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Ah, thanks for the info Sjors, I really have to polish up on my geography
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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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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
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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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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:
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
HMS Triton (1/64) by Aldo - POB
in Build Logs for the Full Hull Version of HMS TRITON
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Thanks for dropping by, as well as the vote of confidence, Eric, this is actually more of the "gray side" as I'll probably be adapting kit parts for most of my fittings/guns
Of course I will never get tired of visiting you guys, I draw my inspiration from your beautiful builds my friend