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    Hi Augie, You had to sleep on it. It kept me awake nights! Also I think you have to special order the tiles! Some day I hope to get there and walk her decks too. Here are deck beams with the camber cut into the instead of bending to shape.
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    Hi Geoff, Great to see you Constitution build here. It will be a pleasure to continue watching your build. Thanks
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    Good work Pete. Pulling wood through the draw plate can be tough on the hands. I pull some, do something else then pull some more trying to break up the pain!
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    Hi Marius and welcome to the Triton build. You are off to a really nice start and I too like the looks of your wood.
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    And here is the gunport lids being made and installed
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    Making the quarter badges
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    Here is the making of the ships stove.
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    Rudder cover, mass painting of the barrels and the start of the bulkhead.
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    Cutting the copper tape to make plates and coppering the hull.
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    More hull and deck planking.
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    Here is a view of the cannon construction.
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    Augie you’re being too modest! I’ve seen your work and it is very good. Besides we both have the same teacher. Ok here are some more pictures.
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    Hi Robert and thank you. The wire I used was craft wire. It was copper wire clad with a black covering. I believe it was around 24 gauge. I measured the shaft I wrapped the wire around and it was .054” (a little under 1/16”) so the rings should be pretty close to that. The size of the rings is just what I thought looked right and not taken from any measurement. Thanks again.
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    Hi Augie, If I remeber correctly???? The stem is pear as well as the framing for the hatchs. I used some cherry for assorted deck pieces, binnacle, shot racks etc.
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    The hull was planked using basswood as I was going to cover it with copper plates.
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    Hi All, I've been digging through my file and I'm putting to gether the pictures for my scratch build of Chucks Model Shipways Syren. The build is in the 1:64 scale. The main wood used was Boxwood, Cherry, Holly and Swiss Pear. This log was started back in 2007 and I was bad about taking pictures but here is what I have.
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    Some more deck work
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    Here is the ebony and holly strips I made to deck the great cabin floor as well as placing the hatchs and starting the planking of the deck. The deck planking is boxwood.
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    Hi Pete, I glue them in place and then cut the notches. It will be harder to do it this way but for me I feel I can get a better fit in the end.
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    Very well done Mario. It's a great reference for the rest of us. Thanks.
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    Nothing much to show other than just working my way across the lower gun deck. I temporarily glued the plans on because I didn't trust myself to transfer the measurements. Seems to make straighter lines for me at least.
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    And here is the start of doing some interior hatches etc. The red wood on the hatches is bloodwood.
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    Here is some more.
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    Hey it's no problem Ben. Love the talk. Yves having been one of the lucky ones I understand your wishes.
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    I have not seen the castings from the kit but I did see the mess they made of the figurehead. Ben are you out there? Can you help?

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