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Hi Tim: The parts you're referring to are "hearts" -- there are closed and open varieties - the open ones you'll normally see on forestays of the 18th century (perhaps beyond and probably prior, as well). The ones on America are closed -- they should be seized into the shrouds with the grooved side facing away from the line. They are rigged using lanyards - I usually tie the lanyard to one of the hearts using a simple overhand knot and then you just wrap the line between the two hearts....I'll get a picture up soon I promise.... Yes I quit on Dec. 6, 2006. I had been a committed smoker for about 10 years at that point and an occasional one for the 6 or 7 years prior to that. It was pretty tough, but definitely the best decision - I still indulge very occasionally - usually while travelling, which I do frequently and mostly alone. It's relaxing to sit at a cafe somewhere and have a cigarette with few worries or commitments. I'm heading to Spain this Saturday and will undoubtedly have a few cigarettes over the ten days I'm there if the humidity goes below 65%....otherwise it's just gross..... hamilton -
Hi Tim: Thanks for the tip.....I'm a little short on cigarette lighters (quit many years ago) but I'll have a try of this method....I'll see if I can get a decent picture later today and post it for you....bye for now hamilton
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As promised, a very small update - have not taken many photos of recent progress, though at this point I've constructed the foremast, mainmast and maintopmast and stepped and completed standing rigging on the fore mast. I have served the lower portion of the shrouds with white sewing thread (following Tim's build), but it has become really fuzzy....I was thinking I would paint on some diluted PVA glue to calm the frizzies down....but I'm open to suggestions.... Anyway, here's all I've got! Quick snap of the foremast head as a teaser....more later hamilton
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Hi Tim: Yes you're right - not the kit-supplied thread, which I don't plan on using. I have a stash of thread of various gauges left over from other builds (mostly the model expo thread) and also some Syren thread that I bought in bulk a while ago. I've tried to go as light as possible with the gauge, but I was having a lot of trouble with the 1/8" syren double blocks - mostly because I needed to widen the holes and I don't have a collet for my pin vice that will hold smaller bitts....So I ended up going with 4mm blocks all around for the bobstay tackles (though not for the martingale backropes...) Anyways.... I understand your decision to avoid sails....they are very tricky. I haven't done sails in a while but I will try on this one....we'll see how they come out. Not a huge amount of time for modelling these days (or for the next few weeks - the admiral's down in NYC for the week and then I'm off to Barcelona the week after that, then my classes start the day after I return so it's a very busy time.....Some small update on America later tonight or tomorrow no doubt.... hamilton
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Ahhh ratlines! Thankfully my current build doesn't have them.....listening to whatever music soothes you is as good a prescription for creeping ratlinitis as I can think of..... hamilton
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Thanks a lot Frank! This is exactly what I've been looking for!! Much appreciated! hamilton
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Beautiful work - thanks for showing your technique on the mast woldings - I'll definitely borrow this technique for future builds! hamilton
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Beautiful craftsmanship as always, Bob! Thanks also for listing the paints you use! The wood-toned one seems pretty authentic, considering it's paint! Very nice work! hamilton
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Just catching up on this build - great work! hamilton
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Hi Peter: I almost bought the dremel moto saw, but the one thing that held me back was that to do angle cuts you had to hold it like a coping saw.....I preferred to have something with a tilting table for angle cuts.....the band saw works well, though I have nt had extensive use of it - seems to cut curves nicely, though the 1/4" wide blade does not do tight curves, which is why I'm trying to find a thinner blade - 1/8", which I heard was available, but have never actually seen.... At some point, this will turn into an actual build log, I promise! hamilton
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The bowsprit rigging was quite straightforward - though getting the dolphin striker to stay in a 90 degree position from the bowsprit was tricky. Here are some photos -- until next time! hamilton
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OK - time for another update. I've completed the bowsprit and jibboom as well as the standing rigging on both. I'll split this update into two posts....first, the bowsprit. The bowsprit is made from a 5mm x 5mm strip of square stock. The first step was to mark off the transition between the inboard (square/white) and outboard (rounded/black) sections. I decided to add a bit of chamfering to the inboard square section, as you'll see here. A tenon was created on the inboard end to fit into the bitts.... The bowsprit tapers to 3mm at the outboard end, so using my compass set to 1mm, I marked out the outboard end - the idea being to taper each of the square faces and then round the tapered strip. Here are the results I then drilled out holes for the inboard cleats and threw a few coats of while and black paint on..... Two irons are fit at the end of the bowsprit - one a simple iron ring that takes the standing ends of some of the rigging and the other a gammoning iron for the jibboom which also carries some lines. These fit on relatively well and their completion was not particularly exciting....you'll notice the martingale attached here - it did consist of two rings, but one of them snapped off and I had to improvise a bit.....the jibboom is here just a dowel cut to length.... Continued in next post...... hamilton
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Haha! That's an argument for keeping them where they are, I suppose......despite the oddity.... hamilton
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Hi Per: I'm not sure if you're offering to pick this up for me? If so, thank you, but I have to decline! I don't really have any room for it, though it would be a nice addition to the collection..... Tim - thanks for dropping by! Yes, this one is currently still in development - I was hoping to commence this month, but it doesn't look like I will....America will have to be finished first.....and even then, I'm heading into another academic year and my modelling progress will slow altogether....I plan on teasing out the Bluenose in tandem with other kit builds.....Syren is next up on the docket, though I may take September to focus more on Bluenose and dive into Syren later in the Fall.....much depends on feeling out what kind of year it's going to be - the last two have been really nutty, and though I'm hoping this one's calm, it's already shaping up to be very busy........ bye for now hamilton
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Thanks for the tips Peter - Dremel doesn't seem to make their scroll saw any longer - they just have a hand held "moto saw", which has a clamp so it can work as a stationary table-top device. I haven't seen any dremel scroll saws on sale at any of the usual online places.....I'm going to try to source some thin band saw blades, but so far have been absorbed in finishing my Mamoli America and, of course, other commitments! I hope to get the keel and bulkheads cut before it gets too rainy up here........thanks again for the comments! hamilton
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Hi Peter: Yes - I'll admit that this feature seemed pretty strange to me, since obviously under sail they'd be flying all over the place....unless of course they are footholds - which would make some sense - except why would they be different lengths.....the kit parts list clearly states that they're "capstan bars".... Anyways - It may be too later to pull them up and doing so might really mess up the decking....I will leave them for now - thanks for the comment! hamilton
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Looks nice out there! Hope you're having fun hamilton
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Thanks Ferit, Tim and Bob! Ferit -- the hamilton ship yard will soon be taking a break and then coming back in a much slower and less regular way.....I had a long-ish vacation this year and the "summer" out here has been dramatically delayed (cool temperatures and rain.....through most of July)......it's nice to spend some time at the bench though! Still looking for updates on your amazing Berlin! Tim - yes I think you're right - but I wondered why the Mamoli drawings only show four of those bars when it seems there should be six -- two more at port and starboard where (you'll see above) they're missing.....I've seen other modellers position the capstan bars in a fan on deck like this, while others represent them lashed up somewhere or not at all. Seems open to some interpretation, at least in the absence of any concrete knowledge! Bob - thanks very much! bye for now hamilton
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Here are a few overview shots of the finished deck features. And finally some shots with the deadeyes, fore channels and chainplates - last of the main hull/deck features. hamilton
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I then fit the anchors and anchor chain. Not much to tell other than that it took some finangling to get the chain through the hawse ports......
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The forward companionway was also relatively straightforward. I considered briefly scratch building the doors, but I did not have any wood stock small enough for the purpose and lack the skill and equipment to cut my own.....so I just went with a paint job on the part supplied by Mamoli. Black for the hinges and handle, raw umber for the framing and burnt umber for the panelling. Not the best paint job in the world, but.....
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Here are a few shots of the windlass and bowsprit bits. I made a point of rough cutting and cutting a tenon into the bowsprit at the same time. hamilton
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Hello all: More progress on America - quite a bit actually: I've finished the hull and deck features and will now move on to the masts, spars and rigging. A real milestone. Since there's quite a bit to document, I'll separate this update into a few posts.... First the main hatch. I decided to make lap joints for the coaming - I cut the fore and aft parts so they overhung the gratings by 1mm on each side, marking and then cutting out a small 1 x 1.5mm (roughly) section. The parts fit together alright..... Next up was the capstan, which was very straightforward -- thanks go again to Tim (mojofilter) for supplying some whelps -- Mamoli only put 2 in my kit.... hamilton
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unfortunate circumstance with the Cheerful Bob! Glad it was salvageable! I have a couple of child-damaged models that I have not had the time or patience to do the (fortunately) minor fixes on -- I can't imagine the kind of damage that would have required 40 hours of repairs....... The Granado is looking very fine, though! A lovely model and one I would love to build one day (my signature explains why I will not be purchasing any more ship kits in the near- to mid-future...... hamilton
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