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  1. KennyH78
    Thanks, Mark. I'm sure that I will be making a little saw dust on the Raleigh before too long. There is only so much you can do on a model before you have to set it down and walk away to let things like glue set and dry or paint dry. I think that is why I have 3 different builds in various states at the moment.
  2. KennyH78
    Had about an hour or so to work on the longboat today, so I cut out and installed the frieze. I sprayed the paper with the frieze on it with an acrylic sealer that I had in the garage. Then I cut them out and glued them onto the longboat with ModPog glue. Once that was done, I installed the rail under the frieze. Once the glue was dry, I painted the rail white and then touched up any of the other painted areas as needed.
  3. KennyH78
    A little more progress to report. I finished sanding and fairing the interior of the frames and then stained the boat with golden oak. Once that was dry, I made, installed and shaped the cap rail using the photocopy of the plans and cutting out a template of the rails. Once the oversized rails were cut from the bass sheet, I glued them onto the model and shaped them to their final dimensions with some files and sanding blocks. Then I added some red paint to the rails and the tops of the inside frames and some white paint to the bottom of the hull under the water line. I just eyeballed it as to where I felt the waterline would be and used a thin piece of masking tape that I use for polishing guitar frets to get a straight line. Next step is to add the painted frieze to the transom and sides. Anyways, here are the pictures:
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    The build is on hold at the moment. Life happened between 2017 and now. Retirement from the Air Force in early 2018, a move from Texas to Georgia, started and new job, etc, etc. All of these things sent the build to the back of the closet along with my 18th century longboat and USF Confederacy. I have just now pulled them back out and started back on the longboat. I plan to get back onto this build soon, just not sure how soon.
  5. KennyH78
    Got the insides of the frames sanded and faired. Now to apply some finish to the hull inside and out and add the cap rail.
  6. KennyH78
    I know that it has been a long time since my last post (6 years); but I finally found the time to pick up the long boat again. I finished up the hull planking and I'm pretty happy with it especially since this is the first hull that I actually planked. I also removed the center of the bulkheads and started the fairing process of the interior. That is slow going since I am doing it by hand (to scared to try to use a Dremel).
  7. KennyH78
    I have shaped and installed the hawse timbers and rough shaped and installed the transoms. The hull is now ready for the tedious task of fairing. Over the next few weeks, I will be making the saw dust fly. I also added small filler blocks to the hull to help stabilize the frames while sanding. Its a small milestone, but a milestone none the less.
  8. KennyH78
    Just wanted to post a quick update. I am still plugging away on the hull planking. It is very slow going because I want to make sure that the planks are fitted right. What I have been doing is soaking the planks in water and clamping them to the hull to dry. Once they are dry, I then start the process of gluing them in place. I will post some pictures once the hull planking is completed. Please bear with me as this is a slow going process for me.
  9. KennyH78
    Time for my weekly update. I have spent the week fitting and installing the half and cant frames on the stern and bow. As you can see in the pictures, there is a lot of fairing that is going to have to be done. But first I plan to shape and fit the transoms and the hawse timbers. I also plan on installing some filler pieces to help sturdy up the hull for fairing. Even though she is going to need quite a bit of fairing, I can already see her lines. Anyways, here are the pictures of how she sits now. As always, any and all comments are welcome.
  10. KennyH78
    Dan, nice work on the stern. As I was reading it, I thought of a technique that RC car model era use to make car bodies for their RCs out of plexiglass. The build a mold and a box with holes in the top that has a vacuum port in it. Then the plastic is heated to the point that it is soft and place on top of the mold. Then a shop is used to pull the plastic over the mold. I have seen some YouTube videos on it and it looks fairly simply. I'll try to find a link to and post it for you if like. Just a thought that hat might be handy in future builds
  11. KennyH78
    Mike, you are quite right, the fairing process will take a while. But I would rather have to use a ton of sandpaper rather than end up sanding the timbers to the point that they are too thin and have to be replaced. I also spend at least a couple of hours a day on her or the MS Confederacy kit or the MS longboat kit. Building these ships/boats keeps me sane; although retiring from the Air Force next year will help my sanity as well.
  12. KennyH78
    Just found and read through your log. All I can say is WOW! That is some amazing work and a beautiful model. Can't wait to see her completed.
  13. KennyH78
    Thanks for all the likes. Greg, I am going to build a cradle to display the model. And now for the update. All of the square frames are installed. She is starting to look like a ship. This week I will work on cutting out all of the half frames and cant and hawse timbers. I also need to figure out the best way to make the transom timbers as well. Anyways, here are the pictures.
  14. KennyH78
    Another small update, but a huge milestone for me. The keel is finally laid, well sort of. It is actually mounted to the frames and hanging high in the clouds. I have also begun to add the rest of the frames; but that will be a slow process. I suspect that I will get about 3 frames installed in a day after work. The reason it takes so long is because the fore and aft faces of each frame need to be sanded smooth prior to installing them on the jig and keel. I have also cut the pieces for the new blank for frame 2 and those are glued together and drying. Tomorrow I will glue another template to it and cut it our on the scroll saw and rough shape it and then install it on the keel.
  15. KennyH78
    So for the last 3-4 days I have been making the saw fly. All of the square frames are now shaped to within 1/16" (give or take a little) of their final shape. I used a combination of the scroll saw, disc sander and a mini drum sander chucked into my bench top drill press to get them to this point. I have also installed frames 3, 25, and 47 into the frame jig. Once the glue is dry on those three frames, I will add the keel assymbly to it and start installing the rest of the square frames. The half and cant frames will be cut out and installed once the square frames are all installed. I also need to redo frame 2 since I totally missed that the bottom of the frame is not whole. The pictures can explain it better than I can. So without further ado, here are the pictures as she sits now. As always, any and all comments are welcome.
  16. KennyH78
    Dan, thanks for the tips. I have already shaped the stem and deadwood. I do plan to check the rabbet and deadwood to ensure that the planking will sit nice and flush. Thanks to to everyone else for the likes
  17. KennyH78
    Before cutting any of the frames, I decided to make the backbone. It is now complete, I was terrified when it was time to cut the rabbet, but a V-gauge chisel made it easy. It's not perfect, but I'm happy with it. So without further ado, here are the pictures. Tomorrow I start cutting frames and I'm hoping I don't screw any of them up, but I am expecting to have to remake at least a few of them.
  18. KennyH78
    I have a short progress report, planking of the hull has started. I am taking my time with this and will post pics once the hull is planked. I currently have 1 and 1/2 planks installed on the port and starboard sides.
  19. KennyH78
    All of the templates are glued to the blanks. I used rubber cement, I figure if it worked for Hahn, then it should work for me. I don't think that any of the paper templates stretched, but I plan to check the frames against the plans once they are cut. I also built me a jig to ensure that all of the frames are cut to the same height. I plan to start cutting the frames in the next day or two (work and life depending). I have also started to remove all of the laser char on the pieces for the keel. Pics of the keel will be posted once that is all cleaned up and glued together. So without further ado, here are a couple of pics of the jig and the current state of the frames.
  20. KennyH78
    Mark, Since I am very paranoid of screwing something up and not having the plans intact to fix it, I went and had a full set of the plans copied and then I am copying the parts that I need for the frames and such from those on my printer/copier at home. I'm pretty sure that I will have to redo a lot of things before the Raleigh will be completed.
  21. KennyH78
    Made some progress, all of the cram blanks are glued up. Tonight I will start transferring the patterns of the grams to the blanks. I plan to cut them out and glue them to blank with rubber cement. Then it will be time to make the blanks rounded on the bottom and squaring them up for height in a keel/frame height jig. Before long, I just may be able to start laying the keel and building the hull.
  22. KennyH78
    I have some progress to report. I got the hull faired, but not without breaking one bulkhead. The repair was easy though, it was a clean break and easily glued back on. I even have trouble finding the one that broke off. I also got the transom piece installed and the bow fillers. Those will be faired once the glue has had ample time to cure. Anyways, here are the pictures. As always, any and all comments are welcome.
  23. KennyH78
    Even in today's Air Force, hearing loss is prevalent. Most of us wear hearing protection, but that only helps so much when you are working around jet engines running all the time on the flight line
  24. KennyH78
    I will be pulling up a chair as well. I have the same kit, but am waiting for new bulkhead former since the one in my kit was warped
  25. KennyH78
    I pretty much came to that conclusion. The instructions don't mention anything about stiffeners, but I felt that they needed to be added.

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