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  1. Trussben
    Riding Bitts are completed and temporary in situ, I decided to show the full length cleats between the upper/lower deck beams. They still need final sanding and finishing to complete later. Now onto the next set of bitts. ben
  2. Trussben
    finishing up treenailing ben
  3. Trussben
    First - thanks for all the likes everybody. So I machined all of the 22 deck beams out of 9” stock with the correct roundup of 6” and here you see them temporally installed using T-pins in their correct locations. I also had to make the wing transom knees ( these are a pain to fit ) so beams 21&22 could be made. Now I came across an error I made back when building the lower deck, the distance between the beams 6&7 ( fore hatch ) are too far apart because I didn’t follow the Pegasus plans but instead the TFFM plans, lesson to be learned here - Always follow the drafts of the ship that you are actually building!! I have decided to make the upper deck match the lower deck so Pegasus will end up with a larger fore hatch than she should - hopefully it won’t interfere with anything else as it is beam 7 that is too far aft. I need to make the upper deck hook, riding bit pins and topsail sheet bit pins and get them located properly before carrying on. ben
  4. Trussben
    Very nice Rusty. ben
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    Beautiful Chuck.
  6. Trussben
    Upper deck framing design underway.
  7. Trussben
    Lower Deck breast hook made and installed using 1” (0.52mm) black monofilament line “bolts”. ben
  8. Trussben
    Had to clean off a little bit of casting flash and glue the arms on, starting to add some color, a very nice figurehead that Chuck supplies.
  9. Trussben
    This is the type of thing I do using the plans and measurements from them to make sure those stern frames are in the correct place, you can do this with any part of the build to check your work accuracy, dimensions are in mm. ben
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    Thanks Chuck, I agree with you on that, its one of the things on this build that I am going to "FORCE" myself to do better at than I have previously done on other builds. Ben
  11. Trussben
    Working on lining off the lower hull planking underway, my hull is somewhat different than Chucks so his supplied tick strips are not quite perfect but pretty close in my case. I keep adjusting the belt lines to get the best overall flow to the hull and to make sure that the all important stem planking has a gentle upward slope that is so hard to get just right IMO. I think I will be playing around with this for a few more days before I’m totally happy with it. Ben
  12. Trussben
    Oops, Just remembered the anchor lining, I copied it’s shape from the plans into position and made up individual planks of ebony/box.
  13. Trussben
    Hey Bob, It just an ordirnary angle finder/protractor used in woodworking, cheap enough at about $7 on amazon. https://www.amazon.com/General-Tools-29-Plastic-Protractor/dp/B00004T7P5/ref=sr_1_18?dchild=1&keywords=angle+gauge&qid=1586714090&sr=8-18 ben
  14. Trussben
    Thanks Chuck, Just a shot of my double checking the angle of the transom, making sure its good compared to the plans, so I hope to have no issues when it comes to the Quarter Gallery installation. ben
  15. Trussben
    I have completed installation of the Ebony wales, black strake in Boxwood and the sheer cap in AYC. The Two strakes below the wales and the rest of the lower planking will be made from white american Holly as you can see, I like the contrast against the super black of the ebony. I now have to begin fairing the internal bulkheads down to the proper thickness and then start lining off the lower hull - It will be a while until the next update. ben
  16. Trussben
    Hi and Thanks, To answer your question Hubac, the Swan class is quite a small ship at 96'7" long, and at 1:48 that equates to a 24" model ( length of main deck as per normal convention ), but if you rig her which I have not quite made my mind to do but I am leaning that way it will be quite a bit bigger, but still in the realms that the display case would not be too massive. ben
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    Superb work by both of you, I cannot wait to see you rig her Greg. A shame about all the meetings being called off - I would maybe of tried to come and see her and you at New London. ben
  18. Trussben
    Thought I’d share a picture of the plank bending station that I made, very similar to Chucks with a few refinements of my own, it’s screwed onto the end of the build table of Winchelsea to keep everything close and together ready for when the time comes to add the two strakes below the Wales and when bottom planking really gets started. ben
  19. Trussben
    Thanks Druxey, I just wish I could live up to yours and Greg's standards for a build! I am trying my best to get better every time - and this is the best I can do so far! Spectacles are now are part of my life! ben
  20. Trussben
    Thanks Greg, that’s high praise from you! ben
  21. Trussben
    Thanks Everyone - I'm switching back to Pegasus for a bit, see you soon. ben
  22. Trussben
    Work has restarted on Pegasus, completing the upper planking and treenailing, then I have to machine the upper deck beams. ben
  23. Trussben
    Upper planking above the Wales in Boxwood has been completed, now to install the two strakes below the Wales and start machining the ebony I need for the 2nd layer of the Wales. Covid-19 lockdowns do equate to more modeling time. ben
  24. Trussben
    Yep, she’s a stunner.
  25. Trussben
    I use this online company for all my large printing, they do great work. https://blueprintsprinting.com

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