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    Hey folks - does anyone have a good graphic of the transom scroll work? I'm looking for something flat that I can use for a pattern for engraving. The larger (and more accurately detailed) the better. I've got tons of pictures but translating this to a flat surface would be kind of a mystery to me, with the compound curved surface. Thanks in advance, - Tim
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    Hello everyone - It's been WAY too long since I've dropped in. It's very good to see a lot of the same folks and builds progressing, and in some cases completing their projects. I was able to retire (finally) about a year ago, and with some big items off the honey-do lists, I'm finding myself with a little time. Looking at some interesting metalworking and engraving websites is rekindling my nautical interests, so I'm going to re-open the shipyard. The CS was placed in mothballs several years ago so finding just where I left off is taking some time. Also trying to find the treasure trove of photographs I'd collected from the incredibly helpful folks here proving difficult. It's been one or two computers ago and backing up was not one of my strong points. Fortunately Nenad's links still work so that's a great start. Anyway, please bear with me as I ask many questions all over again, and try to dive back into this build. Best regards, - Tim
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    Hello Ted - It's Tim in New Mexico (Schooner Yacht America). It's been a long time since I've been to the forum but it's great to see the progress you've made on Bluenose! Top notch work! Also great to see all the experts still building and contributing. After about 2 1/2 years hiatus I've been thinking about opening up the shipyard once again. Cutty Sark has been in mothballs all this time and I'm digging around to try and remember where I was, and the sequences I had figured out to proceed. One immediate task is to find all the reference pictures I had stashed here and there - hundreds of pictures (from the actual CS) from a number of forum folks. Unfortunately that was two computers ago, and I've lost those links. I'm sure I can reconstruct but that'll take a while. I remember now that this kit is so bashed that the kit plans are useless. I was following Longridge with lots of help by Lou and Hof and Nenad and Keelhauled, and a bunch of others here. I'm sure It will all come rushing back as soon as I pick up the Xacto knife again. Anyway, thought I'd say Hi and that I'll be lurking about. Looking forward to seeing the progress on Bluenose - and hopefully Syren at some point. Best, - Tim
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    You have an excellent eye for composition Nenad! Really really nice photographs! - Tim
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    Looks fantastic Lou! I've forgotten, do you plan to set sails? Looks like you're getting pretty close to running rigging. Keep up the great work. - Tim
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    Marc - That is a beautiful job!! So when I send you the quantity for my brass belay pins, do you need an Autocad file or just a dimensioned drawing? 😉 - Tim
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    Ed - Truly a treasure trove of information, technique, and craftsmanship! A masterpiece! Thank you for this! - Tim
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    Nicely done Nenad!
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    Thank you Marc - The Campbell I bought from the Cutty Sark's gift shop (online) was very rough. Not useless but as you say, copy of a copy (of a copy). This was a number of years before 2017 but after 2003. I will order another set. Thanks for mentioning the improved prints. - Tim PS feel free to make another set of your drawings and mail them to me 😉
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    Gary, Very nice! I personally like the 'staining' of the wood around the hinges. Also think the knob looks fine the way it is. She is really coming together nicely. -Tim
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    Takes my breath away!!
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    Stubborn? Yes!! But perhaps a better term: Perseverance! I looked it up in my dictionary and here is what I found:
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    Very nice planking Nenad - while I am no where near working on my boats, this is the technique I will use. Please keep it going. We want to see more of your imagination at work. - Tim
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    Hi TUEL - I recommend you follow Hamilton's log on truing and fairing the bulkheads. He was much more conscientious than I (my first build) and I'm sure it led to a much easier hull planking. The plans are crap! The pot metal parts are crap! The blocks are really crap! The supplied rope was crap. Syrian ship model company (syrenshipmodelcompany.com) has really good rope, blocks, and deadeyes. And with the extra materials you procured you should feel free to bash. You may want to look at the books I reference in my build - lots of drawings, paintings, and even some actual photographs. I can already tell by your observations that you will do a great job on this build. It is possible with this kit as a starting point. Hamilton's came out great, and he did sails (too scary for me). Good luck, I'll be looking in if that's OK. - Tim
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    Hi Jens - Are you referring to the white iron rod? If so, I think that it is the lower topsail-yard crane. What's it for? Not sure. Unlike the mainsail yard, which has a chain to take most of the weight of the yard, the topsail yard doesn't have this. Perhaps the crane supports the weight of the topsail yard(?) The lower end looks to sit on the lower mast cheeks. Although I don't see how the yard would be allowed to swing (not tilt) round to the stays. - Tim
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    Looking very nice! She's nice and big at 1/48. Will you plank hull or deck first?
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    Paint on the inside?!? The wood is beautiful! - especially like the contrast light/dark mahogany. Interesting choice, mahogany is such an open grain/large pore wood, but it looks great! - Tim
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    Nicely done Nenad!
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    Wow! My surgery isn't that clean!! Well, maybe, but that's clean!!
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    Hey Man! Your BN frame is beautiful!! I found that the thick first flanking on America laid pretty fair on the bulkheads if they weren't soaked. Anyway, that's what putty is for. Glad to hear about the recovering digit. Keep up the PT!! I heard that pushups on your fingertips is good therapy - Tim
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    Thanks for the likes and the detailed picture Nenad! The panels will be 12" X 40". I am still a long way from there but I will use this technique on the upper bulwarks. I will continue on with the metal work; masts with coats, bands, lugs, trees etc. The brass bowsprit is finished except for the cheek sheaves for the fore topmast stays, which I intend to turn this morning.
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    Thanks for the compliment Eduardo. Actually, a Cameron Micro Drill with a Proton XY table, and a 1/16 end mill. My father bought this many years ago and used it to drill holes in printed circuit boards. From pictures it looks like the teak panels were 12" high, the white reveal 4" high and (at least some) 36" long? Paneling over and under the reveal at 4" each? The space between the reveal ~12" (4" 'post' in the middle of this that the topgallant rail sits on?). I'm not going to get too carried away with this - just a point of interest. Also, it seems that this top bulwark paneling ends forward against the heads, forward of that, on the anchor deck, it seems to be iron, painted white, with just the butt plates/angle iron to support the topgallant rail. The aft paneling appears to end midway down the poop deck and looks to be wood planks painted black. Any details on this appreciated! Thanks, - Tim
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    A trial strip. This is 0.5mm walnut. At 1:78, the panel is 12.5" high. The 'slots' are 5" high by 32" long, and 14" between slots. In looking at the treasure trove of pictures of Her Majesty, I can see a few different widths of slots.
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    Hello all - Can anyone tell me the dimensions shown here? I gather not all of the panels were exactly the same but I suspect most were the same size? Thanks, - Tim
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    Some more metal work. Mainmast top Bowsprit/Jib boom collar Soldered ... with lugs Experimenting with bulwark angle iron (er, brass)

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