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I am an advocate for that, Glen. I fully intend to enhance my next build, the Endurance, with 3D printed parts!
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Friday March 7th A productive day in the shipyard today. I fixed the issue with bulkhead #11 first making sure it sat nice and square on the dry fitting: It will be glued into place later once the rabbet is done, that’s next up. I got a good line for the rabbet using a planking strip from another build and the dry fitted bulkheads: Once I had marked my line I chiseled and sanded in the rabbet: I did a test dry fit of the lower deck into bulkhead #2 before going any further. Some adjustment was needed. It was an easy fix: There is a piece that sits on the nose of the lower deck. The piece itself has a slot in it but there is no slot or any reason for one being there in the plans: Because I will be covering the lower deck, I filled in the slot to prep it for planking. I also dry fitted the transom (that will need shortening by 10 mm to comply with the correct length of the vessel: Now I was ready to start glueing the bulkheads in place. I started at the stern and, after placement, made sure each bulkhead was nice and square: With them all in place and dry I then dry fitted the lower deck to check the fit: She looks pretty square to me.
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Langsam aber sicher nicht war, Wolle? We know it is not a race to the finish line, don't we
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Wow, that is a LOT of prep work and execution for that one piece, Trevor. That being said, it is a key piece in the build (at least that is what I gleaned from reading through your text here) and messing it up would naturally have a negative effect on what follows. Thank you for this. Funnily enough, as soon as I saw the word "pram" yesterday, my mind went back to the big boxy "pram" my brother and I (we are twins) were carted around in as toddlers (our mum took a lot of pictures and kept them for years). Looks like I wasn't far off after all
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Herzlich Willkommen, Joachim. Glad to have you aboard, sir. If you have any questions AT ALL about this fine hobby, there are plenty of resources and good folk here to help you answer them.
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Good morning, Phil, Thank you for pointing that out, newbie error. It actually gives me peace of mind that I was off with the measuring because now I can continue to get those bulkheads fitted and squared off without concerning myself with how to shorten the keel. I will still spend some time today comparing photographs and plans so that I get that transom and the stern built correctly. I am still leaning towards the Musquidobit build with the counter that Trevor pointed out. I feel that this would still be historically correct if I am indeed sticking to those particular plans.
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What a truly nice thing to say. Thank you, Trevor. No pressure then 😄
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Firstly, Trevor, thank you so very much for your in depth explanation, I have certainly learned something there (I now know what a counter is!) If the truth be told, I had not intended for the last image of my post to have the second schooner in it, I did have a cropped version that I wanted to drop in there. In retrospect, I am now glad I did. Your insights have helped immensely, sir. As far as the kit goes, I view it as, shall we say, a baseline on which to build the model up from as historically correct as possible, with the provided plans, in places, being substituted with these drawings. At this point, I fully intend to attempt the more difficult stern option. I do not want to "blow my own trumpet" here, but I do have a fair bit of experience as a woodworker (we're talking years here) and, when I set my mind to something, I tend to stick to it and see it through. I have a feeling this build will be a steep learning curve but it is one I am looking forward to getting my teeth into. Again, my thanks for your insights, they are truly appreciated.
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I just discovered something rather interesting. I had a screenshot on my desktop of the Lynx plans. I have no recollection of where it came from. I have read @Gaffrig's build log on this vessel and he had picked up on something from some other plans regarding the transom on the Musquidobit: There was a difference between this one and the images in the kit: Looking at the Lynx plans it is my opinion that the kit must have been modeled originally from the Lynx lines (I have no proof or concrete evidence of this). Look at the difference in the transom on these plans. First the Lynx: Now the Musquidobit: The Lynx plans show the keel going straight (at an angle of course) up to below the main transom. On the other plans, however, there appears to be a "dip" in the run of the keel. @Gaffrig described it as another transom in his log. This is another area of the model that will need some "reconstructing".
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