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  1. HIPEXEC
    Brian, I thought the 100 stanchions were just what I needed, but after attempting to put them on my ship, I didn't like them anymore. I just wasn't happy with the look. I'll design something else. It's not the first re-design I've made with Constructo.
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    I just made 100 hammock stanchions for my hammock nets and hate them! Now I'm back to square one with making hammock stanchions. Maybe I'll coil ropes to un-wind.
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    Harvey, Wow...what a great tutorial! I'm now in the rope coils business. Thank you
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    Thanks, Bill
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    While I'm pondering coils, I'm fabricating parts to construct hammock stanchions and nets. Any suggestions will be gratefully accepted.
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    Help! If I do rope coils, which I now think will look good, How do I easily make 44 of them? I've just experimented with some ways and don't like the look of them. I could really use some instruction with photos if you can.
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    A Dremel is great and has many uses, BUT, use it carefully! It can take off a tremendous amount of material very quickly and you can't put it back once it's gone.
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    It got easier and faster with each gun. I only wish they looked as good as many of yours, but I am all thumbs, so don't look too closely.
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    All 22 cannons have now been rigged aboard! Now, I have to neaten things up a bit and then see if I want to add rope coils or not. At least I added blocks and rings on the cacabels whereas Constructo just used plain rope. My Admiral just stopped by and commented, "Boy, they sure had a lot of guns!"
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    Wow! What a job. Nice work.
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    Use all of the above techniques plus maybe add some tape to the mix.
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    Happy ship building, mate!
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    My big fat fingers and hands are worse than an enemy's broadside.....While rigging my guns, I knocked off a port davit. I must have given it a good shot since the davit was heavily pinned as well as glued. Two steps forward, one step back.
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    I might look into rope coils after I see what the deck clutter looks like when all 22 guns are done.
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    After you rig the flag, you'll have to shape it to make it look real. I studied flags flapping in all kinds of winds before I figured I'd be hard pressed to imitate the real thing.
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    Very nice work!
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    I put nails in the blocks so I could rig them off the ship. Then I just clipped them short so they look like block hardware. I decided not to coil the ends so my deck won't be so cluttered when all 22 guns are in position. There will be enough lines when I rig the ship.
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    First gun rigged to the deck. Only 21 to go!
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    Looks like you're off and running very nicely. Nice work.
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    I think I finally hit on a way to build strong hammock net stanchions. I took an oversized brass nail and put a 90 degree bend at the tip. Then I cut off the head. So I can mass produce dozens of these stanchions. I made a jig out of a hull plank that happens to be the same dimension I need. Then I drilled a hole through the width of the plank large enough that I can just slip the nail into the hole. Then I clip the extra brass. Now each stanchion will be exactly the same as the first. Each stanchion will be nailed into the edge of the rail and glued. I hope it works.
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    I finished rough rigging the guns. Now I'll use my fake gunport to trim the rigging to the correct dimensions for permanent installation in the real gunports.
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    You must treat each plank as if it's its own model. Each plank is different from the next. Some folks try to use whole planks the length of the model and some don't. I will say this, when you finally finish planking your hull and it is prefect....you will soar with the eagles for quite a while.
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    Happy anniversary. My Connie will celebrate one year September 1st.
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    All I can say is, "Wow!"
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    Thanks for all the nice words, everyone. Coatsie96, By framing the gun deck so I only had to make square cuts to make the gun ports made for a nice job for me. I could never cut perfectly square holes in a finished hull. Next, I used full length deck planks, but made false scribes to simulate the staggering of planks. I did that with a straight edge and a very sharp number 2 pencil. I did the simulated nails the same way, #2 pencil.

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