Amerigo Vespucci Mantua/Panart 1:84

At last!
I have come to the end of instruction book 3 without further incident. There was one additional contradition between the instruction book and drawing: that was the position of the bayling pin racks which were show in different positions on each. I went with the photo in the book as it felt and looked better. I don't think it will matter as the lines from the bowsprit will suit either position as far as I can tell at this stage.
Somehow I have been very slow on this stage of the build, Summer and other things happening I suppose. IMG_20241012_190416.jpgIMG_20241012_190427.jpg

Now on to book 4, tomorrow...
 
At last!
I have come to the end of instruction book 3 without further incident. There was one additional contradition between the instruction book and drawing: that was the position of the bayling pin racks which were show in different positions on each. I went with the photo in the book as it felt and looked better. I don't think it will matter as the lines from the bowsprit will suit either position as far as I can tell at this stage.
Somehow I have been very slow on this stage of the build, Summer and other things happening I suppose. View attachment 477082View attachment 477083

Now on to book 4, tomorrow...
Well done
Congrats
 
At last!
I have come to the end of instruction book 3 without further incident. There was one additional contradition between the instruction book and drawing: that was the position of the bayling pin racks which were show in different positions on each. I went with the photo in the book as it felt and looked better. I don't think it will matter as the lines from the bowsprit will suit either position as far as I can tell at this stage.
Somehow I have been very slow on this stage of the build, Summer and other things happening I suppose. View attachment 477082View attachment 477083

Now on to book 4, tomorrow...
Good morning. Way to go. Lovely work on a beautiful ship. Cheers Grant
 
Progressing nicely but I do find the instructions confusing when they don't match up with the drawing or reality.
One recent issue is the support pillars for the chart house glass roofwhich they say should be 26mm but that means the plastic moulding they supply will sit hight that the pictures and drawing show, leaving a gap between the window frames and the rail. I opted to cut them down by 2mm which makes the moulding fit better. The scale headroom is a bit tight at just over 2 metres but I am happy with the overall look.
Another issue I had was that the winding mechanism pictures show cogs and drums on 3 spindles but the exploded view drawing show 4, one of which is 45mm long, thats the same as the total width of the deck! The central spindle, as far as I can tell needs to be 25mm. At first I though it must be a misprint but the spindles suppled are 3 at 30mm, 1 at 45 and 2 for the motors at 35mm. So I cut one of the 30mm to 25 and now have a 45mm left over. I also had to file off the boss on one of the cogs to get it to fit between the spindle supports.
I am not so experienced to have the confidence to make such changes to the instructions without a lot of fretting about it, and it slows me down a lot to check and double check my conclusions and to consider possible knock-on effects.
Any way, right or wrong, I am happy with the overall job in the end.IMG_20241029_152122.jpgIMG_20241029_152132.jpg
So now just the ladders to fit to the chart house and then work moves to the stern...
 
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