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    I managed to get it downloaded. Thanks for that link! Now I just have to learn to read Italian but that I can manage. There are some nice details and pictures that I did not have. It still amazes me how much difference there can be between the different kits.
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    Paint definitely has the advantage of being able to use wood fillers and such for repairs easier than if you were going to leave it natural. Some filler here and sanding there and you should have her right back on track.
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    So the good news is that a lot of progress has been made on the gun port lids as I now have 36 of them complete. The bad news is that I need 52 of them. I was hoping to get them all finished this weekend but I spent a lot of time up at the new shipyard checking on its progress and so lid production dropped. New goal is to be done by next weekend. We shall see....
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    That is unfortunate. I've had that happen and it is a tough decision on what to do about it. I don't think you would have to redo all of your planking. It looks like on your starboard side there are some gaps between the 2nd and 3rd and 3rd and 4th stakes. I think if you were to just pull the planks in that area off and close up those gaps that your alignment will be good to go. Elsewhere, your planking is coming along very well. I am curious as to the two different colors of wood. Are some of them painted already?
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    Hi Don! Just found your log and thought I would follow along. I built a small, simple plastic version of Cutty Carl about 5 years ago. Nothing special but she did make a nice decorative ship that found a home on a small shelf. Looking forward to seeing how your turns out!
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    Hey Bob! I've been keeping an eye out for you to start this one. Hope you don't mind me pulling up a chair to join you. Brought plenty of drinks and snacks for everyone! Looking forward to seeing her come together.
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    That is awesome Bill! You are exposing them to a hobby that they would probably never get to enjoy otherwise and teaching them valuable skills in the process. Not building ships themselves but reading, measuring, interpreting plans, patience and pride in their work. It is good to see that this hobby is being used for more than just creating a flotilla of miniatures to sit on mantles. And maybe as a side benefit we will gain a couple more life long modelers that will help keep model ship building alive. My hat is off to you sir.
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    With the large builds updates can be made regularly but they often just show more of the same thing. More planking, another canon, another gun port lid etc. Since the repetitive parts are insuch high numbers, finishing anytjing worth showing can take much longer. Of course a lot of it too is how much ti.e a person can dedicate to a model. The more time you can devote to building the more updates you will have. Personnaly I try to an update a week. Sometimes more, sometimes less. Even if it is just a quick written message saying that I am still building just nothing new to show. This week has been that way as life had been in the way but I have logged a few hours on the build. You definitly have a nice advantage with a small ship in that when you sit down to work on it, you have a much better chance in actually getting something finished!
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    Excellent work Elijah.
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    That is always frustrating when you notice something wrong after you are done building and even worse when you shared it. I always try to take a little time and think about is this something that will bother me in the long run or not. If not then that is easy and I move on. However, if it is a mess up that is going to to annoy me every time I look at the ship then it has to be rebuilt. Never fun to lose time and more importantly material but, I would hate to have a great model completed with something on it that really bothers me and know that I could have fixed it. Model ships always have mistakes somewhere. It comes down to which mistakes can the builder accept and live with. Good luck choosing but I will say that both types look excellent!
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    Michael as always, thanks for dropping by and for the kind words. Those triangle openings I had held off of for a while as I wasn't sure how I was going to make them. One day I had happened to lift a tray that was holding a bunch of parts out of the drawer and discovered a small bag of tiny wood blocks. Those were the pieces for those openings. Somehow they had slid under that tray and I never noticed they were missing. Well a couple hours of file work, a few rebuilds after breaks and one that became well glued to my finger, I had all the blocks inplace on the rails. Yet another example of sometimes things are not as hard as they would seem. As for todays progress, I am still building the starboard gun port lids. I havnt gotten as much work done this week but they are moving along. This week has been busy with the new house and the admiral and I had our anniversary on the 13th so time to build has been limited. Still, the lids themselves have all been built and I will be making the eyebolts and installing hinges soon. Hopefully I can get them all installed this weekend.
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    Very cool. I've been wanting to start using AutoCad myself for ship design. I've started to a few times but just havn't found the time to really dedicate to it yet. I think I will follow along and maybe help get myself motivated plus learn a few pointers along the way.
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    Your rail looks nice and smooth. Good thinking on those cleats. That may save a headache or two later when you tie something off to them.
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    Messing something up is always frustrating but when it turns out better than before and once you get past the annoyance of having to redo it, it can really be worth the effort. Your new mast deck framing looks great and I will echo the agreements of the others in saying it is a nice improvement over the old one.
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    I figured you were building something amazing and time consuming and looks like I was right. Bowsprit looks great Ken. As to the deadeye being higher I saw this discussion come up before about them being in a perfect line or not. I do not remember now if a final verdict was ever decided upon but the main argument was that since they are used to keep the shrouds tight, wouldn't it have been common for some of the deadeyes to be out of alignment slightly as the shrouds were adjusted? I would think in real life this would be the case. However, in model ship building I also believe that having them in alignment makes for a much aesthetically pleasing look and having one sticking up higher than the rest would bother me too. Plus it creates a "why is that like that" question that distracts from the overall appearance of the model.
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    It may feel slow but the time invested is paying off as she is looking great! From reading your future plans you are going to have one nice fleet of small ships when you are done. That will be very cool to see!
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    Cats and models are not a good combination. A friend of mine came home from deployment and found his model railroad looking like the aftermath of a Godzilla attack. His train room now has a door with a lock on it.
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    Don, Bob, Thanks for the compliments and also to all those following along. I guess that one of the main things with modeling the unknown is making sure what you build fits both the ship and time period. Regardless of historical accuracy, if it looks like it should be there, with similar architectural design, scale and function, then it can work. It is also the freedom of modeling for myself. Well, better get back to it. Still have 34 more lids to make!
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    That is one of many of the incredible things about living on these ships. They may have been massive in overall size but once on board the room shank down considerably. There was a reason that sailors were short, a 6 foot tall person would be constantly bent over and hitting his head everywhere. Even some one only 5'-6" would be hard pressed to stand up straight and walk without ducking on some decks. The ships may have been large but they were not spacious.
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    Well done on the painting especially at that scale.
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    Port side gun port lids have been installed this week. I also took some time to build the entry balcony. This feature is completely made from my imagination as I have found no reliable source that shows what this would have looked like or if it even existed. This entry has always been a mystery to me on if it was on many ships or not. I know that it was on some ships but with others, some designs show it and others don't So I made an executive decision as I liked the look and think it is something that could have easily been on a ship of this size and so there it is. I still have to build the ladder up the side of the hull to get to it. I have started building the next set of lids for the starboard side but those will probably be another week to get completed and installed. Then I will switch woods for the forward and aft lids and the off to the next item. The list is getting shorter of things to do before the masts begin.
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    She is looking good. The blue came out nice and those decorations are looking excellent. I'm very impressed with the way the windows look. I may have to try out your technique for making them on my next build.
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    Another great update! Well done indeed! I love how you are letting the natural wood colors come out. In my opinion this is more beautiful than painting.
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    Your doing a fine job. Once you find the method that works best for you the rest speeds up. I tell people all the time when they ask me how long something takes that the first run of anything is a lot of trial, many errors and finally success. The second run is making sure the success of the first was not a fluke. After that, things pick up. Of course, once you have finished the planking then you start all over with the next component...
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    A pin rail is a strip of wood that looks like a shelf that holds the belaying pins in place for rigging to attach to. Similar to the bits in use but located along the sides of the ship instead of out on the deck.

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