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Yeah Popeye, I've banged it and even dropped it a couple of times, and it still has a mind of its own....glad you like where I am here....it's starting to look kinda cool....like a real ship....the roof is going to make it have a different appearance....I'm looking forward to it..
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Thanks Robert. I'm primarily trying to build a good ship. As far as historical accuracy, I'm just going along with the flow. This is my first wooden ship, so it is new to me. Thank you for your input, and photos they are greatly appreciated. I am not familiar with additional galley windows. This was all the plans and photos showed.
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Thanks Augie....
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Hi, rwiederrich, thanks for the photo and info. Everything I have seen regarding colors seem all consistently show it to be a yellow ochre color. I just visited the Mystic Seaport last month, and there were people there actually painting this exact area yellow ochre to match the rest of the ship. All photo's I've seen, as well as some models at the museum, show it also. Now inside the structures is white though, and that is consistent also. So I am following that line of history for my build. I'm not saying it couldn't have been white, but that is contrary to what I've been able to determine....thanks though, and I appreciate the picture.
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so, for today, I have built the wheel cover box....actually what it's called....painted it, mounted both houses, wheel box, and rigged the steering pulleys. I don't like how the pictures are coming out, because they seem to show a lot of white in the grooves and tight spots, however, I can't see them eveen wearing glasses. I try to go back to where I see them in the pictures, and add paint, but doesn't do any good.....don't know?????? Here's the latest. Next comes the roof framing, and then the roof and all that goes with that....
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Hello Henry, ......Happy Birthday, my friend, may you have many more, and I hope you have a good one! Iposted this earlier, and I forgot to look at the date as I thought it was yesterday...gettin' old I guess----see what you have to look forward to....lol
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Hi Grant, thanks......
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Thanks Mark, I see you "noticed" too, lol
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Hi Piet, that sure is a good looking door. It sure looks like it needs a tube to go with it.....it's kind of lonely all by itself, and how hard is a little mine to build after all the other things you've built....oh well, I guess ..... only in our dreams....???? Maybe just a little bore out with a sharp milling tool and a little brass or copper????? shouldn't hurt anything if done slowly.....but what do I know???? lol.....looks good my friend...
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Oops, sorry Popeye, I forgot to answer your question....it is planked on 1/32" basswood. Planked with 1/64" x 1/8" planking. The planks are exagerated to show a gap between them to simulate a siding effect. Not sure about why it's like this, but the planks on the real ship also show a pronounced gap between them, and it is also watertite....???? So, I did the same....another advantage of seeing the real thing!
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Thanks Robert, glad you like.....
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Hi Popeye, the galley, and storage structure has multiple windows so it is completely painted white, however the head, and officer companionway structure only has one window at the stern, so I looked through the window and painted accordingly, reserving the re-look before the roof goes on...glad you like the structures.....
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The white paint only covers the area you can see if you look into the windows...otherwise a waste of paint...
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OK, it's painted and mounted, but not glued. I've noticed that the camera flash brings out a lot of white streaks, that you can't see with the naked eye....it is much more critical and telling, than you can really see. It also seems to bring out roughness of the paint finish, which you can't see either...don't know. Tomorrow, I'll rig the tiller, and glue the structures to the deck, and also build the steering box which goes over the tiller and part of the steering structure...the pictures of it done will explain. Strange set up.....
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Hi Popeye, yeah, I've done that kind of thing before too, I remember the shortage you refer to, lot's of problems on that one. I had some and can't find it after my last move....probably got chunked somewhere inadvertantly. I've got gold, but not copper. I've just finished and painted the other side of the house, so I'll have some pictures in a little bit of it painted and in place. There is a cover that goes completely over both structures, with a ladder and some davits, and other parts and pieces on the roof. I've got to rig the wheel and tiller yet with lines after I glue the structures to the deck, then I can work on the roof structure which is next. Glad you like it....the pictures ... more to follow ....
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Hi Augie, still kind of "crude" yet, but it is the works....
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