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Would you please post in English? This is an English language board.
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Boy... am I ever slow. Life, work, and getting things set up to retire have all taken their toll. One of the first things I had to do was make a new zero tolerance insert for the table saw. The old plastic one finally gave up the ghost. So... after some fiddling with metal and plastic, I grabbed some scrap wood and had at it. Then it was back to cutting planks and planking. I have only one side and small part of that done. From the wale line up to the channel wale on the port side. Needs to have the channel wale added and then sand like crazy and finish opening and tidying up the gunports.
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Hamilton, I agree with Augie...not a mongrel. One has to remember that the Continental kits get some strange things done to them by the designers. I'll bet they counted openings and assumed that they were all gunports. After all, who wants to build an 18 gun ship when they can build a 20 gun?
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"Salvage" and not "rebuild"... sounds bad Augie. My condolences. After crashing every control line bird I ever built, I gave up. Didn't want to think about RC and receivers, solenoids, etc. hitting the ground.
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Just beautiful, Juan. The photo effects on the first few pics are very well done also.
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Adriaan, My apologies for mis-understanding... I hope the medicos can find out the cause, my friend.
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Kevin, Are you sure about the gunports? Back on page 25, photo: http://modelshipworld.com/uploads/monthly_07_2013/post-846-0-25777600-1373210833_thumb.jpg I thought the count for ports was right.
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Excellent work on the carronades and nettings.
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Scratch building the Syren using the kit's plans
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Nice work, Paddy. Very clean and sharp.
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Hamilton, Enjoy your vacation. As for the guns, leave the guns out of the foremost ports and call them "bridle ports". Most ships seem to have those ports empty to allow for better handling of the anchors and for ventilation anyway.
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<takes off moderator hat> Go ahead... pick away JP.
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Floyd, What about treenails through the knee and into the supporting structure under it (bulwarks, maybe?)? What I did when that happened to my Scottish Maid (sorry, no photos, it was pre-DDM and MSW), I ran a long 'stick' down the side of the bulwarks. spot tacked with glue to the hull. I put 5 or 6 heavy rubber banks down the length and then began rubber banding what I had overhanging off the bow (about 6" worth). A bit of water on the front area and it came together but ever so slowly.
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Piet, Excellent new from the doctor, obviously. It's great to hear that. Pity about that so-called "hobby store"...
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Once upon a time, there was a website for model shipbuilding. And a guy named Augie decided to a build a model ship. So he started a build log.... the rest, as they say, is history.
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Mobbsie, Nice work on the nets, bulkheads and planking. You are not only fast, you have a high standard for quality also. (And see, at no time did I bring up pies, cakes, marbles, butts, fishing, pictures or popcorn.... oh.. wait..too late. )
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As always, excellent work, Daniel. So, is this on your 'test pieces' or on the real model?
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Ron, There's several ways to approach this.. the simplest is merely drill two through holes for each sheave and then connect with a recess but not all the way through. A slot on the front and one on the back. If you want make working sheaves, there's different ways to approach this also. 1) Drill the two through holes for each sheave and then connect them such that there's a slot all the way through the bitt. Fit sheave in the slot and put in an axle. 2) Laminate wood together such that it leaves the slot for each sheave. Fit sheave and axle. I used method 1 but only have a photo of the completed bitt.
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Ok.. that's good. So it's only on the leg and NOT the hands???? Makes it seem like whatever isn't be transferred that way.
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No sweat.. we'll just make a promise to talk about your log overhere on Augie's and let him get the record.
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Nice work on the pillars, Toni. Was the duplicator a bit of bear to install and setup or fairly easy?
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Gary, Nicely done. I was just curious on the choices. Without much deck, frapping, etc. seems appropriate.
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Adriaan.. just curious... are you allergic to nuts? AL uses a lot of walnut in their kits. Or it could be a reaction to one of the other woods.... Hope not, but if so, you'd just have to find another type of wood that looks like what you want.
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