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Thank you Christian. Still a few small bugs that are being worked out of chapter 1 but it’s almost there.
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I couldn’t bring myself to glue another plank to anything today. So I decided to work on something fun. I think I have these headrails in a good spot so im going to coat them in WOP and then paint them black on the insides and tops. The head Timbers are in place and I’ll paint those too. A smidge of fine tuning on the headrails when I glue them down should do the trick.
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it was a very rewarding part of the build for sure and something I had no experience with. It sure made the model and the friezes pop! And Thank you. It will look really nice sitting next to your Winnie!
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Today I finished the main wale, a huge milestone after 10 days of a nonstop planking party. Just half of the other side to go now. Once both wales are complete I can move onto finishing out the gunports with some fine tuning and another nice coat of red. I need to figure out the width of 1-2 planks below the main wale and probably 1-3 planks up from the keel, then I can finally protect all those pear frames and move onto the QG’s.
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Great job on those wings. They look perfect!
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Nicely done! The molding sure makes it look good!
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That looks really good Dusan! You shouldn’t have much problems with the wing transoms, there’s a lot of material there for a margin of error. You can sand off everything later that you don’t need.
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Very nice work Ben. Time for those wing transoms. They actually go on quite nice but lots to sand off!
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Thanks Ronald. So the QG itself will actually be 3D printed but you won’t be able to tell once it’s dressed up with all the exterior and interior goodies. The drop however is going to be boxwood. I should have all the stern carvings soon.
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Progress continues and today I got the lower counter glued on and faired in so I could finish the planking belt on the stbd side. The lower counter is laser cut with some extra material on it. I centered it over the gunports and positioned it so that it was sitting level on each side then clamped it down once it’s in place it can be glued from The Backside with CA, just don’t glue to the jig pieces! I also wetted the inside face of it so that it wanted to curl in the right direction. Once it’s in place you can see where things need to be sanded. I also trimmed the lower part of the counter about halfway up The wing transom, I’m going to take an additional 1/32-3/64th off so the mounding can rest there. Once completed the counter should have a nice curve into the outboard stern framing and the aft cant frames once this is done the last planking strip can be added and work can resume on the last few belts. I finished up the last remaining lower planking belt before the main wale. I will start on the black strake tomorrow and finish with the main wale and 1-2 planks below that. Also testing one of the QG’s and the printed drop, which is actually going to be boxwood.
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Great job on those stanchions! Those a pretty tiny and easy to mess up.
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Today’s progress, moving at a glacial pace but I have some of the lower planking belt in place. I need to install the counter tomorrow and fair down the filler pieces on the side to define stern before I can progress any further with planking. Once the planking fully blocked down and is sealed with WOP I can then proceed with painting the gunports and the edges of the planking as I did on the POB version.
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Looks awesome Chuck, you could start construction on a 1/48 ocean liner with that table. And a nice view to go along with it when you just need to do anything but stare at the ship models!
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Stbd side channel wales done today, except for the forward upper plank. After I get a few more planks attached to the front I will pull the forward jigs and fair out the forward portion of the inner hull and then permanently install the beam and finish the last two planks.
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Ahhhh. Looks like I need to make a switch then. Not that the model will be in any kind of sunlight but those things can still fade.
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Very nice plank work! Deck looks great, lots Of nice curves there.
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Thank you hmcarlin! Glad to have you following along. Hopefully in the next couple months I can start getting some of these out the door. Chapter one is a heavy and massive beast of a box! Stay tuned!
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Thank you Yves. I couldn’t bear to look at those massive empty etched basswood panels any longer! They had to go on. Once attached I actually drown the friezes in WOP a couple times. It adds Some depth to the printing as well as protects them. Now when I go to touch up the gunports with red I can be semi messy and the paint will just wipe off. I did this with Winnie too and was happy with the results.
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Today’s progress on Portland. I got the first belt completed on the stbd side and the friezes on and sealed with WOP. Think the planks may have turned out better on this side, especially the bow. Overall I’m happy with it. On to the channel wales tomorrow!
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Surprise or not, I NEED one of these on any one of my models!
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Would be worth giving a try. Will see if I can find them locally. Thank you
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