Hi Roma, did you varnish the whole ship surface? I really like your ideas and tutorials.

I think it looks shit

Deck coming along nicely

Well, no real ship would have been planked like that. All the planks (except for stealers) have to end at the rabbet of the stem, not like you put them. It would have produced a very weak hull. There are many books explaining how you do it correctly, maybe you get yourself. It will be eye opening.

Nice to see and hear from you. Hope you’re doing well, Vriendelijke groeten Ruud.

Missing your work mate. Hope all is well with you and your taking care of your self.

Very thankful. Great video

Hey! Nice to see you modelling again, are you planning on starting the channel back up? 🙏 Hope you are well. Max

Maybe u did it for the video, I don't know but u should plank both sides together otherwise it can happen that hull lose straight line, but your videos are interesting

Stop the music😢

I would think having a ship's boat slung from the stern of a vessel would make it very susceptible to damage or loss in a following sea. However, thanks, Roma, for a wonderful build series on the Polaris.

Awesome. Thanks for sharing

Hi, how do you use to clean the brush by the contact glue?

You are a true master builder and a master teacher. Love your creativity and eye for detail. Keep up your amazing work.

I miss, you tubes best builder, and the best teacher. Hope to see your creative skills in the future. Best regards Martin from Norway.

what is that rope threader called? i cant seem to find it. please assit with a link or something

Thank you Roma. I just made my masts and I made knots to attach the blocks. I really like the way you do it, nice work.

Great job, my friend! Your suggestions and guides are excellent. I regret that I started building Polaris without your tips. In any case, I will definitely follow your advice in the future 👍.

Superb and thank you.

Just bought the kit today! 😱 looking forward to following along.

Hello Roma, thanks for these awesome videos. I learn a lot of them, since this is my first ship. How do you clean the brush after using it with the contact glue?

Cool love that look on the deck

May I ask you what kind of equipment do you use to make your videos? In addition I think it would be very good if you make a video for shooting tectonics and equipment.

Perfect , I really appreciate your work especially your skills to explain on the simple way .

I think your planks are wrong on the deck

I like the boat but don't like your version of it at all looks ugly

Hi Roman, I am about to build my first model ship, I read on the Occre web page that the Polaris was a good ship to start with but after looking at the pictures of it, it didn't really inspire me, then I found your channel and you have shown me how these boats should really look like, thank you for inspiring me, now I am really looking forward to starting my Polaris using your detailed changes, which I think really add a lot to the original. 👍

I am a beginner like the way you cut the deck but what you duna the back I dun the front as well and it looks alot better to see both decks under the deck thanks for the tip try the front blow and deck that we'll l did looks great

Another great video with lots of great tips. BTW, those are whaleboats, not lifeboats. They are what the sailors chased the whales with. 😀

Thanks for the video series! I completed this model about 2 years ago. I wish I could have seen this back then as I had to learn all sorts of things on my own! Your tips have given me lots of ideas for the next model I build.

I followed your instructions and it worked very well up until I sanded the deck. The sanding spread the black felt pen markings all over the deck so now it is quite grey. What do you think I did wrong? Any suggestions on how to remove the grey color?

I have been working on my kit and things are going pretty well, so I would like to try doing the conversion to the pirate ship. Right now, I am at a point, having completed the deck and skeleton, where I need to start to make the changes but I cannot find the list of additional parts and any paints not included in the paint set, from Occre. Would you be able to direct me to the link or let me know what additional parts and paints I need to buy? It takes about a week to get them shipped to Florida. (The "show transcript" in youtube is not working for me)Thank you!

While I understand that the HMS Enterprise was captured and became the first USS Enterprise, I really, really wish that there was a good kit of the Henry Spencer built schooner USS Enterprise from 1799. It was the first USS Enterprise to be built AS the USS Enterprise. In its 24 year career, the schooner USS Enterprise fought in a conflict with the French, then fought in the Barbary wars, and after a refit, upgrading its sails to a brig, it went to an amazing career battling pirates in the Caribbean. The 1799 USS Enterprise is the true stuff of legends and is remembered in poem and song. It's the Enterprise that did all the things, and made Lieutenant Andrew Sterett the hero of history.

I ordered the kit and paint set through your link, and it arrived in Florida in a little over a week. The kit has really nice laser cutting and good wood. The instructions are excellent. I am finishing the "skeleton assembly" and looking ahead, plan to do the planking as you have done as it looks more realistic. Two questions. First, what color marker do you use for the edges of the planks to simulate caulking? Second, is it ok to use the black in the paint set for the weathering of the deck? Thank you.

Hi Roma, Thanks for this video series. I have just built Model Shipways Lowell Grand Banks Dory and it's from their model shipwrights set. It has two further models in it, each a little more complex than the last. I have, today just ordered the Polaris to do after I completed the others and will be using this series as reference. May even do the pirate version. Keep those vids coming, they really are some of the best I've seen. Regards from the UK, Mark

Hi, you did a great job! I will try to do a pirate Polaris, but slightly different than yours. I like the look of the darker sapele wood. Do you have an idea how to age this? I tried with left overs the same way as you did for the light wood on deck, buts thats not optimal. Thx!

I have been in model aviation for 50 years, competed nationally, but have failed every time I tried to build a model ship, always failing at the planking stage. After watching your videos - the best on the internet for model ship building - I have decided to give it one more try. I just ordered the kit with paint set and model stand kit. Thank you!

Love it.

Very interesting to deviate from the instructions. You are very creative. Looks very good.

Roma, it's nice to see you back in action, and of course the decking is perfect! And instead of counting sheep it will be 6....4....2....6....4.....2....