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Incredible work. The stays look great! I might also mention, you work fairly fast. Niagara is looking very nice. -
Nice work Augie! I'm glad to see you back at it. I also am divided between the shipyard and the great outdoors when warmer weather comes around.
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Good process for the bow and stern blocks Mundie.
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My comment prior to this editing was ignorant of what you're seeing. Have you thought about drawing a straight line on the underside of the false deck to make sure it matches up with the false keel?
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Michael, that's a great story!!! I have an eight year old daughter too and I can actually picture her doing exactly the same thing!
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Tim, thanks for the great pictures of your battle station. What you're saying certainly makes sense. I'll keep scratching my head on this for a bit. I was looking over AOTS and thinking the cross sections would be great for creating a battle station.
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The gallery windows look nice and the entry ways look great too. From the tone of some comments on your log, I get the feeling that Constructo has run a little short of your expectations? You've managed to do well on this kit despite that.
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Tim, that's an awesome suggestion. If I can't find what I'm looking for online then I will be sure to contact some folks in Baltimore. I was thinking about how the first crew would have secured the port lids and wanted to play around with some ideas surrounding that question. I was thinking that possibly they could have put the port lids in place with some form of cloth in between them and the inner walls of the gun port and then secured with some sort of heavy slide latch. They would almost to have handles then so the crew could pull them out of place once they needed to run out the guns. I've also heard mention that the port lids may have been nailed in place, but I would think this wouldn't be an ideal solution as eventually the wood would deteriorate to the point that the lids wouldn't be tightly fastened. Another question on this would be if they were inserted from the inside or the outside. They would certainly lend more strength being put in place from the outside but how would they go about doing it? Were the port lids the same thickness as the bulwarks. That would also make them fairly heavy and unwieldy. A thinner port lid might not seal up properly though. And lastly, where would they have been stowed so as not to create a tripping hazard in the heat of battle? Maybe I need to find something better to think about in my spare time...
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Tim, I printed these off a regular printer after doing a search on google. I have the images stored on my desktop and would be more than happy to message you with them as attachments. Rich, thanks a ton for the compliments. I've got the Constitution going now; slowly but surely.
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Michael thanks for the kind words. She was a joy to build.
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Incredibly clean rigging. Very well done!
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That is a beautiful hull Nigel. Fantastic work!
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Markku, I'm glad I found you build log. I'll follow along with you if you don't mind. Great work so far!!!
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CaptainSteve, very nice quarterdeck! Thou hast quite the talent for this hobby.
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Michael, LOL, the small picture looked like Niagara at first glance. I've got a list of things I'd like to build as well. Al, you're absolutely right, there are worse things we could be doing with our time and money. As far as reference material for gun port lids, I haven't actually read anything credible yet that actually mentions they weren't there, but all of the Corne paintings of show no lids at all. It has been deducted by many folks out there that during her very early years she had lids that were strapped, bolted or latched into place in heavy seas but these were removed and stowed when getting ready for action. I'm toying with the idea of modeling one of the cannons and battle stations in a larger scale once I get this framework completed. The framework feels like it's taking forever because every time it's nice out I end out in the garage with my large honey-do list.
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Rich, I have to agree with you on the eagle. I think the closest thing to that scale would be the one from the MS kit. It looks as though it's 1" x 3/8" and isn't that highly detailed either, but it is three dimensional and includes the shield. You may be able to obtain one from Model Expo.
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Michael, I just noticed where you live and your awesome avatar. Do you plan on putting Niagara together one day?
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Say what you might about your fingers, but the steps look great. Very evenly spaced and all in a nice line.
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Michael, I will keep that in mind when I start a PoF build down the road. I may try to find one of these Halifax kits out there if they still exist.
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Michael, thanks for dropping by. Since you've already started this kit maybe you can help point out any mistakes on my part before they happen.
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An accompanying diorama???? Pretty sweet idea if you were to ask me. I'm very anxious to see you get the decking in. The plastic models are always great on detail but I feel that the simulated wood grain never quite does the trick all the way. I've seen some very convincing painting for wood grain but you still don't get the total feel of wood planking.
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