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wonderful progress Tom.......she's look'in splendid- 1,348 replies
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she's really coming along nicely OC..........such a neat and tidy job.
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came out great Kevin very nice fix! imagine how she'll look when you have done it all over the structures........sweet!
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planking looks pretty good Mike........if there is clinkering, it's minimal
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I thought of something else......fit the bracket and cement in place. then cut the 'yard' in half and cement to each side of the bracket. this may be the perfect cheat
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do you think you'd get less damage, if the part was fitted and cemented..then drill the hole out? your half there anyway.
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one thing to keep in mind, is that not every one interprets the plans in the same way. whether it's an older kit, or a revised kit, it's all in the way you assembled it.....no two models will be the same making any adjustments with the height of the channel might not be good......could result in a mess. your best bet would be to adjust the chains, so they will reach the wale......the lesser of two evils. I really don't think it matters how they are fixed to the hull, but if the plans call for them to be attached to the wales, then you should fasten them there. you've done such a nice job......no need to skimp on a technicality how I taper masts, is by cutting the mast to length {with a little extra at the base}. sticking it in a drill, loosely wrapping sandpaper around it, and by running the drill at low speed, shape the mast. but wear a glove......the sandpaper can get a bit warm
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very nice progress....the added detail looks great!
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congratz Bob on a fine looking vessel! the swivel guns.....especially the anchors, are the crowning touch definitely museum quality
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as far as creating the line goes, you already started....already past that stage looks good though if your finding the need to taper the planking, the second wale will not look even at the bow. what you could do, is if you have a thinner strip, you could continue with the planking and glue it on top. this way both wale strips will be the same height over the planking. if the woods are not the same, you could paint them flat black, or a darker wood brown.
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...and we waved a good bye to Kevin's car saw it on the flat bed.......wish I was home to see it get loaded up we were headed toward home when we saw it....snow encrusted and all. now that the saga is over......I can have the garage back yea.....been an up and down week. I did manage to get some progress accomplished on the Norden. the smoke stack is in place, as well as the block tackle for the main mast boom. the main mast is almost totally fitted out....just have the boom and gaff to add on there. the curved eye bracket at the top, is one of those eye bolts that I bought at Hobby lobby, in the bead section. they have a 2" shaft, so all I had to do was bend it to shape. at the base of the mast, all the cleats were added. this picture is a bit blurry, but you might be able to make out that the lenses are painted flat white. ....and of course, the winch is still in production....although now it's painted. when I get back to the table, this will likely be my starting point. at one point here, I was looking at the shroud / back stay parts and asking myself.......where's all the parts? I had them in a pill bottle......but apparently, these parts were what was on the floor. so, I began to assemble the parts again........because I put them in the Thermopylae tray, thinking that's where they came from. it's OK........I have more than enough spare parts to go around
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hope it's not too late to wish you good luck on the Hornet.......do they have a 'buy it now'? your doing a fantastic job on 'ole Biz'....can't wait to see what you'd do with the Hornet. I guess this means that I vote for the Hornet too.
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the fact that you caught it this early, means that the fix won't be too big a job. scratch building at it's finest you'll straighten it out in fine shape!
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planes look great.......must have really been tough to make. is there a rear section to the canopy?
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hi there Rob......good to see your returning to the table boats and davits look good. sorry to hear of your loss.......glad to hear of your gains.......and hope for smooth sailing in 2018!~ one can only hope......life doesn't play fair sometimes.
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looking good Mike! catching up.......I do the same as everyone else. no worries about the moisture of the filler fiddling with the hull, I never seal before doing the filler the bow came out super best suggestion I can give would be scale planking......short strips. keep the butt joints staggered and evenly spaced, like every other one, or two. tapering will be your friend here.....create a line and stick with it.....if your line goes off for any reason, you can always fill in with a stealer or joggle in the filler piece. there is always the banding method too, if you think it will benefit you better. I have a little booklet about planking that I wanted to send you. it's kinda old and likely out of print, but it covers it all {planking is planking, it hasn't changed that much}.
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catching up with your project Piet........your making good progress so far love the time line your going by, and the history so far is very interesting. for very small parts, I tend to stick them on tape to paint. lost too many parts in my day
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congratz on the finish Greg! the ship looks absolutely awesome! love the colors and the use of P.E. really adds a lot to her. that's also a very nice collection of ships there...superb display. I've always liked Foster's here in the states.......is that a popular beer in your neck 'o the woods?
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rigging looks awesome Bob........very cleanly done! you nailed it with the braces.......no deflection on the shrouds you've really done a superb job on this vessel
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sweet looking model.........very nice paint work and a really neat display! very well done Thanasis.....a lot of charm and detail!
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the work week kept me away...have to apologize for that thank you all so very much for the kind comments......so many.....and thank you as well for all the likes jeeze......I wish I had an update, but I ended up spending the day removing the tires and stuff off of my son's old car. it's going to the junk yard, 'cuz the engine sounds like a bag 'o rocks. we weighed it out and the car isn't worth it......he bought another car. it's due to be picked up this Thursday, and with 6 - 8 inches of snow coming tomorrow, this was the best window in which to get 'er ready. he had like new tires on it, so I bought a hand operated bead breaker, and taught him how to mount tires {the rims on his car weren't too good...we both have a camry} {same year too!}. looks like I got a lot of catching up to do here too! so many logs I follow have updates thanks Patrick.....when we owned our own home, we used to have a swimm'in pool. if I only had that now hello Aldo.......so good to see you! the fastest build I had was the M&M Fun Ship.....just under 5 months thanks Pat! thanks OC........never could wrap my head around the new potato thing.......I would thing that if you have to dig them up, then they're old potatoes thanks Piet! thanks John......of course there is.......what are builds for?!?!
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I already did John...... that's the extent of what I'm going to do I did spend a little time at the table yesterday evening. to start off with, both masts are cut and sanded. the main mast has already begun to be assembled. there are these two side boards near the base. the aft mast and brackets... after....the mast got some paint I also started to paint the winch and smoke stack. I still have half a mind to put a shield on the muffler. the last thing I did was to cement the raft locker n place one day down and two more to go...I get done with the work week, and then I can get back to her thanks for look'in and and the likes!
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thank you gents for the kind comments. I didn't get to do much today......both masts are cut to length and tapered. I still need to do the booms though. I did get a chance to stop in at Hobby Lobby to pick up some stuff.....then off to Harbor Freight, but all I came of of there with, was a hand operated tire bead breaker and a rubber mallet. I'll be swapping tires from my younger son's car to ours.......I can't swap the rims because the lug holes are enlarged. his car is going to the junk yard, because the engine's fried....sounds like a bag 'o rocks. I wish the weather was a bit more conducive......it's getting colder again. yea John......I saw that post you made. I figure that on the actual boat, the front of the 'dog house' is likely open and it may be belt or chain driven. I'm sure that this bit of detail might be there, if it were a larger model. so, I just substituted the solid drum with a concaved drum and wound some rope on it, with a hook. if it has a multi purpose, a hook would be the most probable attachment. I likely won't use the sluice table either.....the layout would make the deck look cramped. I think the pilot house should have gone aft more....would have given me more room. I'll add more and see how the room factor looks then.....if I can squeeze in a short one, I will. I might even make an extra bin. if I get more done, I'll post it later. thanks again for the kind word and thanks to those who hit the like button.
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