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Wintergreen got a reaction from Mirabell61 in Atlantica by Wintergreen – Scale 1:30 - POF - sail training ketch - a smack of English heritage
Thank you @Mirabell61.
I think it will be even prettier when sanded 😉
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Wintergreen got a reaction from vaddoc in Atlantica by Wintergreen – Scale 1:30 - POF - sail training ketch - a smack of English heritage
Well, I probably have to eat my hat for being so bold to state that the ice age soon would be over. I don't know if our weather news makes out of Sweden, anyway, the current state is that there is about 20cm/8" of snow in my garden. Temperatures has been in the -5 to -15 ballpark for the last weeks. There was quite a hola balo in the southern part of my country a couple of weeks ago when about 100 cars and lorries got stuck on a highway. They had to send in the forces with band wagons and stuff to evaquate people, leaving the vehicles for later. Just sayin.
Despite that, there has been progress on the planking saga!
Port side fully planked bar the bulwarks.
And some closeups before sanding and making it all pretty.
I've continued with treenailing port side and will soon be over and done with that too. Then there are three strakes on startboard before the sanding can begin.
That is for another day.
Pax et bonum!
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Wintergreen got a reaction from Colin B in Atlantica by Wintergreen – Scale 1:30 - POF - sail training ketch - a smack of English heritage
Finally, the end is near!
For the planking, that is. I am not a doomesday vigilante...
The wisky plank will soon go in. Yay! 🙂
Port side is sanded, which the sharp eyed viewer can see. I thought that by painting the hull prior to sanding it would be easy to see the progress.
That turned out to be true. However, I did not dilute the acrylic paint very much and used it quite generously. Bad choice.
It led to clogging up the sandpaper. Of course; I probably could have thought that out before hand. But I didn't. So, when sanding the starboard side, I will not paint until the very end. With diluted paint.
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Wintergreen reacted to Mirabell61 in Atlantica by Wintergreen – Scale 1:30 - POF - sail training ketch - a smack of English heritage
Very nice planking job Hakan,
Nils
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Wintergreen got a reaction from mtaylor in Atlantica by Wintergreen – Scale 1:30 - POF - sail training ketch - a smack of English heritage
That would of course be nice. But at £140 it is slightly over budget... I'll search the liqouer cabinet for something appropriate instead. There is a selection of blended and single malts actually 😉
Btw, has NHS validated that recomendation? Just curious 😄
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Wintergreen got a reaction from mtaylor in Atlantica by Wintergreen – Scale 1:30 - POF - sail training ketch - a smack of English heritage
To answer you other question @KeithAug, yes, the temperature has risen above freezing. It is that glorious 2-5 Celcius, with mostly overcast sky. Perfect weather for cranking up the heat and do some modelling. I called in sick today as well. Not very common standard by me. But I have one of those high demand IT-jobs and thought it better if I just called it quits instead of messing something up. To draw bamboo for treenails doesn't take that much thinking 😉
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Wintergreen got a reaction from Colin B in Atlantica by Wintergreen – Scale 1:30 - POF - sail training ketch - a smack of English heritage
Well, I probably have to eat my hat for being so bold to state that the ice age soon would be over. I don't know if our weather news makes out of Sweden, anyway, the current state is that there is about 20cm/8" of snow in my garden. Temperatures has been in the -5 to -15 ballpark for the last weeks. There was quite a hola balo in the southern part of my country a couple of weeks ago when about 100 cars and lorries got stuck on a highway. They had to send in the forces with band wagons and stuff to evaquate people, leaving the vehicles for later. Just sayin.
Despite that, there has been progress on the planking saga!
Port side fully planked bar the bulwarks.
And some closeups before sanding and making it all pretty.
I've continued with treenailing port side and will soon be over and done with that too. Then there are three strakes on startboard before the sanding can begin.
That is for another day.
Pax et bonum!
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Wintergreen got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Atlantica by Wintergreen – Scale 1:30 - POF - sail training ketch - a smack of English heritage
Finally, the end is near!
For the planking, that is. I am not a doomesday vigilante...
The wisky plank will soon go in. Yay! 🙂
Port side is sanded, which the sharp eyed viewer can see. I thought that by painting the hull prior to sanding it would be easy to see the progress.
That turned out to be true. However, I did not dilute the acrylic paint very much and used it quite generously. Bad choice.
It led to clogging up the sandpaper. Of course; I probably could have thought that out before hand. But I didn't. So, when sanding the starboard side, I will not paint until the very end. With diluted paint.
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Wintergreen got a reaction from Keith Black in Atlantica by Wintergreen – Scale 1:30 - POF - sail training ketch - a smack of English heritage
That would of course be nice. But at £140 it is slightly over budget... I'll search the liqouer cabinet for something appropriate instead. There is a selection of blended and single malts actually 😉
Btw, has NHS validated that recomendation? Just curious 😄
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Wintergreen got a reaction from Keith Black in Atlantica by Wintergreen – Scale 1:30 - POF - sail training ketch - a smack of English heritage
To answer you other question @KeithAug, yes, the temperature has risen above freezing. It is that glorious 2-5 Celcius, with mostly overcast sky. Perfect weather for cranking up the heat and do some modelling. I called in sick today as well. Not very common standard by me. But I have one of those high demand IT-jobs and thought it better if I just called it quits instead of messing something up. To draw bamboo for treenails doesn't take that much thinking 😉
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Wintergreen reacted to rlb in US Brig Oneida 1809 by rlb - The Lumberyard - 1:48 scale - POF - Lake Ontario Warship
Thanks, JJ.
Now that I have finished stropping the blocks, the ship comes out on to the table for rigging the carronades, and two 6-pounder cannon--
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Tackle lines have been cut, dyed a little darker, and are in process of tying to an eyelet in one of each pair of blocks--
I had assembled one of the 6-pounder cannon carriages a while ago, now I need to assemble the other one, as well as finish the first with cap-squares, breeching rings and other eyelets. I have two extra axles pieces here!--
All for now,
Ron
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Wintergreen got a reaction from mtaylor in HMS Bellerophon 1786 by AON – scale 1:64 – 74-gun 3rd Rate Man of War - Arrogant-Class
I am with you on that one. Cheers!
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Wintergreen got a reaction from mtaylor in HMS Bellerophon 1786 by AON – scale 1:64 – 74-gun 3rd Rate Man of War - Arrogant-Class
Oh, the close ups are always a menace. But you are doing well! That minor chipping will not be visible from a regular inspecting distance later on.
Keep it up!
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Wintergreen got a reaction from Keith Black in Atlantica by Wintergreen – Scale 1:30 - POF - sail training ketch - a smack of English heritage
Thanks John!
Yes, it feels good. The wisky-plank goes in tomorrow.
I caught a bit of a cold, so it is not only the sandpaper that's partially clogged up at the moment. 😕 Otherwise it would have been done today.
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Wintergreen got a reaction from Mark Pearse in Atlantica by Wintergreen – Scale 1:30 - POF - sail training ketch - a smack of English heritage
Finally, the end is near!
For the planking, that is. I am not a doomesday vigilante...
The wisky plank will soon go in. Yay! 🙂
Port side is sanded, which the sharp eyed viewer can see. I thought that by painting the hull prior to sanding it would be easy to see the progress.
That turned out to be true. However, I did not dilute the acrylic paint very much and used it quite generously. Bad choice.
It led to clogging up the sandpaper. Of course; I probably could have thought that out before hand. But I didn't. So, when sanding the starboard side, I will not paint until the very end. With diluted paint.
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Wintergreen got a reaction from FlyingFish in Atlantica by Wintergreen – Scale 1:30 - POF - sail training ketch - a smack of English heritage
Thanks John!
Yes, it feels good. The wisky-plank goes in tomorrow.
I caught a bit of a cold, so it is not only the sandpaper that's partially clogged up at the moment. 😕 Otherwise it would have been done today.
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Wintergreen got a reaction from ccoyle in Atlantica by Wintergreen – Scale 1:30 - POF - sail training ketch - a smack of English heritage
Finally, the end is near!
For the planking, that is. I am not a doomesday vigilante...
The wisky plank will soon go in. Yay! 🙂
Port side is sanded, which the sharp eyed viewer can see. I thought that by painting the hull prior to sanding it would be easy to see the progress.
That turned out to be true. However, I did not dilute the acrylic paint very much and used it quite generously. Bad choice.
It led to clogging up the sandpaper. Of course; I probably could have thought that out before hand. But I didn't. So, when sanding the starboard side, I will not paint until the very end. With diluted paint.
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Wintergreen got a reaction from davyboy in Atlantica by Wintergreen – Scale 1:30 - POF - sail training ketch - a smack of English heritage
Finally, the end is near!
For the planking, that is. I am not a doomesday vigilante...
The wisky plank will soon go in. Yay! 🙂
Port side is sanded, which the sharp eyed viewer can see. I thought that by painting the hull prior to sanding it would be easy to see the progress.
That turned out to be true. However, I did not dilute the acrylic paint very much and used it quite generously. Bad choice.
It led to clogging up the sandpaper. Of course; I probably could have thought that out before hand. But I didn't. So, when sanding the starboard side, I will not paint until the very end. With diluted paint.
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Wintergreen got a reaction from Valeriy V in Atlantica by Wintergreen – Scale 1:30 - POF - sail training ketch - a smack of English heritage
Finally, the end is near!
For the planking, that is. I am not a doomesday vigilante...
The wisky plank will soon go in. Yay! 🙂
Port side is sanded, which the sharp eyed viewer can see. I thought that by painting the hull prior to sanding it would be easy to see the progress.
That turned out to be true. However, I did not dilute the acrylic paint very much and used it quite generously. Bad choice.
It led to clogging up the sandpaper. Of course; I probably could have thought that out before hand. But I didn't. So, when sanding the starboard side, I will not paint until the very end. With diluted paint.
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Wintergreen got a reaction from KeithAug in Atlantica by Wintergreen – Scale 1:30 - POF - sail training ketch - a smack of English heritage
Thanks John!
That's about correct re the clothing. And at -10 we dig out our long-johns and ponder wether we should take the overcoat or just stay with the hoody 😄
The thing with Sweden is, it is a looong country. So people up in the north usually think the rest of us ar sissies when we complain about the snow being 2" deep.
It is of course complicated. One thing is that people down south are not used to drive in snow, so when it actually snows they are all over the roads and beyond. Where I live we get snow every winter more or less, and I enjoy driving in snow with the occasional corner drifting. Now I'm driving a new Toyota RAV4 and it is bullet proof when it comes to slippery roads. It makes other cars and drivers look like road snails ( there is probably a better english term than that). Don't be fooled though, I do drive carefully and seldom above my ability. Haha.
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Wintergreen got a reaction from Keith Black in Atlantica by Wintergreen – Scale 1:30 - POF - sail training ketch - a smack of English heritage
Finally, the end is near!
For the planking, that is. I am not a doomesday vigilante...
The wisky plank will soon go in. Yay! 🙂
Port side is sanded, which the sharp eyed viewer can see. I thought that by painting the hull prior to sanding it would be easy to see the progress.
That turned out to be true. However, I did not dilute the acrylic paint very much and used it quite generously. Bad choice.
It led to clogging up the sandpaper. Of course; I probably could have thought that out before hand. But I didn't. So, when sanding the starboard side, I will not paint until the very end. With diluted paint.
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Wintergreen reacted to AON in HMS Bellerophon 1786 by AON – scale 1:64 – 74-gun 3rd Rate Man of War - Arrogant-Class
No sir. Your message was quite clear to everyone but me. You even had the correct emoji!
There is only one whale appendage here... oh wait... you meant silly person. 🤣
That good sir would be me!
Regarding the 22 orlop beams and the original contract.
They are the only beams that do not mention a rounded or rise dimension per the contract page 7.
[**correction: page 1 states it is rounded 2-1/2" which is a mere 1/32" at 1:64 scale]
I suppose due to being below the waterline there is nowhere to run off to but down to the bilge.
These beams range in size from 15-1/4" to 12" square. (0.238" to 0.188" or 6 mm to 4.8 mm)
I've cut up stock at 0.235" square and will use that throughout the orlop deck to simplify something that will barely be seen.
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Wintergreen reacted to TBlack in Cangarda 1901 by KeithAug - Scale 1:24 - Steam Yacht
Yes, Keith has a lot of tricks that we all could remember. That doesn't mean that we get to be like Keith, but it does mean we get to act like Keith.
Tom
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Wintergreen reacted to AON in HMS Bellerophon 1786 by AON – scale 1:64 – 74-gun 3rd Rate Man of War - Arrogant-Class
Now that is quite funny!
I'm sorry you had to explain it.
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Wintergreen got a reaction from AON in HMS Bellerophon 1786 by AON – scale 1:64 – 74-gun 3rd Rate Man of War - Arrogant-Class
Alan, I am sorry!
I do not question the fixed blocks or anything. Just tried to be funny about the temporary strings you held the masts with. Apologies if it came out wrong. Not my intention at all.
I like your build, primarly for the scale you are building in, 1:64. I don't have place for big ships in 1:48 and hence follow your build to see how it can be done in that smaller scale.
Kind regards
Håkan
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