Good morning. Thank you very much. I appreciate this. Cheers Grant
Grants Xebec 1:60 (using Jabeque Cazador Occre1:60 kit) [COMPLETED BUILD]
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Good morning Ron. Thank you kindly. Cheers Grant
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Was quite confused, not receiving updates on your Xebec. Shouldn't have worried; progress has been made regardless. Your attention for detail does wonders, it's adding authenticity to the model.
Too bad SA-the Netherlands is a rather long and very expensive trip; would love to see your Xebec next to @Ptèr 's Xebec coming september 30th in Amsterdam...
Too bad SA-the Netherlands is a rather long and very expensive trip; would love to see your Xebec next to @Ptèr 's Xebec coming september 30th in Amsterdam...
Good morning Johan. Thank you. That would be an awesome thing to do, our two Xebecs displayed together. One from the master (@Ptèr ) and the students
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Student surpassing the so called "master" in this case....Good morning Johan. Thank you. That would be an awesome thing to do, our two Xebecs displayed together. One from the master (@Ptèr ) and the students
I like to be a forever student and never stop learning btw.
It would be awesome indeed, besides having a nice chat and enjoying a braai.
How's the rigging of your cannons going?
Good morning Grant. Besides there is something wrong with the alerts on the SoS, still find your log and have to reed some pages. But that doesn’t bore me at all. Nice little (3D) ad-on’s and nicely rigged cannons.
Regards, Peter
Regards, Peter
Good morning Peter. I have only made the one under the stairs so far. These take a while and are rather fiddly. I am going to have to sit down and start these in earnest soonStudent surpassing the so called "master" in this case....
I like to be a forever student and never stop learning btw.
It would be awesome indeed, besides having a nice chat and enjoying a braai.
How's the rigging of your cannons going?
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Good morning Peter. It does the same to me. Thank you for the compliments. Cheers Grant
Good morning. Very little time spent in the shipyard lately. Birthdays all in a row Arlene, Ashtyn and Justin. Was good to spend family time all together.
The oars. I made these as per the kit. (I am out of extra wood ). I don’t believe these accurately reflect oars on the Xebecs in the mid 1700’s although I don’t have too much research materials to confirm this. I Also found the metal parts (handle and supports) to be a little too large for the scale. I added some rope bindings to the supports and added an additional handle to the end. Stained with oak stain. One set completed.
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The oars. I made these as per the kit. (I am out of extra wood ). I don’t believe these accurately reflect oars on the Xebecs in the mid 1700’s although I don’t have too much research materials to confirm this. I Also found the metal parts (handle and supports) to be a little too large for the scale. I added some rope bindings to the supports and added an additional handle to the end. Stained with oak stain. One set completed.
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Ditto to Happy Birthdays for all.
A very neat deck, clean and tidy, ready for public tours. BTW the oars look great also.
Jan
A very neat deck, clean and tidy, ready for public tours. BTW the oars look great also.
Jan
Very clean and tidy Grant. I might even rate you able seaman with a clean deck like that
Good morning Mark, Heinrich and Jan. Thank you. The upper deck came out so cool. I did the lower deck the same and for some reason it doesn’t match the upper one. It maybe because I had to bend a lot of the deck planks and with the two different heights a lot of manipulation was put onto the main deck. I quite like how the oar colour came out, almost a little weathered.
Good morning Peter. Thank you. I am happy with the oars and how they look on the ship. I am trying to make the fittings, cannons etc a little natural and not “model like”. The oars do seem a little large. I’m going to make a figure to scale and see how they look. I’m not redoing them though. Cheers Grant
Good morning Johan. We have had a great few day. I’m bankrupt now after so many birthdays all at once
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Good morning. This morning I completed the stairs for the quarter deck. My modifications:
- added the railings.
- Made the stairs a lot thinner and less bulky than the kit stairs. Of course I broke the SB stairs while doing this
. Typical Grant, especially as I have no more resources for redo’s now.
Some pics :
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- added the railings.
- Made the stairs a lot thinner and less bulky than the kit stairs. Of course I broke the SB stairs while doing this
. Typical Grant, especially as I have no more resources for redo’s now.Some pics :
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Great pictures Grant. The workmanship is stunning. As others have said I love the coloring of your decks
Grant, hi.Good morning. This morning I completed the stairs for the quarter deck. My modifications:
- added the railings.
- Made the stairs a lot thinner and less bulky than the kit stairs. Of course I broke the SB stairs while doing this
Some pics :
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If you swap the stairs, left and right, then no one will notice the broken staircase
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It's money, Grant, does not outweigh a few great days...Good morning Johan. We have had a great few day. I’m bankrupt now after so many birthdays all at once