Looks great to me Grant! The problem with treenails, is if you do them to scale, they should not be seen at a distance. But once up close, the extra detail is nice!
Excellent work Grant! She looks very nice with all these details. Love it!
Thank you everyone for your compliments, support, advise and banter during this build. Adds so much to this hobby. I do appreciate it. Heinrich, I agree with you. At times I get so focused on sending close ups that I forget to step back and send the overall image. I am happy with my progress so far....slowly, slowly catch this monkey. Cheers Grant
She is looking beautiful, Grant!Good afternoon. Ricochet rabbit - nickname curtesy of Paul ( @dockattner ) , at it again.
In a previous post I showed the triangle scuppers on the out side of the hull. Diagram :
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I “stole” this from Sasha’s incredible Victory log (@Alexander74 ). Side note : this probably the best Victory I have seen being built and as I built one it is of particular interest.
One can see for each scupper a lead scupper has to be on the deck by the waterway. At my scale I could not get all the detail so a Simple hole was drilled into the deck keeping symmetry with the scupper hull holes.
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I also jumped around again and added some bulkwark supports to my lower bulwarks ( so many to make on this xebec) on the poop deck .
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Finally I some overall pics of progress thus far. I do think the “treenails” on the lower hull below the wale was a waste of effort as they can hardly be seen. (Only on portside- I’m not sure I will do these on the starboard side - a lot of effort for naught)
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Still not sexy Paul but getting there
A load of fettling and clean up and some poly to do so I think she will be good.
Cheers Grant
Good morning Mark and Peter. She is starting to transform from the Ugly into presentable. I have plenty finishing to do on my work thus far but that’s how I build. I don’t know why I can’t finish one thing first and then move on…..hmmm. As Justin (my son) would say…”Dad you have issues”Just catching up again now Grant. You are modelling ships like a salty and experienced old hand now, well done indeed. Maybe honing your skills on your tough first-assignment Victory has pushed you up the ranks in quick order. I am really looking forward to watching how your Xebec progresses
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What Peter said...
Good afternoon. Thanks guys. Tobias it’s wide open, hang onto that throttle….brakes what are those for.Looks great Grant and I'm glad you had fun doing it (Hurry, hurry, hurry)
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Grant, nice work!!Good afternoon. Thanks guys. Tobias it’s wide open, hang onto that throttle….brakes what are those for.
Thank you Paul and Greg.
Just lovely, this Grant Xebec.Good morning. This morning I started adding the bulwark stanchions. As my bulkwarks angle out a little more than the Cazador I had to bevel the bottom of each stanchion so it fitted flush. The bulwarks being painted meant that I had to use CA glue so minimal time to line these up was allowed and I could not get any CA glue on the walnut- was fun
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Cheers Grant
Good morning Johan. Thanks. Your mind is correct and I did not even think of those technical aspects. If I had to do all the treenails on the hull to align with the frames, there would be plenty more. Some of my scuppers (2 on each side) are by the treenails which couldn’t happen on a real ship- luckily Grants Xebec is a 1:60 model
. Cheers Grant
That's your saving grace; once all has been said and done and you take a step back, you won't see it anymore. You'll know, but that's it.luckily Grants Xebec is a 1:60 model
Good morning. Thank you. I do put a fair amount of time in. I wake up every morning around 4am…not by choice it happened after a knock to my head in a car accident, and I play in my shipyard until I leave for the office around 9. It is rather good in a way as I have the rest of the day to be with family, work a little and do my other activities. Cheers Grant
