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Thanks for the compliment Sjors! To answer your question about varnish I will post some more pictures. Here is the first coat of varnish on half of the ship: -
We have officially caught our limit at 4 dogs. Kona however is the biggest of the gang. All told they don't equal the size of a lab. In order of size from largest to smallest I have the Pug, a Shitzu mix, an English toy Spaniel and Chihuahua. The Chihuahua is female, the youngest, only weight 3lbs and is definitely in charge, go figure.
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TMC, You're half right, it's a pug alright but the attack part...hmmm, not so much. His name is Kona and he is almost 2yrs old and our first pug. I really hate to play favorites as I love all our dogs but Kona has become the favorite. I will be happy to follow another Swift build and of course help if I can although as my first build I am still fully sided in the novice category. The best way to describe working on the nails: -It was tedious -I would estimate it took 20hrs -It was tedious -I was nervous the whole time that I was ruining my ship -It was tedious -It was one of the most satisfying parts to finish on the whole ship and I would do it again in a heartbeat! Hope that helps, oh and by the way.....it was tedious.
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Now the fun starts! I decided that I would put the nails in the hull planking by following an example that I saw in a post by Dan V (that post vaporized with the old MSW0). Fortunately I was able to commit the method used to memory before it disappeared. I used tape to lay out the location of the nails. Then I used a pin vise and drilled about 4 billion little holes and turned my ship into swiss cheese. Now I used some wire on a spool for the nails. Cut the wire to length and then placed them in the holes I drilled one at a time. After that I filled them flush with the hull/ My special helper when the wife is at work.
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While waiting for the glue to dry on the planking I killed some time by making the bowsprit. After the fact I decided that I should have tapered it a bunch more than I did, in fact I should have done the same on the masts as well.
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Thanks Russ. I read your comment the first time and thought I understood it perfectly until I read it a second time. Now I'm confused (happens all the time). I was at first thinking of the two pieces that go on either side of the bowsprit on the outside of the bulwark (the anchor chains go through these pieces) but you say the inside. For some reason I can't picture what you are referring to. Maybe it will help when I am home and in front of the ship again.
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Here are some more random pictures of the planking progress....
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At this point I decided that I should drill my hole for the bowsprit. Since I was afraid the glue joint at the point of the bulwarks would not withstand the torture of drilling I reinforced the outside peak of them with a chuck of balsa that had a "V" cut in it. I glued this to the bow and then drilled from the inside out, if that makes sense. After the hole was drilled I removed the balsa and sanded away the glue and wood residue left behind. I should have taken pictures during the process but I didn't. This is a really bad washed out photo but is gives you an idea.... At this point it was time to do my second planking. I don't remember why I decided to do the second planking at the stern but it did turn out pretty good in the end. I took a few liberties here and decided to run a single plank down the center of the keel from bow to stern. In retrospect this wound up causing bigger problems later that it was worth. I wouldn't advise this approach. In this picture you can see that I have already planked the outside of the bulwarks and it also shows the hole for the bowsprit.
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I apologize for the delay in updates to the build log. I have been so preoccupied lately finishing it instead of posting about it. Now that I am done I will try and get this caught up in the next few days..... I cut out these pieces for the deck, not sure what they are called but I figured out later that I did this all wrong and that they should have been standing on edge when installed and not laying flat on the deck. Of course I didn't realize my mistake until much later in the build.
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Good to know there is more of us couples out there although it is still pretty rare I imagine. I never have to worry about leaving my wife behind to go work on a model because she's right there with me if she hasn't beat me to it!
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Very nice, looks better than my first build!!! I see the similarities to the Swift though. Is it based on an actual ship or is it just the likeness of a type of ship the same was as the Swift is?
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I think it looks really good so far. I definitely like what you did with the crayola modification, it gives it a nice contrast.
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Sounds like a challenge to me Really exciting to see this done. It is stunning! I almost pulled the trigger on a 1/8th scale, 1930, 24ft runabout Chris Craft this morning that was on sale. I hesitated and it is now on back order. Dang it! I know I will build one some day though.
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Thanks for the nice words Adrieke. Do you have any completed pics or a build log of the Virginia? Sjors - thanks for taking the time to look at my build and for all the positive encouragement with Sarah's builds as well! Someone said there was at least one other husband/wife team on here. Now I know who it is!
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Russ is right that you can make small adjustments if needed. I had to tweak mine slightly when I went to line the top of them with the pre-made top railing (don't know the official name without looking at my parts list). I can see some really nice details on your that make me wish I could go back and do some steps over again on mine. -Jared
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Thanks Russ. I was pleasantly surprised how well they came out. I wish I could say the same for the rest of it but that's part of learning.
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Now it was time to start planking the insides of the gunwales as well as planking the area that the rudder goes through (don't know the name of it).
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Now it is time to put on the gunwales... I raided the kitchen um, tool shed, for another form to shape the pieces. Here is where I made a rookie mistake. I assumed that the pre made gunwales were the right length for Swift so I started glueing them at the bow and by the time I got to the stern I realized that they were about an inch too long. This wouldn't have been a big deal to trim except the stern end has an arched notch cut out of them. I used a contour gauge to get the shape, traced it on the pieces and then cut them down to match the original profile. I think you can tell by the picture that these aren't as tidy as the original laser cut pieces....
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While I was waiting for the hull planks to dry and take shape before glueing them I decided to kill some time with the rudder.
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Very impressive. Still the best looking motor boat ever made in my opinion! Can't wait to see it finished (again).
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Thanks for the link. Those are amazing looking boats. What is your opinion of the kit quality? I think I will have to add this to my future build list! If I'm lucky some day I might get to play with a full size one.
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This is probably my favorite motorized boat that exists (the full size one). I had no idea there were models of these! I'm sure that is because I am so green to the hobby. I will watch this one for sure!
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Thanks Russ. I did learn a lot from that experience and where I feel I could do a much better job next time I don't know that I would be comfortable with a single plank model just yet.
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I really procrastinated on this next step. I probably read too many horror stories about planking the hull. Well here goes nothing..... All things considered I think it came out ok. If this kit didn't have a second layer of planking I would be a little worried at this point. Fortunately I will have an opportunity to cover up any warts with the second layer.
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