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Cheers Keith after a second cup of tea this morning went to michael betts blog where he has the 1845 plan and you can see the square irons for the posts which are square (occre have them round!)- need to find out how the cranes were attached to the posts??? the long platform abreast the stern at the lifeboat cradle is described as a bridge in the cutaway drawing in the time life book- the two timbers that stick up might well be mooring bollards (still see them on wooden fishing boats) thake care all Keith
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at least you have taken the wise road of checking before applying glue Emmet- a lot of people jump right in assuming manufacturers have made all the cuts accurate and have to do a lot of un- building to retro cure problems they have found. Keep up the good work Keith
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after studying the plans sent from keith (cheers again in order) i suspect that the inboard fittings that look like davits on the plan are actually the iron crutches for holding the spare spars shown on midship section- questions- if this is the first re-fit as exploration vessel did they keep them for the final re-fit before the expedition, and if extra davits were fitted did they follow same format as midship section plan- getting as bad as finding answers on "curse of oak island"😜 take care all keith
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Ty Emmet and ty for the likes and views as always everyone, and yep it might be an idea! Luckily i have a dedicated modelling cave which the admiral seldom ventures into- it's mineeeeeeeeeee allllllllll mineeeeeeee hahahahahahaha🤪, but bon the serious side the yards are sooooooo wide i nearly head but them when sitting down even tho the hull is 18 inches back from edge- need to sit up straighter when sitting down! Keith
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should sand down and look better- good way about doing scale length planks is it will be easier tapering them to fit the planking lines. Keith
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got the deck attached- first glued and held with masking tape for 24 hours, then drilled and bamboo treenails inserted (cocktail sticks trimmed down). also found this cutaway drawing of erebus- although not 100% accurate does show some stowage. take care all Keith
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got the topgallant sheets and clewlines rigged- nearly totalled the build by accidentally catching one of the yards when belaying the lines- safe to say lots of self depreciaton and fluttery bowels (she didn't half rock on the building cradle)🤕😵. next up the lifts take care all Keith
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excellent and many thanks Keith- much appreciated😁- the weird proyrusion outboard could be handrails for the steps- the stuff inboard might be spare masts and spars- i have an old set of seafaring books from timelife with a cutaway picture of Erebus and although not 100% accurate it is interesting- will dig it out later and put a pic on here. Keith
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now that i would have loved to see- proper mad scientist moment 🤪
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also on bluff bowed ships you will end up with banana shaped planks at the bow- see chuck's planking guide on modelshipworld, but the run looks o.k. to me
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pulls up a chair and watches with empathy at the pleasure and pain people inflict on themselves🤪😁 keith
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yep i read through his blog and found that - i would love to see details of davits and chainplates though. Keith
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also creepers and stealers can be used- they taper the planks on real ships too- there is a good method in harold underhill's plank on frame models volume 1
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welcome back- i am using a replacement set of lanterns by caldercraft as opposed to the billings ones- yep i'm still here after a vicky break lol. keith
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Hi Keith- i will be replacing the kit belaying pins with brass ones from billings boats- and yes occre took short cuts with the masts and yards (you will see when your lees masting book arrives). for a start the masts will have iron bands not rope woolding, and there will be chain slings - thats just two differences!- talking of the mr betts build log the stern should have a "tuck" similar to victory as opposed to the square one occre have used, will have to see what i can do with her when fairing the frames- see pic below from matthew betts blog Keith
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starting to look nice and busy on the poop 😁
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god speed-i will prepare a darkened quiet room for you to hide in when finished🤪 Keith
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oooooooooooo them curves- need to go lay down fora while- takes me back to the admiral 20 years ago😁
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Ty Wahka- still trying to decide if i should just follow the kit instructions regarding planking, or just run planking from the bow and missing out the fashion pieces supplied- this is the first time i have come across a kit where the planking is too short to reach from bow to stern! I wont be planking the deck or adding bulwarks until the first planking is on though take care all Keith
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way to go there Jeff- hope you have a bottle of bubbly for the launch! Keith
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Ty jeff and the caldercraft ones are 1/72 not 1/75! have decided after looking at the pic you sent to do a halfway compromise- paint the inboard end black (also need to add a crutch for when lashed to the yard) and leave the rest varnished- safe to say i haven't consulted the billings rigging plans for some time as they miss/ compromise a lot (bit strange as their cutty sark rigging was pretty comprehensive)! Keith
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in this day and age of laser cutting this shouldn't happen- the occre hms terror i just started had frames and keel that went together tight and true with just one little 1mm slice needed taken out of the slots for the bulkheads in the deck. Keith
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Hi Emmet the decks will sweep in a gentle upwards curve towards the stern just keep checking and double checking against plans- now you know why we don't recommend victory as a first build🤨- at least you waited til build no.2. Keith
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after seeing the hms terror build logs on here especially keith s build i made a start. have always had a fascination with the story of the north west passage and when occre released this it was a must despite the compromises with the kit. frames glued in place but deck still loose. also glued in the filling pieces between frames at bow and stern building slip to help keep the keel straight while planking don't know when next update will be as Victory taking priority at the mo! Take care all keith
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check out the build log for "shihawk" billings victory- he finished his in varnished wood and had the same conundrum. Keith
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