Chuck Seiler
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Rgr that. I think he was just asking if the issues you noted were available. -
I am assuming so. Contact the Ships in Scale folks. Check out the following: http://www.seaways.com/Back%20Issues.htm
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Oh no!!!!! Having had to start over on some projects in the past, I understand to some degree where you are at. Sometimes it is easy to go back and get in the groove. Sometimes not. Enthusiasm is gone and you really don't want to go down that path again. I hope in this case it is the former. I am learning a lot and hope to see you back in battery again soon.
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Chuck, When you specify the number of strakes below the wale, to you count to the keel or to the top of the garboard strake?
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Chuck, Obvious from your videos, one of the keys to getting it right is ensuring the garboard strake is the correct length. This is something I struggle with. Is there any rule of thumb regarding where it ends?
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Not yet. I am still trying to fabricate the bulkheads.
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Can you remove the gun or is it attached permanently? I think it is easier to rig the carriage, get it into position, then remount the gun. IIRC, I rigged the running tackle with the gun extended, anchored one of the breeching line eyebolts (with line attached), THEN hauled the carriage into place. As I said, it may be easier with the larger scale. New project: Colonial sloop PROVIDENCE.
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Steve, That's looking really good!! Wait 'til you start securing all the lines and bolts and stuff up at the pointy end. Hopefully it will be easier with the larger size.
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For some reason, I am not getting email notifications on the builds I am following, so I did not see this earlier. As I have told Steve, I have stalled on this project because I am obsessing over the nails. Your nailing looks pretty good...although I think you are using 1 less nail/plank/strake (based on Smithsonian ship). While not historically correct, after looking at your pics, I am thinking about going with the reduced number of nails.
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Clare, Greetings once again. Based on your post, I checked Amazon for the HK. The only one I found on Amazon (9 left) wanted $419.99.
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I believe the Lumberyard ONEIDA employs similar frame construction.
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The balls on the forward rack would have been the 12 pounders (3/16"). Steel ball bearings. Amazon has 144 for about $5. The 9 pounders would be about 5/32" about the same price.
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Down 4 points, ball on the 1 yard line, 3 downs, 40 seconds 2 times outs and one of the best ball carriers in the game. What could go wrong? DOH!
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What,no pics?
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Wow! Great job. I am glad to see you have been working on this. I feel bad about slacking off. (but not real bad) Which coils? On deck or rigging coils? In both cases I made the coils as separate entities and glued them over the loose end of the line. The coils for the running rigging was the biggest pain because there were so many of them. I used the handle of a small file to make the coils. I made several (6 or 7) wraps around the handle and tied an overhand knot to keep it from unraveling. I also coated it with diluted white glue. The handle was smooth and tapered so it was easy to slip the coil off once the glue dried. I slipped the coil partially off so that I could wrap part of the overhand knot line around the coil and knot it so it would not unravel. This was tricky and was the point many of my coils failed. One end of the line is cropped and hidden while the other is allowed to hang out as if the bitter end if the line.
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I had the same issues/concerns with schooner SULTANA. My initial thought was that the cable was wrapped around the portion of the barrel outside the frames, but that puts a very strange angle in the line between the hawse, the windlass and the grating where the cable goes below deck. Since there are two anchors, if they used the procedure outlined by John, would they just disconnect the cable from the unused anchor and leave it hanging from the cathead?
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Oh! Eyebolts, not grommets. Yes. Some people paint. I used "Blacken it", which takes more effort, but I think the result is better. <it's late.......>
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I'm not sure what the instructions say. They look white on the SMITHSONIAN model. ....so that's how I made mine. I used styrene tube.
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Lookin'good. I am about to post some myself, but I am not as far along as you. I don't see the grommet on the inside.
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Gosh...I got a sled for Christmas. This does not have a sawcut all the way thru the bed yet. I did my initial cuts with a larger blade. I will make my final cut with my .030 slitting blade, the one I will use with this. My thanks to Krug for his directions.
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1/32" planking...yowza!! Mighty thin...not much there for sanding. Where will those planks go?
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