@dockattner my friend you are not alone there! I am -I may say so- a "do and redo freak! Which sometimes its very disturbing, but oft its the only way make peace with your self.
The rail onthe top of the R Cabin, the Gallery 's chimney is there and the fore castle racks.
Metal black was used in order to give to the wooden chimney (but well sanded) the impression is metallic. There is also the anchor rope to be seen.
Metal black was used in order to give to the wooden chimney (but well sanded) the impression is metallic. There is also the anchor rope to be seen.
Wonderful job!
@dockattner thank you sir!
Though I made a mistake there... its not the "stem" that looks colourfull.... but the "stern".
Though I made a mistake there... its not the "stem" that looks colourfull.... but the "stern".
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I like your work.
@Lologaditano and @Heinrich thank you very much for your nice comments and for following my build.
Rigging the cannons... as I finished the first one, -they looked a little big- so I wondered if the blocks are out of scale. So I did some checking calculations. The correct size according to Bellabarba's book it should be 180 mm. So for the model's scale that is 3.75mm. That means a 4 mm block was the best I could use. Still there are'nt any 4 mm blocks to buy. Only 5mm and 3mm blocks are there available, but still both have about the same deviation of 1mm from the size I actually needed to use. So betwwen the two I decided to use the 5mm fine quality Syren Co. blocks which I already had. 
Hello Christos, all is looking good. I think you should try the 3mm blocks the 5 mm ones look far too large
@DonRobinson , thank you very much. I appreciate that a lot!
Do you have any experience with card blocks, its the only blocks I can get 3.5 mm and look realistic as Syren blocks.
Do you have any experience with card blocks, its the only blocks I can get 3.5 mm and look realistic as Syren blocks.
Hi Christos, I believe Syren has 4 mm blocks: https://syrenshipmodelcompany.com/boxwood-rigging-blocks.php. Or maybe I don't know what you are looking for...
@dockattner . Yes thank you my friend, I know. But in the moment its hard to get post from USA because of Corona, it takes more than a month. And just need 24 pieces of 3 or 3.5 mm. The rest blocks for my modell are already purchased from Syren and they are 5 mm
Yes, I understand. It took nearly 11 weeks for me to receive an order of pear wood from Russia. Alas, we live in strange times...
Hi Christos, I have never used card blocks so I cannot speak on them. If you are in a rush you could contact Zoran at MarisStella, they are located in Croatia. The blocks they sell are from Amati, although they are not the best with a little work they work fine. They sell 2 and 3 mm blocks which would work fine on your carriages. I use these blocks on most of my builds.
@DonRobinson I found in ebay a shop in China, very fine quality blocks, he can ship to me via UPS, which takes 3-4 days...
He is expensive but I dont need more than 60 blocks 3 mm all together, single and double. The rest blocks I need for the ship's rigging I already got them from US, Syren Model Co, it took 2 months almost.
He is expensive but I dont need more than 60 blocks 3 mm all together, single and double. The rest blocks I need for the ship's rigging I already got them from US, Syren Model Co, it took 2 months almost.