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    Carl, Great to hear from you again! I hope all is well or at least improving. Thanks for the kind words. I will however be leaving off the cannon accouterments. I plan on displaying her in a non-combat state, possibly with sails furled, or minimal sail and guns lashed with the muzzles to the bulwarks. Nothing to show at the moment, the better half and I went away to watch the Dodger woop all over the Padres this weekend, unfortunately the Dodger failed to show up for the first two game much to my better halfs delight. Sam
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    All Hail the Copper King! (Does a Klompen Two-step in admiration) Nice work Sjors, to bad we can only hit the "Like" button once. Sam
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    Thats a lot of cannons Rich. They sure look good. Sam
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    Sjors, Looks good to me! What is the Gore Line? Wikipedia gives me this: "A gore, gore point, or gore zone is a triangular piece of land found where roads or rivers merge or split." Or this:"Gore lines are parallel diagonal lines, such as are used in striping "No Parking" or "No Driving" areas, or walkways, or handicap access aisles." Neither seems to relate to what you are doing. Is the Gore Line the area where the line of coper meets the Stem? Sam
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    Rich, Looks Real Good. Sam
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    Mark, great call! Thanks. I stopped in at my favorite LHS and they didnt have any but Hobby Lobby did. $8.00/pair. They are nowhere near the quality of my "good" pair but out of the box the smallest point (they are not consistent) was 0.037" A bit of reworking and I should be good. Of course if I grumble enough the better half will get santa to bring me the good ones. I real quickly made one hook with the pliers straight out of the box and it looks pretty good. Maybe just a tad large. but I think I can "live " with it. Thanks Sam
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    Oh, I dont know about that Mark. Where is the Pain, the Suffering and Angst for our art?? Simple and economical??? PPfffftt! Great idea, why didnt I think of that? Thanks! Sam
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    I am getting ready to start making hooks for my gun carriages and feel I need a set of Round Nose pliers that go smaller than what I currently own. I have a pair from Ottofrei.com that go down to 1.0mm. Lindstrom ha the RX7590 that go down to 0.7mm (0.027") Before I spend the $80.00 does anybody know of a set of round nose pliers that is smaller? Sam
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    Augie, that deck looks great! You say its unfinished? it looks so clean and, well, finished. I cant wait to see it with some finish on it. Sam
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    Rich, thanks for the stopping in and the kind words. I was just reading in "Arming and Fitting" the quoins were not in place when the guns were lashed to the bulwarks. Nice! I dont need to make those. Sam
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    Thanks for dropping by everybody. I'm using the "Fully Famed" series as well as "Arming and Fitting" for most of this. Russ, you reminded me, I have 60+ hooks to make still. Rich, I will follow your lead and build a mockup bulwarks and rig to that. Yesterday I finished the outer frames for the Stbd badge as well as the beds for the carriages. When I dry fit the barrels the muzzle will center up nicely in the gun port. My plan is to rig all the guns in a stowed position - muzzle lashed against the top edge of the gun port. Right now with out a quoin it sits just right, I may leave the quoins off. I dont think too many people will notice. Wayne, thanks for visiting and the kind words. What you are seeing is the result of planking the hull three times, the initial 2mm thick planks Constructo supplies, then the 0.5mm planks. I got to a certain point and removed a considerable portion of the 2nd planking, ordered more and continued. Wood filler and stain hide a multitude of sins. I had a chef tell me once he was an ok cook but his sauces were great. I look at my planking in a similar way. My planking is ok but the finish is very good. As your discovering on your Mayflower, planking is "interesting." You have some very accomplished builders commenting on your log, your going to do great. Sam
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    Looks great Rich. 4500?!?!? Yikes! thats going to be a full time job. Sam
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    I may be trying that when I rig my cannons in the next few weeks Rich.. Sam
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    Russ, are you sitting on my shoulder? I barely posted that!!! Thanks for the kind words. I was just comparing the two blocks. I will be using chucks blocks front and back on the carriages, your right that would look awkward.
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    Thanks Rich, I really want to get these complete and on the ship but work has been interfering. Sunday I ordered some single blocks from Chucks Siren company. Tuesday I go on line to see if I have an estimated ship date, in my inbox is an email that they shipped already! They were in my mail box yesterday. Thanks Chuck!!!! They look good too. THe smaller 3.5mm are Chucks and the larger 6mm are Constructo supplied I am almost wondering if I should have gone with 4mm, these look like a challenge. Guess I am going to find out. This is all I have managed to do this week, Mullions for the lites and Stiles and Rails for the frames. The outer frames are a bit thick still and will get paired down with a chisel or mini plane. The veneer I plan on using on the columns will hide more of the thickness. I just wanted something a bit stronger to work with. I used styrene to make a jig to hold everything together and keep my horizontal mullions in line. Seems to be working so far....... Back off Murphy!!!! Sam
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    Rich, She makes a great TV stand. . I know what you mean about commenting, when work gets busy sometimes all there is time for is a "like" to let people know you stopped in. Sam
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    You can do it Sjors! Sam
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    Rich, The cleats look very good. Yea, Constructo could be better at directions, but, look at the education we are getting. Age, like beauty s all relative. Your only old when you admit it. I had a neighbor named Charlie who passed away recently. Shortly after moving in we heard noises outside so I went to investigate. 20' up is Charlie, one hand on the extension ladder, the other with a handsaw cutting through a 6" tree limb. I told him to get down and let me help him, his reply? "This is specialized work son, I am 91 years old and still trim my own trees." It took him the better part of a month to trim that tree but he did it. Shortly before his diabetes took a turn he had come over to visit with the better half and I. "Sam, N, do either of you know a lady you could set me up with? I want to go dancing" I mentioned my mom who will be 84 in January. "No, I need somebody younger who can keep up with me" He was quite a character that Charlie. Its all relative. Anybody who can land a 10# pike at 75 isnt old in my book. Carry on and Happy Birthday! Sam
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    You showed great wisdom and foresight Young-Rich. The Gods of Electron are jealous and capricious, never tempt them. Looks good. Sam
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    Coastie, On the first page of "Kit Build Logs in Progress" look in the upper right corner - "Start New Topic" Click on that to get started. Read through the pinned topics first for guide lines on starting you log. Sam
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    Thanks for the comments and the likes - always appreciated. Russ, I was trying to get a "classical" look, overall I think I did it. I suspect the rake of the windows is supposed to follow the transom but when I drew up my templates for the window openings that looked funny to me. Steve, I cant wait to et them on the hull also, she has looked the same for so long its like I dont work on her. Although I have a pile of furniture and carriages to show for the last several weeks. (months!) Mark, While I am please with where I am at, I think I have at least one more kit before I try a complete scratch build. Sometime back I photoetched some window lites base on the kit parts to use for the badges. When it came time to build the columns and stools, the kit rake looked wrong but so did matching the rake on the transom, so I compromised between the two, now my photoetched frames dont work. Looks like I'm making wooden frames. This is tough, I thought the outer works on the badges were a challenge.....MOMMY! Hopefully I will have something to show in a few days. sam
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    Steve, good to hear. Thought maybe you had taken to soldering the Yucca plants. Thanks for the kind words, have fun tonight. Sam
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    How is the soldering going Steve? I looked to the east on Wednesday(?) and saw smoke in your direction. I didnt hear about homes lost or evacuations, you have been quiet of late, is all well? Sam
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    Sjors, Laws? Who needs laws? I say PPffft! to laws. I dont know about a law, legal or physical, but sometimes I think my elected officials use similar logic to come up with "decisions" How are the gnomes doing with their new task, Sir "Man-O-Leisure?" Sam
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    Brief update. I fashioned the roof/upper finishing. I thought about shingles then decided to leave them as is, just a bit of stain and oil. Overall I am pretty pleased with how they have turned out. I still need to "detail" the columns and make some windows. I have mocked up a column and will mock up a window frame tomorrow to check my dimensions and how the columns will look with a thin layer of veneer similar to what Russ suggested. I think its going to work out. The lower details on the starboard badge are out of alignment, fortunately they are not glued up yet. Thats it for now, Sam

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