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Looking good Steve.

Andy

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thanks Andy following your thread with great interest as well and looking very nice

steve

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Steve thats a first rate planking and the colours awesome

mobear

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thanks ole,the last couple of days been busy adding a couple of coats of paint using yellow ocre and black paint for the wales to the sides before capping the rails

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i have also decided to have a go at scratch building a few of the fittings as i think they would look better than the cast metal ones supplied and those i cant do i will get online as my local model shop does not sell scale boat stuff

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looking real nice just take your time with scratch build stuff,otherwise you go mad lol

mobear

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Coming along great Steve. Now for some detail eh. Keep up the good work mate.

Andy

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understand what your saying their ole iv'e just spent the best part of 2hrs trying to make a grating with a 2mm gap between each piece but they just kept breaking in my fingers, i dont have a vice or any fancy tools just my knifes and files and a modelling saw and my rotary tool so things are going to be a bit harder for me still thats the fun part. Anyway iv'e had a go at making a capstan and also the pre cast lifeboat that came with the kit i have planked it and will give it a coat of paint i think that will improve the look of it and save me having to buy a new one.

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iv'e also had another look at the fittings and noticed that the belaying pins were plastic so i have gone and ordered some wooden ones and some wooden gratings while i was at it

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very very nicely done mate,love the capstan,keep this up and you should make a decent ship wainwright lol

mobear

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Beginning to take shape now Steve - great work. Derek

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Dedicated attention to detail

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Thank you all for the kind comments, just had the dreaded phone call and off again on sunday upto lerwick so i wont be doing much more in the next couple of days but should get one more lot of pics up before i go.

steve

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Been busy last couple of days and got a few more things done

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cheers steve

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still waiting on a few bits from cmb which should arrive any day now but wont be using them till next trip so no panic,last day today working on the ship so i was up early and been hard at it.Got to the stage where i was supposed to put the bits on but i did'nt fancy using those as they are just black plastic and the pics in the instruction book shows wooden ones so knuckled down and made my own which was a little tricky as they are only 3x3x6mm and i think look more to scale than the plastic ones supplied.

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cheers steve

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Nice job Steve.

Andy

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Cheers Andy quiet pleased with the way things are going just now the grattings and belaying pins i ordered turned up yesterday so i will be able to crack on with things when i get back home from sea and while im away will be doing my best to keep a eye on your build.

steve