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Maaaaaaannn, I miss a few days of checking blogs here on NRG and already you are this far with Genesis! Fast sailing, mate. I will have to find a back seat to watch with my soda on the big-screen tv. Brian -
Patrick my man, that is one SWEET yacht you have. SHADOW looks absolutely beautiful and amazing. I am so ready for a brief ride post launching Brian
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Dan, your model of the Bismarck is beautifully done, sir! She really was a beast of a ship for her time, I was amazed how technologically advanced Bismarck and other ships were. A very fascinating project. Brian
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I have heard it reported that if you follow the hull contours with the outside layer of planking that it goes on a lot more smoothly. Looks like you have at least somewhat attempted that putting on the first of the wales. Keep up the good modeling efforts. Brian
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Hey Patrick, I have seen several pics of both Shadow as well as Majella on MSW Facebook. Yes, Patrick, those two yachts go down as masterpieces! You are very skilled Brian
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Nice start on new ship model, sir. I am curious as to how you did the fillers between the bulkheads, as in what wood did you use? Ought to be a great blog to follow. Brian
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It seems to me from my research that mostly real boat. On my model of Royal Yacht Mary I am giving her a royal blue coloring, even though indigo paints were just starting to come out around that time or soon afterward. I just personally dislike black other than for the wales unless needed (like the painting for Constitution or Victory). Many paintings I have seen of Mary or similar yachts of the time show a black paint with blue tints when in the sunlight correctly. The red paint on inside may be a bit bright, I have heard many modelers like to use a caboose red.
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Actually, COG, I believe that slide-out is a boarding walkway when a large yacht can't get close enough to a dock to walk aboard. Also useful for someone who may be disabled. I don't know if those get used as diving boards but I suppose someone could. Brian
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You are off to a great start on your model of Mary. I will be following this blog Brian
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I have been wondering that same question involving my model of Yacht Mary. That is, of course, if such metal work was even being done at that time. Even though Mary was a century earlier than Utrecht, I have read that the design and build of the Statenjachts varied little during that time. My two books about the Utrecht never said anything about those metal pieces. Been wanting to get that other book from Sea Watch about the early Dutch sailing ships. Brian
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ancre Chebece 1750 by Jeronimo - FINISHED
bdgiantman2 replied to Jeronimo's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
Amazing model building, sir! You have great skills with your ships. Looking at the pictures you have recently posted, I am guessing those holes drilled through the hull on either side of the mast will be for pumps? Keep up this great blog! Brian -
Great job building your ship model, Adrian! She looks fantastic in every way. Do we get to see any photos of her in the water?? Brian
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Bravo, Patrick! Very fine fleet you have, and the bow crane for the tender turned out just right. Amazing work and details, sir. Brian
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Your tapering of the deadwood turned out very nice. I remember the "fun" I had trying to make such a tapering job on my model of Yacht Mary. Keep up the great blog photos and postings.
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You are doing an amazing job on this model of the Utrecht. In my research of these beautiful ships, I have never personally seen before those slides for the lee boards. Nice job making those slides. Do you think that the Yacht Mary would have had such slides for the lee boards even though Mary was almost a century before Utrecht? Have heard that the Dutch liked to stay consistent with how ships were built and designed such as the statenjachts. Looking forward to hearing from you and viewing the next update. Brian
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Hey Patrick! Your model of Shadow is looking amazing, my friend! I must have missed this particular posting as lately I have missed a lot on here myself, but I am curious as to what you used to make the water in the sun-deck spa?
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Safe travels to you and the admiral! I would love to visit the maritime museum there in Amsterdam, hear they have the only and biggest source of information about the yachts that you and I are constructing on here. Brian
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Your metal workmanship is out of this world. I would ask for tutoring about doing metal work for my model, but distance between us would make this extremely difficult. Keep up this amazing museum quality ship, she looks great!
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Having fun is the name of our game. And you are doing a splendid job, Patrick! Not to imitate Dennis with eagle-eyes, Looking through your pictures, I saw a hole in the floor, looks like along a passageway. Will that be for some stairs or a possible exhaust funnel on Shadow?
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Very cool work, Toni. You are doing great. I actually am toying with the idea of having a binnacle similar to yours on my model of Mary.
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Very skillful work! You are doing great on those carvings.
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Would the netting from sacks of fruit suffice? For example either those bags of tangerines or garlic sacks? Then just wrap with string around a metal ring. The part I am not sure about would be how long the bag is? Guessing 18-24 inches in length? And at least a foot in diameter.
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I may be wrong, but I think each of those three domes serves a different purpose. So while they may be close, and I have seen numerous pictures of large motor yachts that have the domes in close proximity, I am not sure how much they would interfere. The biggest of the domes would probably be a navigation radar of one kind of or another, the two smaller domes would likely be for the Satellite TV and phone connections. Just my two cents worth.
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Shadow is looking really great now, Patrick! She is beautifully coming along, mate. Brian
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Hello Pat. Thanks for the message. Yes, the Dremel Router is very handy, although I should get larger heads for it. Dremel also makes a scroll-saw and a mini-circular saw, I only have the scroll-saw. The Router table and the motor kit weren't that expensive, less than $100 at Home Depot. I honestly have no idea if they have stores up in Canada or if would be extra to ship there. Good luck to you with your model building. Brian
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