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Today (on "vacation" from work) was companionway day! Forward companionway
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This one took a while to figure out, eventually I got a center post to support the frame rails and glued in place. Then I was able to sand them down and add the cap.
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@Keith Black I tried some thin wrapper plastic, and streaked it with some grey paint. So not clear, but it has the shine of "glass".
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Thanks for the tip, I'll try that.
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Well that worked out in the end. A little more cleanup and after finishing I'll back the windows with parchment paper or something similar.
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Pictures from the when the America was at the Naval Yard clearly show the large skylight was rectangular panes, not tiny windows as the etched parts have. In fact the skylight from the America is in the Mariner's Museum in Newport News. This is the great thing about this build, so much historical data available. So while the brass guards on the panes might be hard in this scale, I'm at least going to match the 5 pane design, just not sure how yet.
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Thanks! The lines are "interesting" anyone else might say "ok it's an old boat" but the lines are really interesting and very different than other ships I've done. Foolishly trying to "dry" bend the first planks. On past builds I dislike the distortion that can occur with wet wood. I haven't tried steaming, speak up if it creates the flexibility to bend the planks without the dips or bulges I'm seeing between frame ribs. This actually went fine until making the next joint after this one, then the previous three popped, I was on the last three joints... ugg
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OK, I'm finally happy with the transom shape. Bulwark strakes on, and I'm pleased with that difficult transition where the bulwark curves, inward around the stern. I have one of the several temp planks in place following a set of 1923 plans.
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Anyway, now that it's 101+ degrees outside, I'm back in the 1/66 workshop.. All transoms, all the time.
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Hey! I'm back, all is well, I live in Mesa Arizona, so from about October to well, not usually now, it's been a fairly cool "spring", normally April or May, I spend time in the garage. I've done a fair bit of machining on the hobby lathe/mill, a few 1:1 scale wood projects. Oh and putting together a "housewarming" tool kit for my hopefully daughter-in-law. She's a very handy young woman, meanwhile my son is.. well, more brain active? lol Good tools aren't cheap and cheap tools are not always good, so leveraging some of the vendors I use in my day job, I've collected the best (based on my experience) tools someone would need starting out.
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Figured out what to do with the timbers.. duh.. Thinning them out on two sides, brings them close to the size, rather than cutting them off. I'm not jazzed about pre-bending the bulwark then attaching them later, after all I want to plank the deck first, so the bent bulwark sits around for a few weeks? So once the deck is done, I'll shape them to the final size contour, and I can bend the bulwark and attach it to the timbers, and then add false timbers.
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Nearly there.
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That's super helpful! That is about the side profile I'm targeting, but that composite view is excellent! Thanks! Apparently every time it stopped architects took measurements, I'm assuming they used transits?
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