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That is a beautiful area. I hope the new house has a nice workshop, or at least a room that you can use as a workshop. I am anticipating seeing your take on this ship. -
Thanks guys. Tim - good luck with your move. I love the Finger Lakes area. Which lake are you going to? Geoff - you got that right. I need small victories to keep me motivated. Wayne - welcome back to the hobby. I hope this build helps others as I have been helped by those that have built or are still building the Constitution.
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Sal, nice touch with the ship's name. You are doing a fantastic job on this build.
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Nice Pete. Thanks for the tutorial. One thing to mention for those that haven't used it before, when you go to buy the Silica you will think the can is empty. That stuff has no weight! I always used the 105/205 stuff, but now I want to try the G-Flex. It looks much easier to manage small batches.
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A milestone of sorts... The last two planks framing the gun ports have been installed. I also gave the planks behind these a preliminary sanding. I am going to have to use some filler as the faces of some of the planks are not level with each other and too far off to just sand. I didn't see any springy planks on this side like I did on the port side. I think I paid more attention to this as I was planking the starboard side. There are some gaps between planks that need some filling, though. Overall, I think they came out OK. I was really worried about the planks along the edges of the gun ports, but I was able to clean these up with a riffler file that I could run along the inside edges of the gun ports. The building jig I am using doesn't let me get a good view of the bow straight on, so I made sure to take the hull out of the jig to check the run of planks on both sides at the bow before filling in the area between the stem and the first gun port. Sure enough, I had to adjust the starboard plank under the gun ports at the stem to line up with the same plank on the port side. Next up is the planking below the gun ports and the wales. I will mark off the locations of the top and bottom of the wales and check the fairness with some battens before adding more planks.
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Two reasons I use wax - knots hold better on waxed line and if I heat the wax into the line, it removes kinks that can form, especially on line that is wound on a card.
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I agree Pete, it is a shame it had to come down to the courts. I also used to have a Hobie 16 that I raced, so got to know West System pretty well. It is great stuff. I love these Americas Cup models you are doing.
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B.E. - is there a particular font that you use?
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That is some very nice detail work at a small size. Very good work.
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I didn't change the upper deck height from the kit, but you could get the height from the plans in the AOS book.
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A few years ago, I attempted to bash this kit to match the AOS book. The link to pictures in the gallery is in my signature, if you are interested. The poop deck was the biggest correction that I couldn't make.
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I have this snippet in my Constitution notes, but don't remember where I found it. It might have come from a post on this site: "Both Michele Felice Cornè and his protégé George Ropes, Jr. depicted boats hanging from Constitution’s stern and quarter davits in their paintings of the August 19, 1812 battle with HMS Guerriere. In both painting series, the quarter and stern boats are painted green with red interiors, but since they have flat hour-glass-shaped sterns, they cannot be whaleboats. They are probably meant to represent the gigs or cutters frequently mentioned in the ship’s logbook. Since the whaleboats for Constitution were not delivered until October 1812, two months after the battle and a month after the ship’s return to Boston, it makes sense that Cornè and Ropes would not include them in their paintings of the battle." So maybe not whaleboats before Oct 1812?
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Not boring at all Theo. This is lovely work and a real inspiration.
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Geoff, based on what you have done so far you shouldn't have any trouble. I am enjoying following along with your build.
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Thanks for the encouragement, Scott. I had the most trouble in that curved area around the bow keeping the planks tight. The use of wedges as the glue dried helped. The areas between gun ports were difficult to clamp, too, but the planks were so short I just held them in place until the glue tacked up. The wood glue I am using dries pretty quickly, so that does not take too long. I have not had to revert to CA yet for the planks, which I have used in the past as a quick clamping method. Once I start using that, it becomes a lot more difficult to remove planks. At least this area is pretty straight forward. Once I start planking under the wales I have to deal with bending and possibly spilling planks. That's when the fun really starts. Your Rattlesnake is very sweet. You are doing a great job.
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Jim Byrnes Model Machines
usedtosail replied to Mahuna's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
I just received mine in the mail today. It will be a few days before I have a chance to set it up, but I am so happy to have it.It does feel like Christmas. -
Very interesting, Frankie. Thanks for the description.
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Cutty Sark by NenadM
usedtosail replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Congratulations Nenad. Its always good to have a doctor in the family. You must be very proud.- 4,152 replies
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Nicely done, Pete. She looks beautiful in her element.
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Thanks Pete and Tim. I sanded the port side some but the final sanding will be done after all the planks are on. The starboard side planking is well under way.
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You are a brave man, Pete. She looks great and will look even better out on the water.
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So, there has been some planking progress lately, although a lot of life has gotten in the way. I continued planking the port side around the gun ports, working toward the bow. I filled the gap between the top of the gun deck gun ports and the spar deck gun ports. Then filled in the areas around the forward gun ports. Here I have soaked three planks and clamped them in place to dry. And finally added the last two planks between the forward gun port and the stem. Now I will give this side a first sanding and repeat on the starboard side.
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Cutty Sark by NenadM
usedtosail replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Beautiful plating so far. You are making great progress.- 4,152 replies
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Nice work on those ballisters, Theo. I like your way of thinking.
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Cutty Sark by NenadM
usedtosail replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Congratulations on your son's graduation. Feels good, doesn't it. Nice work on the coppering, too.- 4,152 replies
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