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  1. Old Collingwood
    Hi folks, I have painted the lower hull on the one side flat white, I have put a couple of coats on her but she needs a little bit of very light sanding and a few more coats, then a little bit of re touch up of the wale. I wont put any pics up yet till she looks a little more tidy. OC.
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    Thank you so much bob. OC.
  3. Old Collingwood
    That looks really nice stands out from the blue really well. OC.
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    Thanks pat. OC.
  5. Old Collingwood
    Just more painting folks - I masked off the wale top and bottom and added a couple of coats of dull black. OC.
  6. Old Collingwood
    The very first thing I would do before putting Any planks on the hull or anything else, is to put some strengthening strips of wood between each and every rib/frame to give them support, try to fit a couple in each gap fairly close to the edge (say about a centimeter from the edge), make sure you have the same even gap between rib/frames on both sides to keep it all square. Then the Really Important part - you need to sand the edges of each rib/frame with something flat as the ship needs a smooth area for the planks to follow, (The edges of the ribs/frames left as they are will cause the planks to stick out and not follow a smooth line) I would really concentrate on doing this first before attaempting to lay a single plank on the hull. Hope this helps. OC.
  7. Old Collingwood
    Should have ran away with all the sauce - could imagine you out in the snow with that boul of sauce and your admiral shouting "come here with that - you you snowy sauce stealing person" lol. OC.
  8. Old Collingwood
    Hi and welcome, its a great site where just about every type of wood/plastic and card ship-boat has been built, by experienced folk who are friendly and very helpful. just shout out when ever you need a hand keep the photos coming in. OC.
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    What a lovely reply - it really brings home how important this site is to so many of us, it re injects that warmth and good feeling we have for our fello folks. OC.
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    Looking superb so much detail amazing I too can not speak highly enough of Lifecolor paints, they are brilliant and last so well without drying out. OC.
  11. Old Collingwood
    Yep Black on the wale then dull white on the hull below that, also the stem will be half black and white with a demarcation line level with the wale, and the lower transom will be white level with the lower hull, and either red ocre or french blue where the head of the rudder enter's the hull. OC.
  12. Old Collingwood
    Really tidy work bob everything in its place and looking like the real thing. You should do a Victory build bob, you would do a Stunning job of one, Im sure not just myself agree. OC.
  13. Old Collingwood
    Thank goodness for our site - gives us something to take our minds off normal life/weather and health, I can understand your pain with the ribs - I broke my rear transom framework some time back, the hull planking has come together nicely, its one of the "hold your breath" stages I think. Keep up the good work she is coming on great. OC.
  14. Old Collingwood
    Very tidy work - the rear planks blending into the rudder post look real great, and the white lower paint contrasts well with the wood, Great Wormanship. OC.
  15. Old Collingwood
    Today was paint day, I decided to change the paint scheme slightly - this is the pre paint stage the french blue paints on in a semi gloss finish, this will be tamed to a matt or satin-matt finish. Here's a couple of pics. OC.
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    Thank you so much some paint work to do yet. OC.
  17. Old Collingwood
    Hi folks here is a rather technical way of attaching a finishing strip to the top forecastle bulwarks. OC.
  18. Old Collingwood
    Am I reading the comments corect - about the difference in the width of the top of the stem compared to the bottom where it merges into the keel, the rudder post does a similar thing, I guess it was constructed this way to keep a natural tapering for streamlining yet still maintain some strength at the keel. OC.
  19. Old Collingwood
    Us builders do so suffer the same fate - "Its going well - going well - Damn why cant I do that bit, thats it I give up" but somehow we find that secomd wind and manage it, those little spring clips are so usefull and can be turned around to use the bendy bits aswel, did you get the tiny clips or larger ones? OC.
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    Superb. OC.
  21. Old Collingwood
    Hi folks glad to be back on the last two days have been So....so....so long, any way I finished the hull including the keel and the stem, I also cut through the stem for the rope routes. I also sanded back the wale and cleaned up some of the paintwork ready to be touched up. Here's a few pics. OC.
  22. Old Collingwood
    Really nice work of the ropes and lines bob, you got them perfectly tentioned - a real acheivemnt I think. OC.
  23. Old Collingwood
    I fill my planking gaps the same way as mentioned - with my hull planks I sanded down one whole plank on a sheet of fairly rough sandpaper, then collected it in a small glass, then applied a small amount of pva glue to the gap and dipped my finger in the sawdust and rubbed it into the gap, but before set I lightly wet my finger and smoothed over the gap. Then afer a couple of hours I sanded over the gap and repeated if needed. OC.
  24. Old Collingwood
    Hiya folks hope all are well, Last time I posted I was working on the keel, well I have constructed some box work to tidy up the keel, as it really got a battering from all the hull building and sanding, I have also started planking the stem with individual planks, most of this will be hidden with paint, but It will reinforce it and give it appropriate dimensions. Here's the pics. OC.
  25. Old Collingwood
    She is looking really nice, those different colors really stand out. OC.

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