Sovereign of the Seas - Sergal 1:78 (with hopefully many added details)

[dockattner]

Wishing for a speedy recovery, my friend!

 

[GrantTyler]

Hi All,
Lologaditano, Grant, Rob @rtwpsom2 thanks of course much appreciated
Papatolos THANKS for your many likes

And thanks to all mates for looking at my first - poorly made - video. I've been practicing and now getting better. I'll post a couple of "completed" videos - then wrap this one up.
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PS: I don’t know where to post this thread -- But for builders interested building this kit -

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I just ordered this one directly from the best legitimate retailer in Japan for the Woody Joe kits (Zootoyz) WHY? - the ¥ has taken a very significant beating against the $.
This kit retail sold (level 4) there are two versions the level 2 is more simplified and does not allow for many inner hull parts for added details. Level 4 $202.00 USD - Ebay sells them for north of $300 USD and add $100 shipping - AND those sellers don’t specify if kit is level 2 or 4. hmmmm??

With shipping out-the-door to CA -- $250.00 a great price for this interesting kit - there are a couple of builders here who have logged their work

@Submarinerblue here is his completed images log - really great!
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Higaki Kaisen Finished

This is my finished Japanese 17th century cargo ship 1/72 scale from Woody Joe. The kit is beautifully designed and while the instructions are in Japanese they are very clear and well illustrated. This ship is very different from western ships. No keel, no deadeyes, no ratlines, a retractable...

shipsofscale.com

AND this one - wow as well @Ekis

Higaki kaïsen 1:72 (Woody Joe) byEkis [COMPLETED BUILD]

A new shipyard opens ! A little history... Two types of sailing ships, once used to transport taru (casks) of sake from Kamigata (上方, the present Keihanshin area of Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe) to Edo (now Tokyo). Until the Meiji period (1868-1911), movement from the center of the capital Kyoto to...

shipsofscale.com

My next project - Pavel’s Oseberg should be, for me, a quick project (that is of course subjective) so this Higaki Kaisen is "a long term investment" haha - that reminds me of George Carlin who joked that his mother bought green bananas as "a long term investment".

Cheers,

Good morning John. At least you had the courage to post your video. Mine are horrendous and stay well in my cloud never to be shared . Looking forward to your Oseberg however that Japanese ship looks cool. Variety is the spice of life they say…..well mostly. Good luck with the wrist recovery. Cheers Grant

 

[oldflyer]

Grant,
re: video I did learn how to turn off the sound during filming. That was the first improvement step. Now I need to learn how to pan without the slight sloppy movements. My iPhone has a setting for that, but seems useless in my hands. Then how to continuously adjust close-up focusing during filming.

Now, your work is so excellent even a in your word "horrendous" videos - is questionable - the focus would be 1000% on how amazing your
superb details would look close up. You have been a constant inspiration for me and certainly many others on how to improve their building skills.

Cheers my friend --

 

[oldflyer]

Ordered the mast step upgrade as well as Pavel’s airbrush, for later, wood stains - so on hold -- I will start a new log in a bit. But these starting areas are all the same - we’ve all seen quite a few. I’ll start my log during the steps where I plan on adding, hopefully, lots of extra details beyond what this amazing kit already includes in the box.





This book will be THE guide. took months to finally land a copy - I have been in very excellent communications with Pavel Nikitin - The Oseberg rigging in his kits also used this book as their reference.



OK --- Cheers all Enjoy your end of the year festivities.