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Looks great! 👍😀 Reminds me of my HO train days, used the same stuff.
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So says the master “planker”. 😆I have seen builds that save planking for later, I too wondered why they would do that.
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Good Friday to All, It has begun! 😄 Wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be. Actually the hardest part was overthinking, looking at the drawings until my eyes hurt and looking at all the build logs to decide where to start. I almost went with the hull planking first, but I remembered how I manhandled the Lady Nelson and thought I’d surly snap the gun port framing over and over. I know it looks a little crude, but when I’m down to the wales, then I’ll break out the sandpaper and clean up the ports.
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Really nice Ken! I like the bottom paint you went with as apposed to the murky tan color MS suggests.
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That level of detail is just insane! Ah, I don't think my Rattlesnake is going to get this level of craftsmanship. I'm just not that good and dont have the tooling. I admire those that have the talent, tools and patience. 👍 You are not cluttering up my log. 😀 I'm not sure what I'll do. Save it for another day and press on.
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Hi Everyone, I’m thinking that model ship building is much like the industry I retired from, i.e. tons of research and development and lots of man hours to design, plan, buy etc., and then a couple of non skilled laborers put it together in 4 hours. I’m looking at the officers quarters bulkhead. Not one mention in the plans at all concerning the bulkhead, no supplied material for said bulkhead, only a view o the drawing. Did you Snake builders supply your own material and do your best scratch building the entire bulkhead?
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Hi All, Couple of serious rainy days here in the PNW, so I visited the shipyard. Completed the gun ports (all except the one way up at the bow 🫤) with a cannon fit. Now on to the Timber and Knightheads.
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Split ring making process
Dave_E replied to Dave_E's topic in Metal Work, Soldering and Metal Fittings
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What is that and how does it work?
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Hi Ed, I sort of went the other way. I built the cannons and then decided to raise the gun ports 1 - 1.5 mm. Looking forward to some photos on you log brother! 👍😀
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Hi Vaidas, welcome to the forum! 👍😀
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Welcome to the forum mate! 👍😀
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👍😆 I feel you brother. For years I dared the Navy to let me back in. I could do that job in my sleep. Alas… all the Orions have been retired. 🥺
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Hey Sailor! Welcome aboard. I spent 6 years of the Cold War chasing subs from my P-3. 👍😀
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Mayflower by tj456 - 1/19 scale
Dave_E replied to tj456's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
The ship is coming along great, but those trains are a real distraction! I wonder if I could talk my wife into giving up a 4X8 corner of our downstairs family area. 🧐 😆 -
Nice job on the rings! 👍😀
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Welcome to the forum Goat (or is the a name we may use). 👍😀
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Greetings Michael! Welcome to the forum! Nice work! 👍😀
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Sounds like a plan John! I concur on the metrics. The Lady Nelson was all metric, Model Shipways is not. For any layout work or measurements off the drawings, I use the mm scale! 👍👏😀
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Ticking off the bulkheads
Dave_E replied to rudybob's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
That garboard strake looks awfully wide. Is that the width of all your planking?
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