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Congrats on finishing the deck. It looks great and a very wise advise too, don't make the joint stronger than necessary you never know when it is time to redo something. This the reason why I stay away from using CA to glue wood, I know many do because it's fast and easy, but when the time comes to take the plank out, you are in trouble... Also a very neat way to make the rodings, that sensitive drilling attachment is on my wish list.... Remco
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Thanks Martin, Druxey, John, Matt and everybody who 'liked' Matt I use Holly for the deck planking, I ordered it from Hobbymill Jeff there makes wonderful sheets and strips for modeling. For now no pictures, but: Merry Christmas and a wonderful 2014 to all of you here @MSW Remco
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She's looking really sweet Piet. You'll manage the hinge's I'm confident you will :-) Remco
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Thanks, funny how problems create new idea's. I laid just one strake of the deck planking and wil only add partials to support the bulkheads for the cabins. I'll try to keep as much view to the hold as possible. The caulking is very thin paper blackened with a sharpy. Added some of the furniture just for fun and to see how things start to look 'dressed up' it will be pretty crowded once the bulkheads are in Remco
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Thanks, Daniel, Martin, Albert & Tim Onwards to the waterway, it's typical shape is hard to see in the pictures. In hindsight it was better to work front to back, now I had a hard time to fit the forward portion of the waterway between the closing part at the stem. btw this part looks a lot like a B-2 stealth bomber, would Northrop have peeked at the 18th century ship design before they drafted this 20th century machine Using a compass to copy the shape of the waterway to the first plank wasn't possible. The compass was to big, so a simple washer did the trick Remco
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Hi Bob, I completely missed that you started your Essex. It looks great and it has your style signature all over it (that's a compliment ) Remco
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I've worked a lot with styreen and I wouldn't dare taking thick stock heating it to form a tube. the stuff also takes its previous form when heated and it will become thicker. Try this, take thin stock +/- 0.3 mm it is soft enough to form around a dowel glue a second sheet to the joint and take it all the way round and glue this two effectively making two tubes glued together with the joins opposing. Remco
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You are welcome Piet. I'm glad I could be of some help to realize your dream, and it was fun too chasing old drawings. Remco
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Thanks all for your kind compliments. Much appreciated! I have a question for you shipwrights. I'm wondering how the waterway is tree nailed, would it follow the same principle for tree nailing patterns as regular deck planks or is it different? Remco ps I got the new fiebing's dye, this is certainly different stuff ;-)
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Thanks Grant, about 3 on the main deck and a few small ones I think. No nightmares here Danny, thanks for the compliment and pointing out my error, I made the battle station 3 years ago meanwhile I also learned I shouldn't portray them run out Meanwhile knight to C4, bishop to C4, bishop takes knight........ I like Greg's metaphor that scratch building is like playing chess. And I was caught by my opponent. I forgot to cut the mortises in the curved beam and had to do them in situ, little nerve wrecking..... So a little mile stone today, I finished all the beams, knees, carlings, ledges, opposing knees ands so on for the lower deck that I want to portray. After sanding the deck it came out really nice. On to the planking of the deck, I'll keep that to a minimum though to show as much of the details as possible. A waterway on both sides and just enough planks to support the bulkheads. Remco
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Thanks guys for all the likes and complements! Greg, it's no coincidence, coamings and ledges were fit to the finished grating. I rather see a not so perfectly sized coaming than a mutilated grating to get it fit in a perfect coaming. Joe, I think 45 minutes. Mark, I'll pass the compliments to Greg, the barrels are from admiraltymodels.com the engravings, or Royal Cyphers were a 'wedding gift' from Greg. EU etching produced these but I'm not sure if they are still available. The 'only' thing I added was the vent. Daniel, thanks for taking the time to count them, and this is just one of many gratings Remco
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Hmm thanks Greg, I checked the container I'm using, its Fiebings edge enamel I think I should have paid better attention when I picked that up from the equestrian shop. This stuff does a poor job penetrating the wood and after it dries its still soluble in water. I'm not sure what part of the horse ('s equipement) this is any good for... Or it's over bbe date... Anyway I'll look for the leather dye version next time. Remco
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Really nice Sir . I like the details on the axles and the wheels. You've done a great job, better than I did and I'm pleased to say so Remco
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Absolutely marvelous Greg! What did you use to 'fixate' the Fiebings dye, I noticed mine is water soluble even to the touch of a damp finger. Remco
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Go for it guy's make lots and lots of pins They are key to position parts temporarily, I don't exaggerate but I think any particular beam in this build is taken in and out at least 100 times to position parts, mark mortices etc etc. So today I did a little detailing of the gratings. I simulated the pins that were used by making small holes with a needle and then taking the same needle tip loaded with graphite to enhance the holes. This really takes your mind off-line after a busy day For comparison, the 'big' bolts on the corners are 0,4 mm Remco
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