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WBlakeny

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  • Birthday 05/12/1975

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  1. Hi Robin. Ever since i ordered that dvd from modelship building secrets i was intriged by that method. You're off for a good start. I'll gladly follow your build.
  2. GL thats a work of art! Your buildlogs are always such a joy to go through. They're so informative and instructive. Thank you.
  3. Thank you all. I'm very proud of her. As for my next project, i'm not decided yet. I'd really love to make a frigate. Three choices, Chucks beautiful winchelsea, the Triton or the gorgeous Belle Poule. However i'm not sure i can take that on. Perhaps the cutter Cheerful or La jacynthe would be a wiser choice. So much choices...
  4. I still need to add the reefing points to the mainsail. Afterwards i applied some diluted pva glue to the reefing lines and hanged a clamp on them to straighten them. When dried i cut of the excesses. Then it was finally time to rig the first sail on her. Slowly progressing and rigging all the sails.
  5. To make the sails, i first soaked the tissue in some tea for some time. After drying, i ironed them and use some starch. Then i drew with a pencil the bands and cut them off. Then i glued them to each other with dilluted glue. Overlapping each other just slightly, taping them to a piece of glass. When enough bands were glued to each other, i used a paper pattern of the sail to drew it on the tissue. Cutting it out. And finish each sail with sewing the boltropes around them. And behold, one finished sail So, i did for all the sails.
  6. Hey Glenn, no i didn't watch those youtube videos. Thank you for pointing me to them.
  7. I also created a base plate to install her. I've made two pedestals from some scrap birch i had lying around. I gave it several coats of oil.
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