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    Time for a few more update photos,
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    On a side note I was given a Artesania Latina kit of the HMB Endeavour which had been started but sadly the builder past away while it was still under construction. It sat for 15 years waiting to be completed. The first planking had been finished but I needed to redo some of it as really needed redoing. I have already built this ship but it will nice to work it along side the Washington as a change of pace. Some of the kit has gone missing so I'll probably be creative with it and build it as I like. Thanks for stopping in. Bye for now, Dan
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    Finished....... the deck framing. Better than a jigsaw puzzle.
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    A little more progress.
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    Thanks Guy been fun so far.
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    More progress pictures. The stove was constructed of balsa. The stove floor is a mixture of white glue, coloring and saw dust. I some point I realized I had forgotten to put in a door on the well house so I had to came up with a solution. Cheers all...
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    Hi Guy, yes this is a interesting ship to build, simplish yet complex.
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    A little more progress. I had pretty much decided not to tree nail below decks and save it for the upper decks. The parts anyone will actually see. At this point nothing is fixed as I may still change my mind. The deck is holly.
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    Some more progress. My bending technology is being put to the test. Bending sideways is a challenge but I found if I soak the piece in hot water,then press it into a form of the shape and hit it with the heat gun I can get pretty close to what I need. So here's where we are now. The thick and thin boards are in and so are the crutches. Made a modification to correct an error but I think we are good. Cheers Mates.
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    Thanks for the nice Mike and all the likes.. This is definitely stretching my skill level. Having to get creative along the way.
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    and some ship bits. Thanks for stopping in.
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    Found some time over the Holidays for ship building. Dremel bit in the drill press serves as a poor man's milling machine.
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    Thanks Al..
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    Well things are rolling along some days it's two steps forward and one back. Found I had a bit of a twist near the bow managed to work most of it out. The front Canti ribs are one rib and not doubled up so had to redo those. The bow filler pieces were a hand full and I think I made three stern tops # 8. Sadly I forgot to reduce the size of some of the pics I took here are a few that made it. Merry Christmas to all.
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    You are keeping me motivated. It all looks great. Dan
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    The time for summer activities is over here and I'm back to working on the Washington. Here are some progress pictures. I started cutting the gun port mortises off the ship but decided to do them after mounting on the keel. I could get better alignment this way. It seemed to be getting a little helter skelter cutting them solo. Dan
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    Thanks for the advice Rob, I did the odd grain matching so when people come to admire the ship the change of grain direction would be more obvious and they could see where the joints are. This way they can see it isn't just one piece of wood. I havn't had problems with the ribs springing but some of the shapes weren't completely true. Cheers Dan
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    and no there ribs are not done yet as you can see the Keel rabbets have yet to be cleaned up.
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    Here is a little more progress. I used some hard pink styro and some long pins to create a adjustable jig for the ever changing rib shapes. Worked out very well, keeping the top of the Keelson rabbet as the common point. Started to fair some and got a few copper bolts in. Cheers
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    H i Mike scale is 1:48.
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    Hi Joseph, sorry to keep you waiting. 1\16 on the rabbet might be a bit deep but only just so your probably O.K. there. I get .015 in for cant depth and I used the 1\8 in stock that came in the wood package. Yes aprons are the same as the dead wood. I'd be lost with out my digital micrometer and magnifying glass. Hope this helps.
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    Nice to see another Galley Washington in the works. I'll be stopping in to see how you make out. Got my Timber from Crown,very nice. Dan
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    Moving forward with a little progress. I assembled 4 ribs free form and found there was too many parts to get consistent shape. 2 were O.K. but the other 2 needed remaking. I made a form to build them on as these first 20 or so are mostly the same.... Ribs A through M are formed but not 100% complete as they still need bolting and the frame work for the ports and sweeps. Undecided at this time to cut them now or wait and cut them later. Thanks to all who showed up for the meeting.
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    Inspiring work! Dan
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    Hi all, welcome to my build. This will mostly be a pictorial rendition of the Washington. Every body likes pictures. I'm not going to tell this crowd how to build ships. There are other excellent build logs of this ship in progress and I'm pretty sure this will not be better than those but I will do my best. This is my first scratch build so I'm riding the learning curve. Feel free to over suggestions,criticisms ect.. or ask questions. The main structure of the vessel is going to be Cherry. I'll use Holly for the deck planking, Swiss Pear for the hull planking and some Walnut for the Wales and deck bits. This should give some nice color contrast. I did the keel in three sections as "Yamsterman" suggested did make the rabbit much easier to work. So without any farther Adieu here are some pics.

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