Clementine
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capstan is almost done, i did make it so it is turn-able but i believe the stairs going up to the forecastle will block it so it will have very little movement
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Hi allan, in all honesty i have no idea what they are for or if they were even on the original ship. i also cant find anything visible on her sister ship HMS Kangaroo, but that might be because of the angle and age. i just thought they were purely cosmetic or made it easier to stand on in rough seas, seen as the ship was going around cape horn. who knows might be info lost to time. Clem
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Some new updates, did some more work on deck details. also thank you for the comments on the deadeyes, i will be sure to rotate them when the time comes to do the ratlines
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another update, ships wheel is done! and yes it does turn. also added ladders to the poop deck.
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Rubbing strakes and dead eyes, thought i should make an update on these as the instructions are not very clear. the tutorial on youtube says to cut about 4cm but after a while i figured out a more efficient way. i cut slightly above 3cm and under 3.5cm, this way i could get 3 deadeyes done from 1 piece of copper wire.
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Hi Allan, you would be correct in saying it is a kit instruction. not really sure of why its built the way it is but i assume with it being a "beginner" kit its just designed to be as easy as possible while keeping up the looks. after this model i plan to work on my corel or sergal models i recently bought so hopefully the quality will improve.
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cannon ports are done finally, that had to of been the most tedious thing i have done this model. i accidently dropped one of the hinge pieces on my carpet and it took me over 20 minutes to find it. after that the pace stepped up a bit more. glad to be done with this.
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Rudder was a success. had an incident with the stern boat davits, accidently broke one off and had to glue it back on, but all is well now.
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If anyone wanted to see, this is what my varnished hull looks like currently. working on the rudder, and currently wondering how im going to make a 5mm hole for the top of it to slide into, so if anyone has tips on that it would be appreciated, the largest hand drill bit i have is only 2 mm so a bit stuck
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Thank you all for the pointers and tips, i have varnished the hull with satin varnish, i will be looking into other varnishes or solutions. hopefully be resuming work on the ship today.
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transom is done, most likely going to take a short break for a bit. also would like to ask if this is a good time to varnish the hull, because i have been tied between doing it now or later on when i have more stuff on it
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