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westwood
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wow, that's beautifully crafted Frank 👍
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Thanks for the kind words and likes guys. Now I have a shingle roof to do and then I finally have to make the fancy moldings. But I still have to figure out which profile of scraper to make. I have the friezes printed and I'm also thinking if I should spray the friezes with some varnish, fixative before cutting them out. Maybe something with a satin finish.
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When you also have assistants, I'm not surprised that your build looks so good.🙂 But seriously really nice tight and clean joints, well done Glenn.
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Thank you for your comments and likes. After a little break I came back to work on the gallery today. I didn't manage to get all the angles to match one hundred percent. But I hope that in the final view it will be enough.
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It looks really good Gary. I'm sure you can handle the last belt.
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Congratulations on the completion of this amazing build Patrick. If I someday get back to my Revenge I'll know where I can look for inspiration.
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I have only just discovered this wonderful work. I'm reading from the beginning and bookmarking it. Very inspiring Jason. Such precise clean work, attention to detail... Just wonderful and I look forward to the continuing. And I would still like to ask what colour red are you using? Thanks
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wow very exciting announcement. I'm bookmarking this project. I like Bristol very much. I think Chris Watton is also planning a kit but watching the scratch build is even more fun. So good luck Rob and I look forward to seeing more photos of this project.
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I look forward to seeing more pics of the deck planking Glenn. So far it looks very good. The center belt and the binding planks are challenging but then it's quite fast.
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Really beautiful and precise work Matthias 👍
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small update on the quarter gallery
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wow that's perfect Mike ! A ton of assembly, tuning and reassembly is well worth the effort.
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Now I'm experimenting with blue, I have the friezes printed on a laser printer. I just can't decide what blue to use as a base for the gallery columns and later for the transom because there is a bit of a difference in the friezes for the hull than for the friezes for the top and bottom counters and transom. I am testing Vallejo model color. I like this mix the best. 6 drops of Prussian blue, 5 drops of flat yellow and 4 drops of white. I can't get a good photo of it so I took a scan where the color presentation is better. What do you think? Or Isn't there a good graphic designer who can adjust the colors of the friezes ?
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So It's been a year since I started posting my build log. Thanks for the kind comments and likes through the whole year guys. I hope my motivation to build won't leave me 🙂 Over the holidays I made a little progress... I made the scraper from a razor knife and the fancy mouldings are scraped with it freehand. No other special tool. But as I wrote I used pear wood. Because in cherry the scraper tended to float and the thickness wasn't consistent either.
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Hi Frank, your planking prep looks really good. Still, I'll add Chuck's advice: (52 post on of my thread) I still had to do some fine sanding at some bulkheads when planking. So fingers crossed and I wish you all the best in this new year.
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I continue to work on the Qgallery. Before gluing the shell, I glued the upper part to better check that all three frames are parallel. Now I'm trying to make fancy moldings. In a previous post I showed the first test and I was satisfied with how it went. But now I made a different profile of the scraper and I can't make fancy mouldings from cherry at all anymore. I tried it with three different kinds of cherry wood and the result was the same. But I tried pear and the result is much better. So I'll probably go this way for fancy mouldings. You can easily identify it in the photos.
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Well done Frank, fingers crossed for planking, another fun weeks ahead of you. And I wish you and all builders a Blessed and peaceful Christmas.
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Thank you Chuck, Yes, the frieze is just a test, the printer was without paint. So I have already done the final ones but there's still a lot of work to do before they're applied.
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Thanks for the likes guys, I finally decided to move the quarter gallery stool to run parallel to the planking. I'm much happier with the result now. Using the waste pieces I tried the top part as well. I'm hoping it will be ok. And finally I tried making a scraper for the fancy moldings...
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Congratulations Greg, this is truly a work of art. I'm flipping through your and David's book right now but please I want to see more photos in the gallery.
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Hi guys, I added black strake and then I've started the third chapter and I think I've found my biggest problem. Angle of the qgalleries doesn't fit me about as well as it should. I don't know if it's the view angle or the angle of my planking, or I've misplaced the stern frames... I'm frustrated about it but If I want laser cut windows to fit I guess I'll have to live with it.
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Wow Chuck you're showing great engineering again. My Winnie still has a long voyage ahead. And I already know what I want to come next.
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I report that the deck planking is complete, sanded and ready for WOP
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Thank you Chuck, I hope it looks good even if I sand it down. But I'm sure there will be mistakes. Still, I'm looking forward when the deck will be finished with the WOP.
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Hi guys, I was hoping I'd have the deck done about this time, but unfortunately I'm having a busy time and I don't have the energy to build. But anyway I have finished the hardest part, the center belt. I hope it will go better from here. Progress in pictures:
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