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That took 4 hours Mark and it isn't polished yet!
Hopefully now that I've worked out the process the remaining three will be quicker to make.
When I sail I tend to row out then set sail so I sail with forward rowlocks in the stowed position and the aft ones in the working position so I might display the model that way because I intend to put the sailing rig on her.
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13 hours ago, Mark Pearse said:
PS If you are interested, the Balmain Regatta Sunday week has a waterman's boat event, I'm entering & launching across the bay at Woolwich....be in touch if you are interested, we could meet & row across together
all the best,
Mark
That sounds interesting but I'm crewing Waratah that day.
I am however taking the boat to the Davistown regatta this weekend
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Looking good John, working at ANMM is a bit of a two edged sword isn't it.
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The rowlock bases are made and fitted, it's moments like this I really wish I had much smaller and more accurate machining capabilities.
I was able to do some on the machine thankfully but the final shaping was done by hand and even at this scale the bases are too small to drill all the screw holes and fit brass nails as screws but after fitting them I realised I could have just drilled small holes and put the shaft of the pin in to represent the screw heads. Too late now.
I drilled a 1.5mm hole down through a piece of 3mm brass then used the Dremel cutting wheel in the mill to open the hole up then using the same wheel I cut that edge off the stock and into 6mm lengths for the pivot holes which were then soldered to two layers of 0.25mm brass plate bent at right angles then soldered together to give the 0.5mm thickness required.
Next onto the rowlocks themselves
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Thanks Keith, she's no Germania but she's going to be a nice model of a knock about dinghy.
The mast step is in and the floor boards are cut from left over mahogany. I've been trying to cut small blocks to go between the planks and toggles to hold them down but the wood keeps splintering so I'll glue the planks down and make individual "T" shapes to replicate the original setup, hopefully that will be easier.
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Spectacular photos Keith, thanks and welcome back
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Miss Caroline by Bedford - Scale 1:8 - model of my full size build
in - Build logs for subjects built 1901 - Present Day
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Well I was right, now that I've worked out how to make the rowlocks it became quicker, 1 hour each but they still need a touch of sanding