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Nice and clean, Ben.
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Ah.. Ted. I hate to tell you this but the name of the ship is JPG title. I suggest you pick another ship but rename the picture to something like "mystery ship" or such. Now if the picture name is a red herring, I apologize.
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Ray, There's a fore and aft platform but the water barrels would have been laid on their sides and "mixed" in with the rock ballast. I'm trying to find a good link here.. I think the Victory Cross-Sections in the kit area show this.
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Quick update: Most of the frames have been cut and shaped. Once the keel is in place, the half frames at the bow will be shaped and installed. I'm working on the keel, transom, and stem now.
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Beautiful build, Len. Thanks for letting us watch. She is one impressive ship.
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Nice work there, mr. carpenter. Ok seriously nice work, Augie.
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Beautiful work on the stern framing, Mark. I guess that if we knew how the old shipwrights did it, we could duplicate their methods and make modeling a bit easier on ourselves.
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Jarrod, Have you tried drilling the hole first? Otherwise, lightly glue the piece to piece of sacrificial scrap with PVA. Drill and cut, and the soak the wood in alcohol to separate them. Otherwise, buy some better wood.
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Wow.. very well done Popeye. I like the way you're making the rails too.
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Looking great, Meredith. You are flying along on this one.
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Just fantastic work, Michael.
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Cutty Sark by NenadM
mtaylor replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Nice choice on the planking. It looks good. I hope the spice will continue to flow.- 4,152 replies
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Cat Head dimensions
mtaylor replied to BANYAN's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
Beautiful work. It's almost a pity to dull it, paint it, and copper it. -
In the States, all shotgun pellets are now steel and have been for quite a few years due to environmental and wildlife concerns. What Shihawk said is probably the best way. You might even go the local gun club and explain what you want and size. I'm sure someone will help.
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Nice work, Ray. As for updates, the "how much" you have isn't important. Post when you feel like it. Can be one part or a dozen.
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Nice work Augie. It's good to hear that you're finally getting some Spring there. We wouldn't want snow season to run into fishing season. As for points East.... sheeesh.
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Thanks for the "likes" and the comments. Sam, Neither Is a big issue. At 1/16", the dado looks pretty flat. At 3/16", just a swipe of file takes care of it. If you'll go back to this post: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/5339-licorne-by-mtaylor-pof-316-french-frigate-hahn-version-20/?p=165891 all the notches in the keel and keelson were cut with the dado washer. I'm going to test David's method and stack some blades when I get a chance. I'm curious now if that will work or fling things across the room. I've been bit busy on the side with HMS Visa. Ordered pedestals, belaying pins, and some other necessities. Also order a copy of Le Venus from ANCRE for the rigging plans.
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Uh-oh..... better order in more popcorn.
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Looking very good and very promising, John.
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Very nicely done, Dan. Any idea on when the French stopped using the hook scarf at the bow? Then again, my ship has different method for the wales so they wouldn't apply anyway. Hmm....
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CA glue and metal fittings
mtaylor replied to cdogg's topic in Metal Work, Soldering and Metal Fittings
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Ok.. but remember, it has to come from Druxey. I'm just a bookie making a side bet.
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Thanks for the "likes" and gentle commentary everyone. I haven't done it before either, Denis. Rob, I hit it with 2 coats of wipe on poly. Heavy coats at that. Then I put on 2 coats of furniture polish. On my test piece, nothing stuck to it. It's a pity there's no dado blades (I double checked the Thurston catalog), or the washers for the Byrnes saw. You do a fantastic job of it, Danny. Well, after almost a week of sorting out this mold and testing poly and wax for glue rejection, and I won't even get into water supply issues and spring yard work, the mold is ready. It's been treated as I told Rob (up above) and glued to the base. I have some, but not enough, cherry soaking to make the frames. I'm headed off across the room to cut some from strips.... hopefully, tomorrow I can start actually building the longboat.
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