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Finally came to an decision on how much deck I was going to leave off,just enough so you can view some of the lower deck structure but I retained enough in the stern area so when I get around to building the bulwarks and quarters there will be enough decking underneath to give them support,now for the tedious job of nailing the deck off.
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Before starting on the decking of the orlop I decided to plank between the waterway and spirketing in the stern of the ship,kind of a tricky task on the Mahonesa's because the waterway starts out nearly flat then makes a gradual climb towards the deck clamps,the bend of the planking in the stern area is so much that I had to make templates for every piece then cut each piece out of thicker material then sand in the curve top and bottom before fitting them in place.
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finished all the storage rooms in the rear of the hold,then milled out all the two piece beams midship, still need to mark out and cut in all the notches in the beams for the carlings, began working on the storage rooms in the forward part of the hold,alot of metal work in this area because of the four doors in this area.
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Planked the floor in the hold, now to began construction of the storerooms that fill in that part of the hold,and still need laders down to light room and powder magazine,but first I'll probably need to put in some more deck beams of the orlop deck so I can tell which ones cut thru the walls of the storage rooms.
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Finally finished the pump well and mounted it permanently, there are two beams in the hold that go thru the pump well and they have to be placed so the front one is right in front of the mast when it is put in and the rear one that the down tube for the chain pumps has to sit against,took me some time to get them exactly where they go but I got them,then I moved on up to the front of the hold and installed the forward platform which numerous storage rooms will be built,and with the pump well in place I was able to continue building the beam supports for the orlop deck.
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Hello everyone from Spain
native one replied to Jose Luis Verdejo's topic in New member Introductions
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The bulwark that separates the gunpowder storage from the rest of the hold calls for a brick filled wall for protection if there is ever a fire aboard so I used some clay to make the bricks and fired them in a friend's kiln to harden them,it calls for both sides of the wall to be covered with wood to enclose the bricks but I chose to leave one side open so you can actually see the bricks,then made up and put In a few gunpowder barrels.
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Sometimes we have to use what we have available to us,boxwood and pear are the preferred woods people like to see in ship modeling,but there is other woods that are more accessible to some of us,this 110 gun ship of the line I'm finishing up is actually made out of ponderosa pine and juniper cedar from my backyard,which is a really grainy wood and a softwood but with alot of it painted over you can't even tell the difference unless you really look close at it.
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