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Thanks @CPDDET @Tim Murphy. I'm still sleeping on it. I decided to start with a redo of the hinges on the sweep port doors first. Slowly eek my way in to modeling again...so I will save the decision on repeating the coppering for later. It just looks dirty...no prints but there were some blemishes from the packaging that simply will not come out. Not certain how to clean it without tearing the plates up. However, those plates are stuck on beautifully...they just aren't beautiful copper anymore! @Tim Murphy I actually know many folks from the Rope and recently (just a couple weeks ago) visited their 48th Boat show in Ginza district in Tokyo. We live on the southern tip of Kyushu at present...so it's still a bit of a hike.
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My tiny shipyard and Syren have finally been unpacked! Good news…the copper plating is still holding fast. The bad news is the new penny look is gone. A few spots on the copper got marred during shipping, and the patina isn’t weathered as evenly as I’d hoped. But other than that…all else looks ok. A few bonus pics for fun. No more excuses now…I have a functional office and semi functional shipyard. 👍🏽
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I don’t know, Dave…I think you need to go smaller. 🤣
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Yes. 🤣 The garboard was a bit of a pain. I ended up creating some ‘cushioned’ clamps to attach to the keel and keep external pressure on the garboard planks as the dried. I basically cut some wood clothes pins and wrapped the jaws in rubber bands so they wouldn’t bruise the keel when I attached them. The other side of the garboard was held in place by some binder clips clamped to the bulkhead sections.
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Looks great, Bob! You’ll be extremely happy you added those full piece fillers. The additional surface area will be a huge boon during your planking. 👍🏽 You are right about the bending jig. I ended using a plank bender, but the best result I had was pre forming wet steamed planks on the ship and letting them dry to shape. It was long and tedious but made for relaxing planking.
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And...progress update for my mini-shipyard (just keep my thread alive and kicking)...finally ordered a simple desk to use as a mini-work bench. Space in our new apartment is a bit limited, so I am being careful to try to utilize what little space my wife gave me to good use. It will have to do until we have a house (a few years from now....date TBD). But I am itching to get back to work on my Syren. Sabbatical almost over...a few more weeks and shell be in her new home...and Ill be posting again.
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Brilliant works on those chucks! Love your detail, Dave. 👍🏽
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Well, the upsweep of the planking towards the stern is a crinkle, but not a bad one. If you have symmetry on both sides, you can run up your bulwarks and then simply trim them down to the appropriate height above the deck per the plans. That might look a bit odd from the exterior, but I’ve seen it happen on other models. The end result still looks beautiful and you’ve done a great job laying in the hull planks thus far. The only option to ‘correct’ the upsweep would be to remove the planking near the stern and do some additional adjustment on where the wales will be. That’s a bit more time but the planking would then line up more closely with the deck lines. Either way, doing a great job so far! Enjoying your build! Pat
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