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Good luck on your choices Denis and seconds on the Happy Birthday. Are you older than dirt now, like me? (Your listing says no, that you are still a young whippersnapper). -
I can't see where you are creating any boredom OC. Looking over your last few sets of update pictures you are getting 4-10 "reactions" to each post. So you must be keeping someone happy.
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As always it's nice to see your progress Dowmer. You do great work.
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Nice work on the funnel. Looks like everything is off to a great start. From the pictures of the plans you provided it seems all of the "H" vents are located close to the main guns. Is it possible they may be vents for the magazines located below? My only experience with this style of vent was on the Flower class Corvette which now that I look back, was also located just aft of the 4" gun mount.
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Nice looking work Lin. Your work is so clean looking that the model almost looks like a well made plastic kit.
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Very nice work Dowmer, and I disagree, it holds up even in the close up pictures.
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Hi Piet Nice to see you stopping by and thank you for the complement. I am glad the Skeeters are leaving you alone, I had thought they had possibly carried you away. More planking to come, but this time it is the decks.
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Too large, too small, aah just right. More like X rated Goldilocks episode. I can't blame you for using your own they really are pretty good especially when you consider the tiny size.
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Great looking work Sam and your perseverance is to be commended. Looking forward to your next step.
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I tried the steam iron on a few scraps of the same wood that I used for planking the hull. It is about 5 X 1.5 mm. I tried edge banding with the iron dry at first an it did OK. With some effort I was able to get a fair edge bend without the wood cracking but it was a close call. I next turned on the steam and was able to get much better results but I had to hold the plank much longer for it to cool off and hold it's curve. I then used a damp cloth over the wood and got the best results. I again had to hold the plank in position until it cooled for it to hold shape but I was able to form an extreme edge bend over a mandrel former without the wood cracking. I compared the bend with the last planks I laid before I gave up and went to the alternative direction and i could have easily finished the hull using the proper planking method if I had used this method to form the lower planks. It was able to make these bends without burning the wood or tapering the plank as it would have been if it had been the real plank.
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Good luck. If what you have done so far is any indication you will do fine.
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Here is another way you could possibly go about rigging your ship. http://soubory.radekshipmodels.cz/plany/ConstitutionA.pdf If you go down to the rigging pages you can take the foremast and mizzen mast rigging instructions and use as much as you want to rig your ship. They are kind of step-by-step so they should be fairly easy to follow.
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If you look around you my find reference to a smoking room. In most cases this was a "Men's only" area where men were able to go and have a cigar or two and possibly a drink while lounging after dinner or whatever. Great looking work on your model.
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No it is fully clear now. Somehow from your earlier posts on making the Timberheads it looked like you were making the heads and posts separate and were going to join them back together along the bow. Now I see that the posts were just for holding the heads while making them and that the heads only mount to the caprail.
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Wow, I am beginning to wonder a little. Even though I am still pretty sure that the covers are coal shuttles I could not help but see that you have more of them further aft from where you are working now. In addition they all seem to be located quite close to each of the secondary gun mounts and have a skylight type structure just inboard. Are there additional gun mounts close to the shuttles further aft that are visible in picture #1? It almost looks like these last four shuttles are located over the engine rooms rather than the boiler rooms as evidenced by the vents and central skylight just behind the funnels. It would not seem practical to have the bunkers extend that far aft. It would be a long haul to get the coal forward to the boiler fireboxes. The thought passed my feeble mind making me wonder if they are instead ammo chutes used to pass ammo up the the smaller guns from below decks? When I built the USS Oahu, (China River gunboat sister to the Panay) she had similar openings next to her small guns located on the sides that were not only used to pass ammo but were big enough for a man to use to get rapidly to the gun from below decks.
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I think I understand reason for the timberhead method of build now. I kind of feel stupid, (Not for the first time today either). Thanks for the pictures.
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Thanks CDW, guess I was being lazy, (= Stupid).
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As you are building a Brigantine this book may help you. https://www.amazon.com/Rigging-Period-Models-Step-Step/dp/1557509700 It's not very expensive and is relatively simple. Others here may have better books but I have this one and found it informative. By the way great progress on your build, it's looking pretty good.
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Shows what I know. I just thought it was the camera angle or macro effect. Great work.
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Great looking work CDW. In case you want to add some fine detail to the coal shuttles before you cover them up here is a real one: I was installed for my house in 1898 so it should be contemporary to your build.
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I know that the brass is pretty but, they still look better somehow painted when they are in their proper place. Kind of like brass cannons just don't look as good as blackened cannons on period ships.
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I think the cat is probably smarter than the dog and keeps playing him as a sucker then sits back and gets a good laugh. It is kind of becoming my favorite indoor pastime watching to see what trick the cat is going to play on him. Kind of like The Three Stooges he keeps coming back for more! They are a riot. You could be right though the dog may just be another squeaky toy as far as she is concerned. More like the story of their life.
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Thanks for the explanation. Still not sure why two piece is better than just making them in one piece but I will wait for the pictures. I am sure that they will look good no matter what.
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