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We cut out a thin piece of wood to serve as the top of the ship, in the hope of getting a sharp edge between the top and the sides. It has been glued and clamped in place. Once the glue dries, we'll remove the clamps and see if any patch work is needed to create a clean, sharp transition from the sides to the top.
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Notice the copper plating along the keel in the previous 2 images. This is difficult at this scale, requiring a 1/16" strip of copper foil. The smallest we could find was 3/16" so I am slicing them in half (not easy!). At this scale, we decided to leave out the nail pattern. This was a test strip and we were pleased with the result. We will continue this once further progress on the model is made.
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The wooden strip turned out to be too inflexible and difficult to work with so we replaced it with a cardstock strip as suggested by the kit instructions.
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Fantail installed. The chain used to move the rudder is temporarily in place to make sure we could install it with the deck in place.
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While Michael worked on the rudder, I used some leftover strips from another kit to straighten the keel and stern post.
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Pintles & gudgeons are not part of the kit. At 1/16 scale, we'll keep it simple. Hat tip to jre8655 and his post from 2013 - we will use a similar technique. Michael drilled holes with a #74 drill and glued in 4 pieces of brass wire. These will be used to connect the rudder to the post and should be concealed when complete.
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The new template fit perfectly and was attached to wood stock with two-sided tape and cut out, filed clean and then the post was separated from the rudder.
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The rudder as depicted on the plans is too small for the area between the fantail and the keel, so we did a bit of math and determined a 12% increase in size would correct the problem.
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After another long break Michael is returning to this model. During the break, he built the frame of the Chuck Passaro English Pinnace that he was given as a gift, and completed a model of USS Laffey DD-459, which took 1st place in the Junior division at the 40th annual NE Joint Clubs Ship Model Conference on April 29th in New London, CT. New pictures to this build log coming soon.
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A gap between the keel and the hull at the stern will be filled with scrap wood strips and then finished with wood filler.
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