JamesT1 Posted June 23, 2019 #301 Posted June 23, 2019 (edited) Good evening Christian ,,,, I have been following your build of the USS Confederacy for a while and can I just say the quality of your work is outstanding.. If I may ask a question,,, what wood did you use for the decking Many thanks Jim Edited June 23, 2019 by JamesT1 Jim T Current build: HMS Agamemnon - Caldercraft - 1:64
CRI-CRI Posted June 24, 2019 Author #303 Posted June 24, 2019 Clamps along Quarterdeck Haliburton, Peter Bloemendaal, GrandpaPhil and 2 others 5
CRI-CRI Posted June 25, 2019 Author #304 Posted June 25, 2019 Symmetry of the two upper half decks was checked before switching to planking... J11, Peter Bloemendaal, Haliburton and 4 others 7
CRI-CRI Posted June 26, 2019 Author #305 Posted June 26, 2019 Planking half Quarter deck... paulsutcliffe, GrandpaPhil, Tigersteve and 6 others 9
CRI-CRI Posted June 27, 2019 Author #306 Posted June 27, 2019 Planking of Quarter deck done Next step : waterways yvesvidal, Kevin, paulsutcliffe and 7 others 10
CRI-CRI Posted June 28, 2019 Author #308 Posted June 28, 2019 My half-decks are done ! 😋 Next step : the cat-heads bruce d, Haliburton, J11 and 4 others 7
yvesvidal Posted June 28, 2019 #309 Posted June 28, 2019 Great job Cri-Cri. It is coming along nicely. Yves J11 1
CRI-CRI Posted June 29, 2019 Author #310 Posted June 29, 2019 I prepared cat-heads 😋 It's not glued (it's will be so more easy to add some details first) paulsutcliffe, bruce d, Tigersteve and 5 others 8
CRI-CRI Posted June 29, 2019 Author #311 Posted June 29, 2019 Previous photos did not show much of the adaptation of cat-heads, made by hand with the Proxxon abrasive tool J11, Tigersteve, Kevin and 7 others 10
CRI-CRI Posted July 1, 2019 Author #312 Posted July 1, 2019 Cat-heads done, with three wood sheeves each side (20" gauge wire visible) Kevin, yvesvidal, paulsutcliffe and 6 others 9
CRI-CRI Posted July 2, 2019 Author #313 Posted July 2, 2019 Great pin rails done and scraped profiled border of forecastle also (same will added on Quarter deck border) Peter Bloemendaal, Javlin, yvesvidal and 4 others 7
CRI-CRI Posted July 2, 2019 Author #314 Posted July 2, 2019 Pin rails done GrandpaPhil, bruce d, Kevin and 4 others 7
CRI-CRI Posted July 4, 2019 Author #315 Posted July 4, 2019 Little problem : ship's wheel seems too thin (1.10 mm, 7 cm real size...) So, have I to replace this part with another, more adapted, and I must wait for the two binnacles Kevin and Peter Bloemendaal 2
CRI-CRI Posted July 4, 2019 Author #316 Posted July 4, 2019 Little problem : ship's wheel seems too thin (1.10 mm, 7 cm real size...) Real thickness 1/64 (after verification by several specialists) : 1.50 mm 😛
CRI-CRI Posted July 4, 2019 Author #317 Posted July 4, 2019 First test of great head-rail Kevin, Javlin, GrandpaPhil and 2 others 5
CRI-CRI Posted July 5, 2019 Author #318 Posted July 5, 2019 I made a test, verifying the first head timber Javlin, Gahm, bruce d and 5 others 8
CRI-CRI Posted July 5, 2019 Author #319 Posted July 5, 2019 Other simulations of main-rails bruce d, Peter Bloemendaal, paulsutcliffe and 1 other 4
CRI-CRI Posted July 5, 2019 Author #320 Posted July 5, 2019 Before gluing... GrandpaPhil, Peter Bloemendaal and bruce d 3
CRI-CRI Posted July 6, 2019 Author #321 Posted July 6, 2019 Great head-rails and carlings glued oneslim, GrandpaPhil, Haliburton and 4 others 7
CRI-CRI Posted July 7, 2019 Author #322 Posted July 7, 2019 Bowsprit installed Haliburton, Javlin, Peter Bloemendaal and 2 others 5
CRI-CRI Posted July 7, 2019 Author #323 Posted July 7, 2019 Fore mast Peter Bloemendaal, yvesvidal, bruce d and 5 others 8
CRI-CRI Posted July 7, 2019 Author #324 Posted July 7, 2019 New look of masts Haliburton, Javlin, Peter Bloemendaal and 4 others 7
CRI-CRI Posted July 8, 2019 Author #325 Posted July 8, 2019 In wooden color, like all brass details of the kit Peter Bloemendaal, tarbrush, Haliburton and 3 others 6
CRI-CRI Posted July 12, 2019 Author #326 Posted July 12, 2019 First gangway with the hanging knees GrandpaPhil, bruce d and Haliburton 3
CRI-CRI Posted July 13, 2019 Author #327 Posted July 13, 2019 I've removed my first gangway, which was'nt right 😕
CRI-CRI Posted July 14, 2019 Author #328 Posted July 14, 2019 The two gangways are done Mirabell61, tarbrush, bruce d and 7 others 10
Mirabell61 Posted July 14, 2019 #329 Posted July 14, 2019 Excellent build Christian, you`ve done a fantastic job, shes a beauty !! Nils Current builds -Lightship Elbe 1 Completed - Steamship Ergenstrasse ex Laker Corsicana 1918- scale 1:87 scratchbuild - "Zeesboot" heritage wooden fishing small craft around 1870, POB clinker scratch build scale 1:24 - Pilot Schooner # 5 ELBE ex Wanderbird, scale 1:50 scratchbuild - Mississippi Sterwheelsteamer built as christmapresent for grandson modified kit build - Chebec "Eagle of Algier" 1753--scale 1:48-POB-(scratchbuild) "SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" four stacker passenger liner of 1897, blue ribbond awarded, 1:144 (scratchbuild) "HMS Pegasus" , 16 gun sloop, Swan-Class 1776-1777 scale 1:64 from Amati plan -"Pamir" 4-mast barque, P-liner, 1:96 (scratchbuild) -"Gorch Fock 2" German Navy cadet training 3-mast barque, 1:95 (scratchbuild) "Heinrich Kayser" heritage Merchant Steamship, 1:96 (scratchbuild) original was my grandfathers ship -"Bohuslän" , heritage ,live Swedish museum passenger steamer (Billings kit), 1:50 "Lorbas", river tug, steam driven for RC, fictive design (scratchbuild), scale appr. 1:32 under restoration / restoration finished "Hjejlen" steam paddlewheeler, 1861, Billings Boats rare old kit, scale 1:50
CRI-CRI Posted July 14, 2019 Author #330 Posted July 14, 2019 Thanks Nils ! I prepared the final test of the skid-beams, it seems right... Forward, chaps ! JohnB40, bruce d, GrandpaPhil and 2 others 5
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