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HMS Royal Caroline kit ZHL 1/30

Dear Maarten,
I was overimpressed with this blog and your passion and creativity. Thank you, it was quite an experience to review it!
As a result, I have just ordered the same kit, so I will have a pleasure of building it with my father (we work together on ships).
I am not sure I am ready to go to the extent you demonstrated but I will definitily use many of you techniques and I think I will decorate the aft rooms, but with much less quality. Because your level is simply unreachable.
As I live in NL, I suggest I will invite you for a drink to tell you "thank you" in person. It is the best ship-building blog I have ever seen.
 
Dear Maarten,
I was overimpressed with this blog and your passion and creativity. Thank you, it was quite an experience to review it!
As a result, I have just ordered the same kit, so I will have a pleasure of building it with my father (we work together on ships).
I am not sure I am ready to go to the extent you demonstrated but I will definitily use many of you techniques and I think I will decorate the aft rooms, but with much less quality. Because your level is simply unreachable.
As I live in NL, I suggest I will invite you for a drink to tell you "thank you" in person. It is the best ship-building blog I have ever seen.
Hi Alex,

Good to hear you liked it and it inspired you to start the same model. It is a fantastic ship and you won't regret it.
Sounds fun to meet you and I can bring the model to show and discuss, good for new ideas for both of us.

I will send you a PM.
 
Finally after plenty hour of cutting, grinding and polishing the three figure heads are finished for dry fitting.
First the larger angel figure needed a second arm and a leg extension. I will spare you the bloody details :-).
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With this as a result before polishing and waxing.
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Finally dry fitting to see if everything fits. The small angel gets a 0.5 mm pin in its foot to fit it.
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Then fitting everything in place.
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On top of the hands the crown will be fitted.
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That was it for 2019.
To all of you many thx for following in 2019, more to come in 2020.
Have a great years end and looking forward to 2020.
 
Finally the work railing on the ps side is also finished. After steaming them in the right shape I carved out the spaces into the two lower rails to fit the pillars. The pillars are doubled in thickness and will fit snug over the rails.
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Now the top of the pillars is sanded to a correct length to make a tight fit with the top rail followed by coloring the rails with black ink.
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After the ink is dry the top layer of the wood in the carvings is scraped to remove the ink and a nice contrast appears.
All wood connection I enforced with brass pins and the top rail is fitted with burnished nails to the pillars.
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If the glue is dried I can apply some layers of oil to seal and polish it.
Then on to the next step which I think will be the rudder or maybe the poop deck, we'll see.
 
Dear Maarten

Every once in a very long while - something gets done that simply defies reason or belief. If I had not witnessed this build myself, I would not have believed it possible. You are an inspiration Sir!

Best regards
Heinrich
 
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