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    Update Today the ordering customer drops in at the shipyard to see the progress of his "baby", accompanied by his two sons Nils four frames still missing....
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    Hi Kees, good traditional POB hand made hull making involved, love it ! I`m in as well.... Nils
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    Thanks Patrick, lets see how it works out... Nils
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    Peter, I`m very pleased to welcome you to the Chebec. In the moment there is still a good drive at it, an looks like the fixture works well... Build log part 2 setting up the frames /bulkheads with the keel. Unfortunately the outside contour straking can first be checked when the whole framework later on is removed from the fixture. But there will have to be fairing done anyhow. Perhaps I will add a minimum of stringers as well, in order to ease the planking later. Nils Keel is in place (not to be glued in) glueing the paper bulkheads to the ply. The paper will be scraped off afterwards 8 layer ply was ordered but really came 10 layer, total 5,2 mm thick up to now all is fitting well (in dry fit)
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    Peter, I thank you for that nice compliment, much appreciated... Nils
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    Very good looking model Michael ! Nils
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    Many thanks to Antony, Jason,Jean-Philippe, Ian and Kurt, for looking in and for your nice comments.... Antony, I found the 8-layer ply (aeroply) on Ebay, and have gained good results with it for thin structures. I used it as well on the frame work of my Pegasus build some years ago.. Jason, welcome to the round, glad you joined in..., I`m also looking forward to see if the hand jigsaw cut bulkheads / frames will be straking properly, and the first time used positioning fixture will be worth the upfront effort... Jean-Philippe, nice to welcome you as well, take a seat please..and enjoy Kurt, I also very much lked the lines of this ship type, hoping to transfer the impression to a certain degree into this scratch build Nils
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    Hi Martin, thanks for your words, right with reference to large builds, but the time has come to concentrate on smaller projects now... Nils
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    Smart solution B.E. Nils
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    Hi Ken, Thanks for joining aboard... unfortunately I did`nt do any special preperations for the decorations by now. I have though been looking and found semi- material for decorations for the gunports (outer bulwarks), and for the brass balustrades of the aft high deck. Usualy I search the web, if there are any halfway simular items I can use (as is) or with slight changes and modifications, taking the scale required into account. Nils
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    Hi B.E., that pinnace looks lovely, and so is also "George" in his outfit and the rowing position... did you find the figurine in 1:24, or any "surgery" involved and perhaps custom made period clothing, wunderbar ! Nils
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    Hi Dan, I think we`re in the same alley there, having interest also in ships of other nations and cultures..... I have in mind also do tackle it doing a Chinese trade- junk around 1930 or so, when the Chebec is completed Nils
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    Thank you very much Bob and Patrick, you are welcome to accompany this build from begin onwards.... Thought it should be something smaller than the KWdG and a bit more relaxing to do this time.. Nils
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    Hi Grant, nice to have you joining in, enjoy.... Nils
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    Moin Germanus, nice compliment, much appreciated Vielen Dank, und Grüsse nach Günzburg Cheers, Nils
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    Have a seat Chris, you`re very welcome... Nils
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    Introduction: One of the ship types that I`m interested in is the Chebec design. As a model I did`nt want to get it too complicated and too much detailed like for instance the build of the "Le Requin" Chebec would be. So the choise fell on a scratch build model after a basic Amati plan 1:60, that would be enlarged by 25% to scale 1:48, resulting in a new total length of 900 mm. To give the child / project a name, the ship will be "Eagle of Algier", and representing a (fictive) one one of those Mediteranian, North African fast trade- and pirate- Chebecs of the African Barbary coast around mid 18th century. It would have been "Falcon of Algier", if I were able to find a suitable falcon head for using as an appropriate figure head. The ships boat will be a 27 Ft longboat / pinnace after F.H. Chapmans Chart PIXLI figure #14 (Architectura Navalis Mercatoria), scaled to 1:48 With this build I´ll be experimenting with the stand up mode of keel and bulkheads, positioned by a jig fixture, from which the framework can easily be removed afterwards. Usualy I build my models in keel up position. Because the "frames" will become quite fragile, due to thin sizes, I choose 5,2 mm thick ply for the bulkheads, but with 8 layers, (the delivered ply had even 10 layers !) to provide the required strength. The bulkheads will be cut out to resemble frames, and the deck beams will be temporarily cut away in order to fit out the interior hull, then replacing the deck beams again afterwards. It is intended to do 1 layer planking of the hull outside shell only. Enjoy... Nils already enlarged Amati plan by 25% A building instruction with sequential pics, comes along in Italian / English with the plan little paint can for scaling... the name giving figure head (metal diecast) cutting out of the paper bulkheads for further treatment beginning the positioning gig for keel and bulkheads fixture progress... ships boat (may be subject to slight modification, to suit needs)
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    Many thanks to Pawel, Jeff, Michael, Ian, B.E., and Sailor123.... , Pawel, thanks for that amimated applause... Jeff, will be starting a seperate new build log very soon... Michael, Thanks for your nice words, I`m pleased you liked it... Ian, Many thanks for your words, glad you liked my little collection.. B.E., I am myself surprized how relatively fast the collection grows, thanks for your words, much appreciated Sailor1234..., please find my post of Monday this week, in answer to Jeffs question. It will be a Mediteranian, North African Chebec Nils
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    Beautiful work Ken, I admire the way you are doing the hull, good technique ! Nils
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    Hi Ian, congratulations to your beautiful built Brazzera, A lovely and well built model of a traditional boat Nils
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    Hi Dan, thanks for your input here... I also have that fine plate out of F.Chapmans Chebec, and shall use where feasible. From That Chapman`s publication I chose out of plate PIXLI Fig. 14 as the Chebec`s longboat and enlarged it to scale 1:48 Nils
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    That will be a very nice and interesting scratch build Kees, looking forward eagerly to your keellaying in due time.... Nils
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    Hi Jeff, Thanks for you`re word, much appreciated..... To answer your question..., I`m preparing to build a mediteranian Chebece, like the ones used and sailed at the north African "Barbary coast" for traders and also pirates. I purchased a base-plan from Amati already in scale 1:60, and am enlarging that by 25 %, so that the new scale will be 1:48 with a total length of 900 mm. The plan drawing needs to be modified in order to suit my needs though..... When all is prepared and thought through it will start as a seperate scratch-build log Nils
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    Lovely work Cabrapente, love those storage areas under deck, very realistic, and the beautiful wooden tones are a delight to see !! Nils
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    Hi Martin, nice work, I like, on the balustrade with the sheaves... Nils

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