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Revell 1/90 Nina Completed

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  • Member since
    July 2009
  • From: Jacksonville, Florida
Posted by Vagabond_Astronomer on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 5:11 PM

Great work, Steve!

"I have loved the stars too dearly to be fearful of the night..."
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    September 2012
Posted by GMorrison on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 7:07 PM

Columbus discovered half of the world faster...

Just teasing, a great journey.

Of course start a new thread.

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

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    July 2010
  • From: Tempe AZ
Posted by docidle on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 11:30 PM

Thank you Scott, Rob and Bill. 

Scott,

You are a madman! Great work on your Nina. Amazing actually, especially when you consider that you built her in 48 hours. Hopefully you now have your ship building *** back.

Rob,

Thanks for checking out my log. I love the work you've been doing on those teeny tiny models. And thanks for the information earlier on the various Nina models and the differences.

Bill,

You are absolutely right, Columbus made all four voyages and reconned a good chunk of the New World in less time than it took me to build this one. I never said I was a good modeler, just a slow one.

 

I was in the process of posting pictures of the rigging sequence and actually had four pictures posted with elegant descriptions when they all disappeared into the ether...... So much for posting with an iPad.

Steve

 

       

 

 

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    December 2010
  • From: Salem, Oregon
Posted by 1943Mike on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 12:22 AM

Steve,

A beautiful model, beautifully built.

Mike

Mike

"Le temps est un grand maître, mais malheureusement, il tue tous ses élèves."

Hector Berlioz

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  • From: Tempe AZ
Posted by docidle on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:25 AM

Thanks Mike!

Steve

       

 

 

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  • From: Tempe AZ
Posted by docidle on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:43 AM

Alright then. I tried posting these rigging pictures last night on the iPad and after an amazing dissertation, I was posting pictures and proceeded to to lose everything......DOH!

So, let's try this again.

I used Xavier Pastor's Anotomy of the Ship, "The Ships of Chistopher Columbus" as a rigging guide since the Revell instructions were not really helpful at all. However, there was not much on rigging the Nina in Pastor's book either. I mainly used the mizzen mast rigging  page and illustration.

I am going to start with the mizzen mast since I started rigging her that way. It actually ended up being easier to rig from the stern forward and rig each mast completely before proceeding to the next mast. Not usually how I rig but with the limited space it turned out to be the right choice.

The first two pictures show the toggle that is connected to the halyard blocks and will go through the loop on the yard. The second picture shows the rigging of the blocks. I used Model Expo blocks by the way. The upper block is double stropped.

After that the next set of photos show the rigging of the halyard, sheets, tacks and vangs. 

Steve

 

       

 

 

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  • From: Greenville,Michigan
Posted by millard on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 7:59 PM

Steve I've been catching up today.You are doing great work. I like very much.

Rod

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    March 2009
  • From: brisbane australia
Posted by surfsup on Thursday, November 26, 2015 4:08 AM

Beautifully done so far Steve. I just love looking at your work.....Cheers mark

If i was your wife, i'd poison your tea! If Iwas your husband, I would drink it! WINSTON CHURCHILL

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  • From: 37deg 40.13' N 95deg 29.10'W
Posted by scottrc on Friday, November 27, 2015 1:06 PM

Excellent work Steve.  

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    July 2010
  • From: Tempe AZ
Posted by docidle on Saturday, November 28, 2015 11:55 PM

Thank you Rod, Mark and Scott, I always appreciate your input. 

Rod, glad to see you back and modeling again. I am glad to hear the eye surgery went well. So when to we get to see some updates in your Santa Maria...... Hint, hint , wink, wink

Steve

I am going to post the remaining rigging pictures to finish off the thread but I am glad such excellent modelers are still checking it out!

       

 

 

  • Member since
    February 2016
  • From: Western No. Carolina
Posted by gene1 on Monday, May 23, 2016 6:23 PM

Steve, I have followed your Nina thread & have learned a lot from your beautiful work. I just finished the Pinta & am building all 3 with full sails It is just simething that I wanted to do. I would like to see all 3 with the sails & red crosse's.     Your work is flawless & I have had to cheat a little as I hate to spend too much time on a single model. I will be 86 in December & I want get them finished. I will start another thread for my pictures & other things. Thanks for your great post's & pictures.

   You would think after building models since WW2 I wouldn't need to learn more, but this forum has so much to teach us.

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  • From: Russia, St.Peterburg
Posted by kirill4 on Friday, May 27, 2016 12:37 AM

 Good Day Steve,

I like very much your model, the way how You do it... and your painting job as well... could You pls give a link with description of your painting technique?

I would like to learn how to do that....

there are some pictures of Columbus ships models , I made them in Las Palmas Columbus museum...fotoes quality is not perfect, but may be some info from this pictures could be useful...they are in the same reconstruction version ,as I understood, as models You are busy with...

All The best!!!

Kirill

full set You can download here

 https://cloud.mail.ru/public/3h5J/cEuNXTXcS

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  • From: Western No. Carolina
Posted by gene1 on Friday, May 27, 2016 9:13 AM

Krill, Your models are beautiful. I would very much like to see pictures of more of your ship models.

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  • From: Russia, St.Peterburg
Posted by kirill4 on Saturday, May 28, 2016 3:09 PM

Good day,

Dear gene1,

I'm very sorry for my english... those models... they are in the Las Palmas Columbus museum, I 've just made fotoes of them... thought  these pictures will be useful as  source of addtnl information for Steve... 

BRGDS

Kirill

  • Member since
    February 2016
  • From: Western No. Carolina
Posted by gene1 on Monday, May 30, 2016 8:34 AM

Hi Krill,  Your English is great, most American's don't do a great job with our own language much less speak another, me included. This is a great site isn't it? I have been building models since the early 1940's & still learn a lot here.

  They have a really great & friendly bunch of model builders here.

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