The sandpaper is No: 100, then 160, then 300, and finish with 2000. 7. Imitation of nylling. I use an awl and a pencil. 8. I seal everything with one layer of Danish Oil for now Will be more layers with oil - maximum 4 layers. To be continued... 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t15dja Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 This is just incredible work......museum quality. Congratulations on what you've achieved so far! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Seconded! Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bates Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Very well presented and explained Moarein 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moarein Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 The main deck is ready and installed. I had some problems with the fit, but overall I'm happy with the result. The most interesting thing is coming - the detailing 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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