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Ah, thanks for the info Sjors, I really have to polish up on my geography -
Ah, I see, I'm pleased to know that our friend Mobbsie has switched to this beautiful rope Silly me, I almost forgot that you could just bring Aggy in your airline baggage Looking forward to watching you take on this beautiful ship, my friend
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I echo the others, Sjors, safety first my friend, these power tools can be really nasty, but they sort of become a "necessary evil" because they can make our model-building lives much easier if used properly
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Thanks Mark, I'm relieved to hear that
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Hehehe don't worry Sjors, my friend, the many seats are for you as well as the rest of the gang I think I saw a picture of your DHL Package in Anja's log, so I guess it won't be long now before you start building Agamemnon
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Hi Mark, just caught up with your Triton log, beautiful work, Sir, fittings, guns, framing, planking are all perfectly done, thank you for sharing this magnificent build
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Hi guys, @Larry: no problem, mate, glad to be of help @Sjors: Sure my friend, I've reserved some front seats for you, would you prefer brewed coffee or instant I have no doubt you can do this kind of stuff my friend, with your excellent modelling skills and neat set of tools, I know you can cross over to the dark side without any problem
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Hehehe, just remember Andy's motto: "ship building is fun.... shipbuilding is fun"
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Splendid detail work Popeye, those bits and pieces really do a good job of sprucing them up, they both look so real
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Very precise work on the catheads, bitts and rails Robet, you've really raised the standards my friend, Mars is looking top-notch
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Splendid work as always Borge Sorry to hear about your elbow acting up, have a good rest, don't worry about Dragon, she'll be waiting patiently for your recovery
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Hello Robert Thanks for dropping by as well as your vote of confidence my friend, if I could get my hull to look half has good as yours, I'll be a very happy man
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Marvelous work as always Popeye, you're almost at the finish line my friend
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Beautiful work as always Sjors, it's really nice to see her with all those fittings in place
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That's a nice and sweet Half Moon you have there Popeye, I will be following along to see you do your magic on this lady
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Beautiful work on the capstan, shrouds and ratlines, Peter It's always a great feeling to finally finish doing the ratlines
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Hi Sinan, Just catching up with your POB build, very nice and clean work, Sir, she's coming along very nicely
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Very nice work on the keel, Larry, your use of layers to build up the deadwood is a very neat technique, thanks for sharing it
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Thanks for the kind words, Mobbsie, Mark, Larry, Grant, and Guy, I appreciate it I think I read somewhere that there is a thin line between bravery and stupidity, I'll know which of these two applies to me once I plank this crazy attempt at modifying my hull
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Hello Guy, Wow! splendid work on the keel, Sir, very nice and clean. That's a neat set of tools you have there too, looking forward to more of your beautiful work
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Beautiful work Richard, everything looks shipshape. Just a note on references, Amazon has some used TFFM vol 1 at a bargain price, see link below: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0975577212/ref=sr_1_1_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1368869860&sr=8-1&keywords=david+antscherl&condition=used This covers most of the info you will need for the framing and should keep you occupied while you save up for the rest of the volumes
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Hi guys, Just a wee bit of update on what I've accomplished with my Triton. First, I thought I'd share the modifications that I planned to do to my ship's center board, in the hope of decreasing the amount of detailing that I have to do and also to provide slots that will allow me to easily secure the masts/bowsprit with their proper rake (see picture below): The modified centerboard proved fairly easy to do, however, I came upon some problems when I made the bulkheads as some of them, particularly the aft-most ones gave some odd looking shape to the hull when test planks were temporarily attached. A detailed discussion on this can be seen in the link below: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/1929-question-regarding-lines-of-hms-triton-1771/ I decided to compare the provided plans with the original draughts rescaled to 1/64. The original inboard profile proved to be pretty much spot on with the provided plans (save for the height of the bowsprit): The bulkheads on the other hand, posed some challenges as some of them were not very close to the originals. I finally decided to make some new bulkheads using some of the stations in the original draughts. Well, that's it for now, just need to make about 3 more bulkheads for the stern section then I can move on to adding the stern timbers
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Thank your very much for the kind words, Pete, Sinan, Grant, Christian, Daniel, Ben, Guy, Sjors and Frank, they are much appreciated Pete, I used lime for my 1/96 keel, but I'm switching to 1/64 scale and plan to use either boxwood or swiss pear for my new keel Sinan, I'm afraid I have revised my scale to 1/64, the frames were just too thin (almost 1mm) at 1/96 and this was just too scary for me, especially since I'm a bit heavy handed. As such, you still hold the record for having the smallest Triton Daniel, yes I tapered my original 1/96 keel, though I'm afraid I will have to replace it since I've switched to a new scale Grant, Ben, Sjors and Frank, thanks for the support my friends, I'll need all the help I can get with this challenging build
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Excellent restoration work, Russ, she's a real beauty
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