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  1. Salty Sea Dog
    This is just so amazingly cool!! Great job Michael! How do you hold on to tiny round metal pieces when you are assembling? I've had a problem lately with the tips of tweezers pinching round or small metal pieces and launching them to some parallel dimension.
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    No microscope George! Just the lighted Optivisor. This lantern has been more difficult than even Lawrence's 1:50 bucket. I lost track of how many of the little pieces got lost. When you pick them up with tweezers they get launched into orbit if you squeeze too tight! Aargh!
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    I have not been able to get much boat time in lately but decided to push on with the lantern using the 26awg grille. I brush painted it with red enamel but it came out a bit heavy, so I brushed it all off with thinner. FYI - enamel thinner does not dissolve CA glue - yea!! I have an airbrush that I bought a couple hundred years ago along with a tankless compressor. The tankless compressor pulses a bit when spraying, is loud as heck, and it runs continuously. I broke down and bought a $69 airbrush compressor with a tank from Harbor Freight and it works great. It's fairly quiet too. While I was breaking down and buying stuff, I followed the lead of Captain Steve and others, and bought some rope from Chuck ay Syren. Oooh! Aaah! Very nice! Anyway, here's where I'm at with the lantern. The door is off until I add "glass" panels and a candle inside. There will also be a knob added to the door.
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    I can see a lot of potential with this. Way too soon to think of sending it to Davy Jone's locker!
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    Welcome aboard! I agree with Brian that having fun is the most important thing. As far as tips, the wood glue in the background of your picture is a great choice. Should you ever use super glue (CA glues) though, make sure you also get the de-bonder and keep it within easy reach. That stuff glues skin together better than wood! I met a guy who had spilt some and glued his forearm to his bench!
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    Do an eBay search for "tiny screws". There's a 1000 pc set with plastic compartment case for $5. The sizes are metric but are listed.
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    After emailing a few places that sell antique nautical items, I was refered to Bob Hellman who I was told "has one of the best if not THE best whaling collection in the world". Wow, did I luck out! Bob's wife Nina runs Nina Hellman Antiques of Nantucket. If any of you get out that way, please send some business their way as these are some nice people. Matt's excerpt from the story about busting the keg open seems to be how it's done, but it would only be opened in an emergency. I would guess that the hoops would be tapped loose to carefully dissasemble the keg to avoid busting the lantern and getting the food scattered everywhere. This brings up the question about building a lantern keg for my whaleboat. If I have a lantern out, the keg would already be disassembled. I may build a keg anyway though. The following is the info from Bob's email which he said I could share with you here. Mystery solved. Thanks Bob!! The lantern keg contained a lantern, candles, matches, tobacco, and lots of hard bread - strictly for emergencies. I have two in my collection. They are built like little tapering casks, with 3 metal hoops. They are usually 18" or 2 feet tall with two heads 8" and about 12" across. There often is a wooden cleat at one end to receive a light line so it can be tied to the whaleboat for safe keeping. They never had latches for opening - one opened it by disassembling it - like a cask. Sometimes the cleat was at the small end as in Ronnberg's drawings end sometimes it was at the larger end - as one in my collection. See photos below. I hope this is helpful, Bob Hellman
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    Really nice planking!!
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    Whoa JP! I've never seen one of those. Do you have one? I had to give up using my soldering iron because it was too big and adjacent stuff was getting un-soldered. That's how the lantern started getting wonky. Matt- I never found out about the lantern keg. I emailed a business that deals in antique nautical items and they recommended another dealer who has one of the best whaleboat artifact collections. I'm hoping to hear back soon.
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    Ooh wee, Dee Dee!! It's been a while since I stopped by. This is looking great!!
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    Forgive me. It's been a while since my last confession... err post. It took a couple of weeks for the 1/32" angle to arrive and we had company the following weekend. I'm not too thrilled with how the lantern is looking and I may redo it. The 26awg grill work is looking too chunky. It should be .016" in diameter but it's measuring closer to .020". That doesn't seem like much, but it really is at this scale. Before I start the whole thing over, I'm going to start the grill over using a .013" guitar string. There's a little out of square wonkiness with the whole thing that I can't decide if it looks bad or makes it look used. Used being my way of justifying it. If I run with it, I'll paint it red and rub thru to brass in areas. P.S. I'm not sure why this 2nd pic is rotating. You can click the pics to enlarge them.
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    Wow George! You sir are an inspirational bad a@$!! Glad you weren't made into a canoe.
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    Good luck!
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    FYI - If you go to Trippwj (Wayne's) Ranger build, we discussed the scale thing and 1/64 as written on the plans would be correct. The Ranger would be one of Doherty's mid sized cutters. Edit: I replied here on my iPhone and have never figured out how to do links with it.
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    Hey! I have a Ranger on the shelf too. I don't think you need to see Dr. Per yet though with just 7 kits on the shelf. I think it makes sense to collect them if you come across a crazy bargain on a kit you really want and that you would pay much more for later at regular pricing, or if an out of production kit pops up at a low price since you may not come across another. At least this is what I tell myself. BTW, the tools look great!
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    You mean we're actually supposed to finish our boats?
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    So can you mail us some bags of crap...err, bags o' bark? That turned out great!!
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    Yea!! I'm glad the bucket got to you safely. I'm glad I could contribute to your family's schooner!
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    Only the runts of the litter and chipmunks because they have tiny hands!
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    Holy cow Lawrence! That sure is taking a long time to get to you. I sure hope someone in Customs didn't lose it. I'll make you another one if that one doesn't show up this week.
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    NICE!!!!
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    Matt - Very cool new avatar!!
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    Hi Augie! I plan to get all medieval on you at 1:54 scale! Lots of treenails, scarf joints and timber-frame jointery. I figure if I could go 1:50 on Lawrence's bucket, 1:54 buckets should be do-able too! I just need to get this whaleboat done... Best wishes,
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    Matt -The ends of the boat are covered but not closed off. I agree that the lantern should be stored in the keg. If the keg was only for matches and dry bread, why is it lantern sized? Still puzzled how the keg opens though. I'm going to try emailing the Mystic Seaport museum again.
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    Those pesky atoms always seem to be in the way! Matt- The elevation view makes it look as if the lantern was stowed outside of the lantern keg. I will probably end up doing something like that but had hoped to display the keg opened and the lantern out and ready to use.

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