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Trussben

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  1. Thanks for all the likes everybody. Hi Druxey, Actually the deadwood in that picture hasn't been attached to the keel yet and was just there sat balancing for the photo. But I have left it a little "full" until the sternpost is installed and then I will do the final shaping at the end.
  2. Work on the aft deadwood is well underway, also started the sternposts. Ben
  3. Hi Floyd, I didn't replace any wood, managed to get a pretty good result with the basswood. As for the mounting I made a cradle out of basswood, I'm afraid I don't have any pictures to show as it's with it's new owner.
  4. Hi mark, a steady pace is better than stopped! I would be like you if I was doing a V2.0, slow and making a lot of checks - you seem to have that well under control. Ben
  5. Hi Chris, nice to see another Confederacy build, seems like quite a few starting since the beginning of the year, have fun. Ben
  6. Just want to echo everybody else Danny, and it really does look like a different model to the one in the before pics. Ben
  7. Awesome looking hull Ed, up to your usual fantastic standards, i think it will take me quite a while longer than 5 months to get to that stage on Pegasus. Ben
  8. Thanks Rusty and Augie and the likes. Augie - she will be bigger than the Confed, but small compared to the next way in the future project. Ben
  9. Small update, Stem Pieces, Lower and Upper Apron and Fore Deadwood completed and glued to the keel. I used some bamboo treenails and a #65 bit to add some heavy reinforcement to these pieces as you can see. Now I need to do the tapering up/down from 14" at top to 10" and the keel. I have started making the aft deadwood pieces from 15" stock. ben
  10. Hi As Augie said, there's always plenty of other things to prepare for, ships boats if you intend to do them, making and rigging all the cannons would be a great one to get out of the way, just be sure to make a mockup and test on the model to make sure the heights are correct to your gunports before the production line starts cranking them out! Ben
  11. Sweet!!!!!!! How did you do the framing around the cutaway section, single fancy cut like I did or 3 planks like Chuck? Ben
  12. Sorry to hear about your decision but understand why you have come to it! I will watch v2.0 along with everyone else and greatly enjoy seeing what you come up with. Ben
  13. Work has started on the lower apron, this is one complicated piece to make, I started by cutting the pattern out on 18" stock and trying at the moment to refine its shape to fit the stem pieces. I actually cut two out and I will use one to practice cutting the steps for the cant frames. This could take a while! Ben
  14. Very nice start to the lower planking Augie, any chance of seeing shots of the stem and stern? Spiling jig in use yet? Ben
  15. A Small Update, Keel has been completed and false keel added, I like the contrast between the swiss pear and the boxwood, now I have started on the stem pieces. ben EDIT - Added missing picture back that was lost. 4-2-14
  16. Looks really good to me Rusty, scale looks correct and not too big. And modifying chucks 12 pounders is a nice touch. Ben
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