Canute
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Finally have both garboards and strakes glued up. Now fitting the #2 strakes by boiling the hood ends. I beefed up the stem form with the kit scraps for the stem bracing. Per Cathead in #65 and 67 above, it helps to hold the hood ends in place. I penciled in the lines for strake alignment on the inside of the curves; it matches up with the pencil lines I already had in place in the stem's rabbet. -
An Optivisor or similar magnification device would be nice, too. Unless you're 20 years old with 20/05 vision. Those of us with a case of Too Many Birthdays (TMB) will require such a device.
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Sounds really good, Jonny. Please take some pictures of your handiwork.
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Jesse, looks like a great build. Some day I'll build her. Until then, I'll pull up a chair and follow along. Where's that popcorn?
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Guess I hit a funny bone there. Thanks, ya'll. Well, the train scratch builders are fading, so tools like scale rules are in short supply. Too many model railroaders prefer "ready to run" stuff. Open box, put on tracks. Yawn, no pride in actually building something. Instant gratification only. I think they'd have a coronary if they perused the beautiful stuff over here. Their loss. I love working in wood, though I wish I was a little neater applying glue. Guess I just need to keep on building.
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Matt, mine is a 12" stainless steel ruler by General. And it has a chart with number drills from 1 to 80 and their decimal inch sizes.
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The recent TV series has me thinking "longboat". I'd like to follow along, also.
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Lads, 1:64 scale is called S Scale by model railroaders. See if you can find a model railroad ruler. It has 1:48 (O - think Lionel),1:64(S - think American Flyer trains), 1:87(HO) and 1:160(N). Also has inches and mm scales and a drilling and tapping guide(lists drills for several screw sizes). Handy measuring tool. Make sure you read it the correct way.
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Cat, check out the recent modeler's meet here: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9510-2015-33rd-annual-northeast-joint-clubs-model-show-and-conference/page-2 Look at post #26. It shows an exploded view with some decks and roofs raised to enhance viewing all the detailing.
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Matt, that mortar looks great! Well done. You might look at Birchwood Casey and Bluejacket to blacken brass and pewter metals. Paint adds a layer on top of the metal; these color the metal. They both make blackening liquids for some different metals. You may find the Birchwood Casey stuff at a gun shop; they're gunsmithing supplies.
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Build the pinnace. Excellent planking tutorial by our own Chuck Passaro. Read the build logs on this site.
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That's the reason a bunch of us follow your work. Honest assessments and willingness to "experiment". I like it.
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Jay, can't you view pages there without being fully logged onto the site?
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Cathead, thanks. All my ACW in-person viewing has been in PA, MD, VA & NC. Need to check out the West. I would think that since Cairo was built as an ironclad from the keel up and meant to be used occasionally as a ram, the hull was over braced, with all the extra frames. For a transport, I'd surmise the frames were much further apart.
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Matt, I'd leave them in brass. Seems appropriate for those piratical squirrels. Lots of "Flash".
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Cap'n, excellent work on the "iron works" and your hull framing. I'm waiting with semi-bated breath to hear of your "toy-box" additions.
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Nice little mortars and carronades you've turned there, Matt. Guess those pirate squirrels can be a little touchy; may have to make an example of one or else the blighters will take over and you'll be "walking the plank".
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Jay, have you checked out Jeff Staudt's work over on MSB? He's done up a magazine section model and cited a list of 4 references for powder magazines. Another reference, here on MSW, is EdT's Naiad build. Just trying to help, mate. You scratch-builders are my heroes.
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Nice planking on the pinnace, Mick. What's your technique for the glue squeeze on the inside? The reason I ask, I have that happening on my Bounty Launch, so I'm scaling back on the glue, but I do have some glue blobs to be removed. I have some narrow chisels and a tool meant to scrape molded on details from plastic railway cars.
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galvanized fittings and chain
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You might check the model railroad paint racks for a shade called SP Lettering Gray. It's dull pale bluish gray. Looks like weathered galvanized iron. -
Jay, Connie's AOTS shows these spaces on a profile drawing on p 48-49 and the scuttle locations on the Orlop deck plan view/framing on p 72-73.
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