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You say "Not Perfect" I don't agree from your pictures it looks really good Mark. No idea regarding covering with gloss polyurethane never done copper plating, that is going to come later for me, please let us know how it goes. Regards Richard

Nice bit of carving Phil 👍 Regards Richard

Try ModelExpo look up Tools and go to plank bending you will find a Nail Driver for miniature nails Regards Richard

Thanks a lot Justin, I do like to use my some what old Canon E0S 30D on a tripod with two light set up, it captures the details quite nicely Regarding your statement "I hope to achieve one day" you will, it just takes trial and error, patience more patience and for me I find having the tools really helps. That's nice of you to say Do appreciate your kind words Lazy Saint just trying my best to make as per drawings, I do also have a few books which help as well Thanks everyone for the likes as well Regards Richard

Masts and yards are coming along nicely Lazy Saint 👍 Regards Richard

Thanks kindly Michael, do love making small detail, I think the same as you do I hope they help Dave and thanks for your kind post Its coming along Mugje and appreciate you stopping by Regards Richard

Main boom was made from Cherry tapered from 3/16" end to 15/64" approx middle then down to 3/16" at the jaw and Main Gaff was also made from Cherry and tapered 1/8" end to 5/32" approx middle and down to 9/64" at the jaws, the Jaws, Bullseye Fairlead, Stop Chocks and Clapper were made from Boxwood, made the clew bands with working hinge and used very small nuts and bolts for the clamps/bands where needed. These drawings are very detailed and a pleasure to use Sanded the curve in jaws on Gaff Sanded the flat spots where jaws fit, then drilled jaws so that I could run a piece of .020" brass rod right the way through, then added washers and small nuts This is how I made the Clew Band, soldered a small tube to .010" brass Using my Turbo Carver with a dental cutter remover middle on one end and outsides on the other Pined with .020" brass rod Measured the Boom where the Clew bands were to go and made a small jig so that I could bend to shape How I made the Bullseye Fairlead Made the links and shackle for Gaff lift Some small items left to install but here are the them at 95% done Main Boom Main Gaff Regards Richard

Hi Joe, happy new year to you, Yes the Iron (brass) work is a lot of fun and very fiddly and if you get it to look to scale it brings out the model. Regards Richard

Congratulation does look good under blue skies Regards Richard

Hi Dave, just looked at the Eastwood shear and it looks good but I don't know if it would cut .005", .010" shim stock or brass because if the shear blades surfaces don't touch or not very sharp it will just bend the brass instead of cutting, also shearing will bend the piece you are cutting (same as a small pair of tin snips of small hand shears0 which means you would have to straighten the piece out which is not a big deal, when I cut with my guillotine I get a very very small twist. You could use your Brass strips which come with the kit 1/64" x 1/16" for the banding. Happy New Year Dave Regards Richard

Great start to the 2nd planking looks brilliant 🤙 Regards Richard

Hi Mike hope you had a great Christmas moved to the Island Sept 2018 just didn't like the Calgary winters anymore 😄 Can't remember what the site we were on back in the day was it this one? anyway hope you have a great new year and will look forward to seeing your next update on the Agamemnon. Regards Richard

Nicely done Sharpie Schooner 👍 Regards Richard

Hi Ron, thanks very much do like the lines of this Schooner, the shear is made commercially by PEPE Tools this is a 6" precision Guillotine made in USA, and I bought it from Gesswein Jewellery Tools & Supplies back in 2011, I just went to the site gessweincanada.com looked and looked under Shears could not find the one I have but they have different ones now, (do like the the new ones) they are expensive but if you need something to cut very thin material you have to spend the money, I am not affiliated with this company just a satisfied customer. Hope this helps Regards Richard

Missed a few updates lots of likes and the planking looks brilliant Joe well done 👍 Happy New Year to you Regards Richard

Thanks very much Michael, I was looking at your lovely ship you have just finished I can say the same goes to you, brilliant model well done. Working with wood and metal go hand in hand on these ships and I love trying to figure out how to build very small pieces. Regarding the informative sheets they are small pictures of the drawings see above. Happy New Year to you Regards Richard

Thanks a lot Mugje, I am following the six sets of plans which come with the model and they are very detailed, so I have had to figuring out how to build each piece as close to scale as possible, so I can't call this modified except I am sometimes using different wood than what is supplied in the box. This is how I built the goose neck made out of a piece of 1/8" square brass stock, started by drilling three holes and then filing to shape, did the same to the crane part which is below the Trestle Tree Happy New Year Regards Richard

Hi Dave, thanks very much, I used .010" brass sheet and I have a brilliant shear which I can cut down to .001" brass shim, this helps in any metal work which needs to be made closer to the scale ship you are working on, so .010" x 64 = .64" just over 5/8" thick which to me sounds about right but still have not found any info on how thick they should be. Also buy .005", .003", .002" and .001" brass Happy new year to you Regards Richard

I did find this in a book I have but funny enough not in the books I thought I would find it, hope it helps Regards Richard

Yes that is much better 👍 Regards Richard

Hope you had a great Christmas and do have a happy new year Phil, and also another great update 👍 Regards Richard

I would agree with you, what dimension does the drawing say Regards Richard

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and to all a happy new year Made both masts out of 3/4" round Cherry, both were machined and then sanded down to 5/16" dia at bottom and 3/16" at the top, then made the Fore and main top masts out of supplied square wood and sanded them to 11/64 x 11/64 square then round 11/64" dia to 7/64" dia, these masts are quite detailed as per the drawings below Below are how they came out, all bands, eyebolts, sheaves, hinges, crane parts, gooseneck parts etc I made from brass, do still have to add some detail then paint white where it says to do. Fore Mast Main Mast Until next time Regards Richard

Absolutely brilliant Michael 👍 Regards Richard

Make my eye bolts like this use .016" brass round, also do use .020" or .032" if required I use Lindstrom round pliers come from Spain First I bend around the end for very small eye bolts Next I snip the flat part off using Lindstrom smallest cutters Then I go back to the round pliers and bend all around until it touches the wire Then I will bend the opposite side approx 45 deg After that use flat pliers to squash it very carefully to make it round, some times I solder them Hope this helps Regards Richard