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Hello everyone,
I'm finally getting started on the Washington. The plans from the NRG are very nice and easy to understand. This will be important as this will be my first POF. I printed out the monograph and made it into a notebook. The ship will be built from cherry. I may use something else for the deck planking. I have purchased my wood from Ocooch Hardwood and have received it. The wood is of very good quality. Ocooch was very good to work with. I talked with Ethan from Ocooch and he was very helpful in insuring I got very nice lumber. I have also started the framing jig.
Bill
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Beautiful work Mark.
- Keith Black, mtaylor and No Idea
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Very nice and very fast work on your Endurance.
Bill
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- tlevine, Canute and Knocklouder
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Hi Tom,
You’re doing a great job on the Endurance. Regarding the treenails. In all of the pictures of the Endurance I have seen, I have never been able to make out any nails. I left them out also.
Bill
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Hi Bot,
Would that be the old Hasegawa SE5 kit. I have seen it. It builds up very nice.
Bill
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Hi Kurt,
Thanks for the information and the quick reply. I have no idea where I got the idea that there was a CD included with the plans. I guess I was looking at too many things in the internet.
I have been looking for a first POF project. I have gotten several sets of plan and monographs that were described as being good for a first POF build, but I found them too difficult to understand. I have been looking at some very nice build threads for the Washington and the plans along with the monograph appear to give a good opportunity for success.
Thanks,
Bill
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Hello everyone,
I am interested in the Galley Washington Plans offered by the NRG and have a few questions. On the NRG site, it shows that the plans come with a CD. Does mean that the plans have to be down loaded from the CD or are the plans printed? Also, the 1:1 length of the Washington is 72'. This would mean at 1:48 scale the length would be 18". Is that correct.
Thanks for the help in advance.
Bill
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Hi Tom,
It looks like you did a great job on your Sopwith Camel. Some day I will probably finish the Strutter. I spent the last 25 or so years building large scale r/c airplanes and just got burned out. I have always admired the skill of the people who build wooden model ships. I never thought my skills were good enough to build ships of the quality as are built on this site. I decided to give it a try. I have so much to learn, but I am enjoying the challenge very much.
Bill
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Hi Tom,
I have looked through all of my pictures and none of them show any stacks or vents in that area. Unfortunately, I did not notice this when I was planking the deck. Now I will have to figure out how to eliminate these holes.
Bill
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WOW!! Amazing detail. Thanks for showing how you created the fittings.
- mtaylor, Keith Black, hollowneck and 2 others
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Hello Johnny,
Good eye. Actually there are two airplanes. A 90"ws Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter and a 85"ws Bellanca Skyrocket.
Bill
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I am glad to be in at the start of a great project.
Bill
- Valeriy V, Keith Black, Canute and 2 others
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Washington 1776 by B-Ram - Galley - from NRG Plans
in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
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Hello No Idea,
Thanks for the encouragement.
After building the keel three times and getting it wrong, I realized that the problem was not my level of skill (which is not that great) or the size of the plans, but my eye sight. I could not understand how I kept getting the measurements wrong until I looked at my work from under a magnifying glass. Then it all became clear (literally). So I have ordered a magnifying headset.
Thanks,
Bill