Emmet
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And so a story. It was 1957 and I had just flown in from Weisbaden to Bovingdon. A captain who was cold in the back of the plane got us into the cockpit area, We were able to see London from the bubble on top of the plane. The Captain also took us in a staff car to the Union Jack Club in Elepehant & Castle fust across the Westminster bridge from the Parliament. When you mentioned the Cumbrian accent I thought right away about the Limey paratroopers we met at the Union Jack. A dollar a night with breakfast. Their accents were we thought cockney-something out of Eliza in Pygmalion. We did drink tea. Took a couple of young Brit beauties to see south Pacific-cueing up as it were. Went back with the Admiral in 2009 but no more Union Jack. We did drive all over England and went thought Cumbria on our way to Bath and Stonehenge. We were going this year to London to see more places on the man Churchill but the virus stopped us cold.
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Red a preferred color hmmm!
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Its your wheel-good job.
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Good looking rails-using pins is certainly a good way to install fixtures on decks.
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I had to trim both sides of the lower deck because it was oversized and would be in way of planks.
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All concerns are more than welcome. While the numbers are correct I am checking all possibilities before going ahead. At this point in time I am aiming towards making #1 space for the roundhouse vertical size.
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All concerns are more than welcome. While the numbers are correct I am checking all possibilities before going ahead. At this point in time I am aiming towards making #1 space for the roundhouse vertical size to be 23 mm. Meanwhile I have to be sure the lopsided #2 and #3 frames are not lowered too much. They cannot stay the way they are. The upper deck simply cannot fit. I can hardly believe they are so far off. That is why I am checking everything possible. I have fun story about a visit to London to recount at another time-stay tuned.
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Thanks for the info on the card stock. I understand poster stuff but not aware of the printing paper card stock.
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OK I understand. Closeups are fascinating! Here I thought the rigging on La Nina was amazing-nice work.
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You are right about nutty. I do think I understand what you are saying. I spent some time going over it as you can see from above. I will have to check these numbers in the morn after I have "tea". Thanks Keith.
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Hi Keith Boy this is hairy. Using Corel's drawing, from midships as determined along the upper deck it rises about 9 mm in about 170 mm ( where my frames start to rise) or about a 3 degree rise. Bear in mind that the frames are not showing this. According to the frames, from the 6th to the 5th frame it rises 1 degree. After that the rise is 5 degrees then 12.7 degrees then 4.5 degrees and then 11 degrees. I feel a little crazy. I can make it right but it is weird. I am thinking I will make it about a 3 degree rise from midships, increasing from 1 degree as in 5 to 4 and then 1 degree after that. That would amount to a total rise of 3 mm in about 170 mm. I will start by lowering the frames but I will be looking hard at other builds first. The frames do have a curve in them so I will have to maintain the roundness. I must be sure to stay within a dimension that works for the distance between the beakhead platform and the upper deck. I am guessing that a 3 degree rise will be too much. I hope you can make sense out of this. I have had tougher problems than this but this is wild. Heavy on the use of Trig.
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Keith I should have mentioned that the middle deck is level and rises ever so slightly at #10, its termination. That should mean the midship area is OK but anything is possible with these frames. While, on the one hand, one could complain, I just see it as a way to understand the Victory better. I am doing some calculations to comprehend the situation better. Clearly the upper deck would need flight deck hands.
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Welcome aboard! Love Aussies, Canucks and Brits. There is some spare room for others.
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Whew the bow frames must be fixed. cannot get rid of above so ignore above and see the pic below. The roundhouse faceover has to determine the final slope of the deck.
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I will be thinking about that topic. Authenticity is important. So you made the ropes white using glue, is that right. I will have to look up builds of Caldercraft. I was thinking of buying the Caldercraft model but it is just too big for my shipyard.
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Hmm 2 mm that is worth some thought. I feel that it is too steep as well. As I said the plank will not even touch the frame near the bottom of the hull. I am going to do some lowering of the one frame and the 2 mm will be a help in making more corrections. The upper deck is also not liking the steep incline. Onward with dry fitting. I am also having fits with some pieces involving the poop deck. I just have to understand before I will start gluing. College-I should add on the grands that we have 2 girls and 2 boys. The girls are a blast. During this deadly time the two of them have at home jobs. One, who was supposed to be graduating soon, is working at home 5 days a week. She did serve as an intern. The other is a 5 year student in a work/school program. She is working two days a week at home. Both of my sons are working full time at home. And their families are both having a grand time together. The only problem is we cannot see them. Amidst all of this I am not forgetting the horror that many are experiencing. I do feel a tear at times. I am sure we will do our best to hep others when given the opportunity. And me, I have my ship and my Admiral.
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What kind of card are you using for skylights? I enjoy visiting.
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So you are doing the stays in white rope-just thinking.
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I am not at all surprised that a shipbuilder would take on most anything. Truth be told my retirement is from the sale of homes I built myself. When we built our 4th house I told my boys who were in college "This is your boot camp, You are now paying for your college education." They were not amused but did a great job anyway. I just added a pic and would love to hear your opinion on it. All are welcome to give me their ideas.
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I have been thinking about how you have to stand a lot-something I have trouble with. I am going to have to make work surfaces at different levels. Tinkering with the yards looks interesting and requires diligence and dedication. I thoroughly enjoy viewing your work. This arrangement is impressive.
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Thanks While I have not done little ships much before I have built an awful lot of things out of wood. No one taught me to how to build houses but I built 4 of them and did all the Electrical and plumbing work as well. I am sitting in front of a wood stove right now. It feeds into a 22 foot high chimney that I’ve built by myself.No one taught me how to build a guitar but I built two of them. At the same time it does seem that we should expect more from the suppliers of these parts. It is small wonder that people decide to build from scratch. I cannot believe how far off the longways beams were from the slots in the frames. I still do not have an enormous amount of confidence. This stuff is very difficult. At the same time I am happy with the given task at hand. Finishing means very little to me. Your advice about making sure the decks fit was wise and makes more than sense. Right now I am thinking about how many frames I can glue and put the decks on before it dries. It goes without saying that I enjoy the conversation as well. I hope that I am not distracting you.
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I am hammering away at these laser cut parts. Had to do a lot of filing to make myself happy with alignment and structure. I think after dry fitting the decks and checking a few places with planks I am going to mark or tack location of frames.
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Rigging is great stuff. Better get permission from the Admiral to run a stay from the top gallant to the drapery rod.
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Checking of frames and decks and longways beams. Any ideas are welcome.
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