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    Great work and use of your mini machines..fantastic. Rob
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    Wonderful work and clean progress. Rob
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    Thanks everyone for the likes....I really appreciate it. I hope to sneak in a couple more hours this week...and hopefully finish coppering the port side. Rob(Model shipwright apprentice)
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    And another. I find that the entire process was easy....fast and effective. I've heard people tell me it took them weeks to plate their models. WEEKS! Yikes. It probably took me 3 hours to plate this one side...and that includes the time cutting and pressing the tape plates....not just affixing them to the hull. That took two one hour sessions. Thanks for peekin in. Rob
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    Another view
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    Spent another hour today amongs work. I finished the starboard side...short of the keel cap plates. those will go on after the port side is finished. I think it looks pretty good...for rebels attempt. Here is a pile of the prepped tape. and some finished pictures.
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    Did I mention that I'm a lazy builder......? Thanks Popeye, for the kind observations. If I were NOT painting the hull...and IF I was planning on using colored wood as the color..I would have . The original vessel only had one layer of planking...most ships only have one layer of planking(Unless you are a model)....plus I'm a firm believer in covering a multitude of sins with paint and what not(copper in this case too) I want to thank everyone for the many likes....I'm glad my efforts are not totally unfruitful. I'll prep another roll of copper tape and press out a bundle of new strips tomorrow...for my next session. Thanks Ya'll Rob
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    Remembering that the entire coppered surface will receive a very light coat(dusting) of metallic paint to seal it and give it that warn look. Rob
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    Well I snuck in an hour and began laying copper plate. This is nearly one entire toll. I don't use the very last of any roll, because it unrolled uneven and kincky. A couple pictures of the first section on one side. I think the rolled impressions work well....and it lays down fast and even. Rob
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    Magnificent work. Rob
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    Fantastic work...... Rob
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    Wonderful build. I love these miniature models..you have done so very well with the hull cut away too. I enjoy miniature modeling...it is nearly as difficult as building the larger scales. Your example is superb. Reminds me of a commission I received so very long ago to build a full hull and half model(both around 6") of tis little steam launch called the Puffin. I still have the hull molds and several half model hulls. Several years ago I enquired about them models and it appears they have been placed in storage. It looked like this.
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    Not much activity today...Just spent some time rolling out lots of copper plate sections( about 7"~8" long each). I've cut nearly an entire roll of tape into these sections. I'll apply the contact cement to both the hull and each strip and then simply secure them in place. Other then that...things are slow in the shipyard......work has my attention as of late. Fair winds and following seas. Rob
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    Some folks may be asking; *what the heck did he do to the deck*? Well...I prefer my decks to look like they have seen the sea and time....even though many new clippers have hard pine as decking and one so new as the Great Republic would not have shown very much wear. I still prefer age to just off the show room. Rob
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    I'll be painting the upper portion of the top trim...that is the base for the turned stanchions for the rail white...but I think...I'll spend the next couple of days making the copper plate strips...so I can copper the bottom next. Rob
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    Did a bit more work on the GR. Added the chainplates hull detail like howes holes and anchor skids. And painted gloss black.
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    A view from the starboard side.
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    I need to plane these 3ft long 1/4" X 1/16" strips down a bit so I can make the channels.
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    Spent some time today working on the trim and planksheer. I cut and trimmed the inner portion of the edge trim/rail base.
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    For the edification of onlookers. One bit of uncovered inconsistency. I'm not sure this can be considered by some as a real inconsistency...because far too many reputable contributors agree. It concerns the rig design of the Great Republic. I have concluded and with much concurrence from Crothers and others, that she was Forbes rigged...and all records indicate this to a degree(because Forbes was the predecessor to Howes design). However, I came across excerpts from a letter from Forbes himself claiming that he was friends of McKay and that he was present during Great Republic's building and at her launching....and that he claimed unequivocally that she was NOT rigged with his double topsail design, but with Howes design. Interesting However, first hand, eyewitness accounts disagree with this claim. From what I'm forced to gather, it appears that she was rigged with the Forbes design, but it was modified(probably why Forbes denied she was carrying his design). Still utilizing the longer then normal doubling of lower and topmast but with the lower topsail yard mobile on the forward portion of the lower mast. Not as Forbes originally designed with the topmast aft of the main mast. This revelation doesn't change how I am going to proceed. It does, however bring mystery to the validity of the Forbes letter....or....validation that the Great Republic double top sail design was a hybrid of sorts. For the true Howes design connects the entire lower edge of the top topsail to the lower topsails jackstay. this is quite not the case for the GR rig. Research can put you into the mind of whom or what you are researching...which makes the journey all the more exciting. Fair seas, Rob
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    Well there you go........
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    I've had this problem for as long as I have been modeling.....40 years. Recently I have found a material that is promising...I still need to find the manufacturer. It is used in nuclear clean applications and it is lint free..very small tight weave. Ill post an image of it. I'm sending a sample to a fellow in Australia who needs it....he is stuck with silk span. It is too transparent for realism. Rob
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    Miami-vice crab-n-fishin boat....yeah. Nice look..clean and sharp as a tack. Rob
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    I've seen windows in very old monasteries in Germany that had this type of spun glass in the pains. The cut off or nib(butzen) was placed in a lower or upper corner to provide the larges unobstructed view. I have even seen windows with the defect right in the middle adding to the decoration. Fascinating. Rob
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    Magnificational......... I love the indescribably microscopic modeler........ Love it. Rob

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