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  • Birthday 12/14/1968

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    Well, finished my guitar!! From scratch!! I was able to get downtown and get some pics of the “Constellation” Here you go!!
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    Great job!!! I’m building the same kit w Hunt’s practicum. I’ve only been working on it off/on for 9 yrs now. I did a few side projects, but I’m back on the Connie.. Keep up the good work!
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    So, I’ve been gone a while. Between Covid and my schedule- my ship has been docked for a while.. I completed a lot of the deck furniture.(nothing to hard) I’ve begun the mast. Pics / details soon to come. I did a side project during Covid quarantine building the body of a electric guitar from scratch. a sandwich of: coco bola hard maple Purple Heart maple hard maple w Schaller hardware.
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    Rigging the cannons I decided to loop the rope around the inner rigging. Most of the pictures I’ve seen of the ship use this method.. I’ve deviantex from blocks w 2 holes to blocks w one, on the inner rigging. Most of the pictures I’ve seen, the blocks are covered w rope anyway.
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    I decided to use 34 awg copper wire that’s coated black- and make the cannon rigging hooks.
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    The third pic above (white styrene) attach between the cannons- and rigging hooks are attached- I used styrene- drilled tiny holes- files edges- and squeezed the center w a small “rounded” pair of needle nose pliers to simulate the roundness of the actual rigging.
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    Ok, so I’ve started the deck furniture. I opted to use “Testers” paints for the wheel etc. I had a hard time deciding what color- you went w a brown. After looking at numerous other models, it seems it’s almost impossible to get a exact replication of the current state of the ship, so good enough is good enough:)...... I feel if I spent more time I could get a little better at the deck furniture, but I really want to keep rolling, and being inexperienced- I’ll take what I can get.. I’m currently rigging the cannons, patience is a virtue!!! I hope to finish the deck within the up coming months. I’ve been following Hunt’s practicing combined with build logs from this site and some ideas of my own- I’m having a good time and plan on building a high end electric guitar next.
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    What a awesome job!!!!!!
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    Hello, I’m building a Conny and Hunt’s practicum calls for “floquil rust” paint for the steering wheel. Does anyone know a good replacement since this paint has been “discontinued?”( I think- from my online shopping research) Thx
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    Ok, so I built deck cannons- not much to them, just glue and paint. I painted the wheels before attaching to the base- and touched up the cannons after they were glued up. The little handles required a pin vice bit. Then started on the dead eyes/chain plates. A little tricky- I used a 3-way alligator clip holder for the soldering of the wire twisted around the dead eye to the chain plate. I had to paint them twice because the paint didn't bond to the brass right away. I haven't decided how I'm going to go about attaching the bottom of the chain plate to the ship. I'm going to look at some other build logs before deciding if I'm sticking to Hunt's plans or deviating a bit. Any suggestions are welcome. Thx
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    Ok, finally!!! The smaller styrene definitely was easier to work w and looks pretty good.

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