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Coyote_6
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I have no excuse. But Mr. Nash (and the cooper?) has (have) completed all the chainplates!! Each chainplate custom sized, bent and ground. Each nail custom cut. Wow. *PRO TIP* Drill the holes in the stock first so you don't have to throw an almost finished piece away when the drill bit doesn't go where you intended. 🤣🤣🤣 Rough plates with holes. Cutting to approximate length only after holes came out acceptable. Bent and ground to fit through the deadeye strop. (First nail cut to length.) And the final bend...
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Glen! The window screen grate is inspired!! Wow. And amazing work - end result was worth the troubles.
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Those ship's boats look really good in place! Nicely done Phil. Nicely done.
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Very nice work to date Mark. And nice upgrades to the kit plywood. Beautiful work sir!
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That vent for the engine room is very very very nice! Wow. The slats are so uniform.
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Cool urban camo on that toad (frog?) if that helps any?
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Those launches look great Phil! Wow. Very impressive and nice finishes.
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Nice work Phil. Nice to watch someone who really knows what he's doing. Very very cool insight for us.
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The deck and bowsprit look awesome Mark. I particularly like the look of the deck wood. Don't forget to check that bowsprit angle against a couple sources - it can cause big troubles! Ask me how I know. 🤣🤪🤣🤪🤣
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Mark, The book title is compelling. As long as it looks correct to the builder, at least the builder will be happy! Is it this guy? https://www.fishermensvoice.com/archives/201809CastinesJohnPGardnerAndHisShipModels.html Your nibbing looks very clean. Well done!
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@SaltyScot Good to have you back Mark. Thanks for the kind words. I'm a little dismayed looking at that sole chainplate, but we will rectify that soon enough. (Only 17 more to go 🤣🤣🤣.)
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Fun is the idea! Welcome aboard.
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Pegasus is looking very nice Bob. A fine ship indeed sir.
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Some days things just go... slow. Having never done a chainplate, well, let's just say this has taken longer than it should have. I had initially thought to do the chain link style, but the Smithsonian plans pretty clearly show plates, so here we are. Much thought on blackening the plates, but this build seems to highlight natural finishes so the brass remains. It is what it is I guess. On deck, Mister Nash has hung the ship's bell and added the bell rope. Hopefully it will be able to stay there when all the rigging is completed. 🤔 Well done Mister Nash! Thanks for checking in. Interested in any thoughts as always! (Reference Marquardt The Global Schooner, p.172 Fig. 7)
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You are doing measure 32 camo? "Canvas Covers. Canvas covers visible from the outside vessel are to be dyed a color corresponding to Deck Blue." At least according to https://shipcamouflage.com/measure_32.htm That camo website has generally matched wartime photos of ships I built using it. Can't hurt to try one and see. Alaska Is looking awesome!
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Good luck with your glazings (window glass) - that is quite the undertaking!
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So small. So cool. Love seeing the fleet together!!
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As Arte Johnson used to say... "Verrrry interesting!" 🧐
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A bit of housekeeping with the ship's crew manifest. Poor Captain "Amati", named after the manufacturer of his mold. We will bestow on 'im a name commensurate with his command. Henceforth, Captain Ordronaux, Captain of the American privateer Prince de Neufchatel. As we're going to the actual rolls of the Prince, that gives us our boatswain (and gunner as well), Mister Nash. A dandy, our Mister Nash. Mister Nash has been quite busy fitting out the Prince with the endless tasks required to properly set up a privateer. In the below photo, the 18 brass mast hoops (probably not a traditional material but so pretty 🤣) and some of the 14 functional deck tie down rings. Also, the six lower main mast cleats and the black stain markings around the cleats. All of the appropriate deck eyebolts required for rigging now installed and proof tested... The fore chainwhales with deadeyes... And the main chainwhales... The chains themselves for the chainwhales are next, as well as the first shrouds! Captain Ordronaux is well pleased! Thanks for checking in!
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A beauty with those rails. Definitely not basswood! 🤣
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