2whl Posted April 3, 2015 Author Posted April 3, 2015 Paul.....WOW.......that`s Purty........love it mate ......but,Polly wants a Craker still I'm bringing a package of Saltines for you to eat on the way to DSC.....LOL
Nitrozilla Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 Nice pulleys. Cannons are looking pretty good about now, huh? Nice save on the case. Wow.
2whl Posted April 4, 2015 Author Posted April 4, 2015 (edited) Joe, I wasn't done with the fiddly cannon bits yet. There are a total of 12 cannons visible on the upper deck. Each cannon has three ropes attached to it to draw it back and forth into position. So a nerve racking 36 times trying to super glue little bits on the cannons. Yahoo!!! One cannon in place.......11 more to go Cannons are in place....hopefully they'll stay their for Cap'n Clutz Edited April 4, 2015 by 2whl
Mooneyzs Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 Wow Paul... this is getting better and better. Those cannons are totally cool with the ropes. Nice job my friend
afx Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 (edited) Thanks JC....I 'm waiting for those 13" minilites Paul, the wheel set is up on Fireball's website. http://www.fireballmodels.info/ Nice R-to-R deck in the background. Edited April 4, 2015 by afx
2whl Posted April 4, 2015 Author Posted April 4, 2015 (edited) Chris and Art...thanks my friends. JC...it's a Teac from '73 This is one of the steps I was very nervous about.....putting on the open cannon doors. Between getting the rigging right and glueing them on with a very small surface contact, I was anticipating problems. But they went on with a minimum of fuss' Here's the side with the closed gun ports. Edited April 5, 2015 by 2whl
vintagedragcrazy Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 Man this is only getting better it's going to amazing when your done excellent work and detail. Vince
John Teresi Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 Paul.......AWESOME work!!!!!.......you are very skilled Dude.......love this ship
2whl Posted April 4, 2015 Author Posted April 4, 2015 (edited) Thanks guys...I appreciate the comments So this is where I got to yesterday. I put the bowsprit gammoning on and some details outside of it. 392 Edited April 4, 2015 by 2whl
Cato Posted April 5, 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 Nice work. Small correction; your closed side is actually the starboard side.
Nitrozilla Posted April 5, 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 Why did I just get a visual of Minions dressed as pirates running around the deck creating chaos?
John Teresi Posted April 5, 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 (edited) Paul........looking good Bro ..........good one Joe Edited April 5, 2015 by John Teresi
afx Posted April 5, 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 JC...it's a Teac from '73 I have an Akai I bought a few years ago and had restored. Lot'sa fun and sounds great too.
2whl Posted April 6, 2015 Author Posted April 6, 2015 Thanks for the encouragement guys Joe....I would love to find some of those minions in the right size. More detail work done. All of the side plates are on....just need to finish with the supports that go underneath them. 484
gasser59 Posted April 6, 2015 Posted April 6, 2015 Looking good Paul. So where's the plank? You know, the famous plank?
2whl Posted April 7, 2015 Author Posted April 7, 2015 No plank Brad.....it only comes out when I need to get rid of 'unneccessary baggage'.....lol...dead men tell no tales ! Somehow amongst the hundreds of parts...I manged to lose three of the supports that go below the side plates. So I made some up out of .040 square styrene. The white ones are the clones. The support in the center of these the is the 'imposter'. The swan is on....now I'm looking for a miniature bottle of champagne to christen it with. 564
John Teresi Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 (edited) Paul........this is a very interesting build........in a very good way .........the detail that goes into this build is what I`m digging........I can see getting lost into a Fantasy Island episode of Pirates of the Carabian ..........very cool project.......I really love this .......looks like alot of others are digging this biuld too........can`t wait to see the next up-date. BTW,the Swan is AWESOME dude Edited April 7, 2015 by John Teresi
cobraman Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 I like watching this. You don't see many ships being built,at least here. Nice to see.
Nitrozilla Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 "The swan is on....now I'm looking for a miniature bottle of champagne to christen it with." So Paul, we've got a damaged case, missing parts and now you want to hit it with a bottle. Man, you build some TOUGH models. This has gone way beyond my expectations of what can be done with a ship. A tip o' me pirates hat to ye matey. Hey, everybody else got to talk pirate talk..........
2whl Posted April 8, 2015 Author Posted April 8, 2015 John, Ray and Joe....thanks for looking in and your kind comments. The basic ship is done.....so I took some pics of it before I started putting the masts on.
2whl Posted April 8, 2015 Author Posted April 8, 2015 (edited) Now it's time to start the rigging portion...I tied some of the blocks to the first mast and installed it. And then the shrouds for it. 712 Edited April 8, 2015 by 2whl
Mooneyzs Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 Paul... Holy Smokes buddy this is looking great... You are starting to scare me you are building just as fast as Johnny boy now. This is gorgeous.
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