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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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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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Enjoy your Vaca Rusty, we will miss you! Ben
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Got to agree Bob, coming along very nicely. Ben
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Planking is coming along nicely Richard, well done. Ben
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You got there before me Chuck! The angle looks a little shallow, just like what I ended up with, Augie - photocopy the rear transom plan and hold it over your counter, the lower fancy molding below the confederacy name is the curve you are looking for. As for the ends of the planks where the hull planking meets it, look back through my log and you will see many pics about that. Photo from directly astern looking from below up at the counter to be sure. Ben
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Really nice Toni, great fitting to the beams. Ben
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Well done Augie, looks like you achieved the curve needed, any chance of a pic the right way up and further away? Ben
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Hi Bill, I look forward to seeing you start the Confed, my build is on hiatus at the moment but should be restarting in a month or so, I'm at about the halfway point on my Confederacy, also check out Rustys and ChrisL scratch builds of her. As for ordering the models, model expo sells the kits in USA and has discounts now and then that can be up 60% off. If you are looking for really good quality wood check out jeff@hobbmill, awesome stuff. Ben
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HMS VICTORY 1759 by isalbert
Trussben replied to isalbert's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
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Sweet Danny, I just ordered my framing package in Pear, I will be starting the TFFM in January and I'm doing Pegasus. I have started reading and rereading yours and Toni's logs, loads of info to digest and I thank you again for rebuilding your log. Ben
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Nice Augie, When you start planking the counter I would prebend the planks edgewise to get the correct curveture, something I failed at when I did mine! look at the plans! ben
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Sorry to hear about the damage Bob, if you can handle everything you are currently doing, I'm sure some repair work won't tax you to hard, will just take longer due to the distance. Ben
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The pic with the sander in it just goes to show how big the model really is! Cool! Ben
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