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    Thank you Johann, and enyoy the log as it goes Nils
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    Update. the hull is under way, the frames fit and glued to the keel, stringers are placed and now it is ready for planking.... The frames are made after glueing on the tranparent paper templates to the 2,5 mm thick 5 layers aero-plywood. per good old jig saw cutting preliminary keel and stringers are for aligning the frames in centerline corresponding to the mounting board the third last frame had to be replaced ( here cardboard template) the outcuts for the stringers are 2 x 3 mm and possibly need to be slightly adjusted to straking and fitting the stringers flush with te frame outer contour the wooden baseplate is a leftover of my Pegasus build, provided with new distance logs for the ELBE 5 frames stringers fit to the frames, they are staking quite well and leave minimal touchup trimming. The keel will be brought to shape at a later time there are two slots in the keel that take up the spindles of the pedastels later on. To allow sufficient countering of the spindles above the keel there are logs glued in between the appropriate frames I fitted 14 frames at a distance of 40 mm. Here can be seen how filigrane the contstruction is. I use watertight white glue The brass the two brass pedestals made for old candle holders (flea market) and the zinc galvanised M3 spindles The braced on short U-profiles take up the keel.
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    thank you Keith, for your words and enjoy the buildlog as it goes on..... Nils
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    Hello Bob, with geat interest I read your lines about the schoners history under name Wander Bird. Many thanks for your input here, and for the nice pictures you provided. Its been a pleasure in building the model so far to date, and you will see I`m just beginning with the planking. The hull is a lightweight contruction, and the red cedar planks I`m using are leftovers from my earlier Chebeque build Best regards Nils
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    I`m starting a new project on this forum. I fell in love with a two masted pilot schoner, that operated on the Elbe river, Elbe-mouth and german bay. The period about 1890. I`m adding some pictures I researched on the web, and information from marine paintings. The enclosed print of an wonderful oil painting, was created by the marine painter Carl Becker, who died in1926. The picture, adopted from one of my own books shows the pilot schoner "Elbe 5" before the elbe Estuary. The small pilot transfer boat brings the pilot back, now that the steamer in the background has presumably completed its journey down the Elbe river and is just about enter the Elbe mouth and onwards to the open sea. The model will be scratch built and POF, equiped with gaff sails and appropriate rigging The chosen scale will be 1:50 and the estimated build time 12 months from today. The displaying shall be on brass pedestals in a glass casing ....... the models rating will be: length over all 725 mm hull length 524 mm breadth over frame 117 mm Hight main mast from decks railing 504 mm copper cladding below the waterline The original schoner has already changed it`s owners many times in life since the 1890 days, has been lovefully cherrished an equipped with up to date nautical- and safety equipment. After sinking to the river bed some years ago after an accidential crash wih a trader motorship it has been raised, restored and is now being operated by much enthusiated members of an association of maritime oldtimer ships and live museum craft. in Hamburg. They are also offering tourns on the Elbe river when the weather is suitable again. Nils print of an oil painting by Carl Becker (died 1926) Elbe 5 in moderate breeze on Elbe river below is showing the template of one of the 13 frames for the model. The frames will be cut out of 2,5mm thick multiply with 5 layers
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    Wow ! congrats, what a beautiful build Bob.... I love those open quaterdeckes enabling view to the many wooden joinings and the lower decks, all is neat and accurate indeed Nils
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    very nice hullbuilding Sterlingclements, looks like you have chosen a good and recomenable kit, congrats Nils
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    Very nice build Jorge, am looking forward to further build sequences to come...... Nils
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    Amalio, wonderful looking cooking and baking stove !! Nils
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    Beautiful build ! Nils
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    Many thanks Gerhard, I`m very pleased you liked the build, thank you for your kind words... Nils
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    Many Thanks for your words Icarus, am glad you liked the steamer Nils
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    Good job B.E. and thanks for your explaination.... Nils
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    beautiful model B.E. are the oarsmen self made, or "tuned" regular available figurs ? Nils
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    Wow B.E. your new project looks very inspiring, it will be a beautiful admirality model indeed... Nils
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    First build POF model......... what an understatement NO IDEA ! , this is a performance that a very skilled builder would privide. love to see more as it comes in Well done Nils
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    Hi Vaddoc, lovely hull, I like your hull very much Nils
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    Neat and clean build Glenn, lovely performance.... Nils
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    Wow! Doris, it`s a feast for the eyes, wunderbar ! Nils
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    Many thanks for your kind words Martin, I also had a look into your Fly build, it`s much impressing to see the progress to date, it looks great.... Nils
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    Hi Ras thanks for looking in and I`m pleased that you liked the build so far...... For Ref. to the fishes I found some in different scales at Hobby-Lobby-Modellbau webshop : http://www.hobby-lobby-modellbau.com/onlineshop/index.php/cat/c556_Diverses-Zubeh-r.html, those are in plastic though For Ref. fish in etched brass see Modellbau-Kaufhaus webshop https://shop.modellbau-kaufhaus.de/schiffsmodellbau/fischerei Hope this will be of help, and good success with the catch Nils

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