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Trussben

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  1. Let me be among the first to Congratulate you Glenn, you have achieved a stunning model of the Winchelsea and I look forward to following your next project.
  2. Pushing forward into Chapter 11, I cleaned all of the channel pieces and glued the layers together and faired the backside to fit each location, I then added 1mm brass pins to each of them, 2 pins for the smaller ones and 3 pins for the longer ones. The trim work was cut away and then holes in the hull drilled to suit the pin positions, then the channel was glued in place. I just completed the port side and will get the other side done this week.
  3. I’m not sure about the “all natural” quote there Glenn, there is actually a lot more paint on this model than I like personally, but we all have to expand our horizons. My Pegasus only has one color of paint on it, and I now wish I had done that in ebony wood. ben
  4. FC deck details completed except for spanshackles as still waiting on square brass wire to be delivered.
  5. Portland is coming along really nicely JJ, but also cant wait to see you back on the Winnie too! Will the lower deck be getting a full set of cannons/carriages or just dummy cannon barrels sticking out?
  6. I feel your pain brother, but the result when you take the time to do it right really shows through!
  7. FC rails and details just being finished up and the belfry and its rail waiting to be installed. Need some square wire to make the spanshackles and chapter 9 is completed. Chapter 10 will be completed very soon, just the QD cannons, binnacle and ships wheel to be completed.
  8. QD Breastrail pinned and installed to the breastbeam, lots of fun cleaning the laser char from the uprights.
  9. QD side and taffrail railings completed, will work on QD Breastrail next and then move back to FC rails.
  10. Looking really good Rusty but I have a question, the frames seem to have an awful lot of difference height wise in places so you need to do lots of fairing - but do the joint lines have a nice curve fore and aft? Just wondering if some of the frames are too high/low compared to their neighbours? ben
  11. FC timberheads and railings all cleaned up and shaped. Started installation of QD railings.
  12. Gangways and their knees completed, Breasthook installed, Cathead slots were cut and then they were installed and the Transom frames were cut down using the supplied template. All ready to start making all of the railings.
  13. Center planking on both QD and FC completed ( did not put the notches around the scuttles on the QD - prefer the look ) and I started the gangways, I want to finish most of the inboard details before I begin the railings to avoid damaging them.
  14. Print out the stern frame plans and use as a template to get correct athwartships orientation, to hold the frames while you adjust, if they are too loose in the slots - use some scotch tape to make them a touch thicker or just a very small dab of white glue will do the trick, spend A LOT of time getting this right as if you don’t your quarter galleries will be wrong and stern light spacing which throws off the entire build and look! Print out the side plans and use them for correct orientation fore/aft of the framing. Again - spend weeks not hours getting this right. Im sure Chuck and others will offer plenty of advice if you ask for it. seems it’s just you and me making regular updates on our Winnies lately! ben
  15. Margin planks on FC done, catails installed and work on Comings and gratings underway in preparation for planking down the middle of both decks.
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