Gan Do
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Hi Harlequin, can you cast your mind back to doing your transom. I'm having troubles bending the moulding for the deck edge & rail. Neither soaking & plank bending jig nor scope iron heat worked. I was wondering if putting a lengthways slit on one face might work. I'd appreciate your advice as yours looks fine. I also somehow stuffed up the quarter deck levels & as you can see had to improvise with some extra steps. Oh! Well. Such is life All the best G
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Hi Harlequin, I'm building Bellona and am following your work with interest. I took a decision to stray from the instructions and sort of start from the inside out. To complete everything on the main deck with both poop & quarter deck in place seemed illogical to me. So now I'm just finishing off the quarter deck pillars and belaying rack so here's question.. As far as I can see the instructions & plans call for a single hole to be drilled in both fore and aft post for future rigging but your photo seems to show 2 in forward port & Starboard post (I can't quite make out your aft posts). Am I missing something or is this your innovation & does it apply to all bits calling for double rigging? All the best Gan
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Hi all, I'm on a mission. My great great great grandfather was a sailor and served on 5 ships from 1787 through 1793. He sailed to Australia on the Scarborough in the first fleet. He moved to the HMS Sirius, HMS Supply, a hired Dutch Snow called Waakzaamheid then returned as one of the 5 first free settlers to Australia on the Bellona. I decided to build them all. Nuts I know. So I've finished the HMS Supply & moved on to the Bellona. Imagi e how cranky I was after buying the Corel kit when more research turned up another Bellona. An East India company ship that he really sailed on. Bugger! Oh, well I've started now so I may as well enjoy it. Any advice greatfully accepted. Thanks Gan Do
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Thanks Peter, I figured it all out about 5 minutes after I posted. I really hate all that brilliant brass. I'm thinking of ageing it all with vinegar then painting bits like the ones that represent wood like these one. Thanks again. G.
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Peter, I'm at about the same stage as you on Bellona. Just putting in part 24 (bosuns locker?) but instructions call for 74 & 75 to be added. I'm blowed if I can figure out what they are. Any ideas. G.
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