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mtbediz

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  1. I am manufacturing and attaching the structures above the gun ports, the name and function of which I do not know. Later, I will paint them black. After flattening 1 mm brass wire by hammering, I bend it with a jig and glue it to the board I prepared before.
  2. Everything looks great Peter, congratulations. I've also finished the bow detailing for now. I'll fabricate the grates and put them in place after I install the bowsprit and gammoming. The trailboard ornament looks like it's going to wait a long time. Because I haven't figured out how to make it yet because I've never make anything like it before. I haven't made up my mind yet but I think I'll continue with the gun port lids.
  3. Both sides bow planking completed. The ship doesn't look bad at all with the edited photos. I'm finishing up the bow decoration for now. I'll come back for the trailboard later.
  4. Thanks, Peter. When I noticed that you were having difficulty securing the stiffeners in place, I made something like this. It really made the job easier.
  5. Yes Jon, I had made those hawse holes, but I lost. When I find them, I'll mount them in its place or I'll make it again.
  6. Thanks Greg. Yes, the unpainted rail in the first picture was not glued yet. Like the other rails, it was painted and striped before being installed on the ship.
  7. I glued a plank to the top head rail to make it easier to attach the plank stiffeners between the rails. This will provide a larger surface for gluing the stiffeners.
  8. I finally completed the supports. I'm happy with the overall look.
  9. Peter, I'm glad things are going well for you. By the way, I'll also make the gammon out of rope. Rope is more pleasing to my eye.
  10. Yes, there had to be enough space between the bowsprit and the grates for the chains to pass through. But there's nothing to do now. If I were you, at this stage, I would make the gammon out of rope instead of chain, this solution might be easier and wouldn't be wrong. I read somewhere that gammon were made out of rope before the chain.
  11. You're making pretty steady progress Peter. I don't know if you're going to glue the gratings in place, but I assume you've planned out how to make the gammoning as well.
  12. If you are not going to include the fore sail you will not need the boomkins. Drawing shows how the boomkins were used.
  13. If you are not going to make full rigging, you will not need boomkins. If you decide to make a limited rigging, you will not need them either. By limited rigging, I mean making the masts and standing and running rigging, but not adding sails. In the meantime, please feel free to share anything on my page.
  14. Supports number 2, 3 and 4 are complete. I am making support number 1 in two parts. I am not 100% happy with the result but this is all I can do.
  15. I remember those days as if they were yesterday. If I am not mistaken, you started with another company's kit. Then, after your conversations with us, you continued with the MS kit. My second year with this model will be up in June too. I haven't decided whether to make the masts and rigging yet. As every year, I will close the workshop soon for the summer vacation and will leave my decision until the fall. I apologize Peter, if you clarified this issue before, but I want to ask. Are you planning to add rigging and sail equipment?
  16. Then I'll make it parallel like most people do. Of the Conny builders I follow, only ERS Rich made it angled, all the others are parallel. Thanks friends.
  17. If you did this consciously, that's fine. Otherwise, you'd have to do it all over again, which would be a disaster, I think.
  18. You got a very good fit between rail and gratings. There's one thing that caught my eye though. Your lower headrail seems a bit short to me. Shouldn't it extend all the way to the end? In that case, it looks like support number 1 will be outside the rail.
  19. Thanks for the photo. Yes, I'm talking about the second support from the left in this photo. It looks slightly angled forward in this photo also, but I am not sure either.
  20. I have a question for friends who are building or completing this model. Should the support named number 4 in the kit plan be parallel to supports 1, 2, and 3, or should it be angled forward? It looks parallel in the plan, but in photos of the actual ship on the internet—although not very clear—it seems like it might be angled forward.
  21. The supports are removable and attachable, so there is no problem. I mark the positions where the notches should be by measuring on the model and cut them with a milling machine.
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