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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
  12. hamilton
    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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    Hi Bob: Glad to hear you're leaving the inboard bulwarks natural - they look great and it would be a shame to cover up your beautiful work! Too bad also to hear about the continued issues with the kit.....but it seems you've been able to channel your frustrations into a really fine build hamilton
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    Thanks for the tutorial Jason - the tops are looking great! hamilton
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    Looking good Mobbsie - I'm trying to picture my Blandford standing on her stern at your mid-ships....just to get a sense of the scale..... hamilton
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    Wow Richard - I was just getting into your Endeavour build, and now I find this!! You are prolific! It's interesting to note a nice model like this with no logs attached. Certainly there are some very famous subjects out there (Victory, the other Endeavour, Bounty) that get a lot of hits - but there are others like this one, the Corel Bellona (though Harlequin started one a while back...), and as demonburger noted the Mary Rose that get missed....hard to say why....I'll watch this one attentively. And please don't neglect the Endeavour! A very exciting build hamilton
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    Hello all: Thanks for the kind notes! Wolf - the rigging lines are only free of fluff now - later there will be a veritable winter wonderland of fluff polluting the lines. I don't build cases for my boats, because I'm an idiot. This opens them all to the wear and tear of any other household item. I read somewhere that using a small fan-shaped paint brush and running this along the lines can help - and this is what I normally do once a week on the models I keep around the house. I think that a can of compressed air might work too - especially on decks - as long as everything is good and secure!! However others on the forum might disagree - this might be a good question (if it hasn't been asked already) for general discussion. In other news I've received a "commission" for a model boat from a friend of my wife's - it will be the Mamoli Yacht America - I'm just waiting for ME to ship it - I've been waiting for over 2 months!! This may pre-empt the Dos Amigos/Fair Rosamund build that has been commissioned by our close friends' 7-year old.....busy busy! The current build will go to our newborn - though he won't be in a position to even see it properly for quite some time. Bye for now hamilton
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    Thanks for the compliments all. Unfortunately I do not have an update on the Blandford, for two very good reasons. First, we welcomed our second child, a boy, last Sunday morning and the newborn is just far more pre-occupying to me than the boat has been. Second, it is end of semester and work has come to occupy the time that is otherwise occupied with family. I hope it is appropriate to mention this here, though it is not directly related to ship modelling. I hope to get back to Blandford next week, once things settle down a bit. In the meantime, I'm planning my approach to the spars and remaining details...I'm not quite at the stage where I'm thinking ahead to the next build - but soon, I hope. It's strange - I've built larger models in the past, but building a ship-rigged vessel at scale is incredibly mind-bending in a way that I really did not anticipate....I'm sure you all know what I mean. I hope you're all enjoying your time at the bench. And now....back to work!! hamilton
  20. hamilton
    Nice job edge-bending the hand rails. I cut mine out of wider stock, not having thought of the approach you took - looks very nice. hamilton
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    Hi Andy: Don't get too distracted, now! This should be a very interesting build - As others have said, I've never seen a resin kit before - I'm curious in particular about your finishing techniques - though if you've been involved in model railroads, I imagine you have quite a number of good techniques in your arsenal! hamilton
  22. hamilton
    Collingwood - looks like you're motoring along...I've never seen or heard of any techniques for lightening the blanks (though I imagine if it's been done then someone on this forum has done it...maybe post a question in the the forum area dedicated to questions about planking. The first thought that comes to my mind is - replace the planking! That might not be an option. Anyway - best of luck hamilton
  23. hamilton
    Sheesh - if my blood and sweat planking looked anything like your crazy quilt planking I'd be a happy man! she's looking very fine Bob! hamilton
  24. hamilton
    The collar looks great! I tried serving mine on the Blandford, but it was far too small a scale to get it to look right, even with sewing thread. hamilton
  25. hamilton
    Looking great - I like the angled bees hamilton

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