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  1. CaptainSteve
    Great work, Jesse. (And, for me, very, very timely !!)
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    It looks very good, Nenad !!! I wouldn't make it movable, either.
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    Arr ... I was tryin' to slip in un-noticed.
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    Thanks, everyone fer lookin' in. This past week, CaptainSteve hath been busy studying the ancient art of sword-making. No pics as yet, but Our Hero didst stumble upon this.
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    Nice work, Pops !!! I really like the colouring you have added to the wood-work on your chest. And nice touch with the rope handles !!! Obviously, even a closed tool-chest requires quite a bit of work. Re: Your question Based ONLY upon what I can see from your photographs, it is my opinion that your hinges and clasp are coloured just perfectly. My only comment - and you can easily hide this by a-fixing your tool-chest into place up against your rear benches - would be that your hinges look, umm, err, "inside-out" (sorry).
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    Great work, Markku !! Your false gun deck looks fantastic. I think I would like to use that idea on my Connie.
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    ... and lookin' good from this side of the City !!
  8. CaptainSteve
    CHAMOIS CLOTH - To make the oar lashings on my 1/16th scale Bounty Launch look as life-like as possible, I sliced up a used car-cleaning chamois into 1mm wide "leather" strips: ... and here they are after being lightly dry-brushed with black wood stain to dirty 'em up just a little bit !!
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    You seem to be powering along, Pops. I'm sure we are all looking forward to seeing some pics.
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    WoW !! Brilliant idea !! I've made my own sails before ... and I've hand-sewn bolt-ropes ... But, I'd never even considered doing this until now !!! Thanks heaps, Jesse. I'll definitely be using this tip in the future.
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    Very well said, Keith !!! ... and very well argued !!
  12. CaptainSteve
    Danny, Please !! Do you have pics of the wire spacer you have used ??
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    Fletch, This is a fantastic concept !! I, for one, plan to follow along.
  14. CaptainSteve
    Serious, Nenad ?? You made your own sheaves ... from a beer can ?? I should start my own SHEAVE FACTORY !!!
  15. CaptainSteve
    Best Eye-Candy EVER !!!!
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    Galf, this is one of the many questions which I will be facing some day. For this reason, I am eternally grateful for those such as ye'self who go before, and MSW !!! Can I suggest that you might try making up some kind of jig to use as a type of stamp to simulate your rivet heads. I'm thinking of a small, rectangular piece of wood with (perhaps) the tips of pins or nails coming thru. Sorry that I have no pics ... coz it's just an idea !!! (Imagine a baseball bat with nails in one end ... but waaaaay more subtle)
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    Arrr ... count me in !!!
  18. CaptainSteve
    Nice work there, Shipcarpenter !!
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    CaptainSteve didst indeed do a dry-brush test with the Black Japan stain afore heading off to work this morning. "'Twas quite successful, methinks," he didst reporteth. "So here be a las' couple o' pics of me oars." Firstly, Our Hero didst attacheth his lashings. Thence, in order not to get black marks upon his oars from the dry-brushing, he didst tapeth them off at each end of the leathers. ("It be the same dealy I didst use to paint me Docker stripes," CaptainSteve didst add.) "Here they be, aftwards whence I didst removeth the tape. Methinks they be dirtied up just nicely."
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    Pops, I encountered the same problem when building my Launch. I'd put the sheer tabs on the wrong side, but found it wasn't too much effort to remove them and put them on the correct side. As a heads up for things to come, I recommend you pay close attention when edge-spiling your planks. I feel I could have done mine a little better. (I did have some difficulty with my build, but that proved to be more due to stoopidity, rather than anything else.) Also, I did apply candle wax onto the bulkhead formers prior to clamping the frame pieces in place ... I recommend this, as, when the time came, I found the whole thing separated from the former very easily.
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    Arrr ... I didst doeth a little test this eventide using the chamois cloth ... Firstly, I didst cutteth some thin strips of cloth ... Thence, didst I taketh a spare piece o' dowel, smear a bit of white glue upon it, and thence wrap me "lashing" around it .. Finally, having only just recently learned of "dry-brushing", CaptainSteve didst next very lightly brush the test piece with dark brown wood stain. Here be the test next to one o' me oars. Next up, I be thinkin' o' tryin' exactly the same thing again, but using the Black Japan stain. I be hopin' that the darker stain will make the edges stand out a little better. But that will have to wait for now ... EDIT: Please see THIS ENTRY, where fellow Bounty Launch builder, Cathead, reveals important information.
  22. CaptainSteve
    Ahoy, Fletch !! Welcome to MSW and the 'Connie Club' !! A couple of years back, I decided that the USS Constitution was THE ship I really wanted to build next. Through good luck (and Google), I stumbled upon THIS place. Since then, I have never looked back !! I highly recommend you check through the many build-logs of others who have built - or are building - Connie. Use the search facilities. Try terms such as: Constitution, MS 2040, Shipways, 1812. Pour yourself a very tall glass of your favourite adult beverage .. then sit back and read. (Ignore the log featuring the red-bearded gentleman to the left, as even twenty months later, he is still yet to lay his keel !!!) In addition, it is my personal opinion that the next few years will prove especially interesting. This is because the original ship is currently being prepared for renovation/re-building to bring her to 1812 specifications !! I am happy to sit back and watch & learn.
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    And thanks everyone for the Likes and comments ... Mobbsie !! Welcome aboard. (Nice Bomb Vessel !!) Ken, I be lookin' forward to seeing ye start a build-log.
  24. CaptainSteve
    Arrr ... Thanks heaps to Mark and Tom for the quick responses to me question (one of the many true strengths of this site) !! CaptainSteve doth now haveth a few options at hand fer doin' his oar-lashings. "The first which I be keen to try out," our Hero didst begin, "doth involve cutting very thin strips from a chamois cloth I didst happen to recently purloin from work." But, alas and alack !!! For this coming weekend, CaptainSteve doth faceth the horror combination of late finish Friday, rostered Saturday work followed by early starts the following Monday. Thusly, doeth this cutteth most heavily into our Hero's drinki ... err, I be meanin' ... MODELLING time. Plus, and as well as, there be barrels and buckets to be made, cutlasses to be forged, coconuts to be crafted, bags of stale bread to be baked ...
  25. CaptainSteve
    Great work, Mundie !!! ... and, Hey, don't sweat the minor mistakes. Let me be the first to admit I made so many mistakes in my own first build that I almost shudder when I think about it !!! I learned a few lessons on the second build ... made a heap of mistakes on my current build ... not as many (hopefully) on the next (Connie) when I get around to her.

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