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Nice horseshoes, sir... well done. Copper paint maybe? As for a full gundeck... have a look at the other Connie builds. A lot gets hidden with full planking and decks.. However, you and a few thousand of us will know what's there. Oh.. and tell xken that there's no sacred cows except to be nice and have fun....
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Thank you for the comments and the "likes". It was a minor point, Carl.. a fiddly place in the curve. A bit of sandpaper took care of it. I did rip off the channel wales and have put them back on (properly) this time. I guess I'm being too,,, hmm.. focused... yeah... focused. The planking on the outside of the bulwarks is moving forward. Sam, She's about 2 /1/2 feet long at this point. Bathtub? Maybe I ought to build one really big and opt for a swimming pool? I wonder if the Admiral would buy into that...? Maybe. You're right... I keep forgetting it's in the picture. :D Back to planking.
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Johann, This is truly a mastery of the metalwork.
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Thanks for the information Grant and Mobbsie. I appreciate it. I wasn't sure if the shells were loaded which would be scary indeed. Or if there would be a supply ship with extras around.
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I'm like Sjors, Grant... just WOW!!!! Curious question here... is 24 shells all the ammo she carried for each gun?
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Piet, A moving and fitting tribute. We, who have gone in harm's way know that life change in an instant. Those left behind don't always understand. I'm proud to know you and Dave at least through this forum. I wish I were closer to the east coast as I would have loved to have been there. Let's hope there's a "next year" and more of us can be there.
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Here's my tuppence... I find that rigging gets in the way of installing any deck furniture. There might be some bits that have to wait on the rigging but that would need to be sorted out on a piece by piece basis.
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Use a mix.. about 50/50 of water and glue. Then just make a sloppy paste with the sawdust. I find that sometimes I have to do it a second time for coverage.
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Ah.. update sooner than I thought. Got the anchor planking done on the starboard side. I've ripped off the wales and redid them. Have one small area I'm not thrilled with in the pearwood part. But I think I can fix that with some more sanding. I'll sort it out when I go to plank that area. Next in line is to continue up the rail (cutline). I won't be cutting her free though for quite a while as like the security of the jig.
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Jay, Will those frames be "sistered" such that there's two thicknesses of wood for each frame? I like that layup jig... gives me "evil" ideas for my next build.
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Beautiful cannons, Mark. Just curious why you didn't use belaying pins for the handles...? Or will you be making those also? Jaw-dropping work, sir...
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Lou, You're not "bad". This topic got previously hijacked, to put it simply. We all have our methods and reasoning for what we use and how we use it. I, for one, am amazed at the tolerances of some suppliers and also by the lack of tolerances by some others. Consistency is what I look for and if I have to use a Crown or a Hobbymill to get it, so be it.. In other words, if I'm slicing 1/16" planks off a slab that's supposed to be 1/8" for 1/16"X1/8" planking, I don't want to find out that it wavers all over the place and in some places is less than 1/8" thick. I'll thickness it down, but I can't add thickness to it. For you and others, milling your own wood is great. For people like myself, not so great. I don't have the time, space, or equipment. This is truly a topic of "whatever floats your boat". I'll slice planks off a slab, etc. but dealing with anything bigger than 1"X 4" is out of the question. And for the record, I do take umbrage with someone (not you) painting scratch builders who don't mill their own wood are somehow less than those who do. An artist is an artist, doesn't matter if they grind their pigments and mix their own or buy them in a tube. We have artisans (not me by a long shot) here who do mill their own, others who don't. I'll go quietly now....
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Popeye might be right. Any pictures of this area on the real ship?
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Nothing spectacular, he says...<choke><cough><sputter> Augie.. that is spectacular.
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The simplicity of the woods, the richness of detail. Wonderful, Karl.
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The details just keep adding up and making this even more impressive, Popeye.
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Al, File first. then use the filing dust and a bit of glue (carpenter's) and water, make a slurry to fill the hole. Then when that's dry, sand the channels. If the holes need filling some more, add more slurry.
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Wow.. that was impressive. I had to replay it several times. It's that good.
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In the past, I've use rubber bands or what John recommended.
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What Augie said.. sand or file away. The white metal is soft.
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Izzy, Give some thought to continuing on with this build and then use that knowledge to build the second one.. Yes, Dafi is a good example. I wouldn't go to the complete end though. A few steps on this one.. then on the new one... back and forth. On the ruler.. I never, ever measure from the end of the ruler anyway as they get dinged up and create problems. As long as the rest of the tick marks are proper, I'd use it.
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Take some of your scrap walnut, mount on scrap board like you would do planking. Put your finish on it and see what it looks like. If it's not to your liking, try the stain and see what it looks like with the finish on top. Putting on an oil like tung or Danish, or one of the poly finishes will chnge the way the wood looks.
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