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I appreciate you dropping by, John, it is truly appreciated. I managed to finish painting the hull this afternoon and really had to restrain myself not to remove the masking off the deck to see the contrast between the deck and the hull. I am out of town for two days as of tomorrow morning so everything will have a chance to dry nicely. I have decided to use wipe-on poly to seal the deck and the hull. -
Thank you, Phil. I will be working on her today before taking a 2 day break because I will be up in DC helping the mother-in-law get her house ready to sell 😐
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That turned out very well, Peter. It really does look great, well done.
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She is coming together really well. Self criticism is a part of this hobby, it helps us improve
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I have finished planking the deck, the maple milling was a success I masked off the top rim and wiped some chlorine onto the wood to whiten it up a little and bring a bit of uniformity to the wood tone. As with any moisture that is applied to finished wood, it will raise the grain so the deck will need a light sanding with 200 grit before I do anything else. Depending on the results, I may apply another coat of chlorine, it all has to dry thoroughly first. After that the hull will get its final coat of paint and then, once dry, a clear coat over the whole thing.
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Impressive looking ship there Phil. I am enjoying seeing her come together sir.
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Nice, methodical work. The results speak for themselves.
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Good morning, John, I will be heading out to the wood shop in a few minutes. I am hoping the maple won't give me any trouble. I used to shear off veneer strips with my table saw when I was making cutting board edges. I am planning on using the same technique to fabricate the 2mm thick strips and then slice them to 1mm width with a straight edge guide and a sharp Exacto knife. We will see
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I am almost done with the deck planking but have run into a bit of an issue. I find now that I wasted too many of the strips while I was stain testing before I began laying the planks, rookie mistake I admit. I literally need only 10 more 3" strips to complete the deck. I do have some maple blanks out in my wood shop and tomorrow I will go and see if I can get some of that down to 1mm x 2mm x 75mm or there abouts to finish off the deck Once complete I aim to "bleach" the deck planks to brighten them up a little before I go on to the next step of finishing the paint job and sealing the hull. My original intention was to have all that done before I did the deck but, as I have said, I had to handle the hull too much during the deck planking that it got scuffed a little. Live and learn.
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I like this idea. I used to teach 3D design and print and had access to Fusion when I was at the school. Nice design by the way, Peter. I have been toying with the idea of adding "life" to the sails when they eventually go on the Endeavour. This might just be the ticket.
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Peter, That picture literally spoke a thousand words. I had several ideas as to how I was going to do this, now I have one. Thank you!
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The symmetry on that hull is a beautiful thing to look at. Nicely done!
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Steve, This is a great summary and a very interesting and fact filled "report". I particularly liked the Wipe-On Poly solution. I too will tuck all this away for future builds. Thank you!
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I use this technique quite often too Keith and for that very reason!
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Hello with first question on my first build
SaltyScot replied to Ratdude's topic in New member Introductions
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That is some fiddly work there Chris but it is coming along. We are all obviously very self critical of our work and that is what makes us strive for perfection. That being said, let us remember the words of Salvador Dali - "Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it"
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Question for you.... in the first pic of this post I see you stropped the blocks. Did those wire eyelets come with the kit or did you fabricate them yourself and wrap them round the blocks? The reason I ask is because that was what I was thinking of doing with mine.
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That is quite the kit and she is starting to look very nice!
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You certainly have your work "cut out" for you there, Phil
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Thank you for the info there sir. Sadly I stained the hull earlier on this afternoon. That being said, I will definitely take your advice and use it if I come across a situation like this again. There will be a way round all this
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I can only agree with Bob there Glenn. Very nice indeed sir.
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As so often happens with the best laid plans, things didn't go as I wished they would. I had 3 coats of blue on the hull and was very patient and waited the full 24 hours after the 3rd coat so that it was completely dry (I didn't do that with the second coat entirely and got a scuff mark..... ). I had ordered the white pinstripe (1/8") to arrive today and was looking forward to getting it on. When the package arrived and I saw what was in there I was shocked. The tape was nowhere near 1/8' wide, more like1/16" !! Not wanting to be beaten I masked the hull back up and spray painted the white stripe that way. The lines are not as precise as I would have achieved with the pinstripe and that concerns me. I have been battling with the option of putting a 1/4" strip on there now. Despite masking I did get a little white paint bleed onto my lovely, shiny blue hull I rubbed it down again with 600 grit and will mask and repaint again tomorrow. The jury is still out on the width of the pinstripe.
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We all know that research plays a huge roll in the accuracy of any model, Glenn. Here we see a prime example of that, nicely done sir.
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You are doing OK, Glenn. The improvements you are looking for will happen automatically with more practice. That is usually the way thing go, isn't it?
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Sometimes the simplest jigs give the finest results. We don't need to "over engineer" stuff like this do we. Once again, your eye for perfection (this is aimed at your first post in this new lot where you swapped out that piece that was not quite good enough for you), is what is giving this build the quality it has. Thumbs up from me sir.
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