In most other kits I have built the instructions are more detailed, but Max did supply English instructions and a DVD
you will see what I mean when you start the La Soleil build! but it is still a Great Kit!!
Day Three worked on getting the decks installed took a while some sanding and fitting sanding and fitting but all went well painted the decks below black, Had a little issue with the rear bulkhead when I set it yesterday I guess I didn't push it all the way down in a place I lucked out and could get it removed without completely ruining the part, glued the 3 pieces back together and will reinstall tomorrow. a real bone head move!!! Wood is very forgiving there is not much you can't fix! By building any kind of Model you learn to deal with adversity!! the picture below shows the last bulkhead before I discovered it was installed incorrectly if you look closely I used mini Philipps wood screws 1mm x 6mm and wood glue to hold down all the decks, screws worked great no need to clamp! countersunk the heads, and will plank over them, worked very well
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Does the DVD not come with the kitIn most other kits I have built the instructions are more detailed, but Max did supply English instructions and a DVD
Yes the kit has the DVD and it is in english
thanks for the heads up I will be dealing with the aft upper decks here shortly
ok, thanks.
sorry for the confusion
Day four Not much happened today had some honey do's to finish but got a couple of hours in dry-fitted all the upper decks got the aft bulkhead fixed and attached painted all the decks tomorrow I might start planking the decks before I install them. Going to do some reading on deck planking. patterns and technics? Does anyone have any ideas to share it would be greatly appreciated!
For the decks it makes a black or dark base for the deck planking the other areas helps to make sure you do not see any unprepared wood throughout the inside of the ship after construction just a good easy safeguard
I have a question Deck plank lengths for my kit can't find anything what I did read was 20 to 24 feet? anyone who built this kit know
I Bandido
Day 5 worked on the cannon enclosures over 60 of those made a jig to keep them at a 90 while the glue sets that will take a day or two to get done and began planking the decks used a 3 butt configuration full length 4 3/4 - 2 3/8 - 1/14 looks good! tried to use a pencil to darken the edges of the planks to much work with really no return so I decide not to spend the time! The black paint on the false decks helps! I wish I hadn't installed the center main deck much easier to plank before installed OH WELL Next time!! Gilbert sorry for bothering you about the plank length all I needed to do was READ THE INSTRUCTIONS/ PARTS LIST!!!!
Well, it has been a couple of days since my last post been trying to figure out the bow front I shaped the piece in a mild curve to get the bow sprint to fit correctly but then the cannon support brackets would not fit in behind the not even close! I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what is going on am I not seeing something well to cut a long story short I decided to work on the front bulkhead and open it up to accept the two lower cannon supports, looks a little rough and I need to sure up the lower deck a little but it worked!! My experience in the past is when you need to start modifying things to that extent it is usually a builder error! I also finished all the cannon support brackets and planked a couple of decks, Going to stain the brackets and decide what I will do to the cannons cosmetically probably do a Tamiya Dark Iron with a dry brush accent not sure what will play around with that a bit!!
Good progress bandido
