giampieroricci
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Druxey you're right! Soon I'll have to paint the entire hull with matte varnish
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I cut the excess The final result; I'll probably still reduce thickness because it seems a bit 'too much, but I'll do it later, when I finish the walled inside starboard and adjusted the length of the lead lining.
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Before fixing the dolphins I believe I must cover the hawse pipes with lead foil. For this, I thought of using the commonest fishing sinkers, long enough and suitably machined on a lathe to obtain a kind of tube: Reached the diameter must have stuck in power, tapping it with a hammer. the tube in hawses
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I am happy that my work can serve to help you! Thank you!
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I built a tool to make the molding to the dolphins: and after a long, patient and very delicate manual work, here is the result:
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I started the construction of the dolphins bow; For these details, very mangy and difficult to achieve, I chose boxwood. They are made in two pieces joined to scull. After the first attempts, miserably failed trying to figure out how and where to make that scull, I think I've reached a good compromise: I preferred to keep me abundant at the beginning and gradually refine until the right size; Bonding: after a first roughing tests positioning:
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I finally finished the long process of nailing the last strakes, and having finely sanded the entire surface of the hull with sandpaper gradually more and more fine (220, 400, 600), here is how it looks:
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Thank you very much, Mark! I'm desolate! I read just now your question........ To simulate the caulking I used a thin piece of black cardboard 0.3mm
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Assembly of the spur of the bow: The gunwale, boxwood, is composed of two superimposed layers and working was performed with a micro-cutter to the microscope;
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While I carry on the long job of nailing the last strakes, I proceeded to make holes of hawses: their axis is parallel to the keel and have a slight downward inclination, to favor maneuvers hawsers: I also started the construction of the spur; To give more strength to the union between ebony and peer I thought to use a plug interlocking between the two species:
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Great idea!!! :)
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After removing all the nails with the card I started to make a first rough finish with 120 sandpaper to remove excess glue and smoothing the side. There is still a lot of work, especially in the critical points of the curves more, also I have yet to finish the nailing in the last strakes, remained suspended:
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thank you very much, Nils! :)
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Thank you , friends! This is my first building of admirality model ship..... I'm trying to do my best! @Lee: where I find your log? Can you send me your link?
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before continuing with the construction of the interior I thought it would be better to complete the planking of the hull of the starboard side: the side of the left will leave in carpentry. I drew with a pencil the locations of the strakes I started the laying of the first strips
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Thank you Giorgio!! But what you're doing is really wonderful!!!! I started laying the planks of the false bridge:
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