GrandpaPhil
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Congratulations! Well done!
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I started the Main Top Royal. It’ll be done in the near future.
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Well done!
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It’s looking good! Keep at it! I started an Artesiana Latina Bluenose II when I was a kid. I got it planked and painted and generally to the point where I had a basic hull. All I had left was to fit it out, make the masts, and rig it. I wish I still had it. Once you get to that point, the hard part’s done.
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Thank you very much for the kind comments. I don’t know if I would say that building from card is more difficult than timber. It’s just different. It’s definitely been a learning experience. It’s been a lot of fun too. Next time, I will likely reinforce the bulkheads, the keel and the deck with 1/16th inch basswood. That’s to prevent the warping and the twisting that I had in the hull. Planking went really quickly. It usually takes me a couple weeks to plank a hull. I went from a frame to a painted and coppered hull over a four day weekend. I would probably plan out the gunports better and maybe use a precut piece instead of cutting through the hull again. That caused me some grief. I need to figure out a better way to laminate large pieces together without warping. It’s definitely worth trying. Ab Hoving made an excellent tutorial on this forum. It’s what got me started on this model.
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Main Gaff Sail complete with reefing points:
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Excellent work!
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Congratulations and well done!
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Well done!
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Very nicely done!
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How did the planking turn out?
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Well done on both!
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