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Sailor1234567890
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I have found that sawdust from the boards being sanded do not result in the same colour. My experience was mostly with WRC as opposed to sapele or other hardwoods. I found they came out much much darker than I would have hoped for. -
I never knew that about the masts. I knew of the "Nelson Checker" but didn't know it extended to the masts as well.
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I have never really had much of an appreciation for just how beautiful these ships were. The detail is outstanding. Imagine spending that kind of money on mere decoration in today's world? Unheard of. I'm glad we have the opportunity to see and build these ships as models because we'll never see another full sized version like this again.
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That triworks is VERY cool. I don't know if you've seen it but if you log on to the woodenboat forum at www.woodenboat.com/forum you'll see a thread about the MORGAN and her restoration. There is a gentleman who volunteers at the Seaport museum and brings his camera in. In fact, here's the link to that thread: http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?109593-Charles-W-Morgan-Restoration-A-Volunteer-s-Perspective-1 It's a fairly lengthy thread but absolutely FILLED with detailed photos of her as well as other interesting things at Mystic Seaport Museum. Video of old single lung engines, big slow speeds, lots of cool stuff. The gentleman who took all the pictures I believe took on the restoration of her galley stove to the point of replacing cast feet or something if I recall correctly. I'm sure if you haven't seen it yet, I've just ruined about 4 hours of your Saturday night browsing it. Beautiful job you've got going there. Keep it up. Cheers, Daniel (BTW, my latest build thread is http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?127530-Catspaw-build)
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Looks like a great coppering job to me.
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Would you recommend her as a first POB build? I've only ever built plastic kits before but would love to do some wood kits at some point.
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Brings back memories. I remember working in the tunnel with the tunnelmen one night. Got paid overtime for that work. Lost a shovel to the belt. Just ripped it out of my hands and ended up in a coal pile somewhere. I wonder if anyone ever found the handle and blade in a boiler or something.
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Smooth looking hull you've got there.
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Step three, add pictures. Don't worry, you're two steps ahead of me already.
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This is a neat build. Awesome attention to detail.
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I have no idea what there is under the casing on that class of sub but in our boats, there are so many lines, pipes, tubes, wires etc that it's hard to keep track of it all. Greasy and cramped when you do a casing crawl. Submarines sure are an interesting craft.
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This was the my first attempt at lofting, probably 15 years ago or so. I wasn't terribly successful, mostly because I didn't have any battens in my university dorm room. My next attempt, a 13 foot CATSPAW dinghy in full scale went much better.
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Sit on the deck outside the coaming. I think looks trump function in that case.
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Much better detail on those guns. Good choice.
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Sweet lines on that hull.
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Beautiful.
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Incredible joinery at that scale. Great job.
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We're both model building but I'm not even close to that calibre. I'm not in the ballpark, I'm not even playing the same sport... Beautiful work. I love clippers and really look forward to seeing what she looks like once you've got a hull there. Keep up the awesome work.
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Onward and upward.
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Beautiful job you've got going there. I look forward to "graduating" to wood. Still at the plastic stage.....
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Nice work.
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In absolute awe over this build. WOW.
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A 74 is probably one of the most beautiful sailing warships ever built. Big enough to be powerful but not so big as to be lumbering like a three decker. Fast and handy with plenty of firepower. Just what the doctor ordered.
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What a pretty little Schooner.
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