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Flyfisher

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    Hello all, My name is Jim Martin coming to you from South Carolina and I’m tackling Bluejacket’s notoriously difficult Constitution. This will be my third model, having recently completed the HMS Beagle. I have been lurking on the logs of most other builders, both Bluejacket and MSW. I plan to shamelessly copy your best ideas giving credit wherever possible. I’m a slow builder so don’t post a lot, and my technique is pretty average. I hope you guys will bear with me and provide help as I join a bunch of others who all seem to be doing a good job. I have marked the hull, cut the templates and shaped the profile. Now to shape the hull. Finished Beagle The only pic of me at Nic’s place in Maine The first tool-to-wood action: removing the stern plug The only tip I can offer so far is that the instructions called for scoring a centerline along the keel rabbet. Since it was difficult to keep track of the line, I used a string fastened to the bow and transom and marked and scored it along that line
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    Thanks. Sounds like glue is the most effective solution
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    Alas,that’s what I’m doing now (gluing.)I’m building the Occre Beagle and this is some part that fits on the bow. I had a wild hair to solder the pieces because my glue jobs are sloppy. Hate to offend anyone, but I’m just experimenting
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    Has anyone ever had any luck soldering brass to cast metal parts? I’m at the point on the Beagle where about seven pieces of brass and cast metal must be assembled. I just spent all day trying to find a way to solder them together. No luck. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks. Jim
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    Greetings fellow glue heads. I am working on the Occre Beagle, and it kinda bugs me that the four cannons are just static decorations on the deck. Has anyone ever tried to place them in the gunports? I would rather construct the model to look like a working ship than a museum piece and this is one direction I’m considering. Thanks Jim Martin

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