Montañés by Sevish - OcCre kit

[WilliamM]

So to continue with my venture,
I glued the first bulkhead and let it dry
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LEGO square are the best !

And then i glued the rest of the bulkheads.
letting it dry with the deck to align the bulkheads correctly eliminating the belly from the bow part of the skeleton.View attachment 446073

Yes i stapled the deck it actually worked! drying time.
Happy and excited i glued the 2nd half of the bulkheads in to place and then placed the 2 deck pieces to align the bulkheads and alsot stapled those pieces (i didn't guled the deck into place at this time).

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And it's straight ! Taaa DaaaaView attachment 446075

Now it's time for the fun part.
In the next update
Cheers and good week to everyone.

Your Montanes is a great looking kit! I am looking forward to watching your progress!

Bill

 

[sevish]

Looking good, tough break on the led's burning out...but better it happened now than 6 months down the road. I'm still on the fence about coppering but I am interested in how you like working with the Amati plates when you have completed.

Indeed , lucky me
I'm hoping that working with Amati plates will be much easier than caldercraft ones with the overlaping.
but there's still time for this , I will start with the port guns this week .

Your Montanes is a great looking kit! I am looking forward to watching your progress!

Bill

Hi Bill, Thank you for joining in , i will do my best to make the ship great .
there's going to be some good upgrades.

Guy

 

[sevish]

The mail came today

Pear wood blocks 4mm & 3mm (for the guns)
Ebony deadeyes 5 & 4 mm
and 2.5 mm brass gun balls.
vallejo ice yellow, red, black , white and liquid metal gold

 

[gene438]

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Pear wood blocks 4mm & 3mm (for the guns)
Ebony deadeyes 5 & 4 mm
and 2.5 mm brass gun balls.
vallejo ice yellow, red, black , white and liquid metal gold

Are those paints for airbrush only or can you brush it on? Have you used that brand before? I would be interested in your review of them?

 

[sevish]

Are those paints for airbrush only or can you brush it on? Have you used that brand before? I would be interested in your review of them?

Vallejo is a well known brand,excellent acrylic based paints.
There are few paint lines there the model air line specific for airbrush ready to use, and basically can also be applied by brushing the paints.
the other lines are for brushing but also can be used with airbrush after proper thinning the paint.
to comper with OCCRE's paints
those are superior with lare paint catalog.
also good company with acrylic paintints are Ammo MIG paints and AK Paints.

 

[gene438]

Vallejo is a well known brand,excellent acrylic based paints.
There are few paint lines there the model air line specific for airbrush ready to use, and basically can also be applied by brushing the paints.
the other lines are for brushing but also can be used with airbrush after proper thinning the paint.
to comper with OCCRE's paints
those are superior with lare paint catalog.
also good company with acrylic paintints are Ammo MIG paints and AK Paints.

I saw these paints in my local store, but I did not know they could be brushed on....I will now try them.

 

[sevish]

I saw these paints in my local store, but I did not know they could be brushed on....I will now try them.

In general light paints like yellow and white are harder to brush.
Make tests with one dark paint and one light paint to see the outcome and how thy behave.
Good luck.

 

[sevish]

Long time...
I whanted to finish few things for this update.

In This build i decided to invest in more prep time for the hall so baow and stern filled with balsa wood to support the planks and for easy planking.




And i decided also to change the wire location for the stern wiring

Next is the greating on the Quarterdeck deck, for now it only the beams , the pillars will be added only after the guns placment.


Next are the gun ports
taking also care on them, making sure that the ports align are more accurate.


I also made plankin on the open waist deck gun ports fro the inside


For the fore castle gunports i added a 3rd gun port.
taking measurements for the position.and opening the hatch.



And completed with all the gunports



And my last tools addition, the AL micro shapers sets, very hard to get the the three sets all together together close to the MSRP price and and a store that willing to ship to Israel with reasonable shipping cost. (the store sent with EMS )


Till next time Cheers
Guy

 

[GrantTyler]

Long time...
I whanted to finish few things for this update.

In This build i decided to invest in more prep time for the hall so baow and stern filled with balsa wood to support the planks and for easy planking.

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And i decided also to change the wire location for the stern wiring View attachment 452704View attachment 452705

Next is the greating on the Quarterdeck deck, for now it only the beams , the pillars will be added only after the guns placment.
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Next are the gun ports
taking also care on them, making sure that the ports align are more accurate.
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I also made plankin on the open waist deck gun ports fro the inside
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For the fore castle gunports i added a 3rd gun port.
taking measurements for the position.and opening the hatch.View attachment 452723

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And completed with all the gunports

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And my last tools addition, the AL micro shapers sets, very hard to get the the three sets all together together close to the MSRP price and and a store that willing to ship to Israel with reasonable shipping cost. (the store sent with EMS )
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Till next time Cheers
Guy

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Good afternoon Guy. Those fillers and the hull fairing is looking very good. Will certainly make the planking easier and ensure perfect symmetry. Cheers Grant

 

[sevish]

Good afternoon Guy. Those fillers and the hull fairing is looking very good. Will certainly make the planking easier and ensure perfect symmetry. Cheers Grant

Thank you Grant

 

[sevish]

After intensive 3 weeks of work
I have finished to make the pices of the officers gallery quarters.
All redone from walnut wood and the
pillars i made with the AL micro shapers and the windows are made with micro kristal klear.


The instructions result


My result


I didn't make an actual windows deliberately because there will not be LEDS,only in the rear of the gallery.

Next update after completing all the gallery deck.

Cheers
Guy

 

[ConsNZ]

After intensive 3 weeks of work
I have finished to make the pices of the officers gallery quarters.
All redone from walnut wood and the
pillars i made with the AL micro shapers and the windows are made with micro kristal klear.
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The instructions result
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My result
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I didn't make an actual windows deliberately because there will not be LEDS,only in the rear of the gallery.

Next update after completing all the gallery deck.

Cheers
Guy

really nice work.

 

[GrantTyler]

After intensive 3 weeks of work
I have finished to make the pices of the officers gallery quarters.
All redone from walnut wood and the
pillars i made with the AL micro shapers and the windows are made with micro kristal klear.
View attachment 455475View attachment 455476

The instructions result
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My result
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I didn't make an actual windows deliberately because there will not be LEDS,only in the rear of the gallery.

Next update after completing all the gallery deck.

Cheers
Guy

Good morning Guy. Lovely. I am impressed with the scraping of the pattern into your walnut pillars. I find walnut very soft and it does not hold the pattern as well as harder woods. You got your really good so kudos. Cheers Grant

 

[sevish]

Good morning Guy. Lovely. I am impressed with the scraping of the pattern into your walnut pillars. I find walnut very soft and it does not hold the pattern as well as harder woods. You got your really good so kudos. Cheers Grant

Thank you.
The pattern making wasn't so difficult as the holes for the handles , on the doors.
Much more trickier with multiple drill bits to prevent the wood from splitting with this wood thickness.