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  1. rwiederrich
    Excellent work Ed. I too will be fashioning similar fixtures for the GR myself. Great execution. Rob
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    I'm sicker then a skunk today so I will be brief. I tinkered on the GR and finished up the knightshead. Going to bed...see everyone later. Rob
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    Nights heads and the forward fife will be added soon. Thanks for your comments and likes everyone. Rob
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    The cast anchors still need refining and the stocks still need to be added. I haven't attached the tie downs as of yet either. Making all the flute rests and the seats along the rail edge took the majority of time last night. The whiskers are metal, riveted to the catheads. I suspect I will suspend one of the anchors from one of the catheads and depict all the rigging required for such. Probably sneak in the bowsprit in there as well. Thanks for your fine comments. I'm laboring in the shadows of giants...so your comments are much appreciated. Rob
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    Spent some time working on the GR's anchors and catheads and whiskers. Rob
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    I currently have half models of the clippers Lightning, Cutty Sark and I will be making one for the Sovereign of the Seas. Rob
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    Yes..I have seen this image many times before. It sure was a big half model. Assuming this is not the model used to scale up the design...would not that model need to be segmented for such a task? This appears more a depictive model..rather then a working scale model. Regardless...it was amazing and so was the *Challenge*. Rob
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    Care to share those other pictures Ed? I for one would love to see them. If you have not already posted them. Rob
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    The model of the Webb clipper, Challenge just beneath the half model was exquisite. Rob
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    Ed..I wasn't sure that it was the builders model..but it was very large and ...did you zoom in on the cheek plates to see the ornamental designs? Beautiful. Unfortunately Donald McKay,s half model of the Glory of the Seas was not available for viewing. I hope you enjoy the image. Rob
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    Thanks everyone...I have been on holiday in Washington DC and virginia and have recently returned...so I hope to return to the GR build soon.
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    Found a 6ft half model of the Young America in the Smithsonian in DC. Very fine example.
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    Amazing work Ed...... Rob
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    Yes...expediting work on the bath still meant a month not working on the GR. I felt like I was away from modeling for an entire season..... I hope now that the weather is changing I can spend quality time on the ship. (Knock on wood). Cleaned gutters and installed downspouts....trimmed trees and shrubs all day....swew...if I only had that kinda time for my modeling.... Rob
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    Thanks everyone. At this scale the raised panels on the deck houses has been a real issue...along with the window panes. I worked through the details and many experiments and came up with a system that works. The houses are not glued down yet....not until the rail is fashioned. I need plenty of room for that exercise. 3 More houses to go.
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    Well...now that the bath remodel is done I can spend some time on the GR. So I finished up the fore deck house and the next one with the long boats mounted. Here are some images..and one giving some reference with a penny for scale. Rob
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    It's all in the details.... Great job Ed...and glad you're back. I was just telling my wife that since I just finished the bath remodel...I'm getting back to working on the Great Republic myself. I did have one question....I'm assuming these and some earlier details will be outlined in your next follow-up book on the subject? Rob
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    Bag feet ventilators. How ingenious...my kind of ingenuity. Fantastic job...everything looks so awesome. Rob
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    Yes...thanks for correcting me Ed...I failed to recognize George Campbell's drawing....... Thanks for responding so generously. I would have to agree anyway...I Have found no photographic evidence of such chapelling(sic) on the Y/A. I think your decision to model the built masts as you did the entire ship would be very fitting...since it is a hidden structural detail most are not even aware of. Rob
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    Here is a drawing of the mast construction for typical American clippers. (edited; drawing by George Campbell). Again..not sure if Webb used these designs. I do know many clippers of the day from many builders did use the design...like this image of the *Electric Spark* and the *Glory of the Seas* Rob
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    Just for informational purposes...here is an image of a clipper ships mizzen mast(Cannot recall the vessel). Note the internal iron pins and the iron banding and plugs beneath the bands. McKay used this mast design on many of his clippers...I wasn't totally sure about Webb's use of this design. Rob
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    Yes....I used an inaccurate term. By *turned* I did mean the mentioned method by being segmentally planed. A current example is posted on the Mystic web site....making the spars for the Charles W. Morgan. What I was getting at was how exactly was Ed going to perform this and the difficulty it must have been to round the interlocking segments of the mast prior to iron banding. From his answer, I can gather I was on the right track by simulation rather then replication. Rob
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    Here is a few images of my poor attempt. Cutting in the segmentation. Banding Staining
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    Fantastic.....are you taking the high road and building them by interlocking 5 sections.......then banding with spacers beneath bands on the open spaces? Personally. I shure would like to know how they fabricated these lower masts and yards of separate pieces...turned them round with them all together.....then hot banded them after they were turned. What held them together while they turned them....iron pins driven deep to avoid getting hit by the cutter during turning? I took the low road...the extremely low road and simply milled the 4 right angle grooves in each mast(simulating the separate pieces)...then banded them and then filled in the fillet piece using hard dental wax. Your process is going to be fun to watch. (I hope to learn something) Rob
  25. rwiederrich
    Indeed. Looking at the rigging challenge as a whole can be daunting....almost depressing. But if one takes it in small pieces and accomplishes those smaller pieces...the entirety comes together and you feel progress.... Small accomplishments moves you forward to the final goal. I'm looking forward to it. I want to see how you address the trucks` and mast banding....... Did the YA have constructed masts...I don't recall? Rob( no pressure)

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