rwiederrich
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Worked bit today. I installed the ventilation hoods for the cabins and a view sky lights. I also added the forecastle access ladders. Rob
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Oh, absolutely. Eyebolts for braces...eyebolts for downhauls...eyebolts for jackstays...eyebolts for blocks....pad rollers(eyebolts) for sheet chains. It goes on...an....on.....an......on......an....... I didn't mention the foot ropes , stirrups or possibly flemishhorses..because they generally tie off on the jackstay. I was just focused on the hardware. Go get-em. Rob
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Great update George. There is so much to a yard....and you still haven't added any blocks yet....swooooh. You're doing a magnificent job. Rob
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Mike...it is so nice to have you back on these pages...and as usual, your work is impeccable, and without question, as accurate as can be achievable. Watchin with enthusiasm. Rob
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Now begins the addition of forecastle deck furniture and fore house roof details. I think I’ll work on my forward details before I finish the aft poop deck and it’s rail. It breaks up the Monotony. As if there were any. Rob
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Welcome. Glad to see another clipper build of “Another” clipper typically not doing the rounds. I build American clippers……namely those of Donald McKay. I’ll be following along. Rob
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Begun to add the fancy rail cap to the forecastle and bulwarks. Rob
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Didn’t work on her today………but, tomorrow I hope to get more done. Thanks for the comment. Rob
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Very impressive....nice and clean. Your experiences are producing great results. Nicely done. Rob
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Thanks Pat. The bow mods were probably the hardest....getting the hull curves...took some doing. Now its time to lay the trim along the monkey rail and along the forecastle deck. I'll begin the poop decking and all that's aft....as another project....tying them in amidships. The decks and hull will also get a dusting of weathering to bring out the plank details. Rob
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Finished off the plankshear and am test fitting some trim. Rob
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Next……I stained the decking and will wait to dry before I add any trim work…..such as the monkey rail cap and the weather deck(forecastle) rail head. Rob
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Did a bit of work today……. beginning with the remodel of the bow and concave section up to the forecastle. This had to be meticulously had created. Blending the sharp below water angles to the more blunt concaved angle beneath the forecastle deck. Here are some images of each side after I made the mod………a bow shot and a few others. Rob
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Deck is glued on, ready for the next move Rob
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The next bit of fun will be some hull modifications. I need to fill in the concave portion of the hull up from the sheer line to the forecastle decking. The CS hull if far too extreme to pass off as a fuller bowed Donald McKay. So….. when the forecastle/main house decking is dry(from gluing). I will tackle the bow mods. Another reason why I removed all the head gear. Rob
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Spent some time working the forward deck house and plotting out the forecastle deck and the house roof The trick was getting it around the fore mast. No problem. Just did a bit of measuring , cut out along the masts width and simply slid it in from the front and used the piece I removed and put it back. Cut right along the deck strakes……no seams across any strakes. Rob
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Yep……the benefits of the Howes design. Great picture. Rob
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Actually, this model was my first attempt at Glory……. but the model originally set in the water was the clipper Donald McKay I decided to remodel the Cutty Sark modified to the Glory hull into the McKay and set aside the modified McKay hull. The Glory model was further along in construction and all it needed was to be transformed into the McKay. It sounds complicated, but it’s simply modifying an already modified model………. Still lots to do…….heeheehee The scale is 1/128 Rob
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We’ll Pat, my options were limited if I wanted to make it work for me. Thanks for the kudos. Im so excited to create this version of the Donald McKay. Her comparison will be hard to find. I don’t know any current models of her. Thanks for the fine compliments. Rob
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I added the framing for the forecastle decking and I began more work on the main forward cabin, and off bench I’m working on the 6 capstans and deck vents. Rob
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Worked a bit tonight. I finished adding the port pin rail and pins. Rob
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Lastly, I began the addition of the new forecastle deck beams. They’re just test fitted for now. I removed the rest of the head gear and the old figurehead. I refashioned the McKay clan figurehead and will add it after the new forecastle deck and new hull strakes are installed. Rob
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I added additional mast bands to correct a previous oversight ……as I was fixin stuff. Easy to do with less stuff in the way. Rob
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Spent some time working the McKay today. I finished adding the pin rail and pins and I flipped her and added the blue waterways to her port side. Rob
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Rick....it has been fun...and I haven't installed the new pin rails yet, either. I'm working one side at a time currently...before I install the forward forecastle bulkhead and the forecastle decking. The real trick will come when I then install the decking over the forward cabin and the poop deck aft...... Both need to be split and cut away to pass around the masts...then reassembled. I've chosen to stain the decks a grey...because the McKay was built for the Australian passenger trade, where she saw lower latitudes where her decks would become greyed by the boiling sun and airy weather...not to mention the hundreds of passengers traversing her decks. Rob
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