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Le Requin-Zebec-1750 POF 1:48 (ZHL)

TexBilly said:
Wow, fantastic build, Daniel!
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Hello Bill, thank you for the compliment. It has been a few years since I have been up in your area. It looks like Round Rock, Pflugerville, and Hutto are now just a part of North Austin! Looking at Google Earth, I didn't realize how that whole area has exploded.
 
Daniel20 said:
Hello Bill, thank you for the compliment. It has been a few years since I have been up in your area. It looks like Round Rock, Pflugerville, and Hutto are now just a part of North Austin! Looking at Google Earth, I didn't realize how that whole area has exploded.
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Hi Daniel, your description of the greater Austin area is pretty spot on. In what area of Houston do you live? (I was born in Houston, much of my family is still there). Back in my days at Texas A&M, we'd go to Austin on the weekends and those little towns were just that - little and spread out. Not long after I graduated, Dell created the big wave that spurred so much growth - definitely a big town now. Come visit soon!
 
Hi Bill, I live on the far West side of Houston, actually in an unincorporated portion of Fort Bend County, Sugar Land area. Back in the 1980's I would go with the company I worked for to Austin to bid on Tex DOT state highway work. Hard to believe that was over 40 years ago.
 
Daniel20 said:
Hello all, starboard gun deck is installed with a few sub millimeter gaps, but I'll take it! What a relief. I just slid the main cabin bulkhead in to see the fitment, all looks well. Check it out.

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Still a lot of finishing sanding to do and a staining of the canon/ gun deck trim piece.
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Looks excellent Daniel! Great job!
 
I've finished all the main and canon decking. Next, I need to finish the deck nails then start with the rear cabin wall planks and internal furnishings.

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I'm looking forward to the interior hull planking in the cabin area for its a step toward removing the ship from its cradle.

Till next time.
 
Daniel20 said:
I've finished all the main and canon decking. Next, I need to finish the deck nails then start with the rear cabin wall planks and internal furnishings.

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I'm looking forward to the interior hull planking in the cabin area for its a step toward removing the ship from its cradle.

Till next time.
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Beautiful Daniel! She’s really coming alive now. ;)
 
Good morning, all. I wanted to address the gun-deck edge molding against the bulwark standards. There are 3 pieces to each side of 3x5mm pear. These pieces have been laser cut to approximately match the hulls curvature. The problem is the inward facing edge needs to be chamfered for a nice-looking transition from deck to molding. Since the pieces are curved, I didn't know how make a jig to saw in this chamfer, so I used my trusty compass and drew in a line using the piece itself as my guide. Next, I had to freehand the chamfer using the lines as my guide and my trusty handheld rotary tool, so far, it's working great. The side up against the standards had to be beveled out as well. Those standards have their own curvature which crosses into the deck area causing this beveling process.
Check it out.

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Now that I know how to do this step I can go back to the deck nails.
Thanks for checking in, till next time.
 
I finished the edge molding on the port side gun deck. Just like paint, that molding covers a multitude of sins. The first picture shows the difference along the starboard side. I decided to use CA gel because I needed adjustment time and a fast hold where it was not practical to fashion clamps for use with PVA, while a little nerve racking it did work. I also finished all the deck nails, not my favorite thing to do. Once I finish the starboard side, I'll work on planking the interior cabin area. Check it out.





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Thanks for having a look see, till next time.
 
GrantTyler said:
I am always very happy for those waterways/ moldings…… ROTF.
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Indeed ROTF. I'm not really sure what the correct term for what I call the molding could be. The actual waterway however is located below the gundeck and on top of the false deck as shown and described in Boudriot's monograph. When I get to the outside hull planking, I'll need to add the drain scuppers which will have to go between each of the standards on the false decking, a bunch of themROTF. The small a is next to the waterway and there is a small arrow showing the waters exit through some kind of scupper (I think). There also needs to be a way to shed heavy rain or wave water off the central main deck but none is shown or talked about that I can find.

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Daniel20 said:
Indeed ROTF. I'm not really sure what the correct term for what I call the molding could be. The actual waterway however is located below the gundeck and on top of the false deck as shown and described in Boudriot's monograph. When I get to the outside hull planking, I'll need to add the drain scuppers which will have to go between each of the standards on the false decking, a bunch of themROTF. The small a is next to the waterway and there is a small arrow showing the waters exit through some kind of scupper (I think). There also needs to be a way to shed heavy rain or wave water off the central main deck but none is shown or talked about that I can find.

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Got to love these Xebecs. Clever but very unusual engineering.
 
Daniel20 said:
I finished the edge molding on the port side gun deck. Just like paint, that molding covers a multitude of sins. The first picture shows the difference along the starboard side. I decided to use CA gel because I needed adjustment time and a fast hold where it was not practical to fashion clamps for use with PVA, while a little nerve racking it did work. I also finished all the deck nails, not my favorite thing to do. Once I finish the starboard side, I'll work on planking the interior cabin area. Check it out.





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Thanks for having a look see, till next time.
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The deck nailing gives it a beautiful look. The time invested pays off here as well, Daniel.
Regards, Peter
 
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