Spent the last several days working on the Poop decks!!! fairly Tedious work!! Had many alterations to get them to fit the way I wanted? I think I have decided to leave the hand rails and wood rail trim natural?? I know it shows everything gold? My plan is to try and tone down the bling a little!!! We will see as I progress! I found some railing trip from left overs from another ship I built and used on the railings
good progress
That was the most difficult part of the build for me. You’re doing a great job with it, Bandido!
I have been struggling with those heavy Metal zhl calls ornaments especially the 2 hunks of heavy metal ornaments that installs under the lower poop deck on each side of the ship If I can not figure a way of installing them correctly I might not install them at all!!
Good morning. Very very nice! The varnish finish looks awesome. Cheers Grant
HI Bandido
Hi Bandido
Well far from perfect!! they were a pain but once I decided not to use the support or alignment pieces and just used the parts for the floors and sides it made it achievable for me to get assembled. In my opinion, Model company's over complicate the assembly process in there instructions!!!
Gilbert thanks for the encouragement as there are areas in this model ship that are frustrating and this was one of them for me! A I mentioned before assembly instructions can over complicate the assembly and I am a firm believer that most of us modelers could create other ways to approach a given assembly and that is why this modeler site is so GREAT!! a lot and experience around here!!!!
Started on the railings and deck hardware and fittings railing are a little tedious!! working from the bow back worked on the 2 cats and decided to use guitar string ball ends for the pulleys rather than the supplied wood ones worked great! looks good!! The other thing I did on the railings was give up on trying to create those curved hand rail pieces so I used straight pieces at the railing ends?? looks ok? will finish up the railings tomorrow. checked all the mast openings to make sure they fit correctly and adjusted where needed. after the railings and deck stuff I will begin to install all the exterior gold Bling!!
one of the pictures is blurry here is another
Vic: yesterday I was looking at your build to see how you installed the Catheads around the Gold trim pieces and swoops decided to wait till later to install as the placement of the cat heads are a little more flexible! and if placed as they show on A1 plan they interfere with the placement of the swoops and Goldman figures. Yes the sheaves!! the parts supplied are to wide to fit side by side in the opening of the cat head ends? So as I said in my post I used Ball ends from my guitar strings not a lot of room there! ( By the way I haven't commented at all on your build but what a fine job!!! and what a great help your posts of your build have been for me very detailed I use it for reference everyday! )
Thanks for the compliment, Bandido! There are many things I would have done differently if I had it to do over again. But experience certainly is the best teacher. If you have any specific questions, please feel free to ask either on this thread or using the conversation Function at the top of the page. You’ve already fixed some things that I got wrong. I strongly suggest that you get a heat gun if you don’t already have one. They’re indispensable for heating the swoops and heavy aft metal pieces. Loctite Professional Super Glue is the only thing I’ve found to hold them on except for epoxy.
I am planning on using JB Weld on some of the heaver parts in conjunction with some pinning ideas I have I have some stuff left over from my leather crafting days that might help as fastening supports?? My weak point is going to be the rigging I have rigged a couple ships of much smaller detail I am hoping that the larger size will be a little easier with the blocks and things but understanding the basics ship riggings is not my strong suit!!
Good morning. Very well done. Looking great. Cheers Grant
