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All 820 ? Do not think so, 794 should be enough

Actually I do not know yet. I will see how many stories need to be told in there.

Cheers, Daniel

This ship is telling many stories so far, awesome work.

794 crew ,a fun for you Dan
cheers
Nicolas

But pssssst Nicolas, please do not tell anybody that is only 794

Thank you James!

XXXDAn

Dan

no further new advances this week?my addiction to your work is not finished there have strike in your shipyard ?
cheers
Nicolas

Happy new year to you all - hohohoho ...

Being stranded in the austrian mountains far off my shipyard, I at least updated the instructions of my etch parts and added the latest goodies to the list.

First glimpse of the side entry port, still refining the form a bit, soon available



The updated instructions can be found here:
english: http://www.dafinismus.de/plates_en.html
german: http://www.dafinismus.de/plates.html

Plate 1 glazing bars: http://www.dafinismus.de/bilder/Etch_Vi ... _1_V11.pdf
Plate 2 rigols: http://www.dafinismus.de/bilder/Etch_Vi ... _2_V11.pdf
Plate 3 channels: http://www.dafinismus.de/bilder/Etch_Vi ... _3_V11.pdf
Plate 4 decks: http://www.dafinismus.de/bilder/Etch_Vi ... _4_V11.pdf
Plate 5 decorations: http://www.dafinismus.de/bilder/Etch_Vi ... _5_V11.pdf
Plate 6 gunport hinges: http://www.dafinismus.de/bilder/Etch_Vi ... _6_V11.pdf
Plate 7 eyebolts: http://www.dafinismus.de/bilder/Etch_Vi ... _7_V11.pdf
Plate 8 gratings: http://www.dafinismus.de/bilder/Etch_Vi ... _8_V11.pdf
Resin parts: http://www.dafinismus.de/bilder/resin_V ... en_V11.pdf

Hope to soon be able to do something "productive"

Cheers, Daniel

Hello magic Dan

it is better to be stranded in the austrian mountains ,that on the pack ice, this is less long
if I understood everything, you do of PVC joinery for the victory...I look forward to seeing this side entry port finished
cheers
Nicolas

... they were stranded for about two weeks ...

... me being grounded for three weeks ...

...

...

... tough ...

XXXDAn

dafi wrote:...... me being grounded for three weeks ...XXXDAn

Nicolas

Yeah some are stuck for a fortnight in the ice of the Antarctica, but nobody tells about dafi, being confined for 3 weeks in the austrian mountains, far off his beloved ship yard ...

But also the mountains sometimes surprise with maritime content, as to be seen with the SMS Trinkstein ...
http://pete-coleman.com/forum/viewtopic ... ein#p13450

Also this time dafi had his maritime moments and that was not surprising

There in the deepest valley, where the sun refused to shine, there she was lost, the proud Stixtenstein, lost long ago in the dark days of lost tales, lost in the rigid hardness of the towering mountains beside, just in the wake of the safe harbour of the fortress. Deeply sunken into the elements only the topgallant of her once sky scraping proud masts still was greeting the sea-farers ...

... and of course, dafi had to follow immediately his primal instincts, sending himself aloft ...



... and putting in two reefs of clouds to make the sun shine again



And now greeting happily as dafi finally learned, that there is no problem to climb up overhanging ratlines like the futtock shrouds and wishes a happy 2014 to everyone!!!

All the best for 2014!!

Bye

Hello Dafi,
Thank you for your � notice � about your PE set, very beautiful!
I think in climbing along the spider mast you should have fewer problems if you have had the Nicola�s phone, this little thing who ringsbell you �Happy new year�, deep in your head!!!
Happy New Year,
Friendly,
Jean

Papa got a brand new toy

Until now I used a low-cost-solution: 7 Euro from the supermarket 3 dioptrien with LED!



But then the fam saw me looking at those magnifiying glases at the optitian ...

... and surprise!

Got them for X-Mess



Restartet doing some micro-surgery ...



... and therfore: Big Grin !!!



With 130 Euro a bit more expensive then my old one, but much more comfortable than the ones that go around the head, almost no weight, no destroyed hairdo and to be worn over the normal glases and better vision than my cheap glases.

http://www.eschenbach-optik.com/de/Lese ... 0%20%20%20

Cheers, Daniel

whooo! this closeup is very scary Daniel ,but this engraved panel is realy superb
you are really very gifted with your hands
cheers
nicolas

Oh that feels great ...

... after being off for that many weeks - job, holiday, job - now back on the drug ...

... back in the shipyard again

I already showed the carving ...



... I tried long to finally find the right way to display those tendrils on the supports of the side entry port canopy. Positive carving, modeling with clay - nothing worked.

Then the idea to carve it in the negative way ...



... and have a thin cast and glue it together

Here the family juwels:



Left bottom the old casted parts from the carved styrene carvings of the ones on my model. Left top sculpted with Magic Sculpt - not successful - , then the negativ carvings with a thin cast, below left the first test and right the improved carving with the thin face side sculted with Magic Sculpt and right the final casts and black the final cast with primer

From near it looks like this:



And with some paint it is near what i wanted to achieve ...



... then the small crown underneath the canopy with its flags ...



... both parts together ...



... feels good

Now just the new canopy ...

Cheers, Daniel

Finally ...

... finished the canopy, was working on the whole set since late last year.

dafis law for modelmakers Nr 57:
If a part is not working well - try not to fix it - make a new one!

Here are the 4 parts for the entrance port:
Canopy, two pillars and the carvings with crown and coat of arms over the entrance.



And immediately the fitting test:





And here the painted version as shown before.



Cheers, Daniel

PS: I did not cut the port yet as I dot know if I still need the hull other wise ...

Great work Daniel.

I will be needing a set of those.

Cheers Capt-P

Thank you, I hope the send the details tonight

Cheers, Daniel

hey well!I missed this progress Dan as usual ,you demonstrate your ingenuity talent Your thread is a gold mine of resourceful philosophy
thanks for the sharing
Cheers
nicolas

Miracles happen ...

... I finally found time to finish the refined side steps on the spare kit ...



... first prepared single steps ...



... and here the revised version with the different depth of the steps underneath the admirals entrance



Still a tad uneven, as just being fixed on double sided tape, but very near to what I wanted.

XXXDAn