Glenn-UK
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Was able to spend 5 hours working on the ship today. Completed port side gun port (without lids) lining and about 1/3 of inner bulwark planking. Should finish planking tomorrow night. I have ordered some additional material from CMB for the waterways, stringers etc. not forgetting the replacement eyelets for the stauctions as recommended by Shipyard Sid, many thanks for the heads up! Next task is to continue on with second planking to top of gun deck gun port linings. -
My five day enforced break from the ship build activities is now over so all being well I can resume work tomorrow night.
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Hi Jerry The good work continues and I wait with baited breath for the next instalment
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Hi Patrick Many thanks for your visit and great pictures. I think your inner bulwarks and gun deck look great and makes me more inclined to fit the additional pieces. I was looking at some pictures of the inner bulwarks from the actual ship earlier as well showing the waterways, stringers etc.
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Excellent work once again. My shipyard has just had a major clean as it returning back to its secondary task of being a bedroom when our youngest son comes home tonight for a visit; I'm hoping I can steel and hour or two this weekend to start to fit the port side gun port without lids lining linings. Keep up the good work and keep posting your pictures as they are an inspiration to the inexperienced modeller such as myself.
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Couple more picture of the inner bulwark which is now completed. Just got to decide if I also will fit the waterway, stringer and beam shelf, as shown in Gil log. Copied from Gil's Log Plans call for simply flat planking for the ceiling (inboard lining of the hull), while on the real ship, the inner lining consists of a waterway, stringer, ceiling and beam shelf.
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Thanks Dave for your kind comments, I'm happy with the result so far.
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Completed lining the first 8 gun port without lids on starboard side. I decided to start planking the inner bulwarks next on starboard side. Once complete I will do the same on the port side. Here are some pictures. Gun port linings Planking inner bulwarks
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Thanks I will be able to spend a bit of time tonight working on the gun port linings and inner bulwark linings and will post some pictures of progress. I then have to return the build area back to a bedroom as my youngest son is coming home tomorrow so will have very limited time over the few days to make any further progress.
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Jerry A very good set of pictures and very informative support text as well. She is really starting to look the part now, a job well done so far
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Hello Jerry Many thanks for visiting my build log and I appreciate your kind words. I will continue to use you log to guide me along this long build project,
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Hello David I did try with both wood glue and super phatic, but the linings did not seem to grab very well. As there is plenty of room to work and I make sure I have a good fit before applying the glue I had not too many problems, only one lining out of the 20 fitted had to be replaced due to the fast grab time of the CA glue resulting in a bad fit. I hoping the use of the seats (and a bit more patience) for the 1mm set back gun ports will let me use my super phatic glue.
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Hello Lawrence Many thanks for viewing my post and your very kind comments I find it trying remove the CA glue from fingers and getting my fingers stuck on the ship as I'm trying to install the biggest problem, but have found the best method is by application of the CA glue to the gun ports rather than the linings. I will post more pictures one I have completed the first set of gun port linings
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Hello Mort All the gun ports will be lined at different stages during the build. The first 8 without gun port lids need to be done first prior to planking of the inner bulwarks. I have completed 3 on the starboard side and 50% lined the remaining 5. Would expect to complete starboard side tonight.
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Works started on the next repetitive task; the lining of the first 16 gun ports (without lids). I can see this is going to take a few days to complete, mainly cutting and shaping the lining for a good fit. I had to relent and revert to using CA glue for this task! Pictures of the first port lined, sorry about the quality of the photos.
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0.5 looks better. Just need to order some micro.glaze from micromart in the States so you can glaze the windows. I got some recently and was very happy with the test piece result.
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Couple of thing to report; seemingly I have lost the stern post. It is really strange as I kept it with the rear keelson which is not missing. I have turned the shipwrights office upside down, without any luck. I could make a new one using some of the excess 3mm walnut, but I think I will ask JoTika to supply a new one, as I'm in no hurry to fit at the moment. Secondly I dry fitted a gun carriage assembly and tried it in position. Generally Ok, but will need a bit of tweaking to ensure the gun is positioned centrally in each gun port opening. Gun Carriage assembly dry fit Gun Carriage in position
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Thanks Dave Inner bulwarks have been fitted, they can be seen on the photos, I fitted before the gun deck planking as per the build instructions; they still need to be planked and painted.
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Completed the planking of the gun deck this morning, just need to scrape smooth with razor blade and varnish. The sun is shining through the window to cast a very nice gun port shadow on the deck. It now time to line the first of the gun ports, but I think I will assemble a cannon first to check its position in respect to the gun ports.
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And she was well worth the visit and have 4 more free trips left this year.
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Some more pictures of my recent visit to HMS Trincomalee, showing great detail of the gun rigging. A fine looking ship Close up of rigging Nice set of cannons
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Work progressing well on the planking of the gun deck, about 50% through this task. The plank cut jig worked like a dream, calculated I would need in excess of 300 planks, took an 1/2 hour work to get over 200 planks cut. Decided against adding any caulking effects to the planks for this deck, but may apply caulking to quarter deck planking. Progress over the last couple of days Expect to complete this task in next 2 to 3 days then I will use a razor blade to smooth the planking before I apply the varnish as it worked well on the lower planking.
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It sure looks complicated, but you have it all under control it seems; amazing pictures of your build.
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Hi Mort If I had trimmed the top then the alignment of the gun port opening on the inner bulwarks with the outer gun port strips would be worse, I needed to trim to bottom so they could be lowered.
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