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  1. KirbysLunchBox
    Wasn’t there a PE set in the kit for that? Mine has brass wire and PE brass for the rudder hinges.
  2. KirbysLunchBox
    Very clean!
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    Looking good! Hope you both feel better soon!
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    Slow and steady! Lovely work!
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    It is pretty snug, but I am not sure I am going to trust it to them along. I intend to design and 3D print a more beefy pedestal that also sets the keel angle to the drawing.
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    Gorgeous!
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    Sure will!
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    That is looking really smooth! Beautiful work!
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    I actually completed construction last May, but I kind of forgot about the build log so I am just finishing out the log.
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    Absolutely! All the planks that you will be able to see above the white look spot on to my novice eye.
  11. KirbysLunchBox
    I meant what I said in a very sincere way. I came up with a super complicated and not very effective method of trying to figure out when to start the taper. Your advice was very profound and I fully intend to try it when I start my second planking.
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    Right there is some advice I have somehow either forgotten, didn’t understand, or completely missed before…
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    Looks like it is coming along nicely to me. I think there is a bit of an optical illusion because the bow has such sharp curves.
  14. KirbysLunchBox
    I just can’t get over how good this looks! The ship is beautiful out of the box and you have taken it to a whole other level!
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    I don’t think I had been to their website before. Lots of fun things to spend money on!
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    I will give it a try! Thank you!
  17. KirbysLunchBox
    I had so much trouble with this myself. I ended up mixing my own after a few failed attempts. Red is such a difficult color to paint with as well. I will for sure use a primer base on my ext build.
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    I have a long way to go before I get that kind of free time. Hopefully my hands and eyes are still good enough by the time I get there!
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    Thank you for the kind words! I need to finish up the log on the pirate ship bed! That was a really fun project for sure. I know I didn’t need to go the extra details on this build, but I just couldn’t help myself.
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    For now. I have been at this for over a year. At my current progress rate you will be half way through your next build before I finish this one!
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    After several attempts to mix a color I liked, I think I can finally saw I am ready to start the second planking! The inner bulwarks and waterway are painted. Time to start making some sawdust again.
  22. KirbysLunchBox
    I really struggled with how to make the roof of the gallery. I tried some aluminum flashing, I even thought about making wooden shingles. In the end, some sawn down wooden strakes and a cardboard center tubing from some Christmas wrapping paper did the trick! Just a little bit of custom molding around the edges to finish it off!
  23. KirbysLunchBox
    Up next is the cat head. Every ship bed has to have a cat head right? This is probably the most historically accurate thing on the whole bed. It is cut out of a 4x4. The pulley groove was drilled and then chiseled. Not my best efforts, but all that I could do with the tools on hand. I used a 1/2” dowel rod for the axle and a hole saw to cut the pulley out of some scrap stock. I had to cut a groove out of the molding to set it down into.
  24. KirbysLunchBox
    And now the whales. These are made from 1/4” plywood. Again the straight piece was easy, but making the curve took a lot of trial and error fitting with cardboard and tape. The end result was pretty good though.
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    Next up are the moldings. The straight pieces are just 1x6’s with 1/4” over round. The bow was much more of a pain in the butt. I used a combination of CAD and trial and error with cardboard to get the angles right. The pieces were then doweled and glued together before cutting to the final shape.

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