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Great work! Thanks for sharing. It is very helpful. I'm also working on the main-mast currently and it is good to see how you are doing it, even though I don't have the skill and the tools to follow all your tracks. Happy Holidays everybody!
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Here is a recapitulation of all the chapters completed up to now: Chapter 1: the frames Chapter 2: Planking the hull, first layer Chapter 3: Planking the stern Chapter 4: Planking the hull, second layer Chapter 5: Covering the door frames Chapter 6: Planking the decks Chapter 7: Stern galleries Chapter 8: The support Chapter 9: The beakhead and the keel Chapter 10: The rudder Chapter 11: The heads and the beakhead Chapter 12: The handrails Chapter 13: The davits Chapter 14: Deck fittings (belaying pins, bits, doors and chains) Chapter 15: Deck guns Chapter 16: The boat Chapter 17: Varnishing Chapter 18: Port hole doors and false canons Chapter 19: The decorations
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Yeah! A rainy Sunday gave me a boost and allowed me to complete the hull before Christmas. Finally it will have taken me less than one year to complete the hull. Chapter 19 - The decorations I felt that sometimes a bit of copper paint would improve the fittings: I am now moving to the masts, which I feel will asks for several new techniques.
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I am doing good progress with the decorations. Still, I'm not sure I'll finish before Christmas holidays stop me. So I thought I would give a head-up here. Chapter 19 is not yet finished but you can already check it. The plan fails to explain how the upper part of the poop is supposed to be done. This is how I did it: I used some "brou de noix" (natural tincture made out of crushed nuts) to paint the outside. I planked the inside with the same wood used for all the other gunwales. Finally I painted the top edge with a copper paint I have used for the cupolas.
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Some details about how I cut the figures from their base: First I use my Dremel with that circular saw to cut to about half the width of the metal. Then I break it with pliers. I remove the last protruding chips with cutting pliers.
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Thank you for your kind comments. Indeed, I'm posting much more pictures than words. That's in part because what I have found mostly useful in other's logs are the pictures, looking for details that are not so well presented in the plans or in the building book.
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I have tried with good success so far. I did not cut all the way through the base but about half of it. Then, using flat pliers I have twisted it. The base was now weakened in the right spot and broke just under the feet of the figures. I then removed the last bit with cutting pliers.
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Starboard portholes completed too (photos on the same link as above). I have no begun with the ornaments. About those, I have a question. I have found that the hardest part was separating the little figures from their base. What is the best method to do it without breaking their legs?
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That makes for a awsomely great model! Now that you are reaching the masts, I guess the archeologist's plans are going to be less accurate as the masts were not so well conserved in Stokholm's harbour muds?
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Very interesting. I'm following you closely because I have just finished the portholes and after gluing the ornaments on, I'll be right there, building the masts. It helps to have someone scouting the approaches! Very good and inspiring work.
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Chapter 18: Port hole doors and false canon The larboard side is complete, all hands to starboard!
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I don't think so. The boat is meant to be stored on the main deck and I don't think they let the oars and rudder on when not it use. Also, I might already have some difficulty to fit it between the main mast and the capstan and a rudder would only make it harder.
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I have now finished the tender. It was probably the last time I had to curve planks with steam. Chapter 16: Tender I have started working on the portholes. 48 of those tiny pieces to make and my first contact with rope. At some point in the process, when I can work with open windows, I'm going to varnish the hull.
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I have completed the deck gun carriages and portholes. Working on the tender now. Chapter 15: Deck guns
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I am done with the fittings of the main deck and I am know working on its guns. Chapter 14: Deck fittings (belaying pins, bits, doors and chains)
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Chapter 11: The heads and the beakhead Chapter 12: The handrails Chapter 13: The davits I am currently working on the fittings of the main deck. More pictures soon.
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Chapter 6: Planking the decks Chapter 7: Stern galleries Chapter 8: The support Chapter 9: The beakhead and the keel Chapter 10: The rudder
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Thanks! I'm following on your steps, learning from your great pictures how to do things and anticipate future problems. As this is my first attempt at modelling, I'm learning on the way.
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To make it more practical, I have partitioned the pictures into several "chapters", each describing one phase of the construction: Chapter 1: the frames Chapter 2: Planking the hull, first layer Chapter 3: Planking the stern Chapter 4: Planking the hull, second layer Chapter 5: Covering the door frames I'll post more chapters later. I'm currently working on the deck bits.
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Yesterday evening was a big psychological step as I put the sides of the beak on. It drastically changed the whole ship silhouette, something that does not happen so often. I expect that the next time such a change will happen is when I'll put the masts in, something that should not happen before a few months have passed... Look at the pictures.
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