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Gun Port Starboard Side
The Instructions tell you to use Contact Cement but White Glue is just as effective and way less messy! Also you get a few seconds to make adjustments before it grabs too hard to move.
My Work Space
Here’s a picture of my Work Space.
I am going to clear out the Kitchen in a bit when I receive the Shelves from Amazon. Of course, that’s not to say that it won’t get filled up again!!!… 😲🤣🤭
Gun Deck Port Side #2
Just finished the Port side of the Gun Deck. I need some more Xacto Razor Blade for the bigger Handles.
Also, I set up another Lifetime Portable Table to have room to work. And it allowed me to set up a Cutting Pad on it.
I ordered some Shelves from Amazon but it won’t arrive until 10/22/21. After I get the Shelves, I can clean out the junk in the Kitchen and put them out in the Garage.
I had some pieces break off. I tried using my old Maple Stain, but it solidified with age so I need to buy some more Stain as well.
Length of Ship
I was just thinking to myself that this is the biggest Model that I’ve ever done. But that isn’t necessarily true. Because I built Belem, which has around the same length. This one has a longer Bowsprit and Boomkin.
Gun Deck Port Side #1
Since this is going to be a lower deck is only visible, looking into the Gun Ports, I am not including much detail work on this level. I mean… What’s the use of it’s not visible, right??? .. 🙄
The way I glued the 2 halves is with my combo of Contact Cement to grab it, White Glue in the center joint. Then after I join it, I dribbled SuperGlue on the joints to strengthen it.
The instructions called for using Contact Cement but I found White Glue is easier and less messy.
Here’s the Instructions…
False Keel
Laying out the False Keel. I noticed that there was a good amount of Warping in the wood, especially in the Stern section.
I applied Dap Weldwood Contact Cement to the joints using a Q-Tip. Then you wait 5-10 minutes.
I used Titebond Translucent Wood Glue to glue the support pieces on either side.
The False Keel has a warp to it on the Stern end but I’m not worried about it.
Opening Up My Kit
I made this Video about opening up my Kit.
The Comment I made in the YouTube Video was this –
I bought this model back in January 2021. I am only just getting around to starting it. I bought it from Premier Ship Models based out of England. I bought it on January 3rd. It’s supposed to cost around $750 bucks but they had it for $445 plus $46 shipping. It took a little while to be delivered, which is okay because I wasn’t in any hurry. It was actually in back-order and I had to wait for the factory in Barcelona to put the kit together before Premier Ship Models sent it out to me.
The Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Zaragoza is a galleon of Manila. These being the ships that covered the Spanish trips between the Philippines and America through the Pacific Ocean .
It was built in Cavite in 1731 and was enlisted in 1733, being the twin of the ship Nuestra Señora de Covadonga, which had a similar mission. She left on August 1, 1750, in Manila, under General Martinez de Faura. On August 28, 1750, the ship was overloaded with boxes of contraband in the port of San Jacinto (Island of Ticao) and departed on September 1, without anyone knowing more about her.
The ship had capacity for 22 guns of 18 pounds, 22 guns of 14 pounds, 6 guns of 10 pounds and 10 pedreros of 2 pounds. It was 34 meters long, 9.5 meters wide, had a draft of 5 meters, displaced a thousand tons and housed a crew of 460 men. At the time of his last departure he had 2 18-pounder guns in the first battery, 22 10-pounder guns in the second, 6 6-pounders in the quarterdeck and 10 pedreros in poop and castle. In 1733 the name was not given to the ships, so that instead of the name had a shield of the city of Manila.
The construction of this ship, based on plans and regulations established by JosT Antonio de Gaztaneta, took place in the Port of Cavite, in the Philippines, along with that of Nuestra. Sra. de Covadonga. Work began in 1731 and she was finally launched two years later in 1733. She had two bridges and a displacement of 1,000 tons, was fitted with 50 cannon as well as 10 swivel guns, mounted on quarter deck and forecastle. For twenty years she plied the route from Mexico to Manila and in 1750 underwent a complete refit in the Port of Cavite. In 1750, on her last voyage, she set sail from Manila bound for Acapulco. Despite being overloaded, and contrary to the opinion of both pilots and Master, her Captain insisted on weighing anchor at the beginning of September. En route for the Mariana Islands, in the Pacific, they began to have difficulties, after sailing into a heavy storm, and she sank taking all of her crew down with her.