MEDDO
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Wonderful shots there. The more I see of the 1/2 planked and 1/2 open style the more I like it. -
The pieces and parts are coming along really nicely.
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Outstanding frieze! I agree with you on the painting, I have never been too good at it either.
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Interesting project. I have a fondness for the smaller non-rated vessels and will enjoy watching you progress.
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Great progress. And a very neat and clean shipyard too.
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Happy anniversary! Looks great, very neat and clean scarphs.
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I like what Janos said "extreme kitbashing". Sounds like a reality tv show As always your build is an inspiration.
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Truly excellent work. I am still amazed at how much you can get done so quickly.
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Impressed this was the first go. It looks really nice.
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Thanks Mike. That link has been bookmarked. Here I was wondering how I was going to use a router to cut channels for the track then that link smacks me upside the head with a duh... Your way is so much easier. Learning something new every day!
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Having the cant frames in finally has to make you feel good. It seems from the forums/logs etc that this was one of the more difficult steps in the build.
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Wow, you are working very quickly and these last photos are looking great. I also like your build slip/jig. Not so useful for me now but someday I will have to try to figure out how to build one of those.
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Thanks Carl. Practice is the name of the game. I am going to try some silver solder with a torch as described in the article on the front page. We will see how it goes. I am also going to experiment with a bit of blackening as well. Also using this article for some tips.
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After the second, third, fourth, 10th day faring it gets kind of old however it does really pay off in the end. This is looking good so far.
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Wow, I can't believe it has been so long since my last update. I am still alive Unfortunately work has been very busy recently with lots of evening and night shifts. I should be able to get back to the shipyard tomorrow. I was looking ahead to the instructions and I saw that I am supposed to do some soldering on the rudder points. I've never done this before so it's going to be an interesting experiment. I also want to put a breaching rope on each of the Canon. Although I'm unsure as to what diameter line I should use for this. I don't really want fully rig these cannon. I am going to save that for the Constitution. Btw I am reading the book Six Frigates by Ian W. Toll. I am not really big on histories and or biographies but this one is written in such a way as to be pretty interesting.
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Very nice.
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I always thought the Fubbs was a nice looking ship. When I bought a framed blueprint (by Takakjian) the person threw in the other 3 plans. I always look at it and wonder...
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Very nice looking bow and a neat recovery.
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The main wale is looking nice. Are you hand cutting/shaping those planks or are you using a table/band/jig saw?
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I really like your catheads.
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Love the Blue!
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I am sure the newest one will be even better. Can't wait to see the progress.
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What a wonderful build. It certainly gives one something to strive for.
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Very nice
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