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    Eberhard, I`ll try with one sewn sail first and see what it looks like.... Nils
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    Many thanks Keith, yes. she will be carrying all 6 sails set.... I have`nt sewn sails for a long time and hope that it will work out OK, depending also on the condition of my wife`s sewing machine Nils
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    Update progress with the rigging, beams and gaffs, nav. lights... Nils nav. light brackets made from 0,8mm ply fastening rails for clipping to the shrouds rigging will go on when the sails are made
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    Thank you John Nils
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    Update made the sprit spar netting and the belaying rail for the 3 for-/spritsail downhaulers.... I ran out of rigging rope in the moment and expect the delivery for this week. It looks like all my leftover blocks were just in the required quantity to suit the needs Nils a piece of leftover mesh from my Pamir netting the wooden strip is to prevent too much glue on the netting inside. The outer will be cut off after curing belaying rack for the sprit sail setting lines
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    Hi Jim, many thanks for your words, I also had a look at your models, starting with the excellent built Pinky Schooner. I congratulate you to your skill on this behalf.... Nils
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    Thank you John, I`m pleased that you like it Nils
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    B.E. these pumps look great, I like them very much... Nils
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    Hi Jon Hi John I thank you both for your kind comments. I`m at the time of installing some details, before I start making the six sails. Finaly I`ve found a way to decline the lettering for the tail name and home port. For the companion ways I decided to show one (open hatches) and the other one (closed hatches). The two gaff spars and their rigging will be next in the pipe. The anchor attachment is also done as well as the two main sheets with tripple sheet blocks, so all is coming on quite well.... There was the question in the beginning, why the odd scale 1:51, but now the model turns out 740 mm length over all, which turns out to 37000 mm for the actual ship, who`s rating is 37 meters and therefore the scale is now corrected to 1:50 Nils I onls put one admirals typ anchor with rigging at the stb side. A smaller one (emergency) will be placed at the inboard front bulwark later on the forward placed companion way with closed hatches and doors. The formast boomtackle differs to the mainmast boom tackle, probably to hook it out more easily when opperating the boats aft companionway and skylight. I chose an 8-window typ in order to allow more light down into the ship there is a slight problem with the forward sail sheet when the boats are in place on deck. I trust this must have been the same situation as with the actual boat. The boat tackles rest (hooked in) at the davits when not in use tail lettering and attached tail light the upper rudder shaft will be shortend later on
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    Update fitted the skylight, the mainsail sheet and the two uncompleted companionway hatches.... I`m trying to get the aft name sign and the port name reduced to the right size. The windows / excel tool allows to get the display in a rounded, bent shape, but only in a too large size. This is to compensate the tapered aft-section. I intend to print them on transparent self-adhesive foil and cut out the text for bringing it on to the hull surface. It looks like my printer has no built in decline function Nils
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    thank you Igor, your fleet of mini scale- and bottle ships is amazing and very nice to see. At least you should not have problems with the places for display. When I was young I also built a few bottle ships for the family members as a christmas present as I had limited financial playground at that time.... Nils
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    Thank you John, yes those are working bottlescrews (M1,4 ) Nils
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    Update Standing rigging and shroud wires now done with tin galvanized flexible steel wire (19 x 0,1mm thick ) Nils
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    Thank you John, I`m trying to plan in all the leftover blocks of my former models, so it may turn out a mix of block colors (dark and pearwood ones). Nils
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    Update bot masts ready for the standing rigging..... Nils
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    Update Am starting with the masting and the rigging. The tackles for the boats was the first to start up with Nils
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    Yes Eberhard, I bought those beech strips some time ago already for one of my other models. Now they come handy and find their destination. Are they only available in Germany, I trust they certainly will be of international use for modelers. Nils
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    Update today I`m doing the bulwarks handrail from bendable beech stripe 1,5 x 3,5 mm flat. The aft rounding is done with a bending gig in order to bend the strip over the flat side and a pot of boiling water..... Nils the front and mid sections are easy because of the slight bend only.... this gig keeps the strip down flat during bending the curve... for the aft rounding here the strip is inserted into the gig for smooth bending the strip was put into hot water for a few minutes out comes a smooth rounding over the flat side of the strip. I`m very pleased with the result fixing the rounding rail to the aft bulwark. It will be shafted to the mid section bulwarks
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    Update fitted a set of overworked oarlocks (thinner wire), also boat cradles, bell, and the first coat of white paint above the waterline. The bulwarks (in boat swing out area) are cut back a bit just like the real vessel. The upper handrails are still missing as well as the deck`s super structure like companionways, hatches, skylights, etc Nils the upper hull has a white-silk finish
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    Update the boats are now complete, allthough the oarlocks and a sample oar look a bit oversized Nils
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    Update Making the oarlocks and painting the boats Nils the painting requores some touch-up
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    Right Eberhard, the reason is that I just did`nt want to make the lever beam my self. The one I`m using ist normaly forseen for a double bilge pump and also the largest I could find. So the crew members would have to arrange with the given circumstances like always in life... Nils
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    Update making the tubes for the anchor chain, chemical blackening of the brass anchor chain, casting the boat halves, two halves of the boat checking out the fit, and ready for glueing together, the cockpit - cover still needs to be cut out Nils the chain is transported over the appr. shaped chainwheel port for the chain this is the cast box for the silicone mold this is the removeable heart for the boats inner shaping. The little distance chucks are only preliminary attached in order to determine the boats wallthickness here everthing is ready for casting the two-component raisin into the waxed parts this is the very first cast boathalf the fake frame-ends (at inner bulwarks) are included within the casting dryfit of two boathalves
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    Update making the box containment for the silicone mold and casting the mold from semi soft silicone rubber Nils the box must be large enough to allow buffer rubber material all around. I used car polish wax for covering the box inside and for the submerging section of the model fot better removal I used up the leftover 2 component silicone I still had from making my boats for Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. It was just enough silicone for this application ( to the last drop ! ) taking the halfmodel from the mold, all looks well so far
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    Many thanks Eberhard, now its understood. Shall overwork the sternpost on the castings Nils

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