Nikitin San Bartolome 1584 A.D. (Kit #35)

Signet said:
VERY nicely done! Love the brass look on the stern decorations too! Are they brass or painted? If painted, what did you use? I'd like that look on the carvings of my Granado.
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Thanks. These are the resin decorations supplied with the kit, painted with an airbrush using Vallejo Old Gold paint and treated with a Vallejo black wash
 
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Wow, a great past two and half weeks, temperatures in the high 90's, Thunderstorms and large amounts of rain at one time and course summer company. I finally had an opportunity to do a bit of modeling.

I'm working on various bits and pieces while waiting for two replacement flats from Pavel's shop.

Parts ready for the paint shop

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This is turning into one of my favorite tools. It's saving a lot of sore fingers.
The ULTIMATION Sander

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I find it does a great job cleaning the laser char without to much effort.

Jan
 
Pathfinder65 said:
Wow, a great past two and half weeks, temperatures in the high 90's, Thunderstorms and large amounts of rain at one time and course summer company. I finally had an opportunity to do a bit of modeling.

I'm working on various bits and pieces while waiting for two replacement flats from Pavel's shop.

Parts ready for the paint shop

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This is turning into one of my favorite tools. It's saving a lot of sore fingers.
The ULTIMATION Sander

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I find it does a great job cleaning the laser char without to much effort.

Jan
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Looking great Jan. I have the same sander. Best purchase I have ever made. And if you don’t have the cutter that is a must have as well. The cuts are so much cleaner and you can cut much thicker stock than what those little mini ones do.
 
Jagpilot said:
Looking great Jan. I have the same sander. Best purchase I have ever made. And if you don’t have the cutter that is a must have as well. The cuts are so much cleaner and you can cut much thicker stock than what those little mini ones do.
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Yup I have both tools and the accessories. I had three of those mini cutters in the last few years. They were OK, but the precision of the Ultimation cutting tool is astonishing.

Jan
 
Pathfinder65 said:
Wow, a great past two and half weeks, temperatures in the high 90's, Thunderstorms and large amounts of rain at one time and course summer company. I finally had an opportunity to do a bit of modeling.

I'm working on various bits and pieces while waiting for two replacement flats from Pavel's shop.

Parts ready for the paint shop

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This is turning into one of my favorite tools. It's saving a lot of sore fingers.
The ULTIMATION Sander

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I find it does a great job cleaning the laser char without to much effort.

Jan
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Good morning Jan. The Ultimation tools are really cool. Your sander and the cutter are on my bucket list. Maybe get the kids to get me them for Christmas. Cheers Grant
 
Wowzers, great "FLORIDA DAY" in Maine, 88F/31C, feels like 93F/34C with 60% humidity

What a great opportunity to sit in the shipyard and puzzle things out. I'm trying to figure out the next couple of steps in the Galleon build.

I think I'm looking at DIY steps.

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There are no part numbers for a kit flat, so I think I'm to scale these pieces off the full size plans.

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This one is confusing. Part kit part and Part DIY??

So you guys who have managed to get by this spot in the build. Please chime in.

Jan
 
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