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  1. captain_hook
    Construction has begun with a little delay. First thing I did was to clean the sheets that contain the keel parts. I sanded all laser char off with a 240 grit sandpaper. That reduced the thickness only by 1/100 mm. Then I carefully released all needed parts from the sheets. The keel goes together like a puzzle, there is no risk of confusion any parts as their location is determined by their shape. Next up is to clean the sides and to assemble the keel.
  2. captain_hook
    Impressive!
  3. captain_hook
    Some more progress. I have installed the transom support, this will supply enough glue surface for the finished transom piece later. Also made the cabin false deck and all profiled sheer rail stripes.
  4. captain_hook
    I have ordered several times there before (pear stripes and some basswood), but haven't seen Castello on their website. The stripes were precisely cut. You're sure they also sell boxwood?
  5. captain_hook
    Congratulations, very nice work. She is a beauty!
  6. captain_hook
    Very beautiful and nice choice of colour usage.
  7. captain_hook
    Some more work on the stern. Prepared the stern plywood templates, only minor adjustments needed. The cabin template is just dry-fitted, it will be glued on after all planks and windows have been applied.
  8. captain_hook
    Amazing build, congratulations. She is a beauty.
  9. captain_hook
    Pas mal du tout! Those french sailors must have really been afraid to loose their rudder.
  10. captain_hook
    Awesome!
  11. captain_hook
    Very nice! I like the blocks with attached thimbles, they look very authentic.
  12. captain_hook
    Amazing!
  13. captain_hook
    Hope you will be fine soon. After 10 years of using I still fear my bandsaw..
  14. captain_hook
    Thank you barkeater and Jean-Paul. Those are photo-etched parts made to my specifications. I draw them myself with Corel-Draw, create a template for all parts on one sheet and then they are made of 0.5mm brass sheets by a small company by demand. That saves a lot of time, especially when 200 eyebolts, 100 hooks and 50 iron bands for the guns are needed. But you have a several weeks waiting time for the parts, so I already designed the sheet in June this year.
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    Thank you Edward. At the moment these are only small steps. Because I have to do a lot of unpleasant preparations first, I keep motivating myself with these little side-projects. Beside the enlargement I try to add as many details and corrections to the model as possible using the NMM plans as another reference but beside that there are limited information sources for the Badger. BTW the plywood templates will all be covered with planking later.
  16. captain_hook
    Very nice ... and fast. May I ask if the inner structure is a part of the kit or at least shown on the plans?
  17. captain_hook
    Very beautiful. The boxwood parts are a nice addition to the deck.
  18. captain_hook
    Outstanding work!
  19. captain_hook
    Before I will add the keel and start to plank the hull, I have to add the waterway to add more strength to the bulwarks and cut the new gunports. Also the plywood templates for the cabin have to be added. Test-fit for the windows. Passed .. 😄
  20. captain_hook
    Thank you for the likes. I have tapered the knee of the head. Because it is only a small knee I did only a slight tapering, about 0,4 mm per side. It is rather difficult to catch with my camera but clearly to see in personal. The keel is now ready to be glued to the hull.
  21. captain_hook
    Very nice work.
  22. captain_hook
    Time to think about the second planking. I‘m going to use boxwood as I have still a lot of strips in stock cut by Jason of Crown Timberyard. I will certainly treenail the deck and cabin, but haven‘t decided if I will also treenail the outer planking. After compairing the NMM plan and the drawings of the Defence in the Chapelle book shown below, this is my proposed layout: Planking will start with the upper sheer rail (2mm), followed by 4 x 2,5mm gundeck planking, followed by another sheer rail (2mm) followed by 2 x 2,5mm planking (with scuppers in the lower ones) and finally followed by the whale (6mm). These tiny strips may split or break if I try to drill holes for treenails. I also fixed the gunports and draw new ones to their final position. Experimented with profiled sheer rails and clamped a test-strip in position. Stay tuned..
  23. captain_hook
    More preparation. I made the plywood pattern for the stern and cabin and prepared the windows. Will add a fifth window, a rectangled one in the middle of the other windows to upgrade the cabin .. but haven‘t decided yet.
  24. captain_hook
    Wow. Very nice and clean!
  25. captain_hook
    Very nice work!

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