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Back at it with Christmas now past. Not much to see, but I completed the glue-up of all the frames. Next is sanding the inboard edges, matching each frame to the plans and either shimming or trimming so they fit exactly, and then prepare the notches which hold the frame to the keel. More photos after a little more progress.
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With the Christmas holiday past, I'm back planking the hull. The shape is really weird, and is requiring some very interesting custom planks. At the stern, I'll need another stealer, or a plank that "widens" at the end of it's run to get the stern planked properly. The final strake will be custom fit, and I'm going to try to arrange it so that it's made up of three planks, not just two. The fitting will be easier that way.
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Very nice, Don! It's up to your usual standard of excellence.
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Hi John. Glad you're back! Your planking is looking great. Anxious to see more.
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The shrouds and ratlines look great! My Rattlesnake (Mamoli) is on hold because of problems at the transom. I do have the MS kit, and your build is tempting me to start over with the MS kit, Bob Hunt's kit-bashing practicum and your mods outlined in this log to guide me in a heavily modified Rattlesnake build! Great job so far!
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I think I'll pull up a chair, also. The final planking for the deck will cover a lot of sins, depending on thickness. If the supplied planking for the deck is too thin, you can swap it out for thicker and sand the deck smooth once planked. I'm too lazy to run upstairs and look in my Mamoli kit box for the deck planking!
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Excellent job with the wheel, Don. Now you can use the same technique to make belaying pins in the proper scale (most are cartoonishly oversized.). If you did that for, say, an HMS Victory model It might take you 40 years to finish!
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Great work Don, you are becoming a zen master of these builds! Keep up the outstanding work.
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Hi Tim! Yes, I think so. There is nothing in the model that screams "Mid-Cenury", except maybe the windlass, which might not be used earlier. Otherwise, OK.
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You are right, Don. It really speeds up the process. Zoran: We are vacationing on St. Martin F.W.I. In a small fishing village called Grand Case, there is a beautiful little Catholic Church located by the water's edge.. The name? "Maria Maris Stella" - "Mary, Star of the Sea"
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