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yes,they would get together with Olga@Bonden Why not invite your girlfriend to join the SOS? Then we all have a chance to see her Victory build log. I think this is a great idea, what do you think?
The model of Admiral Nelson's flagship HMS VICTORY - 1765 (DeAgostini, Scale 1:84)
The VICTORY’s keel was laid down in my shipyard at the end of 2011. This is the third ship released in installments by the magazine. That is why I started building without knowing what I was setting myself in for. Having already assembled the hull, it was evident that the ship would be large and...
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Hello friends,
today I will show you my last stage sail, which I show in wrapped condition. The next two are the sails over the jib boom, and and I will show these sails when they are set. I'm a little excited because I've never built anything like that.
So now some photos - as long as my sailing ship looks so beautiful ...
today I will show you my last stage sail, which I show in wrapped condition. The next two are the sails over the jib boom, and and I will show these sails when they are set. I'm a little excited because I've never built anything like that.
So now some photos - as long as my sailing ship looks so beautiful ...
Kurt Konrath
Kurt Konrath
Is your plan to have all sail on board but furled?
Your work is great, making progress one sail at a time!
Your work is great, making progress one sail at a time!
Thank you! 
I want to show the Mercury in a showcase later. It is said to float on "water" and be on the verge of a battle. The rear wall of the showcase will be a historical painting, showing an enemy ship (French or American - oh!) approaching the Mercury. So my ship sails under a sail customary for naval battles.
Let's see how I do it in the end.
I want to show the Mercury in a showcase later. It is said to float on "water" and be on the verge of a battle. The rear wall of the showcase will be a historical painting, showing an enemy ship (French or American - oh!) approaching the Mercury. So my ship sails under a sail customary for naval battles.
Let's see how I do it in the end.
Kurt Konrath
Kurt Konrath
That is a grand idea for display case design.
Waiting to see your final product.
Kurt
Waiting to see your final product.
Kurt
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Beautiful work on your Mercury! Nice to see it nearing completion. I’ve been studying your build very closely as I build my HMS Enterprize, which is very similar, but mine is 1/97. I’m kind of wishing I bought the same kit you’re building. 1/97 scale can be a bit small and challenging.
Hello friends, today I will show my first set sail. And the next is in progress - I got it wet with diluted glue and formed it with many hot air (hairdryer - currently you are not allowed to drive to the sea where it is always so nice and windy 
)
And look: in my bathroom it is also maritime-historical.
)And look: in my bathroom it is also maritime-historical.
The sail got a very good curvature - it is looking very realistic my friend - Very good result
Thank you, @Uwek
But there is a problem - gravity.
Because there is no wind, the sail is always pulled down. The bow remains, but the sail is not pushed out as nicely as it should be. In the
third picture the bow is only so beautiful because I blew hard against the sail while taking pictures.
Here I want to try spring steel wire. I hope the Google translation is so that you understand what I mean by spring steel wire ...
I take this wire as a sheet rope and hope that it will be able to push the sail out far enough. I ordered the thin spring steel wire today. I will report.
But there is a problem - gravity.
Because there is no wind, the sail is always pulled down. The bow remains, but the sail is not pushed out as nicely as it should be. In the
third picture the bow is only so beautiful because I blew hard against the sail while taking pictures.
Here I want to try spring steel wire. I hope the Google translation is so that you understand what I mean by spring steel wire ...
I take this wire as a sheet rope and hope that it will be able to push the sail out far enough. I ordered the thin spring steel wire today. I will report.
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As my Mercury is going to be a diorama also, I’m planning just the same. I’ll use thin wire tucked in with the bolt rope and sail to produce the fuller shape.Thank you, @Uwek
But there is a problem - gravity.
Because there is no wind, the sail is always pulled down. The bow remains, but the sail is not pushed out as nicely as it should be. In the
third picture the bow is only so beautiful because I blew hard against the sail while taking pictures.
Here I want to try spring steel wire. I hope the Google translation is so that you understand what I mean by spring steel wire ...
I take this wire as a sheet rope and hope that it will be able to push the sail out far enough. I ordered the thin spring steel wire today. I will report.
And here is sail No. 2:
And there is again the problem with the wind. On the left the calm, on the right the storm "Bonden".
But I'm going to experiment with the wire I mentioned earlier. And there was another good piece of advice: Reed writes in his book that you can also roop very thin copper wire and paint it afterwards. That sounds interesting too. I will report about it then.
And there is again the problem with the wind. On the left the calm, on the right the storm "Bonden".
But I'm going to experiment with the wire I mentioned earlier. And there was another good piece of advice: Reed writes in his book that you can also roop very thin copper wire and paint it afterwards. That sounds interesting too. I will report about it then.
Hooray! I tried that with the thin copper wire and it's perfect! You have to replace the loose end of the sheet rope with the wire rope, then it works.
Kurt Konrath
Kurt Konrath
Not gravity, it's lack of scale winds!
When you blow your gusts they look great, and the wire seems to work, maybe a close up on wire installation.
When you blow your gusts they look great, and the wire seems to work, maybe a close up on wire installation.
Good news! My first yardarm is grown. The pictures show some of the necessary steps. The support frame has been of great help to me. Oh, I forgot to mention: It's the fore-course.
It's fantastic - it works! I pull on the ropes and exactly what I want happens.
It's fantastic - it works! I pull on the ropes and exactly what I want happens.
As incredible as it sounds: I still have an overview of this apparent tangle of many ropes.
And here i show you, how the slab line works:
There are still a few ropes missing, and then I have to tie them all up. But we're getting there.
And, dear friends: What I'm doing here, I'm doing for the first time. So please look generously over the little mistakes you discover.
See you soon, greetings
Bonden
And here i show you, how the slab line works:
There are still a few ropes missing, and then I have to tie them all up. But we're getting there.
And, dear friends: What I'm doing here, I'm doing for the first time. So please look generously over the little mistakes you discover.
See you soon, greetings
Bonden