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Wow, she's looking good Glenn -
It's probably looking that way right now Glenn, I'm living and dreaming Victory at the moment and can't think of anything else right now. Enjoying the build so much , but other duties are starting to pile up which will need to be addressed sooner rather than later. It. will slow down.
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Thanks David, only dry fitted at the moment but a very good point, i'll make sure they're last to be fitted.
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The plan to go away for the weekend was cancelled to my delight........more time for me in the workshop The port side linings have been completed and painted. Another deck planked. And work continues.
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Starboard gunports lined, stripes added..............Easter's approaching so I wont have much time for modelling, next update wont be for a while.
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Just a quick update, the gunport linings of the port side have been completed, I've also primed the hull to show any imperfections needing attention before the dreaded copper plating, the port side has been given a first coat of yellow ochre and will be rubbed down before a top coat is applied. Also as you all know i've bee working on the cannons.
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Their's three Ships that I have an overwhelming ambition to build, the first I'm working on as we speak, the second is the Royal William, third!!....well your building it now and doing a wonderful job to boot. Keep doing the wonderful work your doing David, i'm looking forward to see this one come to life
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Frigging rigging.......love it
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Thanks Rich, haha, those copper plates, I've been doing a little research as I get closer to doing them.
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So i've been looking at this gunport lining job in front of me and realizing that this is going to be a long tedious and repetitive job I'm going to make up the first 30 cannons as well. so the idea is, do a few linings then do a few cannons and so on just to brake the work up a bit. After frigging around with trying to put a cannon frame together i decided to knock up a quick jig precisely for this job. I think the photos are self explanatory..
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Port & Starboard wales completed "that was a challenging job". .......now onto lining the gunports
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That's the 8 gunports without lids lined starboard & port, continued with the planking covering these gunports & now I'll move onto the wales.
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Very Nice Glenn, I've got a bit of catching up to do
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David, Glenn & Gary, thanks you very much for your help on this issue, some great advice that's much appreciated....I think we've got this one solved.
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After careful consideration I've decided not to tree-nail the decking. So I've moved on and fixed into place the camber beams, glued and pinned down the gun deck (445). Lined up and glued into place the inner bulwark gunport patterns(275) making sure the alignment top, bottom and sides are good. Lined the 8 gunports without lids and continued with planking the hull as far as i could go on one side. This is where we get problem no 2 as those guns just about fit through the gunports, they're definitely to low which means either the deck needs to be raised by at least 2mm (I think it'll be a complete disaster trying to rip it out and raise it from the camber beams, don't want to do that) to get away with it, or we put false axles on all the gun carrieges on that deck raising them up by 2mm. Eeeeek It's looking like i'll have to put in a false deck of at least 2mm.
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Another new toy, handy little tool this one
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Sjors, this question has been haunting me from day one and the decision has to be made now!! I'll sleep on it, do some research on it and decide before moving on, or I should say before covering it up, as this first set of deck planking is ideal for having a go at tree nails as it's hardly seen, if seen at all.
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Crap, I should have lined the entry ports before I did the second planking, crap ...........now I'll be slowing down that's for sure Now to decide to leave it or think of a way of sorting it.
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Sjors, Thanks for your kind words of encouragement David, as you know I did do a little experiment with the planking and found using black card was my preferred method, however having just completed the middle gun deck I'm leaning towards reducing the card size to 160gm, we'll see how this comes out and then decide. Glenn, I'll take a close look at the copper plate method a little later, thanks for the tip i'ts much appreciated This is before sanding.
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As smooth as a babies bottom, I'll be priming with some more filling and rubbing down before copper plating, now I'm going to do a little decking. My initial thoughts are the black card used to simulate caulking is to thick, I can see myself moving to 160gm card after this intial planking run.
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Thanks David, I'm sitting here with a smile on my face as she seems to be cleaning up quite well I've been looking at the Wales and it seems the position of these is critically important, now the plans show me quite clearly starboard & port positions but I can't seem to find anything showing the Bow, as the planks sweep around the Bow the position could be out by as much as 5mm. Am I missing something?
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Making good the Gunports while i wait for delivery of CA, sanding sealer etc etc.
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Oh yes, the dreaded copper platting, I'll take your advice on board sjors and have that hull as smooth as a babies bottom
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Thanks Glenn, I try to get into the workshop for an hour or two in the late evenings but must admit most of my weekends are in the workshop at the moment. I do expect things to slow down as i get back to my usual weekend chores, also look at making good what's done, IE, filing, sanding, squaring up & making good the gunports etc etc. The problem at the moment is this modelling game is so damn addictive.
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Thanks David, yes i'm thoroughly enjoying this at the moment, I don't think it's going to bad at all at this early stage.
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