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Rustyj

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  1. Funny and I thought doing them was horrible to do back then. Now I want to rip them off and redo them but that ain't gonna happen.
  2. Hi Jeff, Yes thinner thread and larger holes. I used Lloyd's blocks on my Confederacy and they turned out much nicer than my Constitution did.
  3. Very Nice Bob. I really like the look of your wood.
  4. Ah Mario, That is just great. It will be a tremendous help. Thanks.
  5. Very Nice Bob, Enjoy the work shop and I look forward to seeing the rest of your work.
  6. Hi Grant, Thank you for all of this great information. It will help me greatly when I get to this point. Well done!
  7. 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.
  8. Hi Geoff, Great to see you Constitution build here. It will be a pleasure to continue watching your build. Thanks
  9. 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!
  10. 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.
  11. And here is the gunport lids being made and installed
  12. Rudder cover, mass painting of the barrels and the start of the bulkhead.
  13. Cutting the copper tape to make plates and coppering the hull.
  14. Here is a view of the cannon construction.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. The hull was planked using basswood as I was going to cover it with copper plates.
  19. 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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