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    A nice set up for the build Michael, Trust you will be keeping the bulkheads in place later on. Are the stringers going to be sunk in flush in the bulkheads ? Looks like it will be a nice (and large) tucker boat. Is your self made engine built to drive the boat later on... Nls
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    A very good job Dan, boat and rigging look excellent... Nils
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    Bruce, your CWM is a wonderful build of a whaler working ship. Excellent handcraft work and a pleasure to explore the details... Nils
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    Many thanks to Bob, Mark, Patrick and Michael, much appreciated comments... and all the "likes".... Bob, I think that around 1900 the people were not as tall as todays, so 1:160 scale will be acceptable Mark, the experience with the steel cables is from usage on my tall ships, where there are so many shrouds and backstays to keep under tension (turnbuckle screws) thanks Patrick, pleased you like it... Michael, sometimes I`m not pleased with the first result, but it`s most times worth a second try... Nils
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    Hello John, thanks for your interest and for looking in, hope you enjoyed the log tour...... Nils
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    the deckhouse looks beautiful Bob, also love those drainpipes ... Nils
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    Many thanks Bob and Denis, for your nice compliments and all the "likes".... for the button clicks I`ve changed the ratline color, as the other thread was a bit pale... In lack of crew figurines in scale 1:144 here are some samples in railway "N" scale (1:160), trust they will do as well....although a tiny bit too small in hight Nils
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    Hi Carl, the shrouds and backstays are from flexibel 7-fold zinc-galvanized steel chord with a total thicknes of 0,3 mm diam. (normaly used for wire controlled model aircraft). After some weeks they get a bit darker when they oxidize. The ratlines are polyester thread Nils
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    Keith, that`s the way I like models being built, beautiful lines, excellent handcraft work and clean planking...... very well done ! Nils
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    Update starting foremast ratlines, determining the line thicknesses.... Nils this gallows is just a little dummy setup to determine the line thicknesses the shrouds and backstays are from flexibel 7-fold galvanized steel chord with a total thicknes of 0,3 mm diam. (normaly used for wire controlled model aircraft) the turnbuckle srews are the smallest I could find ( M1 left / right thread) the upper shroud distances are given by the 4 slots in the top`s spreader the slotrings for deck fastening are soldered at the joint, in order to prevent opening the ratlines thickness is chosen to 0,2 mm thread in scale (the actual would be ( 144 x 0,2 = 28, 8 mm diam.)
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    beautiful work Toni, Nils
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    Thank you Carl, you`re right with the fitting out alongside the fitting out quay, but most of that would have been the luxurious fitting out and furnishing of the saloons, which I can skip...... Nils
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    thank you so much for your nice compliment Lawrence, during checking out the run of the shrouds and backstays with preliminary sewing thread, I just noticed that there should be 6 turnbuckle screws (instead of 5) on each side, so warm up the blackening acid once again.... Nils
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    beautiful build Bill, Nils
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    Hi David, no resistance soldering involved. Soldering done by means of mini gastorch and soldering iron. For preparation pls. ref. to scetch.... All will be primered and painted.... Nils
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    Thanks for your nice compliment Ed, Nils
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    Vielen Dank Johann, much appreciated.... Nils
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    Steve, thanks very much for your nice compliment... Nils
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    fantastic work Glenn, Nils
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    Thank you very much Martin, as already mentioned to Bob, there will be a walkbridge between promenade- and forecastle deck. As far as I know this could be used by passengers and crew to move around..... In some pics (Norway Heritage, for KWdG) it shows this bridge in simple gangway character, so I`m not sure if not perhaps this position was only the resting place for the ships own gangway during travel..... Nils this pic found and borrowed from the web.... width 6 mm, railing hight 8 mm telescope support for adjusting the correct hight
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    Ed, that anchor is beautiful, also the surface treatment of the brass material Nils
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    Thanks for your nice words Carl, about 2/3 of the remaining ship are by far not at this degree of progress yet...... Nils
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    Thank you very much Bob for your nice comment Bob, there is a little walk bridge that connects the promenade deck with the forecastle deck. I trust its better that this that would have to go on first, otherwise there is no sufficiant access for mountung it, when the shrouds are in the way Nils
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    thanks Patrick, good idea with the salt spray and streaks of rust, I may take it up later on......, for crew and passengers it`s not so easy with the suitable scale, but I`ve been gathering typical "turn of the century" passengers and crew members, for sailors and officers I recently found some nice figures in scale 1:144 from North Star Models Nils

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