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Head is done on the New York.

I made these about 2 weeks ago, forgot about them!

The New York's barge/whale boat is pretty much done.. Needs some final touches to clean up fuzz and paint job. I was busy the past week making an in depth video series on making a ship's boat. It is in 9 parts! About half are 10 minutes or so long, but several run 15 to 25 minutes. I have...

Misc. work on the New York

Making and installing the chain wale platforms on the New York. Also their supports.

I finally got the carronade gun barrels, now the gun tackle rigging can proceed.

The masts are pretty much done now.

Misc. stills of work on the New York.

Once the lines are tied off to the pins and rope coils are hung from them you will not see much if anything of the pins. Only the poop deck pin rails will have any bare pins, and those I will, as you suggest trim down.

some progress on the deck furniture.

Quarter and stern galleries are pretty much done. Only a few tweaks here and there yet.

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More progress on the New York

Work on New York's bow is coming along. I was not happy with the angle of the bowsprit so I re positioned it.

Hooray! Done with the coppering on the New York!

I contacted the National Archives, They sent me these. The cut away I got on line. The Archives "lost" her spar deck plan so I used the Minnesota's and borrowed from model photos of the Wabash. You can find many good photos of the Wabash and models of her on line. I made my stern quarter...

I have just finished putting copper "plates" on one side of the hull on my latest ship model, the New York. 60 hours over 14 days to do this about 1500 individual pieces. Now, on to the other side! Groan!

I worked at several different areas on the New York over the past week or so. Here are some photos of it. The pulley's on the cat head are the only ones I actually make. Also the 32 pounder bow chasers.

New York's spar deck is planked and weathered.

Both lower gun decks are in as are their gun carriages. Bow sprit base is made as is the bowsprit itself. Main gun deck is planked only where it might be seen through the main hatch and ladder openings in the spar deck. The procedure for weathering the planks is shown. After the and gray are...