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Bill97
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Thanks my friend. Merry Christmas to your family as well.
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Well it is looking like my shipyard workers are demanding time off until Christmas. Only want to work limited part time with so much other stuff going on and needing to be done. So I guess my available time working on my Amerigo Vespucci will be somewhat limited the next couple of weeks😢
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Brilliant young man!!! What did you do to keep the little cover on top the LED? The red/green and brass covers fit perfectly over the top of the bulb but can slip back off. Thought a dot of supper glue but then it is locked in place forever. However there may not be a problem with that.
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Perfect Daniel. Now the next thing I am looking at reference these little guys that maybe you had as well. You can tell by my photo that I made them from a piece of brass I had. Actually a piece of old piano hinge. Since they are brass they obviously will conduct electricity. After I paint them black I need to put the prongs of the 3mm LED through the hole to begin the assembly. I need to prevent the positive lead coming in contact with the bracket. I have a couple ideas to try. Will see what I find to work.
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Great idea Daniel. I believe that is the route I will take. Then also change the protective cage to stop at the bottom of the bracket instead of going on down to connect to the supports which would no longer be there?
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Daniel another logistical question on your build. I am crafting the holders/brackets for the side red and green navigation lights. I have a shape/design that I am pleased with. Very similar to your’s which is no doubt since I used photos of your’s to design mine. I am very curious about your installation. In the first photo you show them mounted in the side of the ship. In the second picture the brackets from the lower shrouds pass behind the navigation light fixture. Would you care to share what you did here?
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Added the pin rails around the ship. The pairs at the bottom of each mast and the straight rails that circle the outside of the deck. The supports for the pairs of rails at the mast came with metal supports supplied with the kit that were to be painted to resemble wood. Similar to the four staircases I decided to cover them with wood veneer.
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A little slow but steady progress since last update. I now have all 4 staircases installed. I have the 4 raised watch platforms with ladders I made to replace the ones provided in the kit. I also have made the 6 storage chests, 2 with bench seats. Reinforcement bands placed around them as on the actual ship.
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First of 4 grand staircases and a photo of the same stairs on the actual Amerigo Vespucci. I have the stain a little darker than the actual.
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Been a bit since my last update so I would catch up with what I have been doing. Have spent my available time in the shipyard making small items that will be added to the ship. OcCre supplied metal stairs for the four main stair cases that were to be painted like wood. I did like the appearance much so I decided to cover them with veneer, stain, and varnish. Still need to make the handrails. Also started making the elevated watch platforms, two for each side. Used copper wire and solder to form the rails and canopy cages. Will still need to file down the joints. And finished up the bridge adding rails, stairs, storage cabinets and radar units.
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Thanks Daniel. I have the rigging line chart from my 1/100 HMS Victory. It is close enough scale that I will most likely use it to determine rope sizes for the AV. The different lines on the Victory should be similar to those on the AV so whatever size it said to use for a particular application I will use in that application on my AV. The Victory had numerous sizes from .2 up to 1mm. I will most likely use just 3-4 sizes like you did of light beige for the running and black for the standing. The block sizes on the Victory also varies for the different applications but I will most likely do what you did. I very much like your idea and plan of using the higher quality non fuzzy thread over the OcCre supplied.
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Daniel I am preparing my Christmas wish list and looking for ahead at my future rigging. I plan to replace the rigging thread OcCre supplied and most likely the blocks. I want to use a higher quality (not fuzzy) light color thread for running and black for the standing. I also am looking at using various size and types of blocks. I have done some research to see if I could find the actual rope and block sizes that I can do the scale conversion but am coming up blank. I am assuming looking at your build log that you made some decisions in this area. Do you have a source you used or did you just guesstimate on sizes?
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I will chime in here as well to my agreement with everything said. I will further add the comradery that develops among builders. I have never met face to face with anyone from MSW but over the years feel I have created friendships. I am moving slowly through a section of my current Amerigo Vespucci build. Still find time every day but not always enough visual progress to warrant an update here. Sometimes I think I need to post some update are you guys may think I, like some often do, have given up the hobby. I, as well, believe it takes patience and perseverance. I often hear from those I invite into my “shipyard” that they don’t have the patience or the may ask how long does it take to finish one of these? My shipyard is my happy place and where I go to create with no (I gotta get this done) thoughts allowed.
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Unfortunately as you can see in my photo I have the 3 wires coming up through the deck. One at each mast. So in my case I guess I will just include a resistor in each little box with the LED. I still need to come up with the size and design for the 18 (6 each mast) little boxes.
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Thanks Daniel. I know what they are and why you have them. I am again wanting to follow your lead. I am/was just curious if you purchased something or made them. Trying to come up with a design and size to accommodate a 3 or 5 mm LED and resistor.
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