Beckmann
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The laser didn't cut all the way through the material, so it is a delicate thing to get them out without breaking them. Obviously I again was not patiently enough
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I will make an attempt to clean it! You are right, it really is a miracle, how they did this in earlier times with primitive tools and no technical help.
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Here we go with my ivory experiment. As I said above, I use some old piano keys, wich are about 100 years old. I had to clean them, for they are very dirty. Then I made a CAD-drawing from the windows. An old woman! who runs a laser-cut-company nearby made the cutting for me. It was not easy, because eather the ivory gets yellow or it doesn't cut through the material. But she did a good Job and this is the result. What do you think? The upper side withe the laser char. the backside without the char. I am not shure, which one I prefer. The little fence for the quarter gallery broke into pieces when I cut it lose. It is just too delicate.
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For getting the notch around the gunports right, I made myself a little "help".
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Hello Mike, your Winni Looks fantastic. Are you going to nail all the planks or not? Matthias
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Hello Jack, are you still working on this project? It looks fantastic. I have seen the original model in paris among with the models from the "Trianon collection" in 2017, before they closed the museum. The figurehead is beautiful. Matthias
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No problem. I am happy I didn't misunderstood all that complicated inch-stuff. We use mm over here. Your Windows look great. I want to try making them from ivory. I got some old ivory from a piano. It need to be sanded clean. But I will give it a try.
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I just read, that the second layer for the wales is 7/32 x 3/64 as well. So I will need another 20 planks of that size. I will have to place an order for more 7/32 sheets soon. So it is altogether 48 strips of that size. (The material list says 23 strips) I hope, I didn't misunderstand anything.
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So I just cut some more. I hope I got enough sheets. There is another strip 7/32 on top of the 1/4 strips. I will have to cut at least 5 more.
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This weekend I did some planking. I sometimes doubt, whether I took the right strips. I used 7/32" x 3/64". I cut 23 of them. That will be enough for 4 planks in each side. But the 5th on top of them should be the same one or not? Taking 2,5 planks for one length, I used already 20 strips. The remaining 3 strips will not be enough for a 5th. row. With wich plank are the wales doubled up later on?
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Hi, Your carvings look superbe. I admire your patience, I must admit, I used the resin casting ornaments. Yours look very good! It is definitely worth the efford. It will make a difference to the model. Matthias
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Thank you. So that is chapter one finished. Chuck, perfekt timing!! You just posted chapter two.
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I think, this one is better.
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Chuck, thank you for the Pictures, that helpes a lot. I make another pair of them. The bow itself seems to be more like a semicircular and not pointed round (is that the word?) The angles have to follow that, so mine is too sharp.
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I dont know the exact english word. It is very dilute varnish. You usually apply it after sanding, before you start to paint the surface. It closes the pores of the wood if you know what I mean.
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Here is one.
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I think applying some primer from time to time helps to keep the surface free of dirt.
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Is that right, what I am doing here? It looks like on the plan, but not like on Chucks Photos. The angle seems to be too much.
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Rusty, I am very impressed, your Hull looks extremely clean and well faired. It is very inspiring to watch you building Winchelsea. Matthias
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Hello everybody, I made som progress with the stern sanding and adding some parts to the hull. The sanding is a bit free style anf I am not shure, if it is good like it is. I will propably recognise the problems once I start planking. Matthias
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I corrected the middle transom piece and then I started sanding the stern. I am not shure about, how to form it properly. Do I sand it down to 3/32" from the outside? Or just at the top from the inside? At the moment it is still about 4 mm thick at the top. That is about 5/32" I think.
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Okay, thanks for the tip, if the window openings become too high, I will cut the transom pieces out and glue them in a little bit higher, that should work.
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The last days I started building the stern. I found it quite challenging to get it all in the right place. It is good, that there are several laser cut pieces, so you can take a new one, if one is sanded down too much.
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I made some progress with the gunport frames. They are all done now and faired flush with the bulkheads. Next thing will be the stern. Looking forward to that. Matthias
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You are Building a lovely model!! these elegant racing yachts are a dream. Regards Matthias
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