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  1. GrandpaPhil
    Patrick, Thank you and welcome aboard! Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Phil
  2. GrandpaPhil
    Thank you! Much appreciated! I’ve definitely been learning a lot with this project! I’ve answered all of my own questions about rescaling plans and transferring from the books, just by doing it.
  3. GrandpaPhil
    I doubled the forward deck pieces, which should remove the waviness. I will double the aft deck pieces after I install the forward frames permanently.
  4. GrandpaPhil
    Amazing work on both the Sovereign Of The Seas and the Royal Katherine!
  5. GrandpaPhil
    Very nice!
  6. GrandpaPhil
    I also need to double the deck pieces
  7. GrandpaPhil
    It needs some (read a lot of) adjustments to bring everything into line, but I’ve made it to the initial dry fit point.
  8. GrandpaPhil
    Quick question, what’s the best way to install a transom on a card model? Should I just build up the stern frames like any other model, or just glue it to the stern after installing the deck and covering the hull?
  9. GrandpaPhil
    Making progress. Still doubling all of the frames below the deck line.
  10. GrandpaPhil
    Thank you for the information. I’ll remember that for next time. There are several ships in his books that I would like to build. Buying the plans in sheets would be very convenient. I never actually scanned these, I just traced them and enlarged the tracings. This has been a highly educational project. I’ve been learning a lot. It’s been a lot of fun too, I’ve never built from scratch before.
  11. GrandpaPhil
    The only drawback to the posterboard is that I am having to double it in order to build up to the 1mm thickness that Ab mentioned in his tutorial. But, so far so good. I traced the deck camber from Zu Monfeld and enlarged it to make a template which I transferred to the bulkheads. I’m currently in the process of doubling the bulkheads below the main deck to gain more area to glue to.
  12. GrandpaPhil
    Great way to make gratings!
  13. GrandpaPhil
    Note, this is being mostly built from posterboard.
  14. GrandpaPhil
    Next, I’m going to trace the deck lines, including camber from Wolfram Zu Mondfeld’s Historic Ship Models, apply it to the model and cut the deck plates before dry assembling the frame.
  15. GrandpaPhil
    23 bulkheads, 1 transom and a keel-plate with built in rabbets. Note, they are all currently being flattened under a good part of my reference library.
  16. GrandpaPhil
    Mark, Thank you, much appreciated.
  17. GrandpaPhil
    Very cool build!
  18. GrandpaPhil
    First 8 bulkheads:
  19. GrandpaPhil
    The Victory is on temporary hold while I build the Prince de Neufchatel from Chapelle plans. I’ll be back shortly.
  20. GrandpaPhil
    I’m using Ab Hoving’s tutorial. I’ve never built from scratch before, so we’ll see how this goes. Here’s the first two bulkheads: Just as a side note, I’m doubling everything for more strength.
  21. GrandpaPhil
    I’m taking a break from the Victory and building the Prince de Neufchatel from plans in American Sailing Ships by Howard I. Chapelle. So far I’ve traced the hull lines and resized them to 1/72 scale.
  22. GrandpaPhil
    Thank you! It’s starting to patina on its own, even under the sealant. I’m just going to let it age on its own.
  23. GrandpaPhil
    Ab, Thank you very much. Phil
  24. GrandpaPhil
    What’s the best way to do copper cladding on a card model? I've copper cladded a wood model before with copper tape. But, I'm not sure if that would be the best way for a card model. I am thinking about building the Prince de Neufchatel in card, from Chapelle plans (I've been systematically buying all of his books).
  25. GrandpaPhil
    Well done!

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