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7 hours ago, Scoot said:

Nice job on the build. Coppering looks good. Here is a pic of a section of coppered planking from Mystic Seaport.

Not sure if it is from a real vessel or made as a display.

 

Scoot

Thanks for the comment and the photo. I visited the Morgan at Mystic many years ago but I don’t know where any of my photos are. 😞 Where is Barre MA?  I spent the first 23 years of my life in Saugus, MA, a Boston suburb. 
I thought about trying to add rivet/nail detail but decided anything I did would be grossly out of scale.

It is quite tricky to get a nice flow in the compound curves at the stern. I tried to let the copper tiles tell me where they wanted to flow naturally. The real challenge will be to duplicate the pattern on the port side. Good thing one  will only be able to one side at a time.  If it doesn’t match exactly I doubt anyone would notice. Also, the instructions state that the actual pattern for the copper is unknown. So...who’s to say I am wrong?

it is actually much smoother in reality than the weird reflections would imply. 

Wonderful weathering/aging work. You are an artist. 

I am making progress. I estimate that I have put about 20 to 30 hours into the coppering over 10 days.

And a recommendation for peace and quiet in a natural setting. You can’t do much better than Fanning Springs State Park, 10 miles north of Chiefland, Florida. Their cabins are fantastic; two bedrooms, full kitchen, big lounging area, a gas fireplace and a screened porch on 2 sides. 

You can post plastic or paper builds if you like. 

Look under “Crews Lounge”. There is a forum for non ship categorized models

Amazing detail work. 

I like the circular work board. Nice idea. And the anti-skid pad! Why didn’t I think of that. 

10 minutes ago, Retired guy said:

The coppering looks very nice great job 👍

 

Regards

Richard

Thanks!

Port side lower band of copper has been laid. I have started the starboard side. 

I am partial to “Slap ya Mama” but Tony’s all we could find in the keys😀. I have finished the lower band. Should have pictures  in a couple days. We are traveling from St Pete Beach to Fanning Springs State Park today. 

178 copper plates installed. 100000000000 to go.  My workbench is the kitchen table. 

It’s a rainy day in Bahia Honda State Park.  Perfect time to start coppering the hull. The pelican was out on Dry Tortugas. 

We’ve been spending winters (Januaryish to aprilish) in Florida for the past 14 years or so. In a travel trailer until this year. Since were both in our mid seventies we now prefer hotels and nice cabins. Florida is wonderful until May. Then it is just to darn hot!

We could never live here year round. I will say that Florida has just about the best state parks we’ve seen and we’ve stayed in more than 1/2 of the states in the US.  Our favorite is Grayton Beach State Park. This year we will stay in one of their cottages. We love the white sandy beaches all along the panhandle. 

I think I used the wrong paint on the second coat and the plastic crazed up. Sanding would have remove detail. It was no longer a fun job

The wife and I are heading off to Florida for a bit of sun and shrimp. I've packed up the hull, the copper strips, some sharp knives and the plans and hope to have her coppered by the time we return.

latest on the A-6 Intruder is that I totally messed up the painting and sent it to the circular file.  No more aircraft for me for a while. 

On 12/26/2019 at 2:47 PM, Landlubber Mike said:

in some underlying framing to support the hatches,

Definitely need to do that. The finished deck was a bit uneven but sanding corrected that. 
 

Deck is finished and oiled. I think I will sand it lightly and do a second coat. Also got the first coat of black on the hull.

I have a friend whose twin sons named their cat “F-16 Strike Eagle”. This was some 40 years ago. 

I’ve been planking the deck.  That is slow work. 

I put some planking down as reference and then begin assembling coamings for the various hatches etc. In the photo I am test fitting the coaming around the main hatch opening. I still need to trim back the decking at tiny bit.  I am finding it very difficult to work with wood to tolerances of 1/64” or less. 😬 My eyes certainly aren’t what they used to be.  The photo also demonstrates the versatility of the Hobby Zone building slip 

i occasionally get visitors of the 4 legged variety outside my shipyard window.  Occasionally a fox.  More commonly deer.

A lesson on reading ahead and studying the plans.  I was about to start the planking when I read the second paragraph in the instruction’s section on planking. It said there is part call a “thick pad” around the main mast and should be put in before planking, so as to plank around it.  This is not shown in the simplified deck plan on sheet (#tbd). On the other hand this plan sheet recommends adding some scrap wood around the hatch positions to help support the hatch coamings and deck planks, which is also in the instructions but I overlooked it at first. So be careful. Plans and instructions complement each other. Additionally, there is no laser cut “thick pad” in my kit. It is not mentioned on the list of laser cut parts and I couldn’t find such a piece. So I scratch built it.  The mast in the photo is just there to keep everything aligned. 

Seems I replied to this comment twice.oh well!🙄