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Artesania Latina Santisima Trinidad 1/84

She's simply gorgeous, Nigel. I love her look, so crisp and well defined at this stage. I am duly impressed by the craftsman that maintains so much control at every stage of development. As for using bits of plastic, whatever works! Thumbsup Thumbsup
 
Thankyou Peter for your thoughtfully versed kind words.

As this model is predominantly painted, it affords me some flexibility as to materials choice.

I did look at the brass profiles available from Caldercraft for my trim work but discarded these as being too large and not quite correct for this vessel and scale, so homebrew plastic is the way forward.

I could have milled some in timber but the scrolls would break as soon as I looked at them plus the subsequent priming and sanding necessary using wood would result in loosing crisp detail.
 
what did you do to your hull when finished? Sand it or something else. I did some sanding on my but I am going back once finished and scrape it first then sand. I always have a few planks that don't line up perfect.
 
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I have a question regarding the Trinidad which I am just starting to cut gun ports. Looking ahead I was trying to figure out how guns on the lower deck are placed when there is no deck for them to sit on, I have scrolled through all of the instructions and the tutorial videos and have not found anything that addresses this. I have seen the shorter cannon barrels that are supplied. Appreciate any light you can shed on that. Robert
 
Apologies Robert for the delay in reply, The hull has been sanded not scraped, I find sanding with long blocks more effective, I have a 12 inch permagrit block and a convex 12inch permagrit file for the initial material removal. I have used scraping in the past but to true up planking runs I find sanding works better for me in removing high spots in the contours.
 
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Thank you for your response. I am now in the process of cutting gun ports, about 140 of them. no real problems, but the template is much smaller than the actual port, I have found, which is okay, I try to cut them for a tight fit. Unfortunately for me I learn as I go and get better that way, so the first few are not as good as the last one.
 
Are you planning on mounting the lower guns according to the instructions? With a wire attached to the end of the cannon and inserted into the back wall. I have some concerns about this especially since the hull is closed at that point.
 
Robertk said:
Thanks, I was having a similar thought.
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If you are purchasing the brass rod you can make these pieces overlong with a bit of a taper ground on the end. That will enable the rod to go in the hole and still give yourself something to hold onto outside the hull, then push in to the desired depth. Excess rod sticking through the gun port support strips would not cause an issue as far as I can see
 
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