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Hey, that's neat Danny! Very clever technique.

Kevin,

The P&P hurts, but trust me - its worth it!!! (Especially for the Byrnes machines). Postage from the US to Downunda adds about 50% to the price. I'd rather not have to pay it, but pay it I will for machines of this quality.

Convinced yet?

Nick,

That's a very neat set-up and looks like it works really well. I'd like to see the finished nets in situ - I bet they look fabulous! I'm afraid I cheated on mine - used nylon Tulle, painted black.

Thanks for sharing your technique.

That's a very kind gesture Jim, and another example of your excellent customer service. It won't be long before I'll be coming back to you to expand my "Byrnes Collection".

Nice work David. Looking very sharp!

Thanks Augie, Mick and Keith,

Augie - hang in there mate, I hope to make up for lost time over the long weekend!

Mick - have you tried the Tamiya brand masking tape? I hear from others here that it is the best going, so might be worth a try.

Keith - recovery is pretty much complete, thanks for asking - enough to flog myself senseless with work again anyway! I'm glad my little side projects have helped you - though judging from your work to date, you don't seem to need much inspiration!!! Good to hear that you're feeling better now - that sounded like a pretty tough few weeks.

Oh, right!  I see he has a 1/24th cross section listed?  Bring on the power tools!!!!!!   

I don't know if he's actually decided on the project, but I'm certain it's the power tools that have gotten him in trouble!

I think Kevin is referring to his plans for moving to the "darkside".

You are so right about that finish line Augie. Just when you think you've got the last few steps lined up, something else rears its head and demands to be included before you can say "finished". We just have to keep telling ourselves, it's all about the journey! Who knows, we may even convince ourselves.

Thank you very much Mobbsie and Robboxx for the good words - you are too kind.

On the road again for a couple of days tomorrow, so no progress until the weekend. But it is a long weekend here, so hopefully some real progress in the shipyard. And tomorrow night I'll be glued to the TV in the hotel room - it's State of Origin football time! Queenslander!!!

Happy Birthday Andy, and best wishes for a safe trip.

Thanks Mark, and thanks for the tip too.

Thanks Mick, yes slow and patient is the go with these. Then again, "slow" has been what this build has been from the start! I don't get much time during the working week, so just gluing up a few frames in the evening and leaving them for a day or two works well at this stage.

Your London Tram is looking very nice, by the way.

I have to agree Andy, compared to some of us, your progress is just flying along. Looking great too!

Paul,

Your attention to detail is just astounding. Fantastic work, as always.

Good choice Timmo. Your artist's eye is clearly well focused. Looking mighty sharp. As for the committee, as long as they are only "advisory" and not an "executive" committee, we should do just fine! Otherwise, the words 'camel' and 'horse' come to mind.

Thanks Sjors,

If you count the Launch as a separate build, then I have three builds in one log since I've already done one ships boat before.

Ouch Mobbsie!!! I don't like the sound of that. But I do hope you left a tiny speck of blood behind - sort of like an Artist's signature - just to show how much of you went into this build.

Hope it heals quickly my friend and that you're back to full speed in no time.

Thanks Augie, John, Robert, Sherry, and John for your kind words and encouragement. It's very reassuring to know you're with me on this interesting little diversion!

I bent a few more frames around the formers tonight - have sorted the technique so that I can do four at once now. The only limitation now is the number of suitable clamps. The brass ones shown in the previous post are ideal for the job - but I only have four of these.

Nice progress there Sjors - looking good. Don't bother with the cannon ball stowage though, you just know that Anja isn't going to let you have any cannon balls!

Very nice indeed Len!

Thanks Sjors and Mark.

@Mark - sometimes I just need to mull something over for a while before the solution hits me.  Mind you, it's usually a BGO (Blinding Glimpse of the Obvious)    

Some more progress to day.  The laminating of the frames is going well.........so far! 

I've used two pieces of 1/64" thick by 1/16"wide boxwood for each frame.  I simply soak them for a few minutes in hot water, then dry them off lightly with a paper towel, apply some PVA glue to one piece then join the two together and clamp around the relevant former.  It's proving to be a lot easier than I expected so far.  Mind you, I suspect it will get a little more difficult once I get further away from the centre of the boat and start trying to bend some pretty sharp curves.    

Here's how it looks glued up and clamped around the former:

It only takes about an hour or so to dry sufficiently to be able to remove the laminated frame from the former.  Each frame is marked for the centreline and also for the sheer line will on the former.  Note in this picture how little "spring back" there is once removed from the former:

It's then a pretty straight forward process to glue the frame to the keel and the building board.  The plug simply acts as a bit of backing when installing the frame.  Here's a shot showing several frames completed:

It looks to me that there may be a re-do necessary on some frames once all are in place.  Sanding these little suckers is not really going to be an option, so getting the right shape is pretty important.  Removing and replacing though is pretty easy.

The slow part of this process is actually waiting for the frames to dry on the formers.  I can only really do two at a time, but then again, there's no hurry. 

Hi Mobbsie,

I've scanned the section from Longridge on coppering and placed it in the attached files.  Hope this is of some help (and I'm making an assumption that Aggy would have been done the same way - I could be wrong.  I think this is the same way (or similar) to the way Kevin has done his.

Interesting caution about the optical illusion of "waterline sag" too.

Longridge on Coppering.pdf

Longridge Plan 2.pdf

Nice

Okay Mobbsie,

I'll scan and send the picture in the morning. It's just on midnight here now and I'll disturb the Admiral if I try to do it now! I'll reply to your PM then too - just need to double check with the Admiral.