Trussben
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Oh Damn! Sorry to hear of the mishap mate, I have had many while building the Confed, mainly on the stern area though. I'm sure you will get through it, I had to rip off hull planking more than once man, look forward to seeing more. Ben- 2,191 replies
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Hi Chris and I think the cheeks look superb, your carving ability is really coming along excellently! I hope when I get to that point on Pegasus I have the patience you have shown in learning that most difficult of skills. Really well done mate. Ben
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Hey Rusty, I think you have totally mastered the art of cutting the mortises for beams and carlings! Really need to come and have some training from you on doing these before starting Pegasus! Ben
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Hi JP. It looks really good to me buddy! The black wales look really good, how did you find using the newton and Windsor acrylics, I used the lamp black color myself but I had to leave it 5 days until it fully dried. Glad to see you back on a roll. Ben
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That was an impressive set of pics mike, are you going to rig it as well ? Ben
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Thanks Rusty, I hope you get back to your Echo when the big bomb is finished, I want to see what you do to yours! I can tell you though that when the Confed is completed I very much doubt I will make another mass produced kit again, the dark side will swallow me completely ;-)
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Thanks Sjors! Ben
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HMS Naiad 1797 by albert - FINISHED - 1/48
Trussben replied to albert's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Sweet build board Albert, I have to make one for my TFFM Pegasus and yours looks just like what I want to do. Ben -
Thanks everyone, I think the drill bit city ones look really good and I could use in any of my drills so that's the way I think I will go. Ben
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Hi all, I need you advice on chucking micro drills #60 - #80 into a normal drill press chuck or a dremel tool. So far I have just used a normal cheap pin vise to achieve this step down in size or used the pin vise by hand. Anybody have advice on how they do it would be great as well as links to manufactures of these sort of chucks/adapters for power tools. Ben
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Thanks JP, always nice to hear from you. Ben
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Thanks Jim and Augie, and everybody else for following this build log, without MSW I doubt I would have made it this far, great people here! Now to start tearing my current workshop apart and rebuilding it to a true bespoke dockyard for the work to come! :-)
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Yep, nice to see the blocks finally going to their intended destination, great work. Ben
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Thanks Bob, Chris, Druxey, Mark and Grant for looking in and your warm comments. As for those inquiring minds, next job is to finish the little bit of rigging left on the longboat to complete it and get it in its case as well. Then I will continue with the Confederacy, while making the build board, lots of clamps and fixtures for the Pegasus build. I don't expect to do anything on the Pegasus until well into the new year, so by that time I should of completed the gundeck and stuff on the Confed, then I will work on both side by side as I need a rest/change during builds. See you all in the other side, the dark side of me has to sleep for a while. Ben
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Final Pictures of my Echo completed and in its final resting place. I have enjoyed immensly this build and want to say a big thanks to Greg and David for making this available and for the great plans, instructions and help. Now to get ready for the Pegasus ben
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Nice work on those pin rails Ron, good idea adding some structural strength. Ben
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Take your time Augie, it's important when you are planking a hull this long! Took me 5 months and I know Chris and rusty took longer than that! Ben
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Sweet rigging Danny, Chucks line looks awesome in the hands of a master such as yourself. Ben
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Very nice start to the planking Augie, from the picture it looks like you got the run dead on. Yep - she's a big un alright, took me a few months to do all the outer planking but I work much slower than you! Ben
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Well done using the rip taper jig, I intend to try that out on my next scratch build, any issues you can tell me about doing it? Tips? Ben
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Agree, that looks like a serious PITA to shape that knee but you make it look easy, were there any sent to the scrap bin in the manufacturing? Ben
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Wow mike, really impressive. This is the first time I've heard about this ship and I look forward to seeing more of her! Ben
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Hi Greg and Druxey, Thanks and I know I could do more but this version is to be a pure framing exhibition, I really like the bare bones look and nothing there to distract from that. Maybe I will build another at some point but it really has given me the experience I was looking for in the framing dept and next in line is a fully framed Pegasus following TFFM! I shall update when completed and in her case. Ben
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Getting close to the finish now, ordered the 8x8x8 display case to mount her in. Here is a pic that shows the ribband being glued in place, the temp spacers were already cut out of the framing which is why im using a temporary clamping measure to stop anything moving. Ribband was drilled and bamboo treenails were inserted all the way into the frames for strength. Keelson was cut and installed, again using bamboo treenails into the floor frames for strength. The top timbers above the gunport is what I'am working on now, when complete I have to do some final sanding and add finish and its done. ben
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Happy bday Chris! Ben
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