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  1. SawdustDave
    Jesse, I honestly considered offering to work out a way for you to attend this event with me, but realized the all-day ordeal would likely be a serious overload for you. Personally, the annual Beaufort trip is more about visiting that very old historic harbor town. Reminds me very much of Charlestown Mass. on a much smaller scale. Take care my friend.
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    The staff at NC Maritime Museum are a class act Jesse Lee.... They do a wonderful job putting on this event every year. It just continues to get bigger and better every year. The modelers inside show is but a small part of the event which also features dozens of full size boat builders set up outside.
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    Beaufort, NC annual Wooden Boat Show event.... One old friend I was glad to spend some time with. Blackbeard looks like a really bad character, but I can tell you, he's actually a very nice guy. Here are just a few of the models displayed for the public. My personal favorite is this WWII Sub built by Jim Tuttle.... over two years to scratch build this 8 foot long masterpiece.
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    Home again, home again..... at last, old man Dave is home again. Cargo box functioned flawlessly.... the show was very great.... perfect weather.... got to visit all of my old modeling friends. Took some photos and will try to post a few tomorrow. Glad to be back safely. Cheers all
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    Loaded up and ready for the 3.5 hour road trip early tomorrow morning. The weather proof cargo box I built for the back of my truck is made of the type of hardboard used for bathroom shower walls. Glued together and screwed together then all outside joints sealed with white Gorilla Tape (double layered). The tail gate closes flush against the rear cargo box panel. The three ships are carefully cradled on top of pillows and the sides are stuffed with towels and 40 pair of old tube socks...... zero lateral movement. The three cardboard boxes are taped together to prevent them from shifting laterally. Now, all's I got to do is keep her between the white lines and avoid road morons. Wish me luck. Dave
  6. SawdustDave
    It's still pretty far in my future Tom, but, because of her size, I still have not worked out in my mind just where she will be displayed in my home. Ships scattered throughout the house, already taking up about every space the Admiral will allow me to use. I may have to add a room.
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    Thanks for the visit Mark. I'll have to take a photo of the way I secure the ships for a road trip. Provided I am able to stay out of the ditches, and avoid tangling with any of the crazy drivers, I should make it back home with all cargo in good shape. Cheers Mate
  8. SawdustDave
    Captains Gig mounted.... This morning I completed the temporary mounting of all three davit launches. She's pretty much ready for the road trip. Note: I spent most of the day yesterday building a weatherproof cargo box for the back of my pickumup truck. After the near disaster I had a couple of years ago, I assure you this box will not blow out the back on the highway..... no matter how fast I drive. I did a road test this morning up to 90 mph. Solid as a rock.
  9. SawdustDave
    Thanks Jon and Pat. Great information. Makes perfect sense now. Figured we could count on you Mate. Cheers
  10. SawdustDave
    Mounting the launches.... I should explain, I realize I will have to remove the launches from the davits in order to proceed with rigging the shrouds. The reason for mounting them at this point is because I will be taking this model along with two or three others to my favorite annual model show at the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort, N.C. next Saturday. Note: I took a couple of shots of the technique I developed for those little lifeline (man-rope) bags. To achieve the look of a fabric bag, I used a white plastic table cloth from the supply of red/white/blue covers we decorated our patio tables with last 4th of July....purchased from WalMart. The little balsa tear drop forms are wrapped with the "X" shapes with a tight twist at the top and tied off with white thread..... then trimmed at the top. The finished bags were spaced evenly along the rope BEFORE attaching to the davit.... brass rings on each end. It's a little tedious, but well worth the effort. Now if someone would explain the reason for these bags. I have my own wild guess, but have never run across this on other ships, and I'm curious to know the background from someone more familiar.
  11. SawdustDave
    I understand. It would be a grueling all day thing. I will take photo’s and share with you. Dave
  12. SawdustDave
    Hi Tom: Sorry, I haven't been keeping up my regular browsing of your log progress.... mainly because you are so far ahead of my current stage. Time will eventually come my friend. Meantime, I doubt you will need any input from me on display cases, but having built several over the years, I would be happy to share anything I can in that area. Dave
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    I do admit I enjoy creating anchors Jesse. Guess I've made at least 50 of various sizes over the years, if I count the ones I trashed. Always great to hear from you. Question..... are you considering attending the Beaufort show coming up on May 5th? Dave
  14. SawdustDave
    Thank you Mike. Happy to hear from you again. The visit by our sweet grand daughters was really special since we only see them once a year. And the really neat thing about them "helping" is the fact that they will, one day, long after I’m gone, be able to show their children how they actually glued the main fife rail onto the deck .... and point to it on this ship they will inherit from their their Papa. Now, I ask....How COOL is that? Cheers
  15. SawdustDave
    Thanks for the visit Ken. Clearly, my attempt to do justice to this great war ship is made possible through the incredible build log provided by you and other MSW friends. I would be completely lost without your expert guidance. I thank you sir. Dave
  16. SawdustDave
    The four anchors ready to be rigged to the ship. This fairly straight forward task was complicated by the fact that I had overlooked the rectangular hatch where this anchor is stowed. Hull surgery at this stage not recommended..... Also note the installation of the studding boom.
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    Piet, Patrick.... Always love hearing from you guys. Thanks for the visit. Dave
  18. SawdustDave
    Thanks Pat and Al.... I let the girls choose from my little "fleet of models" the two ships they want to stake their claim on. Parker (the older) chose the Constitution. Hattie chose the Confederacy. The three older boys will have to choose from seven other pretty fair models. Hope they don't all wind up for sale on ebay. Cheers
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    Our two granddaughters are visiting this weekend from Austin Texas. We only get to see these girls about once a year, so this is a very special occasion. Since all of my ships will eventually become the property of my five grandchildren, they were extremely interested in the Constitution, and wanted to do something to contribute to it. So here they are gluing the main fife rails to the spar deck. Parker age 8 and Hattie, age 6..... as sweet as they are beautiful.
  20. SawdustDave
    The length of the ship’s hull is 36-3/4” measured from the outer edge of the bow rail to the outer edge of the stern rail. Thanks for the visit Steve
  21. SawdustDave
    CHANNELS AND DEAD EYES INSTALLED.... Totally happy to have the channels and chainplate installed for both sides of the ship. I agree with the earlier comments of others as to the slow tedious work involved with this process. Before moving on, I took advantage of the slight overcast morning to move her outside and capture a few quick progress shots. My plan from here is to go back to the carvings of the four smaller boards, begin creating hammock netting frames, and also returning to finish up the out haul tackle rigging for the spar deck guns along with a number of inboard details I plan to revisit before turning to the development of her masts and spars.
  22. SawdustDave
    Another great learning opportunity for all MSW members. Looking forward to watching this build unfold.
  23. SawdustDave
    The main gangway boards installed. Sea steps installed. Bumpkins and davits installed. Managed to get all of the channels cut and just finished installing the aft channels on both sides....
  24. SawdustDave
    Thank you Henry. Just more stuff to add to the confusion for us poor modelers..... Cheers
  25. SawdustDave
    Here's one for the historians.... I use the online Virtual Tour a lot and quite often run into things seen there that are considerably different than the plan sheets I am using to build her. I do understand, with the numerous restorations she has gone through over the years, they have made these major changes. So when did they lower the bulwarks amidship down to what appears to be about a foot above the spar deck? Also noting that the threshold between the gangway boards is right down on the deck, which I assume was done for public safety. Just curious. Dave

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