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"DITTO" on the Elmers yellow glue, fast dry time and permanent glue job, rubber contact cement glue can have a limited life span and come apart down the road with time.  Works for me!

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No on the pickling, just a 10 min soak in Perma Blue which is probably the wrong stuff to use for this but since I had it figured I'd try it. The Perma Blue gives it a corroded rough look but doesn't turn it black.   

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Only one problem with that Ray........ the eyelets are soft soldered (low heat) to close the loop!!!

Thanks for thinking on it!!  Me thinks this wire is not pure copper, it must be tin coated or something like that, it solders well enough but doesn't take to chemical baths too well it seems. I'm going with what I've got for now with paint on it.

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Thanks Joe!!! Giving em my best shot..... LOL I'll be glad when they are finished so I can start on the hull parts again which means I get to fire up the CNC wood mill again to make parts!!

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Hey Ray!!! Great to hear from you also!! Yes, I'm still working in the shipyard, haven't given up yet.... LOL    Just doing a lot of thinking on ways to deal with each new build session as it comes along.  Making very slow progress at it due to back pain problems but making some headway on this ship cross section.  Working now on getting these eyelets painted and inserted into the cannon frames, one at a time while trying not to chip the flat black paint off the eyelets as I push them in the tiny holes I've drilled.  So far I'm not 100% happy with the results, very hard to not chip the paint as you can see in these close up pictures. Yes.... I've thought of the gun blueing liquid and tried it but not happy with it either, not dark enough on this wire I'm using. I'll more then likely just do some touch up with a paint brush where I nicked the paint.

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Eyelets with rings made.

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More wire eyelets made and soldered.

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Made a little progress on the fine tuning of the cannons.  I didn't have any solid wire in my wire collection but was in Walmart one day and found some 16ga. wire in the craft area.... it works great, solders good.

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Great work Ray!! I'm happy for your success at completing your Cross Section!!

I'll be watching for your next build to start!

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Well.... Thank You Pete38!!!!!! The cnc machine is just another tool to me, there are things that are still best done the old fashion way...    

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Thanks Tim! Its a shame her flagships is not an old Ford Woody!! A wood van..... I might be able to cnc some parts for but not this steel bucket... LOL

Got a little more done on the cannon carriages, added another part to em. 

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Ray......I'm still here in the shipyard , just got the Admiral's new flagship to fix up for her, so its going to be slow motion work on the cross section for awhile! 

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Finally got those last 3 cannons painted!!! Been working on the Admirals newly acquired used flagship ( 1995 Ford Aerostar mini van ) and had to sneak in the paint job while taking a break from it.... LOL  She says I've done such a nice job on her flagship that I may get a promotion out of it..... LOL

Looks great Ray!!!

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Amazing what primer & paint can hide......  

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Thanks Wouter!! I wasn't sure it would come out looking so good, I've never done this before and this is mostly experimentation on my part to see what works and what doesn't !! But I guess luck is with me so far.  

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Looks great Ray!! I have thought about doing the same as you have done by doing the rigging of ratlines, sails etc.... but at the size of my cross section.... I'm not sure if my room ceiling is high enough to allow it.... LOL  

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K&S Tubing size chart.

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K&S Tubing size chart.pdf

Here's a handy chart for wire sizes of copper wire, used to make rings and eye bolts or anything made from copper wire.

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Dang it Ray!!! You keep raising the bar on me   , now I have to make my own blocks & dead eyes because of this big scale size I used..... LOL Love those ratlines, always wanted to do that!! Tims right..... you are fast on the build!!..

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LOL!! I can just see powder in a wood cannon going off.... LOL Talk about splinters!!.... LOL  Thanks Ray....I was hoping they would come out this good, but only did one this way, just in case it didn't work. I don't mind making one more but not 4 more of em.... LOL I still need to go thru my wire scraps and see if I have any #18 solid copper to make eyelets with, so many details to contend with on these cannons! I'm still debating with myself on how I'm going to make the cannon barrel pivot caps or what ever they are called, maybe alum or copper painted black, still thinking on it. But, Yes.... fun working on them!!!

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WOW!!! Looking great Ray!!!  

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Thanks Pete & Tim!!

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The 1st. Cannon with color paint done!!  I like it!!

A coat of Flat Black, followed by a coat of Clear Satin Poly-U gave me the effect I was after.  Now.... to do it 3 more times!!

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Thanks Tim! 

Here's the 1st cannon in its primer coat, awaiting its color coat.

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