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  1. Glen McGuire
    Hey Roger, thanks for the suggestion. Are you talking about simulating something like this?
  2. Glen McGuire
    Thank you, Mike. I appreciate your optimism! That sounds like a great idea! Thanks, Keith.
  3. Glen McGuire
    Speaking of fails, I had this brilliant idea for the quarter galleries of blobbing some wood filler in place and sanding it to shape (1st pic). Horrible idea. Didn't work at all. Not sure what the heck I was thinking. So I chipped it all off and carved out little pieces of walnut scrap for the galleries. The 2nd pic shows the finished work on the prow, the hammock netting, and the better version of the quarter gallery. I've got some white fly-tying thread on order to try for the gallery windows. We'll see how well that works. The netting is a little sloppy on the far side. I may pull it off and redo it. However, it's the non-display side and also will be hidden somewhat by the ship boats when they are added so I may just live with it. I'll revisit it later and decide what to do
  4. Glen McGuire
    For the spar deck cannons, I tried a few things that didn't work too well and ended up in the scrap heap. I finally settled on a 2-layer carriage to give it a little bit of that stairstep look.
  5. Glen McGuire
    Let me know if you do, Joe. I'd love to see how yours would turn out.
  6. Glen McGuire
    Got it. The pic certainly helps my understanding. Thank you, Mark!
  7. Glen McGuire
    Good progress and very nice work, Mark. Your perseverance is inspiring. I do have a dumb question though. What is the thing I've circled in the picture below and what is its purpose? Obviously I've still got a lot to learn about this stuff!
  8. Glen McGuire
    Very impressive work, Keith!
  9. Glen McGuire
    Thank you, Joe, Keith, Grant, Ian, Mark, SH Johnny, Banyan, Roger, and John Fox III for the comments and likes. I gotta be honest, when I picked this ship, I was really sweating how in the world I'd be able to do those gun decks and all those cannons and make them look halfway decent. It came out better than I expected. So far anyway. But the sweating ain't over just yet. I've started work on the spar deck cannons with these tiny little carriages. Oh boy. TBD on how those will turn out. I've also got to figure out how to add a quarter gallery on the stern. I've never done a ship with one of those so I've got to go study some build logs. If y'all know any build logs off the top of your head that have good posts on a quarter gallery construction please let me know. Even without smoke or penguins or polar bears? You just made my day, Keith!!
  10. Glen McGuire
    OK. Here's a close-up where you can actually see the cannons sticking out of the gun ports. Looks like beard stubble.
  11. Glen McGuire
    I got the hull layers painted so it's time to add cannons to the upper and lower gun decks and then squeeze the hull layers together. The pics show the construction process: 1. Five hull layers ready for assembly 2. Cannons painted (.015" music wire) 3. Cannons cut down to size 4. Cannons in place 5. Hull layers glued and clamped Those cannons are hard to see in that last pic, but you gotta trust me that they are in there!
  12. Glen McGuire
    Hey Brian, welcome aboard from a fellow Texan!
  13. Glen McGuire
    Thank you, Ian. Thanks, Keith. The hull and bulwarks are basswood pieces. Each piece is 1mm thick except for the bottom layer which is 2mm. That will give me some wiggle room if the ship needs to go on a diet to fit inside the bottle later. That's been a problem for me on previous builds. So I am determined to do a better job of planning during the construction phase.
  14. Glen McGuire
    Thanks, Mike. I tried to get them all the same size and as square as possible. Not perfect, but not too bad. The layers are still just dry-fitted so I can disassemble and paint the alternating black and white scheme. I'm still not sure what I'm doing with the prow.
  15. Glen McGuire
    Thanks for the guidance, Mark. I went scrounging around the garage and found a finely woven mesh bag. And since nothing is else matters when you need just the right thing for a model, I cut off a small piece of the bag and gave it a light dusting of black spray paint. I think it will work perfectly.
  16. Glen McGuire
    Nope! I'm right there with you, Dave. One at a time. I have several requests/suggested ideas for SIBs piling up but I won't start on a new one till I finish the one I'm working on.
  17. Glen McGuire
    Thank you so much, Joe. That means a lot coming from someone with your talents.
  18. Glen McGuire
    Thanks, Mark. I get A & C now. Are you talking about something like this below? I found this picture from a post by _SalD_ under a topic called "Hammock Netting Question". Supposed to be from the current Constitution.
  19. Glen McGuire
    I have some questions I'm hoping someone can help with. This sail plan picture of the original 1814 Independence is the only thing I've got to build from and there are 3 things I'm not sure of (circled below). A - Is that an anchor? If not, any idea what it is? B - It looks like there's a gap in the bulwark and some kind of fence? Any idea what that is? C - Obviously it's a black and white pic, but it looks like there is an alternating color pattern between the gun deck levels and the wales. Is it likely that the color scheme would alternate black and white? If not, what would it probably be? Any insight/opinion y'all could provide would be greatly appreciated.
  20. Glen McGuire
    Fingers in ears.. LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA...
  21. Glen McGuire
    OMG!!! Is there a moderator for this website that I can report y'all to for modeler abuse? Someone help me, PLEASE!!!!
  22. Glen McGuire
    Oh no. Not you too, Grant!!!
  23. Glen McGuire
    Thanks, Keith! I hesitate to even mention the cannons because you and my son will start telling me how I need to have smoke coming out of them!
  24. Glen McGuire
    From the cannon yard to the ship yard. I’ve been struggling all week with how to make this hull with all the 1mm x 1mm gun ports. My first plan was to build the hull, then drill out the gun ports. After a trial run, it looked awful with round gun ports. And the holes are just too tiny to square off after drilling. So after a few more failed ideas, I settled on a lamination plan with alternating layers of 1mm thick basswood. That allowed me to carve out each gun port individually in a square shape (as best I could at this size anyway). The hull in the 2nd pic is not glued yet – it’s just held together by the dowels sticking out of the top layer. The last pic shows a couple of test cannons in place (.015” music wire). I cut a groove into the gun port layer connecting ports on each side of the ship and inserted the wire all the way thru. That will allow me to snip off each cannon at the appropriate length when ready. So now I’ve got to shape the hull, disassemble, paint the layers, reassemble, secure the bulwarks, then add the cannons. Still some details to flesh out but I think this is going to work. Maybe.
  25. Glen McGuire
    I love it! Unique idea and very well done.

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