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  1. Wacom
    A quick catchup. Chapter ten nearly finished, just waiting on ships wheel to complete. Meanwhile i started scratching chapter eleven by making the swivel mounts from Kauri, six sided left natural. The frieze went on well after printing on tissue and secured with acrylic matt medium. The steps were made by using an AL shaper and rounding the ends with a needle file. I also added the lantern to the stern along with the chains. Thats as far as I am able to scratch build this beautiful ship. Chuck has advised that the United States Postal Service has, once more suspended standard shipping to New Zealand only leaving express shipping which i have found to be too expensive. Last time it was several months before service was resumed so no telling how long it might be for this time around. In the meantime Winchelsea has gone back into storage.
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    Looking good Bob. Will you be drilling the inner scuppers?
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    Enjoy your build, with Victory under your belt you have shown you have the staying power to make a fine job of Winchelsea👌
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    Sorry to read of your illness Bob, lets hope you will be back into showing us the way with Winnie very soon. As for the QD gun rigging, having just finished it I would advise you to find some other way of tormenting yourself🤨🤨🤨
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    Thanks James, I have one of those saws but find the area of blade available for cutting is not always sufficient.🤔
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    Beautiful work James. Do you mind if I ask what brand of razor saw you used?
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    I have the Proxxon FF230 a step up from the MF70 and used it in my Winchelsea build. It runs like a sewing machine, quiet, no vibration and the table is rock solid and very precise. Should you go this way make sure to get the fine feed, you would not regret buying this machine, mills wood very well plus metal. good luck in your search.
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    That looks so elegant.
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    Thats looking good, I gave the window frames a couple of coats of wipe on poly which seemed to make them less fragile.
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    Very impressive Vladimir, you must have a great sense of achievement, well done👌👍
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    Well said👍
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    Chris, I woudn’t worry too much about the weight. I turn 80 next month and can still pickup my 10kg dog easily, another 6 shouldn’t put too much stress on my ageing frame, besides I already pumped up the sack barrow tyres in anticipation😄
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    Thanks Timmo.👌
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    Thanks Rusty👍
  15. Wacom
    Thanks for your comment and reactions guys the encouragement is much appreciated.
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    Hi and thanks for your comments. The “cannon balls” came from Caldercraft in the UK.
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    Amazing👌👌👌
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    Its been some time since my last post, due in part to shipping being suspended to New Zealand. Lets hope that the last time it happens. Now, having taken delivery of Chapters 8,9,10 there is no reason not to continue. Looking back I seem to have neglected to upload photos of Chapter Seven so here goes, a mixture of flash and non flash. And so on to the Forecastle. I had some issues with the curve of the bow but was able to sort them out. I also wanted to mount two guns here but found the partial deck not wide enough, so I installed extra planks to avoid having the rear trucks hanging in space. Time for the Quarter Deck.
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    Bob, your ship is an inspirition👌
  20. Wacom
    Hi Timmo, Good to know you are still active. Situation as far as I know is that USPS will now ship to NZ, however, due to covid only one sort centre in the States is operational. I was advised by NZ Post that this could add 3 to 4 weeks over normal shipping times which would make it around the two month mark for delivery. I took the plunge and ordered two chapters plus ships wheel from Chuck and had it sent by Express, should (hopefully) have it in a couple of weeks. You mention an interest in Winnie……go for it, you wont regret it, there is nothing else on the market like it.
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    I used two brass pins fitted to a hole drilled through both the rear axle and deck before the barrel is fitted, keeps the gun in place but allows it to be removed if required. See my Winchelsea log for details. Good luck
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    Thanks for the offer Fred, very generous of you. The USPS are still not shipping to NZ except express parcel, they use Fedex to deliver but very expensive. At present I intend waiting this thing out or wait till Chuck has several chapters available and decide at that time the best option. Not a day goes by that I look at Winnie and wish🥺 Many thanks again. Reg
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    Thanks for the info Timmo, I will look into it, not sure wether Chuck uses commercial labelling haver never taken too much time looking at the package just too keen to get to the contents☺️
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    Thanks Chuck, other countries are still shipping to us it seems the US is the only one not too.
  25. Wacom
    Thanks for the kind comment Warren, Winnie is a biggy its a mission to build her in my 10’ X 20’ workshop🥴

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