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Welcome to HMS Winchelsea Jim, I always have the deepest respect for people that saw their own bulkheads. You've done a beautiful and very exact job on them! I can also notice you maintain a very tidy way of working. So your build log will be worth following I'm sure! Frank. -
Congratulations Edward, that's a very smart looking and beautiful deck! Well worth the extra effort, extra time and sometimes maybe even some frustration (I know I have that sometimes) of wasting lesser planks into the dustbin. My dustbin is full of failed planks for the second band of bow planking I'm working on now and I'm glad I redid all of them a second, third and sometimes a fourth time, when just before pencilling the sides an almost very well curved and 'fitting like a glove' plank broke while giving it a last little extra bend which seemed necessary... :-). Luckily I ordered a little too many 1/4" billets from Chuck...I'll need them all the coming weeks... Frank.
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Both look viable in my opinion, but perhaps close-up differences can be noted and the one on the right is much better. Very courageous and diligent anyway! Frank.
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That's a beautiful and inspirational HMS Winchelsea build Mike! Frank
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What a nice metamorphosis from the pink cooked pear to the warm brown color wip WOP. Beautiful work Steve! Keep the updates coming. Frank.
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Congratulations Jim, Your Winnie is a joy to look at and enjoy and your build log a pleasure to read. Frank.
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Thanks Rusty and the likes!
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Thanks Ben and Matt! Yes, I'm definitely not the fastest builder here, LOL...very little time off from work and family (specially the latter..)
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Thanks Katsumoto!
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Again such a lovely and beautiful build with such amazing warm wood colors… I rather like the variance in plank colors by the way. Considering ships where build in months or around a year time or maybe some more, shipwharfs weren’t selecting their planks in the right color tones too I guess... They were happy when they got the right and enough wood in time… So too even and perfect wood coloring isn’t that realistic in my opinion. Time will solve the color variance though, lighter becomes darker and darker becomes lighter. You simply will have to grow older to witness it Rusty… Frank.
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Very nice railing and very well evenly dremeled knobs on top! I’ll have to practice that, also for the cannon’s quoin handles.. Frank.
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Beautiful gratings and all perfectly centered. All set for deck planking, I wonder how much time those planks will take, I gess less than the complete hull at where I am now? Frank.
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Beautiful work and almost there Mike! Great to have a such a beautiful build as yours with clear explanations to follow! Frank.
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Very, very beautiful work Dusan! I hope to reach the same level of perfection some day…. Frank.
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Thanks Dusan! 👍🏻
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Thanks Chuck, Glenn, James and Paul! Yes, I flip the hull over now and then to check for strange looking curves and dips. I’m beginning to feel key is that all curves bend fluently and following the lines set with the tape run not much can go wrong…but checking is better 😉💪🏻…
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Thanks Scrubby! No worries: I'm smelling the warm hot AYC air from my traveling iron right now, as I'm bending planks right now again! 😉 Frank.
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Hi Joe, it's only a small correction in my opinion, so please do so, as your build looks very, very good and will turn into a beautiful Winchelsea when finished. Keep up the good work and don't be afraid of posting mistakes, I posted quite a few myself and got plenty of help on this build log, which it is all about! Cheers! Frank.
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You're making great progress and looking gooed Gary! Keep up the good work, I'll stay tuned! Frank.
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You're making great progress Glenn, all looks fantastic and I'm following with great interest! I hope to catch up someday, I don't seem to have as much free time as you do 😉 Frank.
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Hi Kurt, Any updates? Cheers! Frank.
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Small Saturday update, one more row to go on both sides before the first band of planking is finished. I think I'm starting to get the hang of it. Frank.
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Nice progress and beautiful work Matt! I always shake my little bottle or tube with CA gleu before using it. For some reason the sticky part of the emulsion sinks when the bottle or tube is in rest for a longer period of time. You then do not only apply only solvent instead of the full glue emulsion. Frank.
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Beautiful build af the Agamemnon Mike! Twelve years, wow, I thought I was slow here with my Winie build… Great to follow your build! Frank.
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