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    HM Colonial Cutter Mermaid by olliechristo - FINISHED - Modellers ShipYard -

    in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1801 - 1850

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    Ollie,

     

    Well done with the planking, mate!

     

    Just a bit of technical 'stuff'.  If your scratch built catheads are the two pieces projecting over the stern are they, then they're actually stern davits!  If you know perfectly well that they're davits, the please just ignore this paragraph.

     

    Regarding the coppering; this link may be of some use.  It's of the preserved remains of the Edwin Fox in Picton - much larger than your cutter, built 38 years later and a merchant ship, but built in Calcutta.  The photos may be of some use for comparison.

     

    http://www.edwinfoxsociety.com/gallery/

     

    John

    Francis Pritt by Jim Lad - FINISHED - Scale 1:48 - Australian Mission Ship

    in - Build logs for subjects built 1901 - Present Day

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    Well, some actual work to show you!

     

    I'm continuing to make frame blanks and rough cut the frames, but I've now made my framing jig and have actually raised the first frame.  This is the forward most square frame, so with that in place I can start to finish off and fit the cant frames.

     

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    The framing jig ready for business

     

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    The 'backbone' in the jig

     

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    First frame fitted

     

    The entire frame will be cleaned up after all the frames are fitted and faired.

     

    John

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