Jerry
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Well, I don't have much more to go so I'll forsake dinner and get this thing to where I'm presently at: Apr 10 Planking upper gun deck Apr 12 Uppergun deck lanking ready for sanding and varnish Apr 15 3rd to 10th gunport lined on starboard side Closeup of lined gunports Apr 17 Beginning the lining of inside bulwark pattern Apr 18 Bulwark walls finished Apr 19 Hull planking begins going upwards again Apr 20 Planking temporarily suspended Apr 21 Inner gunport sides are painted yellow ochre Apr 23 Wales are finished Closeup of finished wales
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Well, I only have a month of progress to go..so here it comes.... Apr 2 About two days to go to finish second planking Second planking moving along Apr 3 Second planking finished on starboard side of the hu;; Apr 4 Second planking of hull completed Apr 5 Last look at middle gun deck before upper gun deck is installed Hull sanded and keelson and stem post added Apr 7 Beginning to run second planking upwards Continuing planking upwards Apr 9 Upper gun deck and inner bulwark patterns added. This was my first thought that things were getting difficult. I kept my fingers crossed as I bent the upper deck horizontally to try and get it to fit over the bulheads. I was sure I was going to split it. I managed okay but did break a couple of tabs squeezing the deck into place. These were easily glued and as it turned out, one doesn't ever see this part of the deck when the inner gun patterns are in place. The inner gun patterns took a lot of sanding at the bottom to get the gun ports of the inner and outer paterns to match up. But I kept going and finally everything worked out. Thank goodness for my mini belt and disc sander Apr 10 Planking the upper gun deck
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Hello David...Nice to hear from you. Yes, thank goodness, I finally understood what to do. It took a lot of prodding by several patient people and I'm on my way. I started to line the ports today and managed to get two finished. I believe this stage is the slowest part of the buildso far. I'm going to try and bring the log to where I am at this time. Have a great evening up in the North there. Jerry
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So now I will bring this log further up-to-date: Mar 25 Side entry port sills installed Close up of side entry port Middle gun deck planked and varnished Mar 26 Deck area between barrel strip and ship side painted black matt Mar 27 First two rows of second hull planking Mar 29 Bow view of second planking continuing Rear port view of second planking continuing Mar 31 Hull after 4 mre plankson each side Stern view with up-to-date planking Apr 1 The second planking keeps growing
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Garwood..Your philosophy is right on. Stay in touch...Jerry
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Kevin..Nice to hear from you. Thanks for your kind words..Jerry
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Jpett.. I hardly sleep but believe me when that happens I play on-line poker and give the ship a break. LOL It feels good to know that I finally figured this posting thing out. Thanks for your support..Jerry
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OK folks, I think I finally understand what my problem was. I needed to do a new post every 10 pictures instead of going back to my original post and editing it. I'm going to see what happens now. Mar 17 Bow view of finished first hull planking First hull planking completed Stern view of finished planking Mar 18 Beginning starboard side quarter galleries Mar 19 starboard side quarter galleries in progress Mar 20 Stern work almost finished Mar 21 Port quarter galleries built up Mar 23 Half of middle gun deck planked
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So far, so good...To be continued tomorrw. Goodnight everyone. Jerry
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David, I received your email and yes I am reconstructing my log. I'm reducing all my photos as I go but don't be concerned..All the posts from others are still available and in their proper place. . It'll be much better this time. Thanks for being a good friend; I need you. Jerry
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To anyone wondering what happened to my site...I have decided to start over again so have deleted all info previously posted. I will be working on this until I get it right. I hope I haven't been foolish but I want this thing to work correctly. Thanks for your patience..I'll be back real soon. Jerry
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Hi Jpett.. First of all, your photo did delete from my site. I have had no problem deleting photos; I don't believe that's a problem. I use my cell phone to take pics with and that has been working fine. I also have checked the properties of the photos and find most of them to be under 1mb. I suppose I could edit them and make them smaller and I will try that if I still have a problem. I would sure hate to start all over again. Thanks for all the time you have taken to help me. You're very nice and I appreciate it....Jerry
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Thanks, David but I tried that. Must be doing something wrong. I'll start over again and see what happens...Jerry
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David..I checked my pic sizes; they average a little over 1 MB. I asked for help at the Captains Lounge so I'll see what happens. I'm afraid I may not be able to go further unless I start a second log. Hope I'm wrong. Jerry
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David...Yep, I've been a busy boy. This log has taken a lot of my time today but I still managed to getteo coats of paint on Victory. If you check the text part of this log you'll seee that I received a notice saying that I have used more images than I'm allowed to. I'm stifled as I can't continue posting the pics under the dates as I have started. Any ideas? Jerry
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Nirvana...Pleaswe don't hold your breatj as I'm at least a couple of years away from being able to weigh the finished model. At my age, I hope I can emember to do that. LOL Jerry
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Patrick...Thanks so much for the shout...I have nothing else to do since I'm long retired so I spend a lot of time each day on building Victory. I have been to your site and have learned much from it along with the other wonderful build sites. Please stay in touch. Jerry
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When I was posting pictures to my site I received the following message.. ".Sorry, but you have posted more images than you are allowed to" Since I have not finished posting the pics I'd like to what can I do to be allowed to continue? Jerry
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JPett..there'a 3rd manual on line also...Here it is: http://www.aeromarine-uk.com/Manuals/Victory_Parts.pdf Take care.. Jerry
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And thank you, JPett for checking me out. Come again..Best to you, Jerry
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Love your build Wayne and thanks for visiting my site. I wanted you to now that I lived in Fayetteville for several years teaching at the U of A. GO HOGS!! Jerry
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Nirvana... Thank you so much for your kind and warm words. I hope I won't disappoint you or anyone as I proceed in ther construction of this wonderful model. I look forward to communicating with you in the near future. Jerry
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Thanks trippwj...I have made a lot more progress than you have seen. I'll be posting more and more pics in the next few days. Actually, I'm almost ready to line the gunports. I appreciate your interest. Jerry
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Thank you Robipod...my mentor is David LOL...my name is Jerry
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