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Recalculating it looks like Vlad placed the masts in the incorrect location. I noticed it when placing the portico. It was off by 8 scale ft. The foremast began too far back from the stem. Everything was off by 8ft. Some images to show. The black dot is the correct location. Rob
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Rich……..I told you it looks small because it is being held behind the cutwater. Optical illusion. Spent time adding the main rail cap. Rob
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Thanks a lot Rick. Since we have no photos to aid me……the McKay model and McLean’s description is all I have to work with……. Oh and a little artistic license. Rob
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Thanks
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Looks like I’m right on track. Thanks Rob
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Sprayed on a primer to aid in contouring, and sanding.
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Rich...recalculating my measurements...Her bulwarks are 6.5ft including the monkey rail. That means her main rail is at a height of 5.1ft where her poop and forecastle decking are located. Correct? Her planksheer sits atop her 12" waterways. I'm assuming her main rail is measured from the deck, not on top of the waterway? I am finalizing all these measurements so I can calculate the placement of the external planksheer Moulding, which is be 6" thick and 16" wide. Same size as the rail cap. fun, fun, fun... Rob
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Now a couple overall’s.
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While I was at it I held the Staghound figurehead up for eval. It’s a little small cuz it’s behind the cutwater….. under the soon to be hood
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Did some corrections to the cutwater and the keel. Here is a close up of the stem.
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Fantastic work.....love the ingenuity used to form the ships bell. Great job. Rob
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I gathered that as well. I'm in the ball park then. Just asking. Plotting out the main rail cap and the 16" monkey rail. Inside will be the waterways and planksheer. I'll place the cap rail first, then the exterior planksheer. The Navel hood will go on first before that install. But before all that....I still need to finalize the stern. Rob
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Contouring.
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Working out the contours.
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Yep...it is 3ft...or 2.5 scale ft. Does that number include the *false* keel as well? Rob
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After the keel I worked more on sanding and finalizing the stem and cutwater. Rob
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beginning to add the keel.
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Thanks for all the input Rich...and from everyone else who has contributed to the lively exchange as of late. I'll spend some time today finalizing the shape of the bow and stern...probably more filling and sanding. I'll, then primer the hull to expose further inconsistencies, that will most likely require filling and sanding. Once all that is done, and I'm satisfied......I'll affix the stem/cutwater and keel to include the stern post. I move fast...but not too fast. I want this as correct as I can manage. Monkey rail will come after I lay the sub floors for the decking. Rob
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Don’t let the discolored wood trip you up. It looks weird, but the hull is getting smoother by the day. Worked on the stern reduction and the stem/cutwater. She still needs her monkey rail,(later). I still have to reduce the prow by 1/2”…….cutting it in so it buts smoothly against the bowsprit. Still oodles to do, but getting there. A bit more filling and sanding……then the addition of the stern post, keel and stem/cutwater.
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Thanks gents. Did a bit of work today. Here are some updates.
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Maybe you ought to just draw it out for me Rich. I'm not seeing what you are describing. Just a side not: I will be cutting back the stern a good amount....making it more elliptical. Rob
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So..is the stern post measured with an external or internal rake? And if so, is the fantail measurement of 7ft, measured from the internal or external rake of the stem. Forgive my crude drawing...but as you can see....the post is identified as vertical or with an internal and external rake. The red lines represent the internal limits the fantail is measured from. Rob
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Being considered, by some, McKay's only true *Extreme* design. Staghound, was indeed a sleek model. Compared to the more robust design of his last clipper....Glory of the Seas. During this finalizing time of her hull creation....I'm relying heavily upon the images of her Cornelius half model...to bring her into compliance, as best as I can. Noting one slight issue I have found...between the McLean description and the Cornelius half model. It is the 7ft overhang of her aft poop. The model depicts this measurement slightly longer than the description.....requiring some creative decision making. She was 5ft taller forward then aft, as well...so this needs to accounted for in the sheer of her rail. Currently, I am cutting in her stem and cutwater....this can be tricky. Following the Cornelius model as best I can and still incorporating the McKay *hood*. Rob
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8ft forward her fantail , she was only 24.5 ft wide.
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She’s a narrow thing. Rob
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