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  1. Rick01
    Don't start trying to clean up until you've finished the complete side. I found that going down that route I cleaned an area then planked some more then cleaned again - including the previously cleaned area!! A bir counter productive. 🙂 Rick
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    Shouldn't be a problem - you can display it one side one week, t'other side the next week. 😉 If you copper it will you also "weather" the copper plates? I feel that shiny copper plating may look a little odd . Rick
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    You may need to translate that Cabbie although I think Google will know the word. 😉 Rick
  8. Rick01
    You may find the walnut isn't flexible enough - it does tend to splinter easily. The decking timber however can almost be tied in knots if you soak it long enough. Rick
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  11. Rick01
    You'll need a lot of soaking in water and I'd use something like the .6 mm decking in 2 or 3 layers to handle it. Rick
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  15. Rick01
    This is it. It's a bit left over from an old fish tank, 5mm glass 300 mm long and about 75mm wide. I occasionally spray the reverse white to help seeing what I'm doing on it which is why it looks a bit battered. This end has a couple of bits glued on at right angles, very useful when setting up things like hold/hatch covers. You can also use it to mix paints etc. and it cleans very easily using a razor blade as a scraper. Rick
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    I use a plate of glass when edge joining. Nice and flat and very easy to slide a razor blade along to free the planks when the glue sticks them down! You can also easily clean it up after and re-use. Rick
  18. Rick01
    Funny but I was just about to sit down and make a comment about the "flying" sails having remembered a short discussion I had on this site very early in my build. When you look at the watercolours where she's under sail you can see that the gaff topsail is flying - that is unattached to the mast other than by a hoist (think that's the correct term) and in sketch 6 similarly the upper square sail. This really makes the job easier (unless you are going to mount sails) as both yards would only be hoist when actually using those sails (anyway that's my understanding as the word flying indicates that the yard is unattached to the mast). Basically it probably needs a little extra research on how these were hoist and where a couple of extra blocks would be attached to the mast head to handle them. Any other people following this build have any ideas? Rick
  19. Rick01
    Hell of a load of work to study there. 5 and 6 seem to show the flying gaff plus an upper square sail pretty clearly - it's surprising she didn't topple over with all that canvas spread. I'm looking forward to your finished item, even though it means I may have to re-model mine. Most of what you've found just didn't seem to be around when I was doing my research! Rick
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  25. Rick01
    I ended up using a small drop of superglue on the brass then coating the whole thing with a good dose of a clear water base satin varnish. I seems to help secure the straps (just don't put any pressure on them afterwards 😉 ). As to Dockyard supervisors how did you manage to go so long without another boss? I also lost mine April last year but could only go six months before another applied for the job. Rick
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  32. Rick01
    I used a wash of PVA glue on the cable eventually to get it looking reasonably authentic. It's quite frustrating otherwise. Rick
  33. Rick01
    Also brand of good work clothes!! Let them work out our vernacular Cabbie - we never get concessions over their misuse of the language. 😉 Rick
  34. Rick01
    Or do as I did - ditch the ply keel (along with most of the rest of the ply) make a solid false keel, cut the rabbets and install at first planking. This was only my second build but I didn't find making solid timber parts that hard even though my woodworking lessons were pre "Cuba Crisis" . Over in Aus. between local natives and Javanese pirates our survey vessels did suffer the occasional bit of "battle damage", Rick
  35. Rick01
    I'd suggest that for your first you look at something like the Endeavour's Long Boat. It'll give you a basic lesson in planking, rigging, mast tapering and a chance at mucking up without costing you a fortune. There are a number of builds here including mine below my signature. Get that under your belt then go for a cutter before attempting a multi-mast build would be my recommendation. Rick
  36. Rick01
    If you haven't already take a look at the cutters on this page https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/category/4-gallery-of-contemporary-models-from-museums-and-private-collections/?sortby=album_last_img_date&albumPage=2 The gun ports are all over the place. I'd dummy mount a cannon to ensure you've the clearance to mount one without fouling the port lid at full elevation. I'm pretty sure I had to fiddle with mine just because of this. Rick

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