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    I built 2 models..a full hull and a half model. From what I understand they are housed in the museums model gallery. I have not seam them since I built them over 10 years ago. I was contacted by the curator and commissioned to build them. Rob
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    Oh..Harvey..one last thing..did you see my post of the Puffin..the steam launch there at the wooden boat museum on Lake Union? Rob
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    Harvey...I appreciate the side notes and subjects...they are all related in my view. Give me a ring some day and I'll show up where you have your sloop and lend a hand.....I'm a bit of handy wood worker of sorts. I have several Gibb's books...I'll check out that one on HPB. Thanks. Rob
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    Subs, subs, subs.....I work at the yard in Bremerton Bill...and yes...Puget Sound is beautiful.....lots of mountains and water....and ships. Love the fresh salt air....and nautical is everywhere. Plus my favorite clipper of all time's remains are here (which I have excavated and collected samples of). What a place. I couldn't live in a place that makes me any happier. Rob(Check out my Glory of the Seas log)
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    OH My Goodness Harvey..is that your boat? Or one over at the wooden boats museum on Lake Union? I've owned several boats, but no wooden ones....Love, love..them. Rob
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    Yes..his paintings go for hundreds if not thousands of dollars. this replica was a very impressive one. This artists hand was very steady...his ship is accurate and of very fine detail. Plus his perspective was well executed. Dawson is amazing for sure. Rob
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    What a blessing that would be...... How many folks are there actually? Rob
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    Thanks Jeff...first: the painting is a replica of a Montague Dawson...*Coming Home*. I picked it up in San Diego about 35 years ago. I have that booklet...I wish the photos had come out in its reproduction though. You'll enjoy the written detail...it is chocked full of dimensional details. My *DEN* is my perfect hideaway......a relaxing place to read and enjoy a fire with hot tea......mmmmm I'm glad I will be of help in your new build........The Great Republic is a masterful vessel. Rob
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    Thanks Patrick....the family calls my (CAVE) the *Eye Spy Room*. it's so full of nautical stuff..your eye can look for hours and you still miss some details. Harpoon on one wall, oars and port holes on others. I made the pinrail and 2 wood belaying pins to belay my coils of rope and net...among the wheel and lights. And what nautical study would be complete if not for having a black forest KooKoo clock....I personally picked out from the black forest. The authentic leather clad telescope hung beneath the mantle and the authentic East India Company black powder pistol (Circa 1830's) I'm blessed.
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    Interested in solid hull kits? I'm interested in all kits...what do you have in mind? And thanks for the fine compliments Bill. she's getting there. Rob
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    Well I painted the copper metallic and it looks far better in my opinion...more like weathered muntz metal. Rob
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    Well I spent another hour today finishing up the copper plates and dull coating the copper. I placed the hull on her mount temporarily where she will be displayed. I also posted a few of the room she will live in. Now I need to focus on deadeye and chainplate location...on the channels. Rob
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    Thanks Bill. I'm overwhelmed by your kindness. The GR will be the largest model in my collection and will have a place of honor in front of my large picture glass window on my bureau in my library/nautical room. I'll remove the flower arrangement and some other unrelated items and place her there. Perfect spot I think...right below my half model of the clipper Lightning. Along with the Morgan and the CS diorama. Rob
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    Yeah...I went back and reviewed the entire thread....and the full shots really show its size. Wonderful model. Rob
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    I haven't yet decided on which side I want to display the GR on. I will be utilizing the same method I used for the Glory of the Seas...by way of placing small foam diskettes on either side of the keel, for and aft and several stacked just port and starboard of the keel amidships. This arrangement permits easy unobstructed viewing of the model...plus allows me to remove her if need be without a permanent pedestalled base attached. I spent about 15 minutes today(Man I need more time), affixing some more keel copper plates(No pix) Just about 5 more rows of copper plates before I'm finished plating her hull. Then I'll apply the dull coat sealer to the copper and the black hull. The shiny black was never going to be the final look....I just used the heavy epoxy paint to add strength and sealing. The hull will be mat black. Thanks for all the wonderful likes and such. Rob
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    Nils...fantastic work..coming along nicely. Rob
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    Thanks Popeye...I appreciate that very much. I prefer to display my models in dioramic or near dioramic displays. I prefer that method of display then the typical model on metal pedestal bases. I want to tell a story...or at least create a very unique display that is as wonderful as the model itself. I think this maple display will be a perfect display for the Great Republic....Nuthin like it..... Rob
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    And after it got oiled...pretty cool grain
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    Well I have been working on lots of honey-do things all day...but I stole away about an hour and I went to the wood shop and cut some parts for the new stand for the Great Republic. I'm using wood from a Maple I cut down last year....a unique piece was used to build the model support. The grain is amazing...like knotty walnut. It will be tongue oiled when completed. I set the almost finished coppered model in place to show the effect of the suspended design of the stand. Thanks for looking in. Rob
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    Oh My....words can not describe the feelings.......only to say that my father built a hull of a fletcher class destroyer once similar to this..... I love the machines built to fabricate the hull frames..... Rob
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    I was having a side conversation with some friends and they are serious....they think I should some how get a patent for the rolling machine I invented to make the tape pressed copper plates. Are you kidding? I just whipped this thing together to make what I needed! I'm sure Micro Mark or somebody has already invented and manufactured something similar(I would think) Anyway..I was flattered by their suggestion...but I said acid etched plates sold by Blue Jacket and others are far more realistic. (As well as time consuming to cut off the sprue..trim off tabs...do this 1600 times and then glue them down). Any hoot...what do my exceptionally talented model shipwrights associates who navigate these fine pages think of the over-all look of the copper plates...and could sucha venture be undertaken to make a workable/sellable system for ship modeler consumption? Rob(accidental entrepreneur)
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    These amazing little models are fantastic...... Rob
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    Thanks Patrick.....Just wish I had more time. Rob(I can always give tomorrow a try)
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    I'm rethinking using the metallic paint as a sealer....and using dullcoat instead. It seals and removes the shine to the copper. Rob (?)
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    As usual..I got in about an hour today to lay some more plates. Cutting and laying the keel plates took the longest..since each one is 3/8" wide and not the same size as the regular plates. Coming along. Rob

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