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  1. palmerit
    Bag 4: building out the bow
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    Bag 2:
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    Needed to shape the end of the driver boom to accept the jaws (I think that’s what it’s called). I did a tiny bit at a time after some initial shaping, sanding a little, checking the fit, sanding a little more, checking the fit.
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    I shaped the bowsprit using the drill and sandpaper. It has a narrow slot at the end to tie off blocks at the end. To make it, I marked the location of the slot with a pencil and made the slot using my square narrow file with the drill rotating.
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    More progress on the yards. The drill trick works. Can’t imagine glueing on those tiny little wooden pieces (blanking on their name) without an optivisor. I accounted for all the masts and yards by taping them to their respective plans.
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    Had some gaps with the third strake. It was either reshape the strake or install the strake and have gaps. Since I’ll be using filler, sanding, and painting, I decided to fill the gaps. We’ll see how it looks when I’m done filling, sanding, and painting. (One gap had to remain for the rudder.)
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    Bag 1:
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    The book has 6 pages (in English, French, and Spanish) on the Endurance, its voyage, and the discovery of its wreckage.
  10. palmerit
    Starting on the Endurance. 28 bags of parts plus an envelope of sails and a thick instruction book.
  11. palmerit
    It might be nice to see a new section under "Shop Notes, Ship Modeling Tips, Techniques and Research" on "Tutorials". These could be organized by particular "How-to" topics. These could be posts with new member-generated How-tos. It could also be links to build logs (parts of build logs) that show particularly detailed How-tos on particular techniques - these could be links posted by the people who wrote them, or from people who found them in a build log and found them useful. It could also be link to YouTube videos and other external sites. It wouldn't be posting questions on "how to" but posting solutions members wrote or found, even if just links to possible solutions. I know there are lots of build logs that show different techniques for different elements of ship modeling, but unless you read through 100 build logs it is really hard to search for them, and doing a google search will often not find them. I posted a question on my own build log on how to seize a block (I didn't even know that was the name of the technique I was asking about) and someone said "do a search" (which I did and did not find something complete) and said that there are some on videos YouTube (without a link). If I find some good things, I'll post them on my build log, but unless someone is building the Sherbourne, or reading 100s of build logs, few will find what I post. I know there is some great materials in the NRG Articles and How-Tos page, which is linked on the Articles Database, but there are certainly some great tutorials on existing build logs, on YouTube videos, and that some members could generate that could supplement what's there. I've found some build logs where people take a wonderful tutorial approach (and some that were suggested to me) but they can be hard to find and will not come up as "tutorials" in a google search (and certainly not from using the search bar). I know there are some of these tutorials posted in other sections, but they're often mixed with dozens of other posts. Just a suggestion.
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    I find using Google is a better search option than using a search bar on a web site (any web site). In addition to the search term add on the same line site:modelshipworld.com and that will limit to posts on this site.
  13. palmerit
    The topmast and some of the yards are made from 4mm dowels. I unfortunately just started cutting the yards to size and didn't realize that I should have made a couple small ones from the same dowel. When I went to cut the last one, it was longer than the pieces I had left. I thought I had them all planned out, but I had missed accounting for one of them. I asked Chris about ordering another one from Vanguard, but he suggested to order one from the US. Chris told me that the dowels are walnut made by Amati. In the US, I can order them from Age of Sails (https://www.agesofsail.com/ecommerce/am2535-04-amati-walnut-dowel.html). While the dowels are inexpensive ($1.37 each), the shipping is pricey. But at least I'll be able to continue.
  14. palmerit
    My first mast.
  15. palmerit
    The main mast, mast caps, and main topmast are assembled (glue is drying). Thankfully I attended to how the holes that were drilled into the topmast needed to be oriented. Will paint black both mast caps and the masts areas between them.
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    It looks according to the plans that there might be a narrow disc on top of the main topmast. Is that right? I didn’t see it on the photos in the manual (but I think some of the photos are from a different ship). If so, would those be left natural wood or painted black?
  17. palmerit
    To get everything to stay aligned with gluing, I made a copy of the section of the plans and taped it to a scrap piece of board (the build board from my Dory), inserted the glued mast cap to the mast, and taped everything down in position relative to the plans. We’ll see how this works.
  18. palmerit
    I ran a round file a little bit on the inside of one of the pre-drilled holes in the mast cap (did a little, checked, did a little more) and that was enough to get the slight angle.
  19. palmerit
    Making the main topmast.
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    Suggestion on how to get the mast caps to the right angle (84.49 degrees on the plans)? Right now, the top of the main mast is right at 4mm, and the mast caps ride snugly. I’m guessing I either need to narrow the mast a bit more or widen the mast cap hole a bit. That’ll make it loose and allow it to take on a slight angle but then it’ll be loose. Do I then just “lather” with glue and hold it in place until it’s set? That’s what I’ll plan to do tomorrow unless someone has a better suggestion.
  21. palmerit
    Starting to plank the Smack. One nice thing about working on multiple models at once is that I don’t need to rush anything. The garboard is glued on after having been shaped. Now the first strake is being shaped after soaking for a bit in hot water.
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    I saw that but I wasn’t sure if that worked for all the blocks. Thanks!
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    I think I’ve hit the first point where the instructions leave me a bit befuddled. I’m at the point of shaping the masts and spars, which I think I know how to do. I’m not entirely sure the best way to tie the blocks onto the masts and spars. I see where to tie them on the plans. I’m not sure how - what kind of knot to use etc. If someone can point me to a good tutorial it’s be appreciated.
  24. palmerit
    I added the deck, faired the hull, and started to add the keel. I’m not entirely sure how much to fair the part near the stern. I’ll need to check the fit of the planks. I had to sand down some of the bulkheads quite a bit in a few places because they extended too far beyond the deck.
  25. palmerit
    I did finally finish the anchors. The black straps are made from thin strips of thick black paper that you cut from a small supplied sheet. I started by glueing the strips to the bottom of the cross piece a letting them dry (I intended overnight but it was actually for a few days). Then I glued one strip to one side, let that dry for a few minutes, then glued the next strip to to one side and let that dry, and so on. Then I went back to the first strip and glued to the next side and let that dry, and so on. I kept the strips far too long, in part because I wasn’t sure if I should wrap once or twice. I ended up wrapping just once around. I cut the excess when I got all the way around.

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