bdgiantman2
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Speedy healing to you, Brian. Hear those braces are no fun to wear. I see a number of people come through wearing these during ski season at the airport I work at, but those are usually on legs and not arms. We will all practice our patience with you while you mend up which is more important no matter how much wanting to make new saw dust. Being healthy and whole is very important.
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It almost seems to me to some kind of small external gear to the compass box. Was going to guess a part of the tiller operation but then I realized that La Creole would have still have rope tiller around the wheel and into the hull. But as the picture of the contemporary model shows, maybe it is a broken off arm for like the ship's bell.
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My thought is that even though this model of the Speedwell is being built at a larger scale than Winnie, because the Winnie was nearly twice the size of Speedwell in real life (as well as quarter scale if the two models were to be side by side), I could understand Winnie's figurehead being bigger anyways. Bigger ship will have a bigger figurehead. Those pieces you have made look spectacular just to let you know.
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Speedwell is coming along beautifully. Great job on the construction process, Mr. Passaro, I am looking forward to learning lots from you with this build.
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Hey Rusty, want to join me in building a model of the Brig Eagle from 1814? I can e-mail you some designs that were sent to me although I have made some modifications after doing my own research about her.
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Congrats on finishing this beautiful model, first-rate all around in construction and meticulous research. Happy holidays to you and your family. This blog was a lot of fun to follow.
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Great looking first few ribs, Mr. Passaro, and thank you so much for the well explained instructions thus far. I am guessing that those grooves you have made in the taller ribs double up not only as the markers for the railings but also be the marker guides for the shorter ribs and using the same puzzle construction for them? I will look forward to much more on this project. Brian D
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If good at using a scroll saw it could be done, but most likely wouldn't have as pretty an outcome as this laser product and a time-consuming attempt. Having wood files and proper sanding blocks are a big help either way. I personally have never used chisels building a model ship and honestly hesitant to try.
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McDonald's was the first job I had, and I do remember the hysteria of some customers over that sandwich. I agree it was overrated for what you got.
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Hey Brian, amazing progress with this ship of yours! She looks very authentic and should get many prizes. Just as a FYI, with my current model ship (Brig Eagle of Lake Champlain in 1814), I also bought an American flag with the 13 stars in the circular pattern. Of all the places, to get the flag in the size suggest getting (the size of an index card), I ended up buying from a company in England! Will need to see if able to find the name of the company to send to you over private messaging. I tried companies in the United States like Blue Jacket, but the biggest options they had available was 1:96 scale or else it was too modern. I look forward to additional progress on this amazing model as well as whatever your next project will be on here. Brian D
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That pill container you are asking about is a travelers pill container. I see these a lot as I am working at an airport. You have a canister for each day of the week and put the appropriate pills into each day. You can find these easily at most drug stores.
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Nice information about constructing your cannons and carriages, the final results are looking great. And I can tell a few old wire coat-hangers got recycled to good use, lol. Keep up the great building process, Glenn! Brian
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While you are in San Diego make some visits to the the Maritime Museum and the the Midway Carrier Museum. I used to live in San Diego. Have a great vacation with your family.
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Yellow Alaska Cedar definitely looks great as planking. I just was trying to follow the advice of Mr. Passaro for whatever it's worth of having as few as possible varieties of wood on my model. I will admit that right now I am looking at three different types of wood being used on this model when the finished version finally comes out. I'm not trying to pick on anyone at all in any form, but I am feeling better about my progress after reading a re-shared blog of a very experienced model builder on here talking about how took 30 years to build one of his models. Hopefully my build wouldn't be quite that long, but it will be a while with the pace I am going around working.
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Congrats on the finished project of Winnie, Mr. Passaro! Your model has come out fantastically and this blog has been a privilege to follow and learn from. Thank you also for putting up with my questions and comments on your forum. This is a real masterpiece. Looking forward to your next group project on here.
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Thanks for the reply, Chuck! I hope that you are doing well buddy. The temps in Denver today is supposed to be 98 degrees, so not that much cooler. We could actually set a new record today weather-wise. As you know, my parent's house is not far at all from Santee, I used to overlook Santee attending Grossmont College for years. The keel pieces I have made and used thus far are all made out of Boxwood. I am debating about staining the wood making up the actual keel. Bill Edgar, the guy I am trying to follow in construction style, stained his keel for sure. But I also really like the colors that Chuck Passaro's Winnie model has turned using Wipe-on-Poly. I am highly unlikely to apply any paint itself on this model other than painting the wales black and red around the perimeter of gun ports, although I have humorously considered painting head of capstan when I get to that step.
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Hello my friends, I have a question for you as I attempt to slowly continue. I know that this is my model, but I just want to see what you all suggest. In the enclosed picture, you see a close-up of Eagle's keel and the start of her keelson. My question involves the first piece of the keelson. Currently this piece is cut from Boxwood, I will have to re-cut it either way to get the correct shape as well as sand down the outer pieces. I am debating making the keelson out of Yellow Alaskan Cedar like the ribs will be.
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Very impressive model. I have been fascinated with Ketch rigs for a long time, they have a uniqueness about them as there never seemed very many throughout nautical history. Most seem to have been private fishing or small cargo vessels. Enjoying your blog and looking forward to more. Brian D.
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First it was Mr. Passaro, now there's at least three others since who have had mini's of themselves inspecting the ship models.
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The mini-me imitators are hilarious and thriving well.
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When Zelenskyy was first asking America and the NATO forces about supplying his country with additional aircraft, and the first pictures afterwards starting coming out of destroyed lines of Russian ground vehicles, I thought someone had sent over some A-10s to Ukraine. The miles long line of Russian tanks and attack vehicles looked like Swiss Cheese with all the bullet holes in the vehicles.
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The instructions said to place weights into the ammunition drum for the nose cannon, which I have done. Its pretty heavy for the size of it. I have considered the possibility of adding so additional weights around the cockpits if space allows for it.
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I am planning to arm her with both the Mavericks and the MK-82 cluster bombs. Will be using the Triple Ejector Racks for both weapons on either side of main gear pylons. I have been considering too having the external fuel tank on center rack just to give her some extra range abilities. BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTT
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This is also the heaviest aircraft model I think that I have ever constructed. Not sure what final weight will be of the scale model, but it will not be hanging from ceiling for sure.
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