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A very interesting resuscitation project - good luck! hamilton -
Thanks Andy and Alistair: The scale is indeed a challenge - sometime in the future I'll be working on the Bellona which I guess is still at 1:100 scale, but is a larger model, so I might be able to achieve more. I will get a picture of it with a ruler to give a sense of proportion. Alistair - this one's a keeper. It'll be going up on a shelf in my son's room with some of the other builds - Kate Cory, Gretel, Toulonnaise and the Brittany Sloop. hamilton
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Alright then - a quick update with some photos. The lower shrouds are now complete, and last night I installed the last of the crowsfeet (on the fore top/stay) and tackles plus the catharpins (not pictured). I'll be moving on next to making the fore topmast and main & fore topgallants. Because of the way the main topgallant stay & main topgallant staysail are rigged (belayed in the fore top), I have to complete these before completing the standing rigging on the fore topmast. So though I'll be making the topmast and attaching the rigging elements, I won't be rigging it until the main topgallant mast is fully rigged. After that it's on to complete the ratlines....and that will bring the standing rigging to a close....moving on to the last phase... Hold on a second! I just tried uploading photos and for some reason my uploads keep failing - this seems to happen when the forum wants to create a new page....so I'll post this message and then try again with the photos..... hamilton
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What an elegant looking form! The sheer of the false decks really brings out the beauty of the design! Do you anticipate that the length will pose specific challenges for the planking? Will you be planking the strakes in single long lengths or in shorter strips? hamilton
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Hi Ferit: Of course! But I didn't ask for comparison - I hadn't even thought of that until I saw your photos....the eras of our ships are very different - I just noticed this one similarity after seeing your photos - once again, excellent work hamilton
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Beautiful work! hamilton
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Thanks for posting these progress shots Ferit! I saw them first over on the "latest full profile thread" and thought I'd check here to see if there were more - obviously these were well worth the wait - a very fine looking vessel. It's a nice confirmation to see the relative size of the mizzen mast to the fore and main. I was getting nervous that once I attach the topgallants to the fore and main on the Blandford they would look ridiculously out of proportion, but it seems there is a similar ratio of mast sizes on the Berlin, and they look great! hamilton
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Very neat and tidy work here Jason - looks beautiful hamilton
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Well I have no photos unfortunately - sorry! But I've now managed to install the main topmast and associated standing rigging elements, plus the main topmast staysail rigging. With this completed, I could also rig the fore lower shrouds, fore stay and fore preventer. Things are really starting to slow down at this point and it feels like it's going to take forever to get through the standing rigging - and then there's still a long way to go!! 10 spars and all associated rigging, plus the lanterns, figurehead, spare masts, sweep ports and sweeps......and ratlines....lots and lots of ratlines. Speaking of which I managed to get through the ratlines on the mizzen lower shrouds, futtock shrouds and topmast shrouds this evening - this did not go badly. I felt I needed a meditative evening, and what better for this than endless clove hitches! I'll post some photos tomorrow - for now, goodnight hamilton
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I've been wondering what's up over there.......hope the car situation has worked out! Waiting patiently.... hamilton
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Beautiful! hamilton
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Looks great - and a nice trick with the catharpins! hamilton
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Those are the ones - I often take our son to the VMM, but currently the St Roch is closed for renovations. Not sure when it will be open again, but if the photos on that link don't serve or if there's a specific element you want a photo of, I can try to find out at the museum when it will re-open (soon I imagine - it's been off limits for a long while) and get in there to get some more shots - taking requests now hamilton
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If any moderators are reading this - is there a place where I can post my photos of the St Roch? Maybe in one of the sub-forums as a separate topic? Would like to share, but not sure where the best place would be....don't also want to take over this log.... hamilton
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What's that I see? Wood? A ship? You mean it's not just the stove....! It looks right at home Ian - excellent work, as always hamilton
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Hi Dunolde: I've built a few solid hull kits - Phantom, Sultana & Kate Cory. I wanted to build the Dapper Tom, but it looks like ME have discontinued the kit!! Anyway, I think it is quite normal to have to remove quite a bit of wood from the hull I recall from the Sultana that the profile in particular was quite a bit longer than the templates - I had to remove about 3/16 of the length of the hull off the stern, while also being careful to maintain the shape - a tricky business. As for the the stations, the amount of wood to be removed varied from station to station (and from model to model) - and I imagine it would vary from kit to kit. From my understanding, the fabrication of the hull that you get in the kit is not standardised, so there will be minor differences in the hulls in each production run. Anyway, if you have a dremmel, you can use the sanding drum - I know I did! Just be careful to mark the area you need to sand down. Anyway, the Dapper Tom does look like a beautiful vessel and it'll turn out to be a nice looking model for you I'm sure hamilton
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Beautiful work! hamilton
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Hi Ferit: She looks magnificent - maybe you address this questions elsewhere in your log, but did you replace any of the wood stock provided in the kit for the planking or the superstructures? Can't wait to see the much-longed-for profile shot! There were some flirtatious gestures in the last post! hamilton
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Lucky you, Mark! I'm still counting down the years...though I know I'll miss it..... hamilton
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Thanks Mark - I'm usually late, too - in revisiting your Licorne log, for example!! I'll get there soon to see how you're doing..... hamilton
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I think the drop keel looks strange in the present context but might look more appropriate when the hull is fully planked - a matter of taste I suppose. Anyway, it will be nice to see one of these beautiful hulls in a nice large format, drop keel or not! hamilton
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If anyone working on the St Roch lives outside of the Lower Mainland of BC, I can forward reference shots of the real thing, kept in the Vancouver Maritime museum. I sent a number of shots to another forum member who had a St Roch build log on the old MSW....but i think he may have discontinued his build.....let me know if you're interested....
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Hi Richard: No sooner is the Pickle done than this beauty emerges off the shelf?!?! I looked long and hard at this kit during my annual "kit acquisition season" but the size put me off - the Admiral does want to move to a bigger place, but I'm not sure this is the reason she had in mind!! Looking forward to following this one hamilton
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