Trussben
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Thanks All, It always surprises me how that light pink of the good quality Swiss pear I got from Jeff darkens to that beautiful deep reddish hue after a few months, superb quality wood! I wish Jeff or someone of his caliber was still around, we shall miss him for a long time in this hobby! ben -
Thanks Everyone, Work on the upper deck aft framing is almost complete and I just have to tie it in with the Wing Transom now. Then there are the five trickier mid sections to complete the upper deck.
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Very Very Nice Michael, turned out beautifully. You have the same cases that I used then? Look forward to see what you come up with next. ben
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I'm in no rush to finish either build and I have limited modelling time, but I find taking a break from one build for a while and working on the other keeps me interested in both, a scratch fully framed model is a long term project especially if you want good results - there are no shortcuts. Keep up the good work. ben
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That cross chock sure is a fun piece to make I remember. Looks to me that you have made a fine start. ben
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The ribbands would be temp while the hull was constructed, normally 4x4" full size timbers and they would run along the line of the floor/futtock joints ( where each of the frames was chock jointed to the next piece ).
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The stern frames are called "transoms" Is it the pictures or does the cherry really have that much color variation??
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Patrick, When you added the treenails to the Ebony wales, did you use the same "putty/paste" as you used on the other planking? It looks like quite a light color against the ebony? ben
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Forward upper deck framing almost complete, need to add the riding bitts and the final ledge piece. ben
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Very nice, 16 days to get to where you are is soo fast, took me a couple of years to do that on my scratch swan class sloop! These new kit designs from the likes of CAF, Syren and Vanguard are going to transform this hobby.
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Looking good Bob
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Wow - really nice job.
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This is what the aft section looks like with its overlay in place if you can see it on the picture.
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Michael - Mainly just a couple of different size diamond files - nothing too special or secret - just a lot of time, If i screw up (which happens a lot) I have to remake a beam set which sucks but thats the way it is.
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Upper deck framing well underway, always a constant battle against cumulative error but that’s why I am constantly checking against my framing plan to minimize its affects, you can maybe just see the overlay that I print out on transparency film to help me do this. ben
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Hi Toni, So I had to make changes to include:- Dual fore/aft beam arms instead of the single fore one shown in TFFM as opposed to Pegasus's NMM plans Larger fore hatch due to my mistake following TFFM instead of NMM deck plans, movement of all ledges etc.... because of this. adjustments to all beam widths and knee positions to suit my hull inside shape adjustments to shape of wing transom knees to suit my hull ben
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I finally finished up modifying the upper deck plans to suit my hull, now I can actually start building it.
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Michael - the tape is ok but i had to use a tiny dab of white glue in places so i could get tension on it and when i moved it around.
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So I still wasn’t completely happy with the bow so I took the lines back to the 6th bulkhead and did some more fairing to the bow fillers and the first three bulkheads and I also tore off the drop planks and installed some narrower ones that match the other plank widths in the first belt, this really helped the flow of the planking in that gentle upwards curve after I lined back off again. I believe I’m ready to start planking for real now, wish me luck. ben
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Main topsail sheet bits with gallows completed, you can see the blocks there with their respective sheaves made out of ebony to simulate the lignum vitae that they would of been made from.
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