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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

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 

Aldo,

 

Insanity and bravery are in the eyes of the beholder.  Hmm... let's do a quick look around and see who's watching, shall we?   I guess we're not insane after all and neither is anyone else here.  I'm glad we got that settled.

Thanks Mark, I'm relieved to hear that 

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 

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

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

Hehehe, just remember Andy's motto: "ship building is fun.... shipbuilding is fun"

Splendid detail work Popeye, those bits and pieces really do a good job of sprucing them up, they both look so real

Very precise work on the catheads, bitts and rails Robet, you've really raised the standards my friend, Mars is looking top-notch

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

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

Marvelous work as always Popeye, you're almost at the finish line my friend

Beautiful work as always Sjors, it's really nice to see her with all those fittings in place

Nice fix on the chain plates, Sjors

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

Beautiful work on the capstan, shrouds and ratlines, Peter   It's always a great feeling to finally finish doing the ratlines

Hi Sinan,

Just catching up with your POB build, very nice and clean work, Sir, she's coming along very nicely 

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

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 

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 

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

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

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

Excellent restoration work, Russ, she's a real beauty