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  1. Kevin
    good afternoon everyone once the deck was completed, i wanted to sort the bulkheads under the 1/4 deck. the originals were broken up and used as templates
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    Good evening everyone well the main decking is done, and had one coat of diluted water based varnish, and is actually better than i thought and 1000% better than that previous effort i did. Next will be to work on the cabins under the decks, to allow the two upper false decks to be fitted/planked, then i can complete 2nd planking 12 years ago prior to sanding port side with supervisor checking on progress
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    i must have been a good boy, but yes, i am going to enjoy it, it is nice to be back to a wooden kit, after a year on the trawler, lol i even have two builds on the go at the same time, just as well im retired to get them done, hope to chat again soon hope you both keep well and stay safe
  6. Kevin
    lovely to know, hows Anja?
  7. Kevin
    does this database still exist?
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    i will have a look, but all builds are now tagged, have you tried a search recently,
  10. Kevin
    hope you will post the build log on here, we are a bit short on mountfleet kits
  11. Kevin
    well most of the first planking is complete, however it surrounds the two upperdecks, and i wanted to deck the midships section, so i have delayed that, The deck planks are Lime 3mm, as i find the supplied 3mm brown strips very brittle and to dark for my liking altogether, this is working out very well, everything is fitting better (well im happy anyway)
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    im sure if you contact them now, they will be ready for customers, its normally about six weeks from ordering to delivery
  13. Kevin
    much better, and im sure you meant 8cm lengths and not 8mm. i have just started laying the main deck in lime
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    welcome to MSW
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    lovely work, its going to be a very fitting tribute
  17. Kevin
    i deleted the message after i posted and went to find the book to give the info, but it has been put away, so juat taken a photo of mine, no doubt thats wrong as well, but i went by mcKays and others, the fact that mine is the caldercraft should make no difference
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    well this is going better than planned good evening everyone quite glad i have gone ahead to try and salvage this build, having planned a way ahead the stern and midships are now taking shape, I started on the bow tonight and that is the worst mess to sort out, god what the hell was i doing when i started this 12 odd years ago Stern i just used sheets of balsa to allow some reshaping of the sten to get the balcony to fit, having said that it is nearly there, as it is all fitting better, not pretty, but i am not either midships between the bulkheads i have put some balsa sheets it, to try and minimise any damage when drill the portholes, wether it works i will let you know the deck chamfer is not catered for, between the bulkhead, and as i have cut some of the false deck they also needed something to be secured to Bulwarks, this was worrying me, as the bulwark supports were cut out before deck planking last time so i never had a height, but i salvaged to two made last time and used the height from them
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    Welcome to MSW
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    well the expensive Amerigo kit is well and truly back from the shelf of doom and on the build table, and actually going forwards again as i correct the damage and try to make some bits better the two holes have been repaired, just a bit more sanding required, i made the holes larger, frame to frame, put an extra ledge in to give me some support the stern above the water line was always my second biggest concern (the bow wins first place) but most of has been ripped out cleaned up and where possible replaced before the rip out
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    Thank you James
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    good afternoon Ken she looks great, the hull came out very nice i have just restarted mine after it being on the shelf of doom for 12 years, it has been in the rubbish bin more times than i can remember, but the initial cost stopped me from trashing it completly i have reordered a couple of the part kits, plus ply for the decks and 3mm lime strips for the decking planks , i also hated the kit produced wood, once the hull is back together, i will start to scratch a lot of the bits as they are pretty naff, as for the future i am looking forward to the rigging and hope to have a majority of sails set
  23. Kevin
    thank you grant, my first issue is knowing how far to go back, the next one is that the 4 centre frames are cut to deck level on completion of hull planking,, but this a problem i generated, so lol i better sort it out, i have never had a build that has been put in the rubbish bin so many times,
  24. Kevin
    good evening everyone as well as the Dorade i have brought the Amerigo back to the table, i am in the right frame of mind to do this now, having had a few builds under the table at present i am taking the hull back so that i can do a few things that were not thought about first time around, like beefing up behind the port holes abd the stern as as to get the balcony on, please join me on my journey, its the rigging i want to get to
  25. Kevin
    good evening everyone i in a position now to think about putting a primer on the hull, but been to wet and windy this weekend the mast is made up, by off centring different different strip wood to create an oval shape, it going to be tall at 97 cm long, still to be tapered off today i have brought another build back from the dead and will now also progress the Amerigo Vespucci

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