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I have to keep reminding my wife that I have partners who belong to country clubs and golf 3-4 times a week. We even have someone dropping 1000$ a weekend on tires to race a car. In dollar per hour spent, modeling has a minuscule price and the value is incomparable. One day I may build a Victory but not sure how to get it up the stairs afterwards (workshop is large but stairs to rest of house small) Interested in the Amati/Watton version.
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Baby steps. A few more of the deck beams in. This is the complete main deck. Now I just need to clean up the surface a bit and move onto the Quarterdeck.
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Thanks Ben. I am such a newbie and beginner I need all the help I can get.
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Yes it is Scott, thanks for stopping by.
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Starting to get the deck in. As always with the supplied wood it is very rough when removed. It seems to be even worse on these smaller pieces. After a bunch of sanding and fitting starting to get the deck in.
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Very very very nice!
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O yeah, Thanks Ben! I definitely like the constructive criticism, and new ideas for the next build.
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After going throughout he image files associated with the build I found the following picture. This from LSS/Bob Hunt So I guess the kit is definitely designed to be like this. This is a picture from The Colonial Schooner by Harold Hahn. You can also see the "gap" is built into this. You can see the space between the frames f-b as well as the large air space between b and a. Yup I see that now. Seems a bit too "high" as it were. I am sure it is contributing to the problem. Not much I can do about that now I guess. Will definitely be more aware of this when doing the next build.
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Just a quick update. I was able to sand down the gun ports and I think everything is good to go there. I put in the keelson tonight. I thought it looked a bit funny as the keelson doesn't sit onto of the keel in between the frames. I double checked the plans, image files, instructions and it seems like it is supposed to be like that. I was also able to find a picture in my copy of THE COLONIAL SCHOONER 1763-1775 by Harold Hahn that also appeared like it was intended... O well. One of the nice things being a beginner is that you don't know what you don't know. It may or may not be historically correct but it looks good to me.
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Thank you Alan.
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Thanks Ben Grant and Mark! It seems such a huge milestone. Looking forward to the next stage.
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So here it is yesterday while applying the last coat of wipe on poly. And here she is now.
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I love the look of this ship and it seems the kit is a great one. Enjoy
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I think I know what happened to the rear gunport frames. When I was removing the frames I cut "above" the line from he template. Unfortunately I went away from the table for some reason (maybe overnight), I don't know. Anyway when I went back to place the frames I neglected to sand the remaining frame down to the proper level. Resulting in the rear gun port being to "high". I cannot see any problems upcoming because of this. I think will have to address this once I am putting in the deck support structure. Otherwise things going well. I'm off to cut it out of the jig.... Wish me luck
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I definitely have an issue with planking and need to learn. The longboat looks like an excellent way to do that. Before I was moving all over the country for a few years my Constitution stalled at the planking stage. I have the stem back on and repaired and one day will get back to it.
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I love seeing all the different ways the same kit can be interpreted.
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So here is a question for you... Now that I am done with the planking for this ship, eventually I will try to plank something else. I have found the articles on the front page of this website and read them all. It seems fairly logical and not too difficult. My question is. Is there a way to practice this easily? Is there some kit or way that you can inexpensively practice planking. I was thinking about the MS Longboat or the Pinnace as there seems to be many here building them as either main build or side builds to complement a larger ship. Would there be anything else. Here is my very first build, the Midwest Indian Girl canoe I didn't know anything about beveling/spilling/tapering etc.... The planks were almost square to start with. The outside is satin smooth, and the inside... is not. With the Halifax I am on the finish sanding and wipe on poly stage prior to releasing from the building board.
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Thanks Ben I will check it out.
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Ben, I haven't had too much of a problem with the planking this time. I think the first plank pointed up a bit mainly because I wasn't looking for this problem at the time. It has come out ok though. Next time I will be a bit more attentive. I almost want to make a practice hull of some sort to try out the planking techniques I have read about here and in the books. Maybe now that I have finished the planking here I will stat a side build of something like the pinnace or the longboat. Those seem to have a bit of planking to them
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Planking is finished. I think my template was off a bit as the aft gun ports are framed a bit high. I am going to have to really look ahead and decide what top do with it. Preliminary thought is I can just sand them down to the correct hight but before I do that I really have to make sure it won't affect anything else. Next step is to release the model from the jig. Woot! It seems like a huge milestone.
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Thanks Patrick. Floyd, I think the wife "gets it" now. Hahaha
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Very nice progress. I will have to checkout this Harbor Freight. I think there might be one near here.
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Love the lego idea. Finally a use for all those things sitting unused in my kids closet
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