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Sjors

Thu Mar 21 2013, 09:50am

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So, again a few picture of my progress.
The dark spot that you see on picture 3 is not glue but water......
I clean a little

Sjors

Thu Mar 21 2013, 09:54am

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I found out that I came 2 planks to short.
So I take other planks and hoping that they match.
As you can see, I'm at the top.
Now I can begin to the lower part of the hull.
But still no varnish on it.
When I'm finish double planking, she get her varnish.Finally the second planking is done!
I know I did it not the right way, but I like it.
It looks good, so you can now look for your self.
The last picture shows you how it's gonna look like when there is varnish over it.

Sjors

Thu Mar 21 2013, 09:57am

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The varnish is on the Mirage.
It is still wet but I want to show the pictures to you.
Maybe there is coming an other layer of varnish.
But first I want to see how it looks when it is dry.

Sjors

Thu Mar 21 2013, 09:59am

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Here are a few pictures of the deck and bulwark planking.
I also varnish the hull for an second time
I'm now going to plank the keel and stem and then I can make 4 canons before I can plank the last 4 decks...
Otherwise there is no room for placing the canons.

Sjors

Thu Mar 21 2013, 10:01am

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was planking the keel with light walnut.
It not looks good , so I remove it and change it with darker wood.
See the pictures.

Sjors

Thu Mar 21 2013, 10:02am

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I finished the rudder.
I make pictures of each stage.....
I don't know if I can attach him now or later because there is also a balcony on the stern..
At the plans it is coming after the balcony but I found out that sometimes it is better to do it another way.

Sjors

Thu Mar 21 2013, 10:03am

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It looks like if the stairs are not straight but that's an angle off the camera.
When I see the pictures I run upstairs to watch it.
The railing with the balusters are in place.
Also the catheads,
On the manuel they tell me I place them later and I have to cut out a little piece of wood because they go straight on the deck.
I think that this is the easy way.

Sjors

Thu Mar 21 2013, 10:06am

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I wanted to assemble the balcony, but found that the plastic parts where the railings will be placed are not connected / joined as shown in picture #1
To mount the balcony on the ship, it first has to be assembled and then pushed into a slot at the stern between frames 18 and 19. in the drawing, this slot is not specified (#2)
How deep the slot should be and how far the balcony should be pushed in, is also not specified.
In the 1:1 drawing you see that the balcony is pushed into the slot (#3).
I removed one plank from the stern where the slot supposed to be (#4). But as you can see in picture #5, if I cut out the slot accordingly, I will also have to cut away part of the keel. I can not assess if
I'm getting problems with placing the rudder
There also should have been openings in the stern for gun ports. but for that purpose there are no guns supplied. I will only place the shutters for the gun ports
On the Italian forum http://www.modellism...g of Le Mirage.
This builder has, instead of making a slot for the balcony, placed the balcony around the hull with two support bars placed at the bottom of the balcony.
Personally I think that that is the best option to mount the balcony, without having to cut away part of the stern and the keel to make a slot.

Sjors

Thu Mar 21 2013, 10:08am

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On picture one you see the slots.
I have drilled a few holes and then sand it out with a wood file.
Then we have make from cardboard an example how the floor of the balcony goes.
Dry fit into the slot and I must say, I'm pleased!
The next step is cut out the wood ,so the floor of the balcony can go inside.
I have behind the stern place to glue the balcony.
Before everything goes inside, I finished the hole balcony, and then in one piece, it goes inside.

Sjors

Thu Mar 21 2013, 10:11am

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The balcony is varnished and I have put some windows on it.
There is another balcony coming above it, but that's for later.
I know it looks just not level but the ship is also not standing level.