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America 1851 by Caferacer - Mamoli - Scale 1:66
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America 1851 by Caferacer - Mamoli - Scale 1:66
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Yikes, these are problematic. On past builds I have made these from scratch, but from wire, maybe one or two from brass. This kit has several different sizes of bore, all about the same thickness, these 7 are 3mm ID. No way I'm getting these little ones to work, all the larger ones, 4mm and 5mm diameter I was able to clean up, and drill out the holes. So, back to scratch; I made a fixture to hold a brass sleeve and a piece of stainless wire to hold the rigging loop. So that's the next couple of week's work scheduled, soldering these up. The plastic is a high temp plastic, PEEK or something, the post is aluminum, so solder should stick to anything...
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The hoops were good, they just needed some clean up, I did a base coat of "chestnut" then a few washes of thinned black. The navigation lights were fair, but in my opinion too small. Navigation lights were mandated in Britain in the early 1800s, so I'm going to include them. However I completely remade them..
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Started working on some of the cast parts, they are on both ends of the scale, some good, some lame. These two the boom hook, and the anchors are on the lame scale, so I did a little cutting and wire work to make them look better.
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Must.. Stop...
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I might have over done it with the jolly boat.. But hey it happens.
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Thanks @Keith Black It's about done, I'm bending the handle for the rudder and then I need to add the hardware, I'm likely stowing it upright on the deck so I guess oars are in order.. While I hated making them, the oars for the Latham came out OK. Next decision is the windlass. Though it's not really a windlass, just dead pulleys, "power" would be from the capstan, so maybe the cast piece is fine?
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Planking on the Jolly boat is done, I need to add some internal structure before removing the forming frames.
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Again we're at "what America are we building" and I think I have settled on the reported state, after spending time in France. Reports say the copper was removed, and above the waterline was a "dove grey". To that point the yacht would have a jolly boat or some dinghy. It's unlikely (thought period paintings show it this way) it was on deck while racing. I'm using a similar technique as I did for the Benjamin Latham dory, this keel seems large, and it is, but a lot of it will be cut away once it's planked. I used some period paintings for the profile, then guessed at the top view.
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Scored the deck planks and nails, sanded down to 1500 grit.
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Thanks for the compliment, remaking it was definitely the right choice.
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This is looking good.. So far I'm pleased. I'll let everything set up and shape the window rails.
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Decking is finished, it still needs fine sanding. Meanwhile I'm redoing the fore skylight, I think it was probably stained or oiled teak. Fitment is going to be tricky, but the sides are more uniform than the original painted one.
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Bouncing around a little, while forming some of the top planks around the stern, I planked the fore deck. Old t-shirt material works well for clamping, much better than rubber bands in my opinion, especially since you can easily control the tension and get a lot of coverage. Seen in the back the material is not just holding the plank flush with its lower neighbor, but holding it to the curve.
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