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  1. hamilton
    Hi Collingwood: Looking great! In answer to your question - I think it's a matter of taste. I painted it red, following the illustrations on the cover of Goodwin's Anatomy of the Ship HMS Blandford. I think if you're planning on painting the hull, then following Goodwin and painting it red would be a good idea....others may differ in their opinion hamilton
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    Hi Richard: Beautiful work! It seems to me that (unless my eyes are failing - which is always possible - the image on the box shows the hull finished as you describe, no? After such a beautiful planking job it'll be good to show it off a bit! And the mahogany presents a nice contrast with the painted hull above the waterline. Can't wait to see more hamilton
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    The colour contrast looks great Collingwood - your modifications are really starting to pay dividends. I wish you had started this before me so I could have copied you! Are you planning on using the kit-supplied transom piece? Given what you've already achieved you should seriously consider scratch building one of your own....Either way, very impressive work! hamilton
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    PS - at the rate you're going and given my current and seemingly indefinite furlough from actually working on my Blandford, you may catch up with me very soon! hamilton
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    The planking looks good so far Collingwood - though I would love to see some colour shots to get a sense of the contrasts between the woods. Maybe you've mentioned this before, but are you planning on leaving the hull in a natural finish? hamilton
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    So far so great Augie! For me the planking is definitely NOT the easy part but you're handling it beautifully! hamilton
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    Hi Bob: Beautiful looking deck! you must have either put a lot of elbow grease into the deck to neaten up the treenails or been incredibly painstaking and precise in your application of the wood filler! I think it must be just me, but that method always resulted in quite a bit of messiness (though my mode of application - fingers - was very crude!). Anyway, it looks great! Can I ask why you went with the wood filler approach? Is it a scale issue or just your personal preference? hamilton
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    She's looking great Jason! Glad to see the rigging coming together - the shrouds are laid very nicely. hamilton
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    Thanks Alistair! Merry Christmas to you and your family as well! hamilton
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    Tony I honestly have no idea what you're talking about hamilton
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    Thanks all for the compliments - and thanks Collingwood and Harlequin for the holiday wishes - back to you and all!! Harlequin - it's good to hear from you! I hope to see some progress on the Bellona soon! Mine is still a very long way down the road - initially there was only one model between the Blandford and the Bellona, now there are four!! Anyway, I need to hone my skills a bit more before diving in - and I'll no doubt be stealing a lot of your ideas once I come to it! In the meantime, some progress has been achieved on Blandford - essentially I've constructed and rigged the crossjack yard. It was quite tricky to rig - particularly the sling, which at such a small scale and in such a tight corner was difficult to achieve. But in any case, it is now on and looks not bad...you be the judge! Happy holidays to all, once again! hamilton
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    Looks great Augie! hamilton
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    What a gorgeous hull! I turned my laptop upside down to take a good look! hamilton
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    Hi Collingwood - I tapered pretty much all the planks at the bow from the deck line to about 1/2 their width. I also soaked them overnight - 1.5mm is thick, but seems also to be standard first planking for Corel. I'll be starting the OcCre Dos Amigos and the first planking for that is 2mm!! This stock might end up getting replaced..... Anyway, I think you're doing a great job - I'm really impressed with the time you've taken to plan out your modifications - I just kind of ran headlong into them and thus confronted all kinds of little compromises.....bye for now hamilton
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    Looking great Collingwood! hamilton
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    Thanks a lot! Very helpful hamilton
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    Thanks for the kind words all! Collingwood - I didn't bend the wood. I bought a sheet of 1mm thick walnut, laid the hull upside down on it, traced the line of the bow onto it, rough cut it out into a curved shape, sanded the curved edge to match the bow more exactly, took a compass and marked a line 4.5mm in following the curve and then cut that out, being careful not to split the wood. I then sanded the inside down so it was 4mm thick all along and attached it....presto! I don't have photos of this process, unfortunately.... hamilton
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    Thanks Collingwood and John: And sorry for the late response! It's been a nutty time out here in the grey Pacific NorthWest. But now the baby is a bit more settled, the semester is over and I can put a bit of time into the Blandford once again. Last night was the first time I touched the thing in about 3 1/2 weeks. I managed to shape, fnish & (mostly) outfit the mizzen yard. The rigging of it is a bit of a mystery - judging by Corel's plans (no surprise here), but I need to re-read Lees and see if I can't come up with an adequate interpretation for the Blandford. The typical lines are easy enough (throat, lifts, bowlines, truss, etc.), and I've left off rigging elements that are associated with the sails (blocks on the yard for the various bridles). But it's the rigging of the aft end of the yard down to the deck that is confusing. I'm going to spend some time with Lees this afternoon and some new rigging elements may get added next time I sit down at the bench. In the meantime, enjoy the photos and be back soon hamilton
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    Hi there MSW: I just received (from Model Expo) the Mamoli Yacht America. As I was inspecting the contents of the kit, I realised it was missing a few small but important parts.... I looked at the Mamoli website and they only supply a phone number - does anyone have an email contact for Mamoli customer service? I scanned the web, but kicked up nothing..... Thanks in advance! hamilton
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    Hi Collingwood: Whenever my grandfather caught me saying "great minds think alike" he'd always add - "fools seldom differ".....meaning no harm of course! Now I can't hear/read those words without the echo.... You will already have noticed, no doubt, that the Corel math does not add up as far as the correct thickness of the bulwarks is concerned. I can't remember exactly, but I think it worked out that if you added up the thickness of the various layers Corel suggests, you'd end up with a bulwark that was .5mm-1mm thicker than the handrail!! My bulwarks came in at 3.5mm thick if I remember - though the exact data is in my build log somewhere.....This allowed for a 4mm wide handrail and a slight overhang on the outboard side. This conforms to your estimates - though I don't know how you've accounted for the planking exactly, thickness wise..... hamilton
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    Looks good Collingwood - I think your initial modifications and measurements have paid off. I would recommend at this point that you build one of the cannons and put together a few of the deck planking strips to set it on and measure the height of the gunports to see what kinds of adjustments (if any) are needed for the planking - particularly at mid-ships where you'll have the open ports....keep up the good work hamilton
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    Beautiful work Doug - did the Euphroe blocks you use come supplied with the kit or did you scratch them? I tried to add snaking on my Blandford but quickly gave up - did you use sewing thread or was there light gauge thread that came with the kit? Anyway, thanks for sharing - this is really great work hamilton
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    Hi Augie: Great work - the sheaves look particularly good. hamilton
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    Well - at this stage there's no turning back - besides it's a good friend who, after falling into the crocodile pit, is kind enough to put some signs up around it - in any case, I'm sure it's not for fear of competition! hamilton
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    Hi Richard: Wow! You're working at a feverish pace - or at least it looks like it from here in the land where no modelling is getting done! The first planking looks great - what elegant lines on this vessel! I agree with Alistair's suggestion - when I was dealing with the ports on Blandford, I constructed one of the cannons and made a little square of the deck planking to set it on. I could then move this little mock-up around on the deck and get a good impression of the size of the gunports, and their location. Using the kit-supplied gunport pattern as a guide to locating the ports is a great idea (and avoids the issues with the pattern that others have noted on Pegasus/Fly). But you may find that the ports sit either a little too high or too low - double checking always to be advised! Anyway, I'm really impressed with your speed and accuracy - I've been told I build fast, but my results are nowhere near as nice as yours! hamilton

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