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  1. Blue Ensign
    A fine bit of shipwrighting going on there Nigel, what a beauty your Mordaunt is going to be. B.E.
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    Hi Einstein, The inside bulwarks at Upper deck and Quarterdeck levels are painted yellow ochre. The inside bulwarks at Lower deck and Middle deck level are painted white (to represent a whitewashed finish) Cheers, B.E.
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    Look forward to seeing this build evolve Frank. She looks more schooner than cutter to my eye and a book you may find of interest is The Global Schooner (Origins, Develoment, Design, and Construction 1695 - 1845) by Karl Heinz Marquardt. A nice book in its own right but one section includes American Revenue cutter (schooners) of the early 19th century, and there is also useful information about masting and rigging sizes. Cheers, B.E.
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    A fine looking Pegasus Nils, fits perfectly with your chosen scheme. Love the interior pics. B.E.
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    I think Bob is setting the bar pretty high for all of us builders, Essex or not. Fine work Bob. B.E.
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    Beautiful work on the rudder Augie, nice and tight against the stern post, and the blackened iron work looks great against the natural hull. Fine work. B.E.
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    Love the look you are creating with your Pegasus Nils, full of detail with the cut away decks, nice work. B.E.
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    Thank you Holty I'm pleased you like it, Pickle is a sweet little kit, well worth the building of in my opinion. The brass plaque is part of the kit, it says:- HM SCHOONER PICKLE CARRYING COLLINGWOOD'S DISPATCHES AND NEWS OF NELSON FROM TRAFALGAR. Cheers, B.E.
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    Nice work Eamonn, I do love these small vessels and you're making a fine job of yours, well done B.E.
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    What a wonderful box of delights mobbsie, those Proxxon machines are very addictive and I think you may well have set me off again. Aaprt from the wood lathe I don't have any of the others in your box and it would be interesting to hear over time your impressions as you use them. Think I'll just go and have another look at that planer/thicknesser again..... B.E.
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    Looking great Jason, - regarding the Stay tension it looks fine to me on those photos, actually I prefer a hint of slack on the Mainstays,I think it imparts a sense of heaviness to them, provided a nice even curve is obtained which usually happens if the line has been stretched. B.E.
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    Very nice work Bob, well done. B.E.
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    At the scale you're working Michael, I would try micro drilling thro' the axle close by the wheel and perhaps use some blackened wire or the stem off a small eyebolt flattened slightly at the one end to represent the pins. B.E.
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    Yes I used the original extensions and cut out the centres and fined them down as far as I thought safe so that they didn't show too much with the view thro' the stern galley windows. With Frame 13 I made a new one out of spare mdf, I didn't want to risk the original in case the modification didn't work. It would have been much easier if I had had the scroll saw at the time. Cheers, B.E.
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    Very nice work Timmo she is looking excellent, love the finish you are achieving. B.E.
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    Nice bit of infill work with the balsa Martin, so well worth the effort when it comes to planking. If you do intend to open up the Great Cabin those stern extensions No 23 will have to go and be replaced with finer open framed versions to allow the view and light thro' the stern and the Quarter light window. B.E.
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    You've nailed that classic look Augie, I'd be feeling 'pretty good' about it too. Love the build. B.E.
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    Love the shot of the guns along the Quarterdeck rail. B.E.
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    Good to see a little progress Nils, nice mock up of the gun rigging. One question have you added 'dolphins' ie lifting rings to the guns, I only ask because they are more a feature of 17th century naval guns and land based guns rather than those of the 18th century. Regards, B.E.
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    The bearding line is usually shown on the kit plan, this is simply transferred to the false keel to mark the line for subsequent tapering. I used a simple jig to give me the depth of taper required. The first page of my log gives details of how I did it. The bearding line is shown on the Pickle plans, and is covered in the book of instructions. It is also useful to cut a rabbet along the bottom of the false keel and up the stem to allow for a neater finish of the planking. I didn't cut one on my Pickle build but would do so were I to do it again. If you are a little unsure about this whole planking business there are some useful downloads on the MSW Database. http://modelshipworldforum.com/resources/Framing_and_Planking/plankingprojectbeginners.pdf This basic guide to planking may be of help. B.E.
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    Well done Mobbsie, and it also solves the problem of where to put completed models. If ever I get to Harwich I'll make a point of calling in to view. B.E.
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    Hi Bob, I'm not a fan of those brass etched letters so beloved of kit manufacturers sometimes because the lettering is too modern and always because the names were painted on and not blocked which is the appearance you get no matter how thin the etch is. I used Letraset on my Pegasus build . The rules governing the names on sterns were by order issued in 1771; that ships should have their names painted on the second counter, in letters a foot high, and be enclosed in a compartment. The order was amended in 1772 and names were; to be painted without a compartment in letters as large as the counter would permit, this was the fashion at the time of Trafalgar. Looking at your 5mm letters they don't strike me as being 'odd' but the 8mm ones are probably truer to scale, and better meet the 1772 rule. The last two kits I have made had etched letters which under the kit instructions were to be painted white, personally I found this too stark at scale, and gold/ochre has a more period feel. I also tried vinyl stick on letters which were available in larger sizes, but didn't like the effect. I understand some modellers create their own transfers on their computers using special paper and fonts to suit, but I'm not sure of the procedure. There are also companies out there who will produce dry rub lettering to suit, but I've no experience of them. Vanguard is coming along very nicely. B.E.
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    Love what you've done Bob, very impressive. B.E
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    I'm holding out for Chris Watton's Revenge yet to be issued by Amati B.E.
  25. Blue Ensign
    Sorry to hear that Nils, hope it eases off soon to allow you (and us) to fully enjoy your modelling activities. Regards, B.E.

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