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Thank you, Mark, very much for the compliment. I really appreciate it and let's me know I'm doing it right. Now if I can fix my messy glue problem... lol. Thanks again.
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Hey guys, just a little update on the wale planking. It it going surprisingly well steam bending the ebony. I do not have my steam machine like I used to, no where to set it up, so as a replacement steam machine, I am using a rice/veggie steamer
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Thanks Mark for the info. I did some more research and found that on fifth rate ships, the width of the wales were around 3.5' (42"), so I'm assuming 6th rate were a little narrower fourth rate was around 45", 1-3 were around 54"-60". So going with that logic, 3/4" would be the closest to the actual width. So I've trimmed them to 1/4" at the touch and 1/8" at the butts and recut the angles for proper proportion according to my book, exactly as I cut them the first time. That gave me a width of 3/4". Yeah! Thanks again Mark for your help. You've helped me a lot with this build and I am very grateful, thank you.
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Ok, so I have another question... I went with the scale that's in my book, which was the narrowest of all three top an butt planking patterns which gave me a width of the wales (in four strakes) at 45". Which comes out to 15/16 of an inch. The midship cross section plan has them at 3/4 of an inch. Are mine to wide for the Triton? My book doesn't break down the widths for the wales versus rate of ship and I think the Triton is a 6th rate.
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Ok, time for the wales
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Thanks guys for all the likes and thank you Charlie for the "wows"! I don't know what you mean by the Romero plans, so no, I haven't been using those. I'm using the ones provided here and to fill in the gaps, I'm using two other books primarily, "The Construction and Fitting of the English Man of War 1650 - 1850" by Peter Goodwin and "The Frigate Diana" by David White. The latter is part of the "Anatomy of the Ship" series.
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Thanks Mark for the info. That makes perfect sense. I've read in more than a few books that exposed end grain was a big no-no and didn't know how to get around it on the stern. A fashion piece would work perfectly. Just another of those "why couldn't I think of that" moments I've been having lately, lol. Thanks again.
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Hey guys, have a little question... I'm about ready to plank the lower and upper counters and am wondering how the corners were fitted/meet with the hull planking. Do the counter planks cover the end grain of the hull planking or does the hull planking cover the ends of the counter planking? I know the Triton build is pretty much dead and it seems like I'm the only one still building it, but I would appreciate a little info if there's anyone out there. Thanks and happy modeling!
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Hey guys, I'm back again. I have been working on the stern and have come to working on the windows, and I'm happy to say that they are complete. They're not installed yet, the photo is just test fitting with a little rubber cement to hold it in place. The inner "tic-tac-toe" frames are made out of ebony, the outer window frames are mahogany like the rest of the ship. Ebony will also be used for the wales when I get to that point. So here we go... Every inner window frame was cut all at once with a little jig that you can see on the right in the first picture. That let me measure only once, and keep all pieces identical for all seven windows across the back. The outer mahogany frames were cut individually for sizing to match the stern timbers. The rest is pretty straight forward for the assembly of them. The side windows I've got to figure out because there are no plans for those.
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Hey guys, been a while since I posted anything on my build, but I've been working on it quite regularly. I haven't been all that good at taking pictures of the progress though, sorry. So it's framed up, faired, keelson in place, and most of a strake of the lower deck clamps in for support while I faired the outside of the hull. Now I've started the stern. I think it's coming together ok. As always, let me know if you guys see anything amiss that I can improve upon. Thanks, Randy
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Hi Mike, thanks for the reply. The dead wood does fair thinner than the keel and stern post assembly. That is allow the planking to lay flush with the keel and stem. It took me a while too to figure out how to read the plans as well. Wang's Triton build and EdT's Niad build logs are a wealth of great information to help along the way. Happy building! Randall
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Hey everyone, been a very long time since I've posted. I just went through the worst year of my life, but it is finally starting to calm down. After divorce, getting laid off from my job, getting a new job, and two moves later, I'm finally able to continue work on my Triton build. It's been in storage, along with all of my tools, workbench, and so on for almost a year now. It's now in my new place and sawdust finally started to pile up again. Its in the same stage as my last post over a year ago and have begun erecting more frames. Everything stayed safe and sound in my storage unit which was climate controlled and everything, which was good. So, soon I will post up some more pics of the framing, and the process I took to do it. It's going to be like the one for my frame construction, so it will be a little while. Hopefully no one has forgotten about me, but I'm back and building again which feels great.
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Very nice work you have going Richard! Its looking great.
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Thanks everyone for the compliments and likes. It is very much appreciated. I'm about a third of the way done erecting the frames and love seeing the ship take shape. I'll be doing another walk through when I am done with that process. I've been taking quite a few photos as I go. Thanks again guys.
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Hey Richard, Glad to see you making some progress and can't wait to see some more photos. Oh and almost forgot, hope the captain is still doing ok since his illness. As for your question, I wish I could help, but I don't have that info either.
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