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Very nice, very clean Beautiful work!! Congratulations on getting her done and looking so fabulous!

The save by painting over looks great - much less a flag printed on a 20-21st century printer and more an authentic look with some real depth of color. Awesome! Looks great in the photo!!

Beautiful!

Whew - that's a lot of pins, sir. Keep it up!!!

On the build board for my Prince de Neufchatel build. Nice bit of bling! Really appreciate the cool products!

Very nice! I can just hear the seagulls and foghorns as she sails by. Beautiful.

Taking @Dr PR 's advice, we have sorted the pin rails as pretty as you please. Captain's choice, as it were, with more than enough pins in the correct general location to rig her. Fore: Aft: Thank you all for the assist gentlemen!

@Gregory Best advice yet! I availed myself of @Dr PR 's thread and resolved about 3 other problems with the PdN that I had been grappling with. @GrandpaPhil. It does look impressive with the studding sails, but I'm not sure my house is big enough - it makes for a much wider presentation! @Dr PR Phil - your Albatros research and build are phenominal! I learned so much, and I still need to look at your schooner rigging thread. So I removed my aft pin rails. The problem is... Constructo's plans, specifically the gun spacing. Constructo pushed all the gunports aft (but maintained a uniform spacing) relative to the Admiralty and Chapelle plans. But what really messed things up is that Constructo's plans have the gun spacing wrong in the plan view, which messes up the pin holes relative to the guns. I had to shift the pin holes for the slightly more aft guns. I tried to keep the pinrails in the same locations to facilitate line alignment. At least we have nice pin symmetry on the fore pinrails. To expedite things I have decided to go with the pin numbers on Constructo's plans (not confidence inspiring I admit), as indeed Constructo offers several more belaying points than Chapelle. Sorting this stuff had fatigued my shop assistant. I will redo the aft pinrails this weekend. Thanks all for the guidance and education!

@GrandpaPhil That's good to know! Was it pretty straight forward or were there issues that arose? Your PdN is stunning, particularly for a card model. It was from scratch as well if I recall. Glad all you guys are following and helping me along! Here's a pic of the guns and the aft pinrail. I feel the spaces with no pins should have been above the gun barrels but even if the plans had been correct on gun barrel location spaces wouldn't have been far enough apart. This is where I am tempted to just drill all the pinholes including the spaces without pins and then set the pins where I need them.

@Gregory Good call. I am reading Phil's entire build log now. So many lessons there (but soooo much to read!). I will get back to you guys...

@Dr PR Thanks for the info!! So I have been pondering the plans vs Chapelle, and I am not sure there will be clarity until I am done. Aft Pin Rail Chapelle: 9 pins fore, 5 aft. Plans: 10 pins fore, 7 aft. Fore Pin Rail Chapelle: 4 fore, 8 mid, 3 aft. Plans: 7 fore, 8 mid, 9 aft. Bow Pin Rail Chapelle: 9 pins. Plans: 15 pins. So at least the plans have sufficient pin holes. But the two issues here: 1. The plans call for more pins than Chapelle but use almost every hole in their rigging plans. 2. Chapelle plants this little nugget on the above referenced PLATE IV: So what's a shipwright to do??? Also, regarding pinrails in general: It seems like I am making custom pinrails for a specific rig. Wouldn't more generic pinrails be more appropriate (i.e. 10 linear feet of pin holes) as rigs can change over time? Or are pinrails generally custom to a rig? (Asking for a friend who is going to run out of pinrail wood and the specie is hard to get.) And don't get me started on Constructo's gun placement on the plans not being correct on the plan view, leading to gun/running rigging interference. Sheesh.

Very nice Sir. Very nice!! It is amazing to see what you card folks can do. My mind is blown! And such an interesting/different subject too. Congratulations.

One thing I am toying with is staining the inner bulkheads a Continental Green. Not sure if I want to stay all natural wood or add a bit or flair. But I am pretty sure I don't want paint, hence the stain idea. Open to any thoughts out there. It may not be possible to stain as I keep adding things to the inner bulkheads. Overall state of the ship tonight. Thanks for checking things out.

Can't believe it's been 5 weeks since my last progress report! The yard has been busy but the results are not overwhelming. First up, the wardroom. The camera shows every flaw! Yikes! Next up, installed the chainrails and pinrails and I think I learned to drill the pinrails before attaching them to the hull going forward... Between the Shopsmith dedicated drill press and the sturdiness of the build board I think they turned out ok. So for now we'll call the mizzenmast pinrails complete. And we'll be drilling the foremast pinrails off of the ship. Stressfully, I am not super-confident in the kit instructions as far as pin locations and gunports. We'll see how it works out. The model plans are close to Chapelle's rigging plans but not exactly the same. It would be sad to be finishing rigging only to find the pinrails not correctly drilled.

@threebs Ooooo. That Dolphin looks niiiiice!! I love all your detail on the two projects I've seen of yours - especially the ship's boats. Very realistic overall! Thanks - I hope she looks convincing when she's done.

A thing of beauty - very inspiring!! Congratulations on a wonderful outcome!

@Chuck Seiler Always appreciate the support sir!

Some work on the stem. Added the coamings. Drilled and filed the slot for the rope to help secure the bowsprit. Added the gallant rail knightsheads at the bow.

So the latest work seemed like such a challenge to make happen, but it doesn't look like much when you see it implemented on the ship. The rails are installed atop the bulkheads! First attempt at incorporating a simple scarf joint. The bow has been opened up for the bowsprit. Lots of slow and careful filing here. The addition of the anchor rake reinforements, port and starboard. (These actually weren't much work but could use some more sanding.) Next steps will include finishing hull details and thinking about applying the finish to the hull portion and deck (tung oil and wipe-on poly). Then on to deck furniture. Thanks for looking!

Here's a question for the professionals out there - does anyone know if the following (looking down on top of the cap rail) profile is an appropriate joint shape for connecting two lengths of rail end to end in around 1813, or just in shipbuilding in general? Other options?

And of course the starboard crew has caught up with the port team - hull is faired and guardrails (wales) stained and installed. Hopefully that repair will disappear further when the hull gets its finish and darkens. Everyone is now turning to on the rails, and as we all know I can't edge bend walnut to save my life. So we cut out the forward rails from walnut sheet. Decent fit below. Will have to develop some fancy joinery to connect all the rails professionally. Thanks for looking, and as always all comments and ideas welcome!

So we saw the new "build board" in the previous post, which I probably should have been using since the beginning of the build. 11 3/4" x 36" melamine shelf L-shaped brackets from an on-line retailer Pine trim strip Stainless screws as required. The melamine shelf increased the weight of the hull by like 20x, which should add stability for transport to club meetings and rigging. Adjustable L brackets allow added stability and nest with the guardrails. And a little flair.

It's been a rough month for progress, but not due to a lack of trying. The starboard damage has been replaced and is relatively fair. Color variation due to a lack of spare material options - but when finished I hope it will look fine. I have spent 4 weeks trying to bend walnut and mansonia to curve as the gallant rails atop the bulworks, but to no avail. Steam, soaking, nothing. I have abandoned the idea and will resort to a 3/32" x 3" x 24" piece of walnut for the port and starboard curved portions, and will match and finish the rails with 2mm x 6mm x 500mm walnut strips. Very good color match if I decide to leave them natural. The other option would be black stain like the guardrails on the port side above. Finally, I have been working on a build board to facilitate transport to club meetings and as a stable base to support rigging when it comes to that. So we are still at it.

As much as the starboard crew is having a rough time in the yard, the port crew continues with progress. Here we see supplemental framing for the damaged starboard section. Damage was removed bulkhead to bulkhead. While the starboard crew loses time on repairs, the port crew has stained and installed the guardrails to the faired hull. Progress continues.

@ccoyle. Thanks for the tip! I will assess my spare stock and see what I can get away with, but that forward bulkhead is only about a quarter inch farther, so that may work well!