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  1. Jack12477
    Happy New Year to you also, Michael. Yes, the instructions do not mention anything about a rabbet in the bow or stern posts. In looking back over the build and instructions, after installing and fairing the filler blocks bow and stern the instructions called for installing the real keel and bow/stern posts before beginning the planking. In hindsight I think I should have just installed the keel first and left the bow/stern posts for last. I think that would have allowed me to bring the planking past the bow/stern a little and then fair it back to the "backbone" leaving room to install the bow/stern posts. Lesson learned. Yes the Jack Plane is nice. I've already given it a try and it cuts nicely. I think I now have Lee Valley's entire offering of miniature planes. I use the block and shoulder planes the most, especially for trimming planks. Thanks for the compliment and for looking in.
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    Rick, I have used artists Gesso to seal wood before painting with good results. It is also water clean up. Acrylic paints work well over it.
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    Well after a 2 week stay in the hospital followed by 2 more weeks at home feeling like a slug with no energy and no ambition, I finally ventured into the ship yard to at least finish the ropes I had started to install before my unplanned surgery. I'm still restricted to no lifting over 10 pounds and no driving but I am getting outside for walks around the neighborhood. I used some tiny doll clothespins I picked up in Michaels some time back to hold the rope in roughly the shape I wanted while the white glue I applied to the rings dried. Photos follow: Got a few goodies for Christmas. I picked up the Lee Valley Veritas miniature bevel up Jack Plane which works really well and it is only 5 inches long. And my son decided I needed a few more kits to build so he got me a 1:700 and 1:320 destroyer kit. the 1:700 Tamiya waterline series kit of the USS Cushng DD797 and the 1:320 Atlantis kit of the USS Forest Sherman DD931 I hope everyone had a nice Christmas and a Happy New Year to come.
  4. Jack12477
    Throw a bag of moth balls under the shipping container and/or shed and the skunks and woodchuck will leave. Did that to my garden shed, no more critters.
  5. Jack12477
    Build is on temporary hold while I recover from recent surgery.
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    Nice job, Denis !
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    I would say Mission Accomplished ! That is a very accurate replica, Chuck. As always magnificent craftsmanship.
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    Nice !
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    Mine is not permanently fastened to stand, so I can detach it and attach it to a limber if I want
  10. Jack12477
    Nice work on the model. I found the same weight balance problem when I did mine, constantly wants to tip over backwards. I made the tongue support stand a bit lower so the model tips slightly forward.
  11. Jack12477
    Ah but Lou, Ezekiel is coming to torment you !
  12. Jack12477
    Now that I have completed the basic hull structure and repaired a few ooops the instruction call for painting the hull white and the walnut cap rail and side with a mixture of "asphalt mixed with solvent ??????" Asphalt is what we pave roads with not paint boats with . So I guess what they mean is a Mars Black. For the white I will use Winsor & Newton Titanium Oxide acrylic. To prep the wood I use artist's Gesso. Four coats of Winsor & Newton white applied. Also received my newest addition to the growing collection of miniature tools. The Lee Valley Veritas miniature honing guide. Works really well. Next up is paint the gunwales and cap rails black.
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    They used colored panes of glass to change the color, usually hung as removable panels in front of the light, which was always white, due to the glass used to make the Fresnel prisms. So painting a pane red is acceptable.
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    Denis, FYI, the light characteristic from Thomas Point Shoals is "flashing white with two red sectors" See Reference Looking great so far.
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    Moving right along at Glacial speed, I finally completed the basic structure of the lifeboat. Next step is sanding and painting. To cut all the 2 mm x 2 mm stanchions that fit along the gunwales to the same length I used my miniature miter gauge and razor blade saw. I added a bench hook to the jig to allow me to keep it in place while I cut Stanchions installed (all 49 million of them ) Next came the cap rails. 4 of the pieces are laser cut to be installed at the bow and stern. The center piece is 2 mm x 3mm piece which has to be pieced into the center, to edge bend it I cut a curved piece on the band saw to match the curvature of the hull, soaked the piece in water for a few minutes, then clamped it to the jig to dry. I also plugged up the gaping hole in the bow and stern
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    I'm here also, just been hiding in back row.
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    I am familiar with the canal path, just never had time to walk/ride along it. I still have family in Rochester and Pittsford. We had a family reunion a few years back and chartered one of the canal boats (filled the boat) to take us from Fairport to the river and back thru the locks. Our cousins from Canada, England, and Ireland were impressed with the canal and its history. We turned around just shy of the river. My brother traced our Grandfather's family back to Ireland in the 1600s and along the way discovered cousins we didn't know existed both here and across the pond.
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    Eric, I see we hail from the same area of NY. I grew up in the Town of Brighton, just over the Rochester City line. As a toddler our house abutted one of the original Erie Canal locks (I490 and I590 merge there now) before we moved into Brighton. Locks 32 and 33 on the Barge Canal were an easy bike ride from home. Love your model. It is coming along nicely.
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    That is a very nice kit. I built in several years ago.
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    Roger, thanks ! No, the instructions don't mention that at all. In fact they don't even mention a rabbet in the stem/stern posts either.
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    Yes, the catch is a refill set of 5 bands will cost about $32 USD for all 4 grits . But then I am still working with the set of bands that came with set, the refills are sitting in the drawer.
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    It is this Set , Lou.
  23. Jack12477
    Thanks, Lou I assume you mean sanding the completed hull. For that I am using the sanding sticks shown in the photos below; Each is color coded and the belts come in 120, 240, 320 and 400 grits. They are just right width to do each plank individually. To change belts you just push the two ends toward the center to release the tension and the belts comes right off. I think I got them from MicroMark but not sure since I have had them for a long time. I bought a bunch of extra belts at the time. If one part of the belt starts to wear out, I just push the ends together, release the tension, slide the belt along, release and continue with a new area of the belt.
  24. Jack12477
    Moving right along with the build and repair: I used some wood putty to fill in the gaps at the bow and stern. Installed the side drawers - these are 3 ply plywood, laser cut, and a bear to bend without breaking, even with a hot iron they did not bend easily Then I installed the cross slates over the first floor decking before installing the final floor decking. I used a 5 mm shim to get the spacing even for the cross slates and then a 1 mm shim for the final floor planking spacing. Then installed the seats and some miscellaneous trim pieces that don't show up very well in the photos.
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