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  1. yancovitch
    gorgeous....congrats jerry!!!.......me, i would loosen the sails somewhat, although they may not be as efficient....but of course, i always go for sex appeal .......and purple the sails, and so perfumed, that the winds were love sick with them......(shakespere's anthony and cleo) what a great feeling, seeing the working model for the first time..there should have been a crowd of people cheering:).........hope i live long enough to experience the same with mine ....jolly good jerry...jolly good!!
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    yea....this guy's an artist, not only a craftsman.....
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    skookum!
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    gorgeous...i still can't believe you did the whole thing!.....sheesh!
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    thanks e.j........just got some charm crowns from china, and they're gonna work out fine!.......
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    thanks so much dave, and yes, haha.....scale and accuracy is an issue...... but, since the start.... i had to make up the lines of the ship by eye, since the drawings were of such low resolution, i couldn't tell one line from the other, aside from the most obvious ones...i even changed the shape of the bow...sooooo....i just decided that this is a fantasy ship, and everything, will have to be done by eye....a real challenge for the inner esthetic grey matter i figure that even the kits are guesswork... the hull length without the beak is around 66"....so i'm guessing around 1/30 scale.......unless someone can correct me on this....oh..the waterline length including the rudder is 62-1/2"...i figure the total length just under 8 feet..... like i mentioned, i'll spray the windows with satin urethane to reduce the glitter once i get all the parts together......i'll turn the cannons on a dowel attached to a drill....then make a mold and cast them in plastic composite called smooth cast......again, i'll make paper cutouts and check them sticking out of the gun ports to see how they look....pure guesswork...unless someone would have some measurements.....hard to believe a ship like this would only have 18 pounders on the lower deck...the sovereign of the seas had 42 and 32 pounders......so i'm back to "just what feels right"........again, any enlightenment would be welcome... butchered a kids toy for the female torsos, although the boobs are kinda big...but what the heck, it's a french ship after all made a mold for copies.....will place the same broads on the sides too still have to decide what kind of sculpture to put where......will just have to rely on guidance from above........ the confederacy was more relaxing, as it had all the info necessary....little guesswork....i should soon get back to doing the rigging on the confed in the evenings while watching a mystery or whatever ..... the beat goes on
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    you got it there! :D .......
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    not just an improvement...a great improvement.........
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    AND................your ship is safe!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    will the inflated wheels not float so much, if they are inflated less?
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    thanks carl, but i'll stick with the rustoleum, cause i can order it from home hardware here....for me to order the vallejo, it would cost just as much if not more.... i don't know about in the usa.....but ordering online from canada, has become so expensive....i wanted to order a $10 bag containing metal crown charms value pack in different sizes from hobby lobby, and they wanted $30 for shipping...sheesh...
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    sure looks beautiful so far.....
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    haha....thanks, yes it is rather large .....i think i found some aged copper metalic by rustoleum...$15 just to paint the domes....can order through home hardware.....
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    thanks...i'll try to find some........oh...i don't have an airbrush......i have model color 70999 copper, but it's too bright,....the bronze i have is too greenish...
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    shingles for the towers.... hole puncher ...may be painted bronze....hard to find metalic bronze paint, like on old bronze sculptures.....
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    no question....super.....
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    super...looks great......
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    yea....the romance of sail...........that's the only reason i'm building it ....ha...that's the big challenge in building this...to make it light and strong.....it only weighs 24 lbs at this time with most of the parts included....the masts shouldn't weigh too much...using basswood.....the ballast may come to 70 lbs...just guessing...which will be inserted while in the water...although i may add an external keel too...... but i may slow down a bit, cause i must finish the rigging on my confederacy ....and as i'm building the couronne in my bedroom, it will give me a break from all the fumes and dust of which most has passed thank god.....i must be very vigilant regarding this from now on, as i'm starting to feel some effects in my chest.....actually it's amazing i lasted this long haha........
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    ok..........got all the main parts put together but not yet glued..... the two stern towers are joined with a pointed roof rather than a slanted roof and i changed the beakhead somewhat....as in previous photo, the gun ports on the main deck will not be hatched...the gratings are basically put together too....oh...the domes will be shingled..bronze circular... now for all the fiddly stuff...which will be much more relaxing.....the brain strain is done with....whew!.......ha....i'm learning to live with the swirly wood.....
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    yep!!....looks really nice.......hmmmm...mail ports?.....never heard of that.....are those the two gunports above the water line at the stern?....always wondered what they were for....hadn't decided whether or not to add them on mine...hmmmmm....
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    ha.....i agree....mess is where you can find things
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    i tried this?? Document.rtf luci la couronne.rtf
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    a gentleman sent me this link for the lusci's couronne.....really nice!!..although it may take something to figure out how to download it haha.....i managed too somehow....i don't know how to add the link in this forum??
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    thanks nils.....again i'm happy with the windows, but i will give them a spray of satin urethane to reduce the shine when they're done....will look much better.....still haven't decided whether or not to leave the main deck with open gunports as in the photos or hatchem.....hmmmmm.....
  25. yancovitch
    the other side of the world my friend ...the other side of the world .....should take maybe another year or two....some friends i know, have cannons that fire, but, as a former hippy, i don't think i'll go that far .....cheers.....

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