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    Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack by SkiBee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:24 Scale

    in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1851 - 1900

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    Looks like you're off to a good start, fractured though parts may be. I think the product should be fine in the end.

     

    Two thoughts.

     

    1 - when bending metal generally the tightest radius you can get without breaking (over stressing) the metal is twice the thickness of the metal. If you're bending a 1/16" rod, the tightest bend you can reliably get is around 1/8" radius.

     

    2 - I find a jeweler's pliers very handy making tight bends. IMG_1277.JPG.266710381e476ea7d42af5334e2ca771.JPG 

     

    At any rate, I'll enjoy following your effort.

     

    Jim

    Benjamin W Latham by Jim Low - Model Shipways - 1:48

    in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1901 - Present Day

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    It's definitely buildable and as Joe notes a real soldering skills builder.

     

    In building my version I replaced several of the wood portions, bits, cheeks and handles in the levers with actual wood and soldered up the links as shown in the instructions. Just for grins and for luck I added a horseshoe to the kingpost. Didn't lose any fingers on the exercise but a few soldering burns....

     

    There are a couple images of my project in the gallery but the windless is not terribly well represented.

     

    If you can put your hands on Howard Chapelle's The American Fishing Schooners it will answer a lot of questions about details and proper dimensions.

     

    Found the image below in my files.

     

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    Jim

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