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Congratulations on passing the finish line, she looks awesome, please post some pics when the case is finished and she gets in her final resting place. Confederacy Eh?? Who would of thunk it! I shall of course be around to watch that build, contact me before you start her, I have some small experience with that particular ship. Enjoy the break buddy and see you in the fall. Ben- 1,668 replies
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Thanks for the comments Bob, Sjors, Greg and Aldo. This version will not be fitted out, just the framing as I said on first page of log. I have still got half the wood left from the package as I didn't make too many mistakes and Jeff supplied plenty, so I will make another which will be fully completed when Greg and David finish the entire practicum and offer a wood package for it. Ben
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Well Done Rusty, Looks great. Almost time for you to start up on the Echo again. ben
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Very nice work on the seizing Robbyn. Ben
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Essex without the rigging??? ben
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Very well done Aldo, looks like your cad work has paid off, I agree its a little difficult and time consuming redoing the entire plans, I'm currently drafting and lofting a set of plans for the US brig Eagle and I have spent many hours so far but I'm enjoying learning how to do this for future scratch building. Ben
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Coming along great Bob, the redheart looks very nice, may have to try that out one day. Ben
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Yep, awesome craftsmanship Gary, always a pleasure to watch your progress. Ben
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Thanks Druxey. Rusty - just send em on down and i'll get them done for ya! Well I just raised the last frame and thought I'd post a pic of it drying, hopefully sometime over the next week I will get the sweep and gunport sills and lintles installed and start to sand and fair it all up. ben EDIT - reposted missing pics 4-2-14
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More frames have been raised, up to 3 aft which is cast against the gunport. I hope to finish raising the rest over the next week. ben
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Looks superb Chris. Keep going! Ben
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Very nice work on the brackets Rusty! Did you use normal solder or silver solder? Ben
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If anybody is interested a guy called Kevin Crissman did his dissertation on the eagle and its the most comprehensive info I could find in her, he actually took measurements from the wreckage and that's what I'm using for lofting my plans. He also has a book about her that has some plans and other info, proberbly still get it second hand! It's a free download from Http://nautarch.tamu.edu/anth/abstracts/crisman.htm It's got tons of info about her and sister ships and the war of 1812. Ben
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Hi and a very nice model of the Eagle. I am currently drawing and lofting a set of plans in Autocad for a future scratch POF build of her, I guess the kit designer took some libertys with the ornamentation. Looking good. Ben
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Hi JP, Not having built the Rat I am unsure wether the gunports should follow the sheer of the wales but I would guess so, does the deck follow the lines of the wales? If it does then I would use a temp batten to get the correct shape at the correct height above the deck and then mark each bulkhead and then install the sills/lintels to those marks. Also maybe use thicker wood and fair it back to the bulkheads inside and out, that will get rid of those strait lines. Take a look at my Confed log first few pages and you will see me doing exactly that. Hope that helps somewhat. Ben
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Hi Ed, I started reading your entire log again and noticed that Part 5 is missing, did you know that?? ben
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10 coats looks plenty good from here Rusty. ben
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Hi Chris, what size of ships wheels did you buy from Cornwall models boats? They have 2 sizes available. And your right about expensive! Ben
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Nice to see those pics again Chris, that's the area I'm working on now and I just completed the stern decorations, not as good as yours though! Ben
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Have there been changes to Model Expo Support?
Trussben replied to rtropp's topic in Wood ship model kits
Thanks for the official update Eric. Ben -
Have there been changes to Model Expo Support?
Trussben replied to rtropp's topic in Wood ship model kits
Frank was the parts guy, sorry to hear he retired. ben -
Close one buddy!
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HMS Euryalus by egen -
Trussben replied to egen's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1801 - 1850
Got to agree, looks excellent. Ben -
Hi Jaxboat, you got any work done to the Confed? Ben
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Hi Chris and nice to see your other model. I look forward to seeing more of her and I'm glad you are getting a little modeling time in between changing diapers. Ben
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