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I will await the festivities, 6 pack in the fridge, passing out the party poppers etc...... Can't wait to see her in the final position, don't get sunburn waiting by the mailbox for Confederacy! Ben -
She is very impressive Greg, I've been looking forward to an update. Are you and David still going to offer her on your website alongside the Swan and Echo?? Ben
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Looks great Chris. 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
Really nice work Maury, nice to see how you executed these parts. Ben -
Here are the gunport sills/lintles joints being filed into the frames, we shall see how accurate they are! I leave for vacation for 3 weeks tomorrow so no updates for a while. ben
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SWEET! Bob, that's looking excellent, what did you use for treenails? They stand out just enough but not too much. Ben
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Congrats on reaching the century Augie! I cannot imagine any of my logs getting this big. ben
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Damn - 1401 posts!!!!!!!
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Very nice start on the boats Paul, Knowing your work they will awesome. ben
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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
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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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