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Great job on the build! I will
be using your site as I progress on my build. So thanks for the great
tutorial! |
Mark Edell, UK
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Hello! I'm starting building that superb model and your site is really
very helpful... |
J-F
Desvignes, France |
| First of all I would like to
congratulate you for the marvellous job you've done building this ship.
I just started this particular kit and followed the instructions (big
mistake). It appears AL made modifications to the kit but did not bother
to follow up with the instructions. All the framework was going well
until it was time to place the tenon cannon's supports. On the
instructions they tell you to stick them through the holes astern of the
ship, well... Not possible because they had modified it with an extra
former that completely blocks those access holes... This means I'm going
to have to figure out a way to work around it. Time consuming task I
say.
Anyhow, just wanted to give you this information so others won't make
the same mistake. Great website and beautiful work! Best Regards |
Eduardo G. Fuentes (a
Spaniard in the USA) |
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May I complement you
on a fantastic model. My own is nearing completion and I can appreciate
all the effort that has gone into it. |
Darren
Knox, Queensland, Australia
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Hello, my name is George Brady from Texas City, Texas. I am
awaiting delivery of the model kit. I bought it specifically
because of your amazing pictures and instructions. I have built
a number of models, both plastic, wood and combinations thereof,
over the past several years. This is my first attempt at
something this complex and challenging... Please, keep up the
great work, as it is very inspiring. |
George
Brady, Texas City |
| I am not building this
boat, but I admired you for the work and instruction you give for
building it. You did a fantastic job, thanks for making me a better
builder by your instruction. |
Louis |
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Hallo, I am
working currently on this model. Your pictures and description of the
different work steps are very helpful for me. The next step for me will
be to prepare the masts. I am looking for a way to reduce the diameter
of the different mast pieces... |
Winifried
Dreger, Germany |
| My housekeeper accidentally threw out the directions and
charts. Your page is filling in the gaps. I have done 14-15
other models so I had a pretty good idea how the basic
structures and assemblies went but I lacked the specific
details. Thanks for all the pictures and the text... will be
a great help. |
John Harris, Knoxville, Tennessee USA
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| Firstly, I would
like to thank you for this site. I have ordered the San Juan
and have been reading your instructions and studying your pictures
while waiting for my kit to arrive. I am very excited about getting
started. Thank you, |
John
Reeder, Alberta, Canada |
|
This is truly an
exceptional site that guided me to complete my own model of the ship. I
have resorted many times to your photos to figure out the peculiar
details of the kit. Now that I am almost done - literally on the last
stage of the rigging - I have ran out of the 0.15mm white cotton thread.
How frustrating is that? Again thank you for your time of making such a
wonderful site. |
Andrei, London
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| I'm just starting building the San
Juan. Your great site will be helpful and I wanted to congratulate you
for the model and the site at the same time. |
J-F Desvignes, Vendée,
France |
|
Great site. Don’t know
how I could ever do
without it as the
documentation provided
with the kit is far from
complete. Also, this is
my first kit ever. My
wife gave it to me as a
gift wondering if I
could do it. She passed
away shortly after
(cancer) and I intend to
finish it in her memory
however difficult it is.
I have been following
your site for the last 5
years, slowly building.
I am now about half way,
and starting on the
ratlines. Thanks again. |
Alain Bouchard, Québec,
Canada
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I have been building wooden ship models from
kits for 30 years, and I have found your site
the best ever in instructing someone on how to
do a build. It was the most informative I have
ever read and I totally enjoyed it. I am scratch
building a CSS Virginia 1/96th scale from
the Civil War using the same plank on frame
techniques I have learned over the years and
when I start my next true kit ship the San
Felipe I will use this sight as a reference,
thank you for posting this. Have a great day.
|
Mike Hobgood, USA |
| Thank you for your wonderful WebSite.
I am in the process of assembling
the subject kit and at the stage of
opening the loop holes in ships hull
and only wish I had discovered your
site in the earlier stages of
construction. I have printed all
text and photos to help as I start a
new phase of the construction. You
provide very helpful information
about each step as well as sharing
some useful tricks you have learned
and maybe some the hard way. The
instructions that came in the kit is
definitely lacking in detail. I
thoroughly enjoy the challenge of
building this beautiful ship and
again thank you for the time and
effort you have put in creating your
site. |
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| I found your site by
“Googling” model ships. Thanks to your wonderful photography
and craftsmanship, you have inspired me to build the San
Juan N. I have been model making for a number of years
and I have yet to build a craft that I would call really
good, but with the help of your great site and advice I'm
hoping to get an acceptable standard. I managed to buy the
kit from an American supplier at a good discount and also it
was unavailable here in Australia. The kit should arrive
next week and as its a long weekend I'm eagerly
awaiting its arrival to do the preliminary stuff. Without
being able to find your site I would not have attempted to
build the ship, so once again thank you. |
Pat Tonks,
Australia |
|
My name is Per Kristian Hagen and I am living in a small town (Vadsø)
in the northern part of Norway. For a long time I have been studying
your excellent site, and it has been a great help for me in my work
on the model of Bounty (Artesania). You are discussing all
the common problems and giving a solution on these problems. This,
together with your instructive photos, makes your site as a small
"bible" for many model-builders all over the world. Thank you!! |
Per Kristian Hagen, Norway
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I’m not yet an
experienced builder so I needed information on the model upfront. I
would like you to know that your site gave me a perfect view on what
to expect at the different stages of the project. As a result I
ordered the model (still waiting for delivery) and expect to start
building early next year. It was a pleasure to navigate through the
pictures and the accompanying text. I will definitely consult the
site during the building process. You can be proud on the result.
Many thanks and my congratulations. |
Wim Bols, Belgium
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Should have
found this site months ago….busy with the ratlines at the moment.
Glad to see I am doing the knots correctly! With any luck
should be finishing around December and then I will be tackling the
‘Surprise”. Thanks for a great and extremely helpful site! |
Peter,
Johannesburg, South Africa |
| When building the AL
Zuiderzeebotter, I had no idea what parts 159 "Slings of a
yard" (ES Estrobos; FR Estropes; DE Stropps) were for. They were
not mentioned in the description or the drawing. Thanks to
picture 54 in your excellent and highly instructive website I
now know that they have to be used to connect a pin to a block.
Thanks. |
Dr Albert J. Dijkstra,
Carbougnères, France |
|
Just
finished reading your site about San Juan Nepomuceno. It's amazing.
Much better than the instructions supplied with the kit. This kit
will be my third one (I have S. J. Baptista and J. S.
Elcano) and your site will be quite useful for me.
Congratulations for this wonderful job. |
A.B.Mantovani, Plastimodelismo.org, Americana, Brasil
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|
Folks
like you sharing their experiences are what make the web
what it should be. Your efforts will surely help many others
overcome building problems before they even start. The ship
photos are great and worth a million words for newbies and
experienced builders so don’t let this be your last post. If
you have any more tips or recommendations regarding modeling
please share them with us because the whole world is
listening. |
Edward A. Skoog, Lipan, Texas,
USA
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I just wanted to
write you and thank you for your website... I have always had a
fascination with tall ships. Always wanted to build one never
thought I’d have the time, well I do now. But I have never
done anything like this before... Initially I was going to get the
HMS Victory, my wife said I should get a beginner model,
couldn’t find one I thought looked real. So I got the San Juan
Nepomuceno, a grand ship... As I was looking for the history of
my ship I came across your web site, a real Godsend. The time and
effort you have put into this, is really unbelievable. There are
still questions I have, and my wife says I spend as much time
sitting and staring at my ship as I do working on it. It’s all good.
I’m doing the best I can, and hope it turns out at least
respectable. I bought all the right tools, something I always knew
was important, that still doesn’t make up for experience... I figure
I at least owe you a good old fashioned American cook out. Thanks
again. |
Jay DeNault,
Hamburg, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Regards! With the enormous interest I
read your step-by-step instruction on the production of the
model of San Juan Nepomuceno and decided to answer your
questions of 'why in sail below are two openings?' and 'why
on the lower the yard of mizzenmast is there no sail?' To
the first question answer to very simple, for the drain of
water, this sail is located very low and during agitation
can draw water, and the lower sail on the mizzen mast would
interfere with control of the triangle sail in front. Again many
thanks for the detailed description of assembling wooden model,
with the respect. |
Igor, St Petersburg, Russia
(received in Cyrillic, converted
roughly into English by Babelfish and polished from there!) |
|
Very good site indeed, this
site has helped a great deal, but please could you tell me what camera
you used for the photography, my pictures are rubbish of my ship. |
Owen Clarke, Leicester, UK |
| Congratulations. When I lived in Colombia,
before I came to Mexico, I put together 2 Latina Ships, Endeavour
and San Francisco. Your San Juan is absolutely beautiful. I am
ordering mine in a month or so. I am sure your page will give me
lots of tricks and tips on how you did many things. Thank you very
much for sharing it. I have really appreciated it and I am sure I
will keep coming back in the future just to admire it. |
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I am
from Namibia, and is also busy with the SJ Nepomuceno. I
am building the model for the past 5 yrs, and am very proud with
what I have obtained so far. What pleasure! I am currently busy
with rigging. Your web site is of great help – only a pity that
I came across the site only recently. Would like to hear from
other builders of the same ship. |
Andre
Snyman, Windhoek, Namibia |
|
I am building the
San Juan. Your site has been very inspiring to me, and I
found the site before I ordered the kit. Once I saw how it could
look when it was done, I couldn’t contain myself. Thank you so
much for posting the photos and the information on problems that
you found. They have already helped me and I am in just getting
to the beginning stages of planking. I am photographing my
entire build, and keeping a calendar of hours spent on the kit. I have already
started using the cut off nail technique on the decks and it
looks incredible compared to leaving the heads on the pins… Once again thank you
so much for the site. |
Guy Brown,
Georgia, USA |
| I felt I had to write and let you
know how much I appreciate your idea of rubbing PVA on the rigging
lines so they act like needles, FANTASTIC, has saved me hours, I
used to use fuse wire which took a lot longer. Only around 2000 ratline knots to go!
I use your site regularly for the pictures and tips, much
appreciated. |
Mike Clark, Spain |
| Great site, excellent
photos, I am building the Endeavour and your site is helping me no end. |
Owen, Leicester,
England |
| I'm absolutely stunned. The model is
fantastic! Congratulations! |
Pieter from Holland (I live in
Switzerland) |
|
My name is Daniel, and have
recently began construction of the San Juan Nepomuceno – which with your
web site, I now have the confidence to complete my model. First, I must extend to you the
deepest appreciation and admiration of your site. It is helpful in the
extreme, well organized, and tells a complete story – which I can say is a
rarity in what is usually found on public websites. The manuals hat came
with my model (if you can even call them manuals!) leave so much to
question that, in my opinion, your site does not augment the manuals
supplied, but far surpasses, and aside from bit-by-bit detailing, would
replace them completely! Again, VERY WELL DONE! I work on my model a few hours
here and there, and have arrived at the ‘mid’ planking – now starting from
the keel upwards. I was ‘nervous’ about this until I saw your
photographs, and now have a much improved sense of what is to be done, and
how to accomplish it successfully. I read through your tips, and
never thought of using steam! Excellent Idea – Thanks! |
Daniel Ackerman,
Edmonton, Canada |
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First may I congratulate
you on building such a beautiful model and secondly your web site
presentation, both are as good as I've seen. I have just began to
put time into modelling and like you have been cursed with poor
timbers and metal parts, that are poorly made or just missing
altogether. Unfortunately being so
far from the suppliers (Australia), it takes forever and lots of
disputes to get replacement parts. I have one small tip that may
help you in finishing other models, I have found that using pre made
liquid French polish is the best just rub in 6 or so coats which dry
in about 30 mins and finish off with a coat of bees wax, it gives
the timber a lovely natural patina and avoids the bubble effect that
come from from using clear finishes. I'm using your site as a future
guide to help me, and sure you don’t mind. |
Pat Tonks,
Melbourne, Australia
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| Considered, your page enchanted to me and it
will be to me without kind place to dusas helpful when it constructs to
this beautiful boat. Greetings. |
Fernando Urraburu, Montevideo,
Uruguay
(web translation from
Spanish) |
| I like your site of the San Juan Nepomuceno,
it's a good work nice picture and good comment. I work to finish the
San Juan and your site help me. THANK YOU. |
José Martin, Canada
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| A wonderful website. Thank You. |
Joerg Graffe, Germany
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| I have either misplaced or it was never in the
kit, the lack of an instruction booklet... this I understood now exists
after visiting your web site, which is already proving to be invaluable, a
most helpful aid to this model build, again congratulations a great site.
Thank you for your time, a most helpful and interesting site, pics are
excellent. |
John Crichton, East Sussex, UK
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| I am startled to see that no one from Denmark
has reviewed your site. It is without comparison the best model boat
building site I have found on my surfing the net. I intend starting on
the Billing Boat Norwegian Lion... I am sure I will use your site
frequently during the construction and thus avoid a lot of mistakes,
thank you. |
Ingolf Christoffersen, Denmark
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Just to say your website is
helping me immensely. This kit is the first wooden ship I am building
and I just completed the planking and sanding. I look forward to the
rest of the kit as I have a good reference to work from.
Jayson Dawson, Cape Town, South Africa
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| I have build several
models from different manufacturers over the last ten years. I wish I
would have seen your site earlier, so many mistakes and problems could
have been avoided. Congratulations! It is excellent and entertaining. I
am 80 years old, live in Venezuela, where there are no stores to buy
components so everything has to be purchased personally in the US, plus
our devaluated currency, but it is a lot of fun. |
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Absolutely fantastic site. After seeing it, I
went out and bought the San Juan...
Wes Trimble, Toronto, Canada
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First of all congratulations
on an excellent site! The pictures are extremely helpful and it’s saving
me a lot of pain! |
Nic Low, Zambia
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Hello! I have visited your site
frequently and what a great site it is! In addition to building such a
beautiful model you have also documented the building process with
excellent detail. It just not only shows how to get the best out of this
model, but also has priceless hints to building any ship model. Thank
you and congratulations on your work! I can't wait for your next project
; ) Thank you for your effort and congratulations! |
Vesa Halenius, Finland
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| Outstanding website, nice pics, very detailed! I
just started building this ship and I have to say that I found a lot of
indispensable suggestion to avoid mistakes…! Hope that my ship will look
like the one you did…:-)) |
Igor, Switzerland |
| I am sure that you would be pleased to know that
others are enjoying your website. I am part-way through building the
San Juan Nepomuceno (Artesania Latina 1:90), and I have found your
website most useful, and a valuable addition to the instruction manual. |
Geordie Horne, Republic Of South
Africa |
| I plan on starting a hobby and purchased the kit
H.M.S. Endeavour. I
also bought a book... I figured that I would run into the unknown when I
start and found your website to be very helpful. I might do the same
myself- record progress with dates and a digital camera. Thanks again. I
can't wait to get my first kit! |
Richard LaPrairie, Reno, Nevada, USA
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| Thank you very much for
your website on the San Juan, I’ve just started reading through
it, but to me it’s invaluable already!! I will read every word I’m
sure!! |
Bill Killillay,
USA |
Tirta, Indonesia |
| I just wanted to thank you for sharing your
experiences while building this model. The model building itself was
clearly a considerable effort - taking the pictures, adding the text,
constructing the web site must have added significantly to the time
involved. I've already gleaned a lot of useful information from your
pages, and I know I will refer to them again to help with problems in the
future. Wonderful work, beautiful model, great web site - many thanks! |
Tom Wightman, Ontario, Canada
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I really enjoyed your
comprehensive work on building this sophisticated ship. It sheds lights on
many dark areas and answers many questions that might not be found in any
book or websites. It is really a very helpful guide for me and many others
who are new to this hobby. Thanks again and keep up the good work. Your
work is really inspiring! |
Mehran Omaraie,
Iran |
|
I’m now starting with this
vessel and I found your information very interesting with all this
practical advice. The photographs are perfect and the explanations very
vital for the construction. Congratulations for this web site and for you
quality with this type of vessel. |
Antonio Gutiérrez, Canary Islands
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What a tremendous site!
Congratulations. I am building the San Juan myself, the
instructions are atrocious, to say the least. With your help I am
proceeding much faster. I have built 3 kits before. |
Pedro Gomes, Lisbon, Portugal
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| I've
studied your photos and explanations carefully as just have bought
one of the models of San Juan N. My only experience in
building ship models is with San Martin from Occre with which
I had lots of troubles which I expect to minimise with your
explanations and my practice. I want to congratulate for your
excellent work and thank you for sharing your knowledge. |
Juan F. Restrepo,
Medellin, Colombia
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| I have found your picture site for building this
model to be most impressive! As
is the model itself! Truly museum quality. As I am maybe 40% through the
Scottish Maid I have learned a lot of tips from your site - - the
photography is very clear and most helpful (can't Artesania Latina do
this?)... I wanted you to know that I will now be consulting your
photos regularly for ideas and
inspiration to do a better job
as I finish this kit... Ship and boat modellers are scarce in
the US, and British modellers seem to produce ships to an exceedingly high
standard, which I am trying to learn to emulate. Best regards, and thank
you for sharing it all with us. |
Tom Sanor, Roswell, Georgia USA
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It is just a magnificent site
with great pictures and a fine explication. Greetings from Belgium |
Eddy De Tandt,
Belgium |
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Found your site during a Google
search. I am busy building the San Juan Nepomuceno. This is my first
wooden model and although I am enjoying the experience, I do find the
instructions very vague. Thanks for your site. I will definitely use it to
gain knowledge on the hobby. The Artesania Latina site is useless to me as
I do not speak Spanish. |
Craig Harrison, Zambia |
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Thanks
for the nice pics on your site. They are good and clear and show close-up
work... I think you did a good job with your website, very well laid out
and informative. It inspired me to buy the kit and I'm looking forward to
building it !! Some of the pics on building have helped me very much i.e.
belaying pins (threading them through the pin board and using the pin to
hold and adjust) attaching the sails to the yards before putting them on
the masts... very helpful. I plan to
refer to your site often when I start building the S.J. Nep. I
like the way you build it… Thanks again for all of your hard work.
Otis,
Shasta Lake, California |
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I have become quite a fan of
your SJ Nepo site. In fact it inspired me to buy the model… |
Sveinn Ernstsson, Reykjavík, Iceland |
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I wish I found your site before I
started on the planking… A most excellent site worth visiting by anyone
who wishes to start modelling. |
Davin Lomax, Australia
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I found your site by coincident
and were overwhelmed about the detail and mass of information. It is a
very impressive and valuable site for our hobby. Sadly there are too few
sites like yours. |
Zoltan Djapjas, Germany |
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I brought the
San Juan Nepomuceno over a year ago... It’s a big challenge, I have
found your site most useful as there are quite a few floors to the model.
I have only planked 3/4 of the ship's hull since last summer... I’ve been
frustrated with this model especially trying to understand plans (2
books?). Thanks for putting the site up, it’s been a great help. |
Matt, Christchurch,
New Zealand |
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Congratulations to your excellent site. I started this model as my first
model a year ago. Fortunately I found this site now, as it will improve
the quality of my work considerably. I found a lot of essential details in
your photos and associated text, which I could not find in the builders
manual. I should have found your site at the beginning of my modelling
journey... |
Kurt
Feusi, Switzerland
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|
Loved your site. You have given
me great insight on how to work my SJN model. I am just getting primary
planking finished and really enjoying the whole building process of the
Artesania model. |
Renzo Cafferata,
Miami, Florida, USA |
| Great site,
great ship, you've done a good work, your boat looks really nice. I'd love
to get this ship too. I've built Bounty from Artesania - 1/48. |
Cedric, France |
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Started to build the model the
San Juan about 2 years ago… stopped when I had to do the Ratlines
and I have not touched it since. It sits in my workshop in the cellar
waiting for inspiration. Today I have just got that inspiration when I
typed into Google San Jan Nepomuceno and found your site, it’s
absolutely brilliant. I now feel like I can tackle the ratlines as I
didn’t know how I was going to do them… I am now going to give it another
try. |
Paul Hartigan,
UK |
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Thanks a lot for all the
detailed photos and ideas. I have build the model all the way to just
before the start of the ratlines and have decided to give it up and start
from scratch due to mistakes and imperfections. I have just bought a new
kit (the same one) and was very glad to find your site. I will do it right
this time no more mistakes thanks to you. |
Sam Coetzee,
Upington, South Africa |
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Your website is fantastic… I think your
write-up is a little more correct in calling out the kit problems and
scale issues. I enjoy your website and find myself looking at it every
time I get on internet. Be sure to build other ships and document it with
photos and text. I have seen other sites similar to yours but not near as
well written or photo'd as well as yours! |
Jerry Brigman,
Missouri, USA
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|
Came across your site
and found it very interesting and useful being that I am building the same
model... your site is a blessing and has a wealth of knowledge especially
for someone like me. If my model comes out anyway near what yours did I'll
be very happy. Your presentation was done extremely well and is an asset
to anyone building the San Juan. As a matter of fact it can be
applied to just about any other model being built. |
Jim
McGrane, USA |
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Hi from the states! just
wanted to let you know I just bought this kit and the only reason why is
your FANTASTIC site. She's also a beautiful vessel, I hope I can do her
justice. I'm sure I'll be to the site many times. |
Rich, USA |
|
Tengo el kit con este barco
desde hace 2 años y lo habia abandonado. Gracias a tus magnificas fotos y
explicaciones seguiré de nuevo. Te felicito por tu trabajo |
Ignacio Mugica,
Spain |
| I did a Google
search for info on a Artesania Latina kit of the Amsterdam and I
just happened upon your site. To say the least, you are a godsend!! I
just happen to be about halfway through the hull planking stage on the
San Juan Nepomuceno!! You have effectively provided me with a
practicum! So much information, so many insights, tips, and such
exquisite photographs! I've just gone through the first two or three of
your galleries, and you've already answered specific questions and solved
problems I knew would encounter later. I can't thank you enough - just
wish I had my computer near my workbench (unfortunately it's in my
garage). You can bet I'll be printing out a lot of stuff, though. Thanks
again - I'll be visiting often. |
Tom
Perez, Jacksonville FL, USA |
|
Well impressed to say the least. I
am just in the throws of finishing the rigging on the USS Constellation and
will then be persuading the missus to part with her conservatory for
another few months so I can do the San Juan. |
Rob Elliott, Cheshire, England |
| I just wanted to
complement you on your model and web site. A couple of years ago, I was
starting on my first model, The Pandora, and was at a loss for what
to do a number of times. I ended up using a variety of books as
resources, but also used your web site as a more graphical
representation. At the time, I kept wishing there were many more sites
like yours on the web… |
Brad
Kratochvil, Dry Dock Models |
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This is my first
try with a ship, building the Artesania Latina’s San Francisco...
I saw and read your step by step review in the San Juan Nepomuceno,
by the way, extraordinary!! |
Rafael Escudero, El Salvador |
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First congrats to a perfect
job!
...your web is the only one that I know of that describes the process
step-by-step which is for me as a beginner (doing 2nd layer of Pandora
planking job & getting heartattack:-)) is really of a great help. |
Martin Suchy, Czech
Republic |
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just
wanted to compliment you on your very interesting and useful website
on the construction of your model of the San Juan
Nepomuceno, and on the nice work you did with this model.
I found the site by chance when I was doing an internet search
on dolphin striker rigging… Your website will be a valuable resource
to me as I plow on with the completion of my model! |
Jared
Fein,
Metro Marine Modellers, Toronto,
Canada
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I
have just started to put together the San Juan Nepomuceno by AL
and am finding your site extremely useful… I look forward to
finishing this model as perfectly as you have, I thank you for putting
together your wonderful site as without it I would already have been
lost myself in the diminutive plans supplied by AL. |
Thor, New
Zealand |
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I have been
scratch building the steam packet Sirius for the past two years...
Your wonderful photo series has inspired me to finish this ship this
year. I congratulate you on a wonderful job of building both the
San Juan and a great website. I actually compared some of your
pics to photos I have from being aboard some real tall ships in the
area, and have to say again; job well done. Keep up the good
work.
|
Ken
H, San Diego, California |
| I
visited your site from the Shipmodels e-mail link. I found your site
to be excellent... I was really impressed in the planking and the fact
that the detail on your model looked perfect. With the help of this
and your site I feel confident I can master the wood techniques that
you have shown. Once again, well done, an excellent website. |
Paul
Mackie, Calgary, Canada |
|
I’d like to say that this
site is really wonderful. If everybody would do this, a site after
model making, then our life would be far easier!! |
Anastasios
Polychronis, Frankfurt, Germany |
|
I have seen your
web... I have began model ship just. San Juan is very very
beautiful impressive… I put forward most sincere congratulations for
your model. |
Murat,
Istanbul, Turkey |
|
Very inspirational site. It
was 1½ years ago, the
first time I saw it, and already I am at my third model. It
really proved to me that ship modelling is a realistic goal. And this
time it is San Juan Nepomuceno. |
Adam
Golebiowski, Loveland, Ohio, USA |
|
I
am truly thankful for having found your website. Your talent is
obviously not restricted to just building model ships because your
website is extremely informative and well done. I posses neither of these
talents but I have long wanted to try building a wooden
model ship and was fortunate enough to be given a complete kit
of the San Juan Nepomuceno by Artesania Latina scale 1:90. My friend
has lost interest it because of lack of time to work on it and
generously passed it on to me. I understand the importance of starting
off properly therefore having seen your pictures on your website,
it is my belief that he may have ruined some of the frames from
the beginning. |
Gerry
Seccull, Canada |
|
Just
brought this ship and after surfing the net for info found your site.
Very well presented and will be great source to keep coming back to
during my construction. Keep up the great work, love your finished
product. :-) |
Paul
Goggin, New Zealand |
|
Have
thoroughly enjoyed your web site on the building of the San Juan. I'm
embarking on building a scale model of the Cutty Sark and noticed that
you have modeled this ship as well. Do you have web pages documenting
this project? You did a terrific job on both your model AND the web
site... Thanks to folks such as yourself, who are willing to share
information, executing a complicated model can progress much more
smoothly... and enjoyably. |
Ron
White, Freeville, New York, USA |
|
Hello,
I just visit your pages. Thanks a lot of good pictures, I haven't seen
so well done work for long time... I get many very good hints
from your pictures. |
Jukka
Sironen, Finland
|
|
I
can't thank you more for this effort building this site. It's great
and it gives useful information, in addition to the pictures and
instructions included in the kit. I'm building my first wooden model
ship and choose the S.J.N as my first model. |
Leon
Malalel, Israel |
|
Many
thanks for a fascinating journey through your model development. I was
totally captivated from beginning to end.
|
Paul
Condron,
Dublin |
| Just found your site... Absolutely fabulous, I
wish I had found it earlier... loved it all the way. Your work A1. |
Roy, Australia |
|
Congratulations
for the great contribution of this work, it is a very good source of
ideas and information for the modeller, I have used her to plan many
modifications that I do in my "San Juan Nepomuceno"
in order that it is illuminated internally and the result has been
beautiful, thank you very much. |
Antonio
Garosi, Chile |
|
I
am collecting information for building 'Soleil Royale'...
that's why I find your excellent site. You and your fine work make me
feel like a real ancient sailor... So, I send this mail, and just wish
you to know how much I appreciate your work. Thank you for so much
helpful information. |
Chen,
Chun-ho, Taiwan |
|
Great model, great page, it
should be added on CD as a "wooden kit building guide" to
each model sold. Maybe it would be interesting to collect similar
reviews of other kits, it would be a great help for many modellers.
|
Jan
Karnik, Czech Republic |
| Los saludos y les felicito por tan magnifica
colección de fotografias y por supuesto el extraordinario trabajo del
modelo. Atentamente. |
Jorge A García Zubieta
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|
Beautiful!
Your work documenting the construction of your ship is as impressive
as actually building it! I'm just starting to build wooden ship
models, after many years of building ship models from plastic kits. I
find your photos and tips invaluable for any wooden ship project.
Thank you and congratulations!
|
Ulises
Victoria, Monterrey, Mexico
|
|
I still do look at your site
every now and again when I have to do something and it gives wonderful
tips and tricks for me, like pushing the thread through the hole and
wedging it with the belaying pin before the final setting of the
rigging. I want to try to see if I can do the figure-8 but if not I
will leave it at that :)
|
Astrid Wagenaar, Amsterdam, Netherlands
|
| Excellent. Your San Juan Nepomuceno is
beautiful. |
Eduard, Germany |
| Do you have a source for buying parts, like
planks, etc? The site is fantastic. |
Karen Bogart, USA |
| It was indeed a big surprise for me that I
found your web site yesterday. I am so amazed of the precise contents
and pictures and I think I am about to change the fate of my only 2%
finished model which had been 'sleeping' in my basement since
1998! |
Tommy Mak, Richmond Hill, Ontario,
Canada |
| Congratulations on the magnificent and helpful
site outlining the San Juan. I have found this to be most useful and
am now well advanced on the construction of the hull... Thanks again
for a great site. |
Bob Evans, Australia |
| Your site has been an inspiration for my first
steps into shipbuilding. Excellent job! |
Vassilis Tzimas, Greece |
| GREAT tips and site... like your trick for
holding deadeyes... thanks again for your insights |
Rich Luce, USA |
| After having spent a lot of time, glued to my screen, drooling over
the work and the pictures, I just wanted to let you know that I am
amazed with the wonderful work you've done!!! I was surfing the
internet, looking for tips and information about rigging of model
ships... as I came across your webpage and although I am
making a different model (Cutty Sark of Billing Boats) I am sure that
a lot of what you wrote in the explanation with the pics will help me
tremendously :) I simply love the way you "fix" things, like
the figurehead... After I've finished this one I'm working on
now I was planning on the Victory but I am tempted to change my mind
to the San Juan Nepomuceno. |
Astrid Wagenaar, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
|
I did look at your site... very
nice with lots of detail. I noted how you used the wire to strop the
blocks. Just wondering though, is there any way to do this without
having the twisted wire ends showing on the opposite or free end of
the block (the end of the block that is not attached to the eyebolt)?
Thanks again for your help. |
Dennis, UK |
| Love the site, a great help to all model
builders. After a weekend with the girlfriend's granddad I was
inspired to try my hands at model boats but I think I've jumped in at
the deep end. |
Andrew Cackett, UK |
|
I
don't know how I came up with your website, but I can only say that is
impressive. Not only the model you built is fabulous, but also the
service you are providing to rookies like me is invaluable. I started
building the Pandora (my first model) about 8 months ago,
worked for about 4 weeks and almost abandoned it due to the
frustration of not know how to do things, or even worst, doing them
wrong. I bought books, read message boards, but I was still confused
and disappointed. Your pictures and explanations gave me the answer to
many of my questions. I’ve been working on my ship for more than a
week now and I’m going back and forth to your website. Thank you and
congratulations. |
Santiago S,
Pasadena
,
USA |
| I didn't know anything about
ships before I reached your site... but I was stunned when I saw the
quality of your little pieces of wood glued and nailed together.
I think that your site is THE ONE RESOURCE that makes INTERNET
interesting. I thank you for your effort. After I saw this great site
I begun to search information for building my own ship from scratch.
This may be interesting because I'm from Romania and here there are no
money, materials or information on how to build something that is not
for eating. I'm happy that there are man like you and my wish for you
is "keep on this great work" forever. |
G.Radu, Bucharest, Romania |
| Your San Juan site is truly a work of
art. Someday I hope to acquire the skills which will allow me to
create such an outstanding model. |
Don Solari, California,
USA |
| I was looking at your site last
night... I was so enthralled by the construction pictures I didn't
notice the how-to's. Wow. It's amazing you did all that planking with
a tea kettle. |
Steven Nardi,
USA |
| Your site is terrific and with great quality
throughout! I have just purchased the San Juan and your site is
going to help me a lot to avoid pitfalls during construction. I will
probably ask you for some help in the future concerning the San
Juan... Keep up the good work!!!
Carlos Beer, Costa Rica |
|
|
Hello
John, and oh wow!!! Fantastic photos. I browsed through them briefly
when I opened the mail... these will help me a lot. I already see I
did a few things correctly, but I'd like to go into more detail. I
will study them completely later on. Thanks a million... |
Tony,
USA |
| I spent a wonderful couple of hours surfing
the site. The photos are fantastic and the San Juan model is
absolutely fantastic... a project to be proud of, John. I only hope
that my efforts on Corel's HMS Victory turn out something similar!!! |
James Goddard, UK |
| I have just taken a bit more time to look at your site in more
detail. Incredible!! I can't even imagine how much time you have put
into it, never mind the time spent building the model. Fantastic and
most impressive work! |
John Badner, Exton, Pennsylvania,
USA |
| Thank you very much for the help, that
homepage of yours has a fantastic tutorial, the best one I've seen on
the net so far. It was the answer to multiple problems I was
having. |
Paul Savy, USA |
| The site is excellent! Very basic, easy to
navigate and lots of information. I'm still trying to find the
planking-method that works best for me. I'm going to try the approach
from this site on my next model! |
Martijn Onderwater, The Netherlands |
| Hi there, a brilliant site - and very helpful.
I'm building my first small ship, to get the skills to make a bigger
one :-) and hopefully, it will end as good as yours... I'm still
browsing the net to find some decent reviews, but they're hard to
find, if any, and not many people make such good sites as you. It's
the best I've seen so far for this purpose. Thanks for your offered
help. |
Alex, Switzerland |
|
I have to admit
that your site is the best site I have seen yet. I am building
the Bluenose and I am having difficulties with the ratlines.
Your site has inspired me to go forward and tackle this timeless job.
You have a way to inspire people in your writing. The picture #
71 which gave me hope and go forward. I thank you. |
Jean-Claude
Desjardins, Canada |
|
Excellent site. Great photos. I'm building the same
ship and if I can succeed half as well I'll be very pleased. |
Don Marshall, Portugal |
| I'm building the
San
Juan Nepo and thoroughly enjoying your pictures and commentary you
posted on the web. |
L Michael
Smith, Cyberspace |
| Very well done my
friend, your site is truly amazing. I have very much enjoyed the
quality pics and I especially think your site index is a great
idea. Even though this isn't the ship I am building your site layout
and information is a wealth of knowledge for a beginner. Well done. |
Michael,
British Columbia, Canada |
| I've just found your site on building
the San Juan Nepomuceno. I haven't finished looking through all
the pages yet, but I am amazed at what I have seen so far.
Excellent Photos, Excellent Descriptions, and Excellent Craftsmanship.
Great Job! |
Alan, USA |
| I've just downloaded the file on the SAN JUAN and the only thing
that I can say is OUTSTANDING, the site as well as the model. |
Art, USA |
|
I love your ship and the web site.
I will be starting with a model of the Independence of 1772 shortly...
thanks again
for excellent inspiration. |
Robbie
Zielemans, South
Africa |
| Thank you for producing such a useful site. Based on your work on
this model and the fact that model expo had it on sale, I'm encouraged
to give this a go... I found your comments helpful and will certainly
look for the pitfalls you mention. |
John Nelson, New Zealand |
| I've been
eyeballing your web about the Nepo. You've done a rather nice job and
have been a great help to me. I just finished the starboard side
port hole cutting using your technique... wasn't sure how to do it...
thanks for your help. |
Dave
Keogh,
USA |
| Excellent site John! I've bookmarked it. I'll keep in touch. |
Bob Gianamore, USA |
| I put it
in my favorites. It will be a great source of reference. |
Ed,
USA |
| Great site and you've done a great job on the
San Juan Nepomuceno.
And thanks for your comments. I guess I should stop talking about
rigging my model and start doing it. Thanks. |
Barry Rudd, Virginia, USA |
| Also, just wanted to let you know you've built an outstanding model
of the San Juan Nepomuceno. I've been to your site and have gotten a
ton of great information from it. |
Lynn, USA |
| Congratulation! Great documentation. I do not have time enough and
probably I also do not have patience to finish such a model. I
gladly would like to have such a "San Juan Nepomuceno"! Who
want to build one for me? |
Hannes Huber, Salzburg, Austria |
| And secondly, to congratulate you on a great site, and model!
Fantastic effort, especially if it is indeed your second effort. You
certainly picked up a lot of tricks early, and the results are
sensational - I gained a few ideas. |
Darren, Australia |
| Congratulations for your site, it shows step by step the
Nepomuceno... I was really frustrated, but finally I found your
site. It really helps me to figure it out. |
Veronica K, Mexico |
| Love the site, I'm just starting out on this type of
modelling myself... a great journal, it will be an immense help to
anyone building the kit. |
Paul, Wales |
| I looked through your web site yesterday. You
must be an amusing guy and friendly. The San Juan Nepomuceno
you built is so good. I’ll tempt to build one. |
Da ke Zhu, Shanghai, China |
|
This looks like it could be the answer to
my prayer. Since this is my first attempt I'm going to need all the
help I can get. |
Richard
LeGaye, USA |
| Congratulations: This is my first model and with this help, I hope I
can finish the model. |
Alvaro Suarez, Spain |
| Thanks for a great site! A fair number of mouth-watering pictures
there.. :-) |
Peter Jenssen, Cyberspace |
|
'I saw the angel in the
marble and carved until I set it free'. |
Michelangelo (quote courtesy of
Clif!) |
| I have seen your model and
congratulate you. |
C. Compagnion, France |
|
Dear Sir/Madam, Your site has broken its
bandwidth limit of 100.00 Mb, it has in fact consumed 271.65 Mb of
bandwidth this month so far. |
Our old service provider! |
|
Just went to your
site...very beautiful. I have built her too and this is the first time
I have seen another built. Great stuff as we say. |
Wendy Thompson, Australia |
|
After having studied your website on this ship
for about a week now, I still can't hide my amazement at what it can
only be named as the BEST WEB SITE on this model. The photographs are
just perfect, the explanations extremely vital at details, and above
all, they just overshadow AL Booklet for building this ship.
Congratulations on the quality of the finished details. |
Francisco Martinez, Spain |
|
I looked at your San Juan Nepomuceno
pictures - and I wanted to compliment you on your wonderful completion of
the kit! ...I was overjoyed watching the San Juan being built on your
website. I don't think I have the guts to put sails and running rigging
(especially something like yours), but it was a joy watching the progress
you went through. |
Clif Palmberg, USA |
| An outstanding achievement and web
site - I have just been presented with a box of strip wood and
trawling through the e-mail found your site - next job purchase the
books you have recommended.../...thanks for replying - your site
really is very good and it helps to have the pictorial record to
identify what it is I am trying to do e.g. the planking. Thanks for
taking the time to put the info and pictures on the web. |
Ross Drake,
USA |
| Your personal San Juan Nepomuceno
website is the most interesting model website I have found on the
net... I can promise I am going to visit your website for a long, long
time. I have discovered your site this morning and I am very
fascinated. Thanks for your professional photographs and your
practical design. |
Roberto Angulo Garcia,
Spain |
|
A great site! As a beginner
in ship modeling I found here not only some inspiring pictures,
but also many very
practical advices and technique
descriptions. The
photographs are very detailed and very clear. It's one of my first
sites of reference whenever I seek an advice on the web. It would be
great to have such sites on other ship models. Thanks a lot! |
Peter L, Israel |
| Nice site and nice model. |
Xavier Corredor, Catalonia, Spain |
| Very good job. Congratulations. |
L. Raynal, Lyon, France |
| Great web site. |
Mark Lynch, UK |
| It's a beautiful model. |
Norman Hills, Cyberspace |
| Congratulations S.Juan Nepomuceno! Bravissimo! |
Mauricio Sala, Guadalajara, Spain |
