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  1. Trussben
    Look at the frames from the side, OUTSIDE of the building jig through the windows, the tapering will then make sense. The tapering of those pieces makes it flow correctly with the run of the planks. Contemporary POF models when faired do look like this from the ones I’ve seen, I assume it didn’t matter on real ships as who would care. Maybe one of the gurus will shed some light.
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    Beautiful
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    Hey Greg, Very generous of you two, hopefully it will get more people to build a fully framed Swan, but good for people to know that the plans were based by David on Atalanta.
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    Beautiful Work.
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    Thanks J - it’s a BobsCNC EVO4 and yes you have to assemble it which takes a few days to do it right.
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    I’m still working on the upper deck framing but I need to start thinking about the forecastle and Quarter deck beams and hooks, so using a new tool in the workshop that I have been learning, I cut all the beams out of some pear stock.
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    Import into a CAD program using "insert raster image", trace the lines, splines etc, then delete the image and check if everything looks good before saving as a .dxf file which a CAM software can then open.
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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
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    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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    Work on the aft upper deck has begun. ben
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    Thanks Everyone for the likes and comments, it’s always appreciated. ben
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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
  19. Trussben
    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
  25. Trussben
    Thanks Toni, I find Its all a bit tricky.

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