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clearway
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slow and steady progress- finally got the planking done for the shroud protector - wish i had been astute as keith s and realised about occre's little 15mm boo boo! ah well 🤨 next job attack it with ye olde sandpaper wrapped round a block of wood take care all. keith
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Thanks for the views and likes everyone- fore yard completed (bar the stuns'l booms)and bent to the yard - though only held by the sling at the moment. Also got the fore topyard painted and varnished. take care all. Keith
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wish i had clicked with that before gluing mine on Keith- nevermind🤪 just work round it! For future reference i was checking the masting and when doing the mizzen mast dont use the top - barque rigged vessels only had the cross and trestle trees with no platform. Keith
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the beast evolves more -i have a few good pics of the counter on my billings victory emmet and the counter on my hms terror though smaller is similar. dont forget follow the lead of the mainwale for planking run and taper the timbers to get the flow. Keith
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nice work on the flywheel- model railway companies sell some nice goodies like handrail wire and knobs that are finer than most model ship fittings you can get Keith
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welcome to the terror party. Keith
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looking good Jeff- when my decks have dried i pull the pins, drill the holes wider and insert trennals made from cocktail sticks with a dab of P.V.A. Keith
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i spotted the outline of the pointy cradle on the plans too- it would make sense to have them pre-made and the bolts holding them together would support this. I was looking through james lees masting and rigging last night and it does show rig of stays on ships around our time- no mouse on the stays and they run slightly differently to how you see them on victory- also a couple of nice stills on matthews log from the terror series- if we follow standard rig practice we can't go wrong as no one can say hey that's not right😉 Keith
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thanks for the comments guys- had to use stealers in the stern but as you say keith pity about the bows being covered! if i do 2nd plank i wont be so perfect with the bow section as the plating will hide it- the stern will be the interesting part with the transition planking going on to the sternpost😱. Keith
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looks the part Keith- hopefully mr betts will have re-started his blog by the time i get there😁- however it certainly makes more sense the way you have done it than occres depiction (i might still be tempted to scratch a couple of sleds and mount the boats on them- though that's a long way off)- nice look to the bow armour paint job Keith
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thanks for looking in everyone- been plodding away with the shroud protection / rubbing strake planking (5 planks thick at the top). instructions say to do this after applying 2nd planking, but even if i do go down the 2nd planking route i would rather have these applied to the proper hull planking. as an aside i have come across a load of 1mm x 4mm walnut strip in my workshop which is nice and dark so might end up with a natural wood finish yet🤔. keep up the good work everyone Keith
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thanks for looking in everyone- back in the shipyard with victory and it's deja vu time-got the long tackles for the topping lift and tops'l sheet on the foreyard and the trusses in place - next job the jeer blocks on the foreyard and the stuns'l boom irons on the topyard. take care all Keith
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wierdddddd- i imagine the flat will be where the rudder head will be- these kits along with billings either dont bother with the rabbet or have a thin play overlay- the filler pieces at the stern will need a lot more fairing for the planking to swing up into the "tuck "- i waited until i got the timbers in for the bottom of the counter and laid a strip from there to a couple of frames further in till i got a smooth transition tweaking as i went. Keith
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i think before i got my dedicated modelling room the admiral was seriously considering full scale blitzkrieg🤪 Keith
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you are welcome Jo it all comes with practice, and i think we have all thought about taking an axe to a build a couple of times and lighting the fire with it😁 Keith
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Ty Jeff- i will still add a layer of veneer planking over the counter and transom if not adding 2nd planking along with the bulwarks- its hard to tell but i did plank the transom on my victory even though i was painting the hull (infact it looked really nice and was a shame to paint over it)! Keith
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looking good Jeff- would dry fit the deck as well to see if everything nice and plumb and in alignment. Keith
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makes an interesting comparison to how the kit would have had the transom Jeff. Keith
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i tapered them so they lay easier and "teased them between fingers and thumb gently working bends and twists into them- the tapering at the ends is crucial though - by the time they meet the bow should be about half the width. Keith
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HMS Terror by Mish - OcCre - 1:65
clearway replied to Mish's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1801 - 1850
the joys in learning planking- nearly there though🙂. keith -
no problem- some veneer i have come across just splits and cracks every which way except for the way you want it! if i decide to go with 2nd planking will find out😉 Keith
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Thanks Robert i didn't want to go to the expense of ordering a load of stripwood if the kit supplied veneer strip will be o.k. Keith
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thanks for visiting everyone -gave the hull its final sanding with the coarse sandpaper- if not bothering with 2nd planking this will be where using filler over nail holes and pva between planks and sanding with medium/ fine sandpapering would begin- still havn't decided plank or not to plank with 2nd skin, whats the planking on the kit like for cutting? also started to form the sternpost assembley (not actually fastened in place yet) take care all and keep up the good work everyone. Keith
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i have just had a thought Keith- what if the forward boats were actually mounted on that heavy sled you see in Matthew betts log? Keith
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After the elation of the lovely fitting together of the frames happy moment gone- when the transom was fitted the hole for the rudder was out of alignment and the bulwarks are a couple of millimetres short of the stem🤨- got ye old craft knife out and cut the rudder aperture wider (also had to trim a little off the deck). On the bulwarks once the glue had dried i pulled the brass pins and drilled the holes out to 1mm and inserted ye olde cocktail stick trennels trimmed to size. take care all Keith
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