CapnJack43
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Got the Rudder Pintles & Gudgeons soldered
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Tamiya tape is great paint does not seep under it
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Another jig to make the lines straight-need all the help I can get
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Had to cut the Britannia fitting because it was too small, cut out the snake and mounted it on a piece of wood added the gold by dipping a q tip in gold and rolling most of it off on a paper towel before rolling it across the surface Window frames in white seem to make it stand out better
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Window frames are painted and ready to install
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Made a base out of 5/8 inch stock contoured it to the hull and fastened it with wood glue and screws
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Tinted clear water based acrylic with some brown acrylic paint to darken the deck a bit
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First coat of primer is on the hull next step is to fill and sand the many imperfections
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Two decks are all closed in - making collars out of thin plywood to go around masts to cover up where I screwed up the openings
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Cabin doors and window built on work table and attached to bulkhead made from 1/8x1/32nd stock attached to a thin piece of mahogany plywood door knobs are pin heads
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Deck is closing in nicely
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Ladder was left over from my Danmark Kit
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Deck planking is going well
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Wood filler and sanding on hull is shaping up
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Hull planking if done, next comes wood filler and sanding.
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Made a jig out of two pieces of 1x2 to hold planks while planing to taper them
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Made this pin pusher out of a dowel, brass tubing and a washer magnet. Magnet keeps the pins from falling out of the brass tube.
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Flexible metric ruler really helped in measuring plank widths
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Plank bending iron really helped a lot
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Things are moving along, this winter has been unusually cold here in Florida, ran the portable heater in the garage on the days that were in the 40s.
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Hey Guys thanks for checking in, referring to your build logs has helped a lot to add more details to what is show in the plans. Adding a few more pics today, the jig that I made has helped a lot to hold it in place, it was modeled after one that was offered by a European Company and I tried to purchase it but they had gone out of business. Jack
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Finally cooling off in Florida - time to start another build, the rigging plan on this one is a nightmare, the set that I got the plan is all black and white. The instruction booklet says that the running rigging should be in red. Contacted Model Expo a couple of weeks ago to try to get the plan with running rigging marked in red and so far no response. Used dremel drill press to drill pilot holes in the keel to pin it in place. Slots in bulkheads were all too tight and had to be sanded to widen.
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