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  1. Dowmer
    Nicely done BE. A bit tedious but I’m glad it worked out. At least you figured out the internal planking meets the stem in time. I would have noticed it “afterl I completed the task improperly. 😥 😁
  2. Dowmer
    Jim and Lou. Thank you for the kind comments. Next year I’m retiring and I’m hoping to move back to the PNW if I can afford it. It will be nice to have other shipbuilders in the Seattle area. 😀 As far as a “location”, well Lou, that’s the “thing”. 🤔 The wife is currently out of town (in Seattle) so I’m left to my own devices. So I immediately placed it on top of the wife’s Chinese 19th Century Qing dynasty rice bin buffet. Its too small for the space, but I like it and the Admiral isn’t here to tell me otherwise... Of course it will get moved when the Admiral returns and be relegated to some small dark corner of the office. But until then, I will give it the small respite of dignity it deserves. Perhaps she she would allow a much larger POF model to live there......hmmmmm. 🤔
  3. Dowmer
    Thanks Jim for dropping in. You are right, cases aren’t too hard to make. I think I saw a video of you making an acrylic case the other day. But I don’t have any materials or tools to make them right now. So I’m relegated to ordering a commercially produced custom acrylic case 😓 Here’s the company I used. Specialty Plastics Inc. in Ohio. LINK They were reasonable compared to other custom case makers only $57. Two days to make and ship. I had the case in a total of 4 days from when I placed the order. That’s pretty good service. I’m sure there might be better cases out there but it served my needs. One solid top and front piece with rounded edges on the top front corners so there are no glue joints. Side panels neatly glued on. I picked a free black acrylic base for now. Some day I’ll make a nicer one when able. Here’s a pic below. Another pic but a little harder to see with the white background. Some final pictures and this build is complete. Thanks for following. Not too much different from earlier except rope coils and a few finishing touches.
  4. Dowmer
    Ian, Thanks for dropping in. It was a quick build only detailing the rigging. I’m glad you enjoyed it. Your Cheerful build is a wonderful project I’m following. Thanks again. I just received the acrylic case for the longboat. I’ll post some pictures soon.
  5. Dowmer
    Lou, Sorry to hear about Laurie’s mishap. I wish her a speedy recovery. You will be able to build when the time is right. Life does tend to get in the way. Now back to the scullery with you! 😁
  6. Dowmer
    Ian, very well executed. The ship is really looking nice.
  7. Dowmer
    Ed, perhaps too worked up, but fun and interesting nonetheless. Its really a "compelling impression" of scale line we are trying to replicate here. I find it fun using different materials and sources to achieve this and if we can find the right threads we can pass it on to the rest to benefit. I appreciate you desire and willingness to help the rest of us mear mortals trying to keep up. 😀
  8. Dowmer
    Well said Lou, I couldn’t agree more. 😁
  9. Dowmer
    Thanks Lou for following. 😊 Only a handful of people followed so I doubt it will be missed that much. My next project will be to break out the UNION that has languished for 15 years in storage. However, life is in the way (I need to retire, move, find new employment etc.) So I won't start on it until I can get settled and set up a proper workshop. I need to re-do much of the hull planking as I was looking it over it the other day and noticed that I added some of the sheer rails in the wrong place. So it will require replacing much of the upper works plank. I'm also not very happy with the planking below the waterline. My skills have progressed over the past 20 years and now I'm a bit embarrassed of my workmanship. Especially now that I've seen how Chuck edge bends his planks. I need to get a thickness sander to do an adequate job since I mill all of my own wood. Unfortunately, I threw away my last home-made sander about 3 moves ago. 😥 I'll probably buy a Byrnes Thickness sander. Sorry for the rambling........ I should probably start a build thread for the UNION eventually, so people can see what I'm talking about. Jason
  10. Dowmer
    The build is essentially finished. I ordered a custom acrylic case to put it in. Once it arrives I'll show the final result. Thanks for all those that have followed this short little build. Jason
  11. Dowmer
    Ed, I've noticed Londonderry makes 100/3 thread in linen. Have you tried them? How is the quality? Here's a link LONDONDERRY 100/3 Heres another shop in Washington that sells it. They provide a .pdf for ship modelers for the diameter for the difference thread sizes and ship scale. LINK Love the work Ed 👍
  12. Dowmer
    Great Project Alberto. Following along.
  13. Dowmer
    Great project and unique subject Maury. Following along.
  14. Dowmer
    Shawn, if you are talking about the short pieces between the gun ports, I cut them slightly long, then install them on the ship. The plank will protrude into the gunport slightly. Once all the planks are installed for that side of the port, I then use a small fine file. With careful strokes I file it flush being sure to keep the file 90 degrees to the side. Depending on the size I can also use a very sharp xacto blade or scalpel to trim if needed until the blade is held flush against the side of the gunport frame. I hope that makes sense?
  15. Dowmer
    Thanks Bill for the Update. By the way, I too am in Chantilly. 😀
  16. Dowmer
    Bill, any updates? Whatever happened to this build?
  17. Dowmer
    Based on the survey done for kit quality on this site under the kit forum I'd say Caldercraft quality wins hands down for quality. There are several builds on this site you can check as well.
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    Dave, thanks for dropping in to my thread. I’m glad you appreciate the nuances of the PNW longboat from the standard kit. 👍
  19. Dowmer
    Now that's funny! ...but sadly true. 😠
  20. Dowmer
    Thanks Lou, great to hear from you. This little project was something to wet my appetite to get back into ship building. It did its job. 😀 I'm really enjoying it. The best part is learning all the different and new techniques on this website. Over course the motivation aspect of seeing all the incredible work by the masters here help as well. I wish I had this resource when I started 30 years ago. It would have prevented a lot of head scratching. 😟
  21. Dowmer
    Thanks Chuck, I did a little research and found a reference to the use of toggles. At this scale for the boat I’m making at 1:48 it was a pain but it sort of worked. I love your method of using tissue paper. It does the trick.
  22. Dowmer
    So I needed a flag but I needed to figure out how they attached the flag to the halyard. After a lot of searching around I referred to an old Jean Boudriot book and found a depiction of one in his book of the BonHomme Richard. Im assuming this is how they typically secured them and it makes sense. The period is correct so I gave it a try. The hardest thing to make was the toggles. At this scale they were about a mere 1.5mm. I turned down a piece of hardwood and wrapped the .008 rigging line around it. The Hoist of the flag (the vertical part) was left white and folded over the line and glued with thinned white glue. The flag was made using Chuck’s method of tissue paper. Here’s a link to his thread for the Cheerful. Cheerful Link I chose a 13 star flag representative of the era circa 1790. I used some some tissue paper the wife had squirreled away for Christmas. Cut a small piece and taped it onto a sheet of 8x11.5 office paper. This acted as a carrier to feed the tissue through the printer. Printed the flag then cut it to shape and sprayed some Krylon fixative. After gluing in the toggles I sprayed some more fixative on the flag to soften it and shaped it. Viola La! I attached the halyards and hoisted the flag to the truck. Secured to the starboard deadeye. Here’s some pictures of the finished product. Making and attaching the toggles was fiddly but worth it in the end. Next up is to make some rope coils and hang them on the boat and I’m done. Cheers landlubbers 😁
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    Chuck, I'm playing around with the flag technique you detailed earlier (see below). It works amazingly well BTW. 👍 My question is, how did they (18th century) attach the flag to the halyard...or how did you attach it to the Cheerful? Toggles? Thanks for the great tips,
  24. Dowmer
    Robert, Thanks for the kind comments. I'm working on the last of the running gear and should have it completed soon. Cheers,
  25. Dowmer
    B.E. a wise and sensible choice me thinks. I would have come to a similar conclusion. Nicely done. 😁

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