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Really taking shape now Steve, looking good. Cheers Derek

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Thanks Gents quite pleased with the way things are going i have now fitted the cannons and falconets (what a pain putting the rigging in place for those cannons) glad there was only 4 of them,the mounts for the falconets where again cast metal fittings so replaced them with wooden one's drilling a small hole in the end and fixing those guns with some brass wire threaded through them and bent round and then pushing the 2 wire ends into the hole then glueing in place.

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Very nice work Steve, starting to look busy now mate.

Andy

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Kept myself busy the last couple of days making the windlass,i was not happy with the metal cast one and so built another from scratch and made up of 10 seperate pieces which took me a couple of hours to do and put together.I gave it a couple of coats of the oil before fixing it to the fore deck.

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Nice work Steve.

Andy

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Thanks Andy, well managed to construct the bowsprit and rig it which took some doing as there are no instructions from now on on how to do the rigging as such, all i have now are the plans and some pics the only problem with that is they dont match up ie: the plans show some of the blocks and looking at the pics in the manual show a different set up ? so this should be fun. anyway here are some pics (not the best) this camera eats batteries like they going out of fashion lol.

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Coming along nice now Steve. Keep up the good work. Now as far as the camera goes... does it have a nemory card in it. If so get yourself a card reader they are ver cheap. Then remove the card, pop it in the reader and down load the pics from there. Many moons ago i used to down load via a lead to the pc and it used more battery than taking pictures. Takes seconds using the card reader and it saves a fortune on batteries.

Cheers

Andy

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Hi Andy

Yes the camera does have a memory card in it but all i normally do is take my photos then take the card out and insert it into my laptop, the camera is about 7/8yrs old now so may be time to invest in a new one, as soon as i put new batteries in it only shows about 75% power and some new batteries will only be strong enough to turn the camera on then seconds later it shuts down again ?.

cheers steve

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Sounds like its had it mate. I use rechargable batteries and mine lasts for weeks, i take lots of pictures to as you know. Its an old camera also so there must be a problem with yours, do you use the flash, i never use mine i just stick it on auto and its fine.

Andy

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Hi Andy

No mate im like you and just have the flash on auto or off altogether but iv'e been thinking that it had seen better days, if we take the camera out with us to special occations i have to get a pack of 10 batteries from the shop as well.

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Here are some pics of the rigging plans and the full size colour plans of the ship, what i am having to do is fleet between these 2 sets of plans and the photos in the manual to double check i am not missing any of the blocks and deadeyes out as im found it easier to rig the bowsprit before fixing it to the hull and i intend doing the same with the masts as well.

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I will put some more pics up later on

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As promised here are some more pics

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Hi All

been home a week now and not had chance to make a start yet and not sure if i will get round to it this leave as the boss has got me decorating, got home at 9.30pm tuesday night and got up 7am wed morning to paint tins and paper scrapers lol

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Nice progress Steve, she is looking fantastic mate.

Andy

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Thanks Andy im quite pleased with the way things are going just sorry i have not had a chance to work on her this time home as i only have a weeks leave left it's not worth my while making a start now but on another note for sometime i have been looking for a mini scroll saw but because i dont have a workshop or suitable place to have one due to the size of them i have not bothered getting one until today when i came across this little beauty http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dremel-F013MS20JB-Moto-Saw/dp/B009M38CNI/ref=sr_1_40?ie=UTF8&qid=1368967335&sr=8-40&keywords=dremel

which is perfect for me as i can fix it to my Black n decker workmate and use it in the garden and it can also be used as a detachable fret saw,ideal for cutting out bulkheads and other bits for scratch building from sheet ply.

Hope some of you may find it useful