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  1. gjdale
    Great to see back Paul and nice to hear of your good news.
  2. gjdale
    Great to see you back in the shipyard Augie.
  3. gjdale
    Mine arrived in the post today! Complete with decorative towel, duly handed over to the Admiral. When I went to order from the website it said out of stock, so I sent them an email expressing my interest. They confirmed when they were expecting more in and politely asked me if I would like them to send me an invoice. I agreed, received the invoice, which I promptly paid vis PayPal, and my order was shipped the next day. Took about two weeks to get here, which seems to be pretty standard for anything ordered from overseas, regardless of country of origin.
  4. gjdale
    Danny you are just a glutton for punishment! I hope your neighbour appreciates your kindness.
  5. gjdale
    Now that is just lovely Bob!
  6. gjdale
    Great work Nigel and thanks for showing your technique.
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    She's looking lovely Richard
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    A beautiful bevy of boats Ray!
  9. gjdale
    That's a very useful little tutorial on your broach Bob. Thanks for sharing - I've filed that one away for future reference!
  10. gjdale
    Congrats on the new job Wayne! And nice to see a little progress on your lovely Emma.
  11. gjdale
    Just found your log Ken. Looks like a really interesting project so I might pull up a chair too. I think I can see a spot in the second row.
  12. gjdale
    Nice one Danny! I'll bet Pud was ducking for cover..... Glad to hear it was a false alarm. The braces look great.
  13. gjdale
    Sweet! Looking just lovely Mark. (The ship, that is )
  14. gjdale
    Best wishes for a successful, damage-free move Ben. We'll keep a light burning in the stern gallery for you.
  15. gjdale
    I'll join the chorus of praise too Frank - love your sails!
  16. gjdale
    She sure is looking nice John. Can't wait to see her dressed up in Poly.
  17. gjdale
    Looks like you'll be kept off the streets for a while with this one Danny! I'm sure you'll turn this into a very nice finished model too.
  18. gjdale
    Looking very nice indeed Richard.
  19. gjdale
    Gun Port Adjustments At this point, I would like to acknowledge the advice/assistance of master modeller Dan Pariser. After posting my previous progress report, Dan very kindly sent me a PM noting the discrepancies in the heights of the gunport openings. These are quite obvious in the last two photos of my previous update. The ports had been constructed according to the drawings, with only the aft port closed on all four sides, and the middle and forward ports being open to the sheer rail. There may also have been some accumulated error at play here as well. I had been feeling uneasy about this aspect myself, so when it was noted by Dan I just knew I couldn’t leave it as it was. First of all, I made up a rough dummy canon block from some scrap MDF to check the height of the lower edges of the ports: This showed that the aft port on the starboard side was considerably lower than the others on that side, so I had to extend the height of this port before adding a larger fillet to the bottom of it. Next, I made up some fillet stock by laminating some scraps of Pear, Yellow Heart and Red Heart: Then I cut some fillets roughly to length and then individually sized them to suit each gunport using the Byrnes disc sander: The fillets were then glued in place in their respective gunport. The surrounding area was given a light sand and a coat of Wipe-On Poly to blend with the surrounding area. Although there remain some visible joints, I think this looks better than the odd sized ports. With the 20/20 vision of hindsight, these fixes would have been better done prior to the addition of internal and external planking. Had I done this, the fix would have remained invisible. Lesson learned. Thanks again Dan for bringing this to my attention.
  20. gjdale
    Glad to hear your glue swelling issue sorted itself out Nils. Mighty fine progress there.
  21. gjdale
    Just stumbled across your log Ben. Sounds like a fascinating project, so I'm pulling up a chair too.
  22. gjdale
    Congratulations Danny. A truly magnificent build and an exceptional build log as well. Thanks for all you have shown so many of us.
  23. gjdale
    Nice to see you back at the work bench Charlene. Progress looks good.
  24. gjdale
    Thanks Carl - and yes, partly to avoid splintering and partly to ensure that the hole started/finished in the right place as it would have been very difficult to judge the correct angle for the drill to do it in one go. As it is, the alignment is close enough to not notice any small discrepancies.
  25. gjdale
    Thanks Mobbsie, For the scuppers, I drilled from both sides, starting with a quite small drill and gradually working up to the full size. The holes aligned pretty closely in the end. And you can relax, I'm unlikely to get any time in the shipyard this weekend, so you've got a week or two to catch up. Edit: just noticed the extremely "helpful" predictive text correction.......and corrected it!

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