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    Chuck, your last pics on the Royal Barge says it all...... Wow ! Nils
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    Alex, you`re right, thats a very costy solution, Are there no Hobby shops in the near surroundings where you live ? Are you able to buy from German web-shops for receiving through the postway ? If you wish I can give you some links for the web-shops I use..... Nils
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    good job on your "fleet" Denis, quite a variety to choose for the weekend on the lake.... Nils
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    Alex, good metal work on fitting of prop tubes, anchorchain tubes and sleeves for stand spindles.... Nils
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    Nice work on the boats job Bob, they certainly will look super on your Pequot..... Nils
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    Thank you very much for your interest Kevin, I wish you much pleasure by looking in..... Nils
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    Kevin, thanks very much for looking in and for your nice compliment.... In answer to your questions : in June this year it was 1 year work from keellaying onwards, presume one more year to completion as an estimate yes, I intend to give her the weathering of 1 or 2 Atlantic crossings have`nt decided yet what will hapen to her when completed, probably in a large glass case on a shelf in my hobby room, until final decision... Nils
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    Many thanks to Oystein, Kees, Piet and B.E. for all your comments and compliments...... Oystein, for bending I hold the profile with a firm grip in the plyers and then gently bend only tiny angles, step by step every 10 mm. When narrower bendings are to be done, the profile is anealed and quenched down quickly, in order to make it softer. Keees, I liked that arrangement of the actual ship, and did my best to reflect a bit of it with this model.... Piet, I have the same attitude in thinking, when I see technical solutions (in model), sometimes it can be seen how it was done, by careful studying the objects... B.E., I always wonder how the professional builders manage to get those awsome tiny details done, (museum models) the clean and well painted surfaces, and no signs of anybody hushing something together. I would like to look over the shoulder of a professional builder. I presume they work with very skilled people and probably unlimited resources for toolpark and appropriate equipment Nils
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    Bob, thats a little model of my pal "Ronny" ( fox terrier ), he goes everywhere where I am all over the house like a shadow, but walking the dog outsides keeps me in motion at least 2 - 3 times a day.... Nils
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    Rob and Denis, thanks very much for your nice comments Nils
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    Many thanks to Patrick, Bob, Dirk, and the "Likes" very much appreciated Nils
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    Update... am still building the profiled edge of the boats deck, am pleased with the way the stanchions fit for soldering, it provides a strong hold... Nils the profile is done in 3 sections, each about 250 mm long the small brass brackets will get a drop of CA later on to fasten and hold the boat deck edge here the lower portion ( 6,5 mm tube ) aft mast is set in, considering its correct rake angle, it rests in the ships "spine" square bar down, just above the keel. Also some of the porthole sleeves and their "glassing" in one of the deck housings can be seen... status overall view drilling the 0,8 mm stanchion holes into the edge profile. A simple little jig (slotted wooden chunk) holds the T-shaped profile for drilling
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    beautiful work Glenn, its getting more and more shape now.... Nils
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    Congrats Clare ! a beautiful looking cutter, well done, Nils
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    Thanks Piet, the next full ship photos will take some time before posting, as there is so much to do first.... Nils
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    excellent design and beautiful first model Chuck, Nils
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    nice work Rob, coppering looks good.... Nils
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    very nice and clean work Mike, your "Cheerful" looks top... Nils
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    thanks very much Denis, I was using brass profiles for the deck edges with the "Heinrich Kayser" merchant steamer superstructure, so there was a little experience made there... Nils
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    Lawrence, thank you for your compliment and the nice words... Nils
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    Thank you very much for your input by comments Ben, Roger and Carl, very much appreciated.. Nils
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    Hi Bob, that was also my thought at first......, but 20 boatstations = 20 winches, a very costy solution, gues there were many yards of ropeline on board, as well as shackles and "round the corner blocks" in order to also serve several lifeboats. I think Ben is right when he highlights the recovery perhaps even of maned lifeboats from sealevel Nils
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    thanks for visiting the log Ben, you`re very welcome,...., and thanks for your kind words.... yes, I have been looking for the purpose of those winches on the boats deck, and agree they must have been multi-purpose auxiliary.. for boats lowering / Hoisting I have in the meantime found a pic showing one of these winches on the boatsdeck of the 1899 launched "SS. Hamburg", after WW1 serving for the US as "USS Powhatan" Two drums of same diameter for winding fore- and aft pulleys of a lifeboat. (pic kindly borowed from the web) Nils
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    Hi Albert, a wonderful hull that is...., the framework, all woodwork, the rudder hinges, and the shingles at the aft corner windows look fantastic, a pleasure to look at Nils
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    thank you very much Bill, Roger, and Greg, and all the "likes" Bill, thank you for your suggestion to use slow curing resin, I`ll bear that in mind when I begin the boat casting.... Roger, thanks to you, that tip is also very much appreciated, you make it sound so easy to make..... Greg, yes Greg, I was thinking of leaving the boats seating away, and had already made a wooden cover (as canvas). A strong fender rope should go round the sheer. Perhaps I would take one or two boats only with drawn back covers, providing sight to the interior Nils

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