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Today work, fifteen frames about sixteen, 94% done :
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12/16 frames, 75% is done (but not glued) The whale seems happy :
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Then, the tenth frame, 69% is done (not glued) :
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The tenth frame, 63% is done (not glued) :
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Evening pics with beautiful spring sunlight :
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It will be the case of all which will support upper decks in order to enforce the structure before out planking
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The ninth frame, 56% is done (not glued) : After each adding of wooden cut, I verify all curves and alignments to be safe
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Now, after the eighth frame, the shape moves slowly near the quarterdeck, 50% is done :
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Could an administrator move this interessant discussion into appropriated topic : Charles Galley by Allan ? Thanks, Christian
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And the seventh frame is done :
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And the sixth is done : the fore frame beginning to appear out of close nothing :
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Hi Bruce, I fix my bulwarks with two opposed half notches (male and female), one down the mould, and other up the keel Regards, Christian
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Five / sixteen bulwarks = 31 % done :
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25 % of bulkheads cut (but not glued) :
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Following skeleton of ship :
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i have a dictionnary of marine vocabulary of 18th century... but you have to open it for use... Moby Dick's monograph exists also at scale 1/36 = length 2.20 m 😘
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First frame in position, it will be a fat boy, miraculous, floating line is OK 😘
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A test of a simulated trailboard shock (not glued) :
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The two solutions without sinking gammonings : I suppose that the piece 204 don't arrive at height of upper volute (hances and standard knee are different pieces)
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Today work without gammoning holes (and not glued) :
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Here I show you a redraw of plan using your recommendation, and water line cheated down 1/8" (around 3-4 mm) : The ropes will be out of water, but with the decorative element hidden by gamonning, without inconvenient, it's not an immortal masterpiece of Art 😋
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The first rail is almost finished, closer to a work of sculpture than of engraving : Then, like pancakes, turn it, and start again the same work of cook, without burn out 😘
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I had inform you that I decided to follow my first idea about gammoning of S-Philippe, I cannot follow the sinking ropes... 😘
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@Hubac's Historian I received a notification of a message titled "test" send by you, but I found any message on site ? What a curious mystery ! 😋
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I have the "choice" between an historic "probability of truth", and another approach, more "creative" J-C Lemineur wrote to me that my proposition had existed, but later, then it would be an anachronism, that's also your point of view... I shall take a moment of reflection before a definitive decision 😘
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