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Folks, the bottom line is this, the NRG leadership investigated this last year. The Guild not interested in publishing this manuscript. Mr. Davis has not even been on MSW for ten months. There is no need for further discussion.

Beautiful as always, Karl. What is next?

If you are using silver solder, a soldering iron is of no use. You need the higher heat only attainable with a torch. Most silver solder paste has flux in the paste; actually, the flux is what makes it a paste.

Don, your work is great. I have a question about the paint scheme on the quarter galleries. You show ochre paint extending onto them. When I built her several years ago, my research showed that they were completely black, as seen in the attached photo. Is this an era-specific schema?

Welcome. Never be concerned about your skill with English. We are all here for the same reason... love of our hobby.

Welcome, Pete. If you are a member of the NRG, in addition to MSW, let one of the mods know so you can have the logo added to your name.

My suggestion is to follow the construction sequence as written in TFFM. That's what I did with Atalanta and never regretted it.

Love it!

Thanks to everyone for the likes. Thank you, druxey. Your explanation was much more explanatory than anything I would have said. The fashion piece was a pain to fabricate because of the compound curves. But by following the little-bit-at-a time approach, I ended up pleased with the result. As you can see in the picture, the model does not have a fashion piece. In fact, the aft ends of the hull planks are unusual; typically the lapstrake would have gradually diminished to a smooth surface.

It has been almost two months since my last post but I have been busy doing small projects. Having recently completed a capstan in 1:16 scale, it was time to duplicate my efforts at 1:48. If you have purchased the Capstan Project, I used the approach outlined in the advanced version. The capstan on a ship of this size and from this era has five whelps and six bars. I turned the spindle in a lathe and then used a mill to make it ten-sided. The pencil marks are to help the edges stand out. The whelps were glued-up as a sandwich; the thickness was the maximal thickness of the whelp. The sandwich was then glued to a block of wood, which was put into the mill vice. The face was milled and the whelps were separated by soaking in isopropanol. I made a few extra to allow for mistakes. The whelp is wider at the bottom and on its face. The final shape was achieved with a sanding stick. The drumhead was made from four semicircular pieces and a cap. I used thin adhesive-backed copper sheet as the iron ring. I used liver of sulfur to give the copper a patina. After the whelps were glued to the spindle, the chocks were made and installed and the bolts were installed. The iron ring looks much better than the photo would suggest. And the final result... The next item I needed to address was the decorative molding. The plans show the molding at the level of the bottom of the gunports. The model shows the molding halfway up the gun ports. The plan shows the bottom of the oar ports raised by the width of the molding. The model shows them at the same level as the gun ports. As it turned out, I (accidentally) built them at the same level, as shown on the model. If I left the molding where it is seen in the plan, it would have gone through the oar ports. So my choices were to rebuild the upper works to lower the oar ports or raise the molding, as seen on the model. I went to the RMG site and looked at other models with oar ports; they were most commonly positioned at the same level as the gun ports. Therefore, I decided to move the molding instead of the oar ports. The ship has eleven swivel gun mounts on each side, although she only carried eight guns. These were located per the plan. They were notched to fit over the rail. Bolt holes were drilled. The metal work will be installed later. The cathead and cathead knee were made next. The cathead was sawn from a single piece wood. Two sheaves were installed. The cathead knee was made up of three pieces, as seen in the picture below; the final shape was attained with sanding drum and disc. The cathead and knee were then temporarily installed. No finish has been applied to either the swivel posts or the cathead. As you can see in the third picture, the tops of the swivel posts have not been shaped yet. They will be horizontal across ship and will parallel the shear when seen from the side. Also temporarily fitted are the first oar port and gun port covers. They will all be hinged horizontally. Other small items which have been installed are the cleats (three per side) and the mast coats. The entry ladders, pumps and capstan are temorarily in place.

Looks very nice. Your setup is a lot fancier than mine. I got lucky and found that the block of wood that holds my end mills was just the right height for the vice and live center.

The grating looks great. As far as which wood to use, I would suggest using whatever you have a few scraps of. Even at 1:16, they don't use up a lot of wood. (Or at least that is how I decided.)

Thanks for being there.

Thanks for joining us this morning. The redo looks much better. Just remember, isopropanol goes on the model; ethanol goes down the hatch.

Looks very nice. You will also find that the boxwood is easier to make grating out of, especially at smaller scales.