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  1. mtbediz
    I have assembled the gun deck bilge pump parts in place for testing. The brass parts will be painted black.
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    You are way ahead of me in the paint business. Good job!
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    Half of the spar deck beams are completed. I can only complete one beam and its connected knees per day.
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    I glued the ropes with CA to the frame, where I marked with a red circle in the picture. While gluing, I stretch the rope with a pair of tweezers that I extend below. So it looks like it's tied somewhere below. The end of the rope is not tied to anything, I found such a solution.
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    Great job on the metal, Greg. Looks like brass material, have you ever thought of blackening it? It looks more realistic.
  6. mtbediz
    Added stancions and hand ropes around the main hatch while it is still accessible.
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    Thank you Greg. My table saw is a Proxxon KS230. It's Proxxon's simplest saw and does a good job within its capabilities. I've been using it for six years.
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    I would like to show how I made the main beams for those who are wondering how I did it. Since I have difficulty obtaining smooth beams by cutting and sanding wood, I use another method. I cut 3 pieces of the same size strip from 1,5x5 mm stock, apply glue between them, clamp them to the mold I prepared before, wait for it to dry, and remove it from the mold. Thus, I obtain standard curved beams.
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    Thanks for the info John. As far as I understand what I made is a Grog Tub
  10. mtbediz
    Thank you Greg. I really don't know what was in the barrel. There was probably a liquid inside, such as water or alcohol. I added it because it was on the deck of today's ship. Jon is really knowledgeable on Conny. Maybe he can make a contribution.
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    I don't know when this ship was launched, but my guess is that she is at least 200 years old and is still alive and well. She deserves her name. She's an ''Iron Lady''
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    A quick update
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    Greg, I know it's too early to ask because you're concentrating on your Bluenose right now, but while it's mentioned, let me ask anyway. Are you considering adding a gun deck to your Constitution? As far as I know the kit does not have this.
  14. mtbediz
    Yes Jon, you suggested this to me before. Even making the auxiliary beams thinner at the front of the ship didn't help make the gun deck as visible as I had hoped. So I decided not to put them in anymore.
  15. mtbediz
    I decided not to add the auxiliary beams along the gratings on the spar deck. I'll settle for just the main beams. Thus, the details on the gun deck will be more visible.
  16. mtbediz
    Since I was away from the shipyard for a while, there was no progress on the model. Let me share a few photos that I like.
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    You are very good at metal work. Everything looks so nice Greg!
  18. mtbediz
    Close-up photos of the stancions. They're not as good as the real ones, but they work.
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    You are welcome Peter.
  20. mtbediz
    Dear Greg. The photos Jon posted are beautiful. Of course, I cannot do it this well on this scale, I just tried to simulate it. I'll take a close-up photo tomorrow and add it here.
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    First of all, thank you very much for your attention and warning me, Jon. Yes, you are absolutely right. I will lextend or remake the ladders. I haven't glued the ladders in place yet anyway. As for the hand ropes, I'm making them because I saw them in your build and in the photos of the ship. Other than that, I don't have any information.
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    I do the cuts with my mill. I just attach the side rails properly (with the same angle) onto a piece of wood with double sided adhesive tape and cut them together, then glue the steps. I don't use any jig for that.
  23. mtbediz
    I completed the gun deck hatch's stancions and hand ropes. I made two ladders from the spar deck to the gun deck and since they were still reachable I added stancions for the hand ropes because the beams would prevent me from reaching them later.
  24. mtbediz
    Hi Greg. Yes these are anchor chains. It would be difficult for me to explain how the system works on here, but there is a YouTube video that I like very much and you can find the answers to many questions about historic ships in this video. For the answer to your question, please watch from 18:50 of the video.
  25. mtbediz
    I made the chain pots and fixed them in place. These are where the anchor chains or ropes are transferred across the gun deck and into storage areas. I then hauled the anchor chains onto the gun deck.

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