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I keep having to remind myself this is a kit.  Excellent bash. It really shows off the flexibility of builds which one can obtain.

Ben, Mark, and Patrick sounds like a tavern is a great idea.

 

Grant, HA! Cameras are everywhere

 

Antony, Will be updating soon.  Unfortunately I have hit a few massive overtime weeks here at work.  Should be back soon.  Thanks for stopping by.

Guys, thanks for the thoughts. I'm not going to sit and do nothing while my hand heals though. When it happened, I gave it prompt attention by cutting off the blood supply with a rubber band, cleaning it, gluing it closed and wrapping it. This happened on Wednesday night. The cut, despite being 1/4" deep is completely closed up now. And no, I didn't spill any red paint on Connie.       

 

 

Glad its doing well.  I always thought that a bit of blood was good for the project...  Kinda like a christening.

 

 

(and yes, Halifax has already been christened)

Wonderful build.  I will be referring to this when I spin up my Pinnace.

Yup boarder of Springboro and Wash Twnshp  

Lotsa rain = lotsa time in the shipyard.  I like it!!!

Ben, thanks for stopping by.   I am just south of the Dayton mall.  I was wondering if there was any clubs or other people near by.  I know of the one in Columbus.  I think they are having a show/competition thing in a few months and was planning to get up there to take a look.

This looks really great. At such a small scale too.

Forget the wall/room side of things. It's looking great all around Michael!

Thanks! I think the starboard wale has a kinda sharp bend in it. It is not too noticeable and will be able to smoothed out a bit when planking.

Hi Michael, not bad at all. Very nice work.Keep it up.

Dimitris

 

 

Thanks Dimitris.

Very nice work Michael.

 

 

Thank you very much.

The next step was a hard one.  Adding the wales.  I found out that I did not leave a large enough rabbit at the bow to put the end of the wale plank into.  I had to carve out a small notch to be able to get the wale in place.

 

 

With a bit of soaking in water and then steaming in my kettle I was able to form the bend of the wale.

 

 

So I think I found the "wall side" and the "room side" of the model.  

 

 

Not a bad first attempt.

 

 

I like the gun level views.  Looks great.  Lots of work to rig all those guns.

Great to see the bulkheads in. Very nice and symmetrical.  I wish I had taken the time to do this with my Constitution build.

Those pumps really look nice.  Such a small scale is amazing.

I am originally from Baltimore and every time I go back I always go downtown to visit this ship. Looking forward to your progress.

I am amazed you did this in only 4 months. It looks wonderful. I always liked the way these ships looked. They just look fast....

Looks great! I built Halifax as my first model. I think you learn a lot from POF. Halifax was a wonderful build. Enjoy! If you bought the kit from LSS you can still access Bob's forum. which he maintains even though he no longer produces the kit.  Shame about Royal. They were nice kits

Best

Jaxboat

Thanks for stopping by. So far this has been a great fun build. I really wish I had picked up a Kingfisher kit when I had the chance. I may check into the LSS forums. This site has been so informative and positive I haven't needed to go anywhere else yet.

Michael, the stern and transom framing looks outstanding!!! Great work so far.

 

Thanks I have learned so much even doing this "simple" kit version.

 

 

Some great progress there Michael. I'll bet you're looking forward to releasing her from the jig!

Releasing from the jig is going to be a huge milestone.  Getting the wales and some planking on there is going to strengthen the structure so much.  I will also have enough space to fair the insides a bit.

 

 

 

Looking really good Michael.

 

Bob

 Thanks! 

Just a quick update.

 

 

Onto Chapter 7: The wales, planking, and removing from the jig.

I was able to shape and clean up the transoms some last night. I was also able to add the wing transoms.

 

 

I started to shape the wings.  I of course forgot my prior lesson and broke one off while shaping resulting in me having to replace it.  Haha.  Now I have spacers in there while shaping.

 

 

Learning every day...

In the past with Niagara I'd get too anxious while waiting for something to dry, do some work that needed to wait and then repair everything after disaster struck.

 

 

I have been learning this lesson almost daily with the Halifax.

I like the contrast of the different colours in the masting and rigging.  Amazed that this is your first build.

Michael, that is fantastic looking framing. The framing looks very clean and precise. The stern is outstanding.

 

Thanks Patrick. The instructions/plans were pretty good. Now I get to fair/shape the area.

Roughing in the transom.