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- Birthday 03/21/1972
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Commerce Township, Michigan
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Building models of ships, airplanes, and rockets; photography; bicycling; scouting; skiing; boating; trying to fly RC helicopters
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Matt D reacted to a post in a topic: Enterprize by iosto - CAF - 1/48 scale - adding complete interior - FINISHED
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Matt D reacted to a post in a topic: HMS PEGASUS by giampieroricci - Scale 1:36 - Swan-Class Sloop from plans by David Antscherl & Greg Herbert
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Matt D reacted to a post in a topic: HMS PEGASUS by giampieroricci - Scale 1:36 - Swan-Class Sloop from plans by David Antscherl & Greg Herbert
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Matt D reacted to a post in a topic: HMS PEGASUS by giampieroricci - Scale 1:36 - Swan-Class Sloop from plans by David Antscherl & Greg Herbert
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Matt D reacted to a post in a topic: Spanish 68-gun ship of 1752 by Isidro - plans of Isidro Rivera and construction by Jose Collado
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Matt D reacted to a post in a topic: Sloop Speedwell by Chuck - Ketch Rigged Sloop, 1752 - POF
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Matt D reacted to a post in a topic: Sloop Speedwell by Chuck - Ketch Rigged Sloop, 1752 - POF
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Matt D reacted to a post in a topic: US Brig Oneida by rlb - The Lumberyard - (POF) 1:48 scale - 1809 Lake Ontario Warship
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Matt D reacted to a post in a topic: Sloop Speedwell by Chuck - Ketch Rigged Sloop, 1752 - POF
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Matt D reacted to a post in a topic: Sloop Speedwell by Chuck - Ketch Rigged Sloop, 1752 - POF
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Saburo reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Winchelsea by jfhealey - fully rigged version
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Here is the breast rail and ship’s wheel. The ship’s wheel is just sitting in place and has not been glued down, yet. I started by cleaning the uprights with 320 grit sandpaper, jeweler’s files, and a number 11 blade. Then I carefully adjusted the fit in the lower rail and the bottom piece of the upper rail. I made sure the fit was good before gluing the top and bottom pieces of the upper rail together. I painted the rails before assembling and then used a brush to apply wipe on polyurethane to the whole assembly after it was all together. I used a clear gel glue for assembling everything. I used an Emory board to adjust the fit of the uprights to the deck. I pinned the breast rail at the outboard uprights, hoping that gives them a little bit better bite using medium CA to attach the railing to the deck.
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Hi Binchicken. Thank you so much for commenting on my build log. This was my first wooden ship model. I picked it after seeing several great build logs on MSW.
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Welcome back to my Winchelsea build log. Once again, I’ve neglected it for several months. I’m working on chapter 10 and have finished planking down the center of the quarter-deck. The outboard planks were very challenging, and I’m pretty happy with my results. I did manage to screw up the binnacle to the point that I’ll be reaching out to Chuck for a new one. And I think I will leave it bright to match my capstan. I’m now starting to clean up the breast rail uprights. This will take me a while because I plan to leave them bright like Chuck’s.
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Chapter 3 is still one of my favorite parts of this whole project. The stern and q-galleries are spectacular and were so much fun to build. Cats are wonderful, aren't they? I found one of mine using Winnie as a bed right after I put the subfloor down in Chapter 4. I think that little bite mark on the transom will be completely covered by a molding. The one on the upright might be high enough that it will be cut off when you put the railing on in Chapter 10.
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Great video, Allan! Thank you for sharing.
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Hi Archie. Modeler's Sawmill is a good source for the wood, and they can mill it all for you so you are ready to go. Their quality is outstanding. Here is a link to the wood packages page of their site: https://www.modelerssawmill.com/wood-packages.php. This was not available when I started my Winchelsea. I began by milling my own strips. They came out just OK. When I needed more to complete the gun deck. I ordered from Modeler's Sawmill and I wished I could turn back time to have them mill the strips for the hull planking.
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