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    Brian's Sovereign of the seas

    Depends Pete in the book, no but according to info on the net and museum models yes it should, six of one half a dozen of the other i guess !! has something to do with the spritsail yard lining up correctly.
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    Brian's Sovereign of the seas

    Have to admit the building slip is one of my better purchases :)
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    Brian's Sovereign of the seas

    Well the first part of bashing this kit and I imagine there will be plenty more as there is a lot of errors in this kit some I will rectify some I'll ignore:) clearance enought for the figurehead and lines up nicely with the head of the keel.
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    Brian's Sovereign of the seas

    It says fit the deck now, that doesn't make sense to me !! I'm going to finish the hull:)
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    Brian's Sovereign of the seas

    Made a start on the planking, to hot to be bothered so called it a day.
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    Brian's Sovereign of the seas

    Morning guys starting to think about planking but short of some supplies (waiting for the model shop to open)
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    Brian's Sovereign of the seas

    It's fascinating reading about her the decoration alone cost north of £6691 and a total cost of £65,586 and almost bankrupt the country at that time
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    Brian's Sovereign of the seas

    A little smaller Joe she was the largest ship in the fleet in 1637 and she is 1/78 1100 mm x 940 x 435 (L x H x W ) King Charles the first commissioned her and she cost 10 times the price of a ship of the line at the time.
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    Brian's Sovereign of the seas

    I need 24 deg angle on the bowsprit how do I get to measure it? anyone have a clue?
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    Brian's Sovereign of the seas

    Yes double plank :)
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    Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory

    Just managed to get her in a local auction 6th july fingers crossed
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    Brian's Sovereign of the seas

    It's only offset by 4-5 mm it only affects the gammoning and there is no problem there
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    Brian's Sovereign of the seas

    Aye it's sweltering here too, my model room needs AC lol
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    Brian's Sovereign of the seas

    A good place to stop for the day and let everything dry.
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    Brian's Sovereign of the seas

    Morning guys, first day proper a few things to take note of :- the bowsprit on the model is in the wrong position so I started to address that On the kit the bowsprit is centered (which is wrong) so I made a start rectifying it. It's got to be stbd side of the foremast this also meant the...
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    Brian's Sovereign of the seas

    Welcome Joe, take your chair mate
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    Brian's Sovereign of the seas

    It's all self service :)
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    Brian's Sovereign of the seas

    Your welcome Paul pull up a chair
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    Brian's Sovereign of the seas

    Treated myself to a book, hope it helps :)
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