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  1. rwiederrich
    Fantastic job fer sure.....
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    Michael..fantastic job for sure..do you have the replacement port holes as well? Looking at you railing again...I'm thinkin it's almost too perfect...... Hats off. Rob
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    Dang Nils...looking good. Love how you utilize wood, metal together. Very clean. Rob
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    I love these *exploded* assembly view models...definitely demonstrates the builders skill...and the vessels construction. My oh my. Rob
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    Amazing!
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    You solder the railing off ship...then mount when finished then paint? Wonderful. Rob
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    Absolutely amazing. All the carvings are out of real wood! Which museum's in Paris are fighting for this model for their collections? I just want to know. Almost makes me want to put all my model stuff away in a box and stick to telescope building.........Almost. Stunning work! Rob
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    Man.....
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    I too checked out your site and am fully impressed. The tooling is exquisite. I do have a question.....are you building this model for personal satisfaction or is the build for a wealthy client? Cuz...if all this effort is merely for self satisfaction...then I'm doubly impressed. Permit me to stand in awe....... Rob
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    Thanks Michael.... It is my nature to adapt or otherwise redesign another's engineering to suite my needs. This habit saves me time and energy...mostly saves me effort to have to fabricate items totally from scratch. I employ this habit in all my builds. Thanks again for noticing. Rob
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    No Roger...the smaller diameter is the portion of the mainmast that is within the doubling. These masts were of the Forbes design topsail..so the extra long doubling was hooped as was the lower mast portion. I have not added the cheeks or any parts of the trestle tree yet. Not sure if I am going to first mount the mast then add the tops or build the mast entire then secure it to the deck. I have to go through the fife rail and if the mast is not completed I can fix it to the deck and make sure the rake is correct...then I can slip the foot.boot over the mast and then slip the fife rail down and secure it in place. This cannot be done if the top is installed first. I'm planning out my next move. Thanks for posting. Rob
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    I just thought they were iron hoops, .....Interesting. Rob
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    Fantastic work....
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    Yeah..this tape is so sticky and I put the roll on the lathe and cut a nice even strip...so all the bands would be exactly alike. It paints well too...no one would know unless I told you. Which I did. Rob(thanks)
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    Then finished up with white paint. I have to finish the (McKay mast...as it was dubbed at the time) next...it will be varnished not painted.. I still have to fashion the mast boots to finish off the deck and then add the fife rails. this all has to happen before I afix the tops to the masts. Rob
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    I sealed the tape and wood with a coat of epoxy paint.....let dry.
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    I further reduced the masts in length bringing them into scale. I then cut and applied nuclear grade cloth tape(extremely sticky duct tape not available to the public) to simulate the banding and then applied the chafing band.
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    Worked on the masts today.. After turning them I tried several media for the bands with no good results. here are the banded(pencil thus far) mast resting in place.
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    Extremely done.......fantastic work. Rob
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    Was the question ever asked....when/how/who made the tooling for this particular build? Looks like the tooling was designed for multiple replications of the build or similar builds. Rob
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    Tarping the external boats adds depth, interest and detail to your build...and is a quick way to remedy the issue. Or you can go the other direction and gut the interiors and scratch build their interiors to correct representations. It's all about what makes the captain happy. Rob
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    Thanks Mark. I appreciate that. I tend to work outside the box. My default descriptor is; I will use anything or any material to achieve my goals. I build scale ship models and in doing so, there is no prerequisite demanding one only use a particular material...ie(wood). That further delineation would be a purist....and I ain't no purist. I fully appreciate purists and those who are building to demonstrate actual building practices or historical construction techniques, however, even they have to compromise based on wood selection and metal choice(No one is using white oak, black iron or hemp). I use the phrase, *Paint covers a multitude of sins*. And it does... on real ships it protects against the elements and seals the wood and its seams...that is why you never see(or rarely) unpainted full scale ships. Some Smaller vessels are varnished but that is another subject. Rob
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    Thanks greatly Kees. I do the best I can with whatever I find. Rob
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    Fantastic Hugh...I love Donald McKay clippers..He's my favorite builder of these magnificent ships . I will be watching your log with anticipation. Good luck and fair winds. Rob
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    Thanks guys. After establishing the width(1/4")...cutting out the middle to produce the 4 external legs/arms...it looked like the familiar triangle legged...or *A* frame legged crab winch. See...that was the construction issue. Making the legs all uniform. This method provided me with a repeatable process and one that also left convincing results. I also attempted to cast the leg frames , using light cured acrylic. It worked, but the assembly was far more tedious and at this scale proved to complex and down right exhausting. I thought my way out of a mess....I think. I've concluded I will attempt to replicate the masts by casting them as well...if not for an experiment to see if it is possible. If failure is my reward...then I will do it the hard way. We'll see. Rob

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