Trussben
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For the bolts i used 0.5mm brass rivets that I ordered from scale hardware.com ben -
Would like to share my condolences as well. The echo cross section is a great way in my opinion to get your feet wet in scratch building, I used it as a proof of concept to start my Pegasus and the plans, material from Jeff and of course help from Greg/David are invaluable. I wish you clear weather and good sailing and I will be watching with interest. Ben
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Looks great to me Rusty, your a quick learner on that lathe. Ben
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Greg, I think doing the transoms and hawse timbers will certainly not be a piece of cake for me, I can see them taking a good long time and plenty of do overs.
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Thanks for the likes. Patrick - I intend for the next build to be the 44gun Razee Frigate HMS Indefatigable, I have all the plans from NMM and working on and off with them in ACAD at the moment, but thats a long way in the future. ben
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Nice to see you back Patrick. Ben
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Work on the sternpost has begun, complicated lining up with aft deadwood but moving along slowly is fine by me. Ben
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US Brig Syren by knightyo
Trussben replied to knightyo's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1801 - 1850
Very nice to see your log and syren back here. Ben -
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.
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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.
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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
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Hi Chris, nice to see another Confederacy build, seems like quite a few starting since the beginning of the year, have fun. Ben
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Stove looks great in place Remco! Another tour de force! Ben
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Just want to echo everybody else Danny, and it really does look like a different model to the one in the before pics. Ben
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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
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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
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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
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Sweet Danny. Ben
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Moving along nicely Sjors, look forward to seeing much more of her. Ben
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Echo by Maury S - FINISHED - Cross-Section
Trussben replied to Maury S's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Nice Maury, well executed and very clean. Ben -
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
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Sweet!!!!!!! How did you do the framing around the cutaway section, single fancy cut like I did or 3 planks like Chuck? Ben
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