It's time
Well, come on! Where are the pics, man? We don't care if your workplace is messy! (And what's your first name again? You're about to enter sailboat domain...not rowboat!)A post but no pictures .
I must say that building this ship with all it's parts and instructions is awesome!
What took me months to due with my Enterprise 1799 has taken only a few days.
The hull is assembled, lower deck installed, keel, stem and stern pieces all attached .
It's almost to easy ( bet I'll regret saying that ).
Anyway at my current rate of build I could be done by month's end ( ....not saying which month though).
Continuing......
Setting the Keel, Stem and Stern
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Started some painting ....
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Back to real work..
Dry fitting, staining (walnut) and gluing.
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Obviously things have been going to well, so then came this issue.
The book showing how to place piece 8A.
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Here are the 2 8A pieces ...
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Taking some measurements shows a massive 4.57mm variance (ok, not that massive).
Did anyone have this issue?
I plan to just glue a 4mm piece to the end of the beam unless I'm missing something on how this piece attaches.
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My deck was walnut. Interesting.Finally found some time to post pictures.
Does this deck look straight?
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Attaching the frames to the bulkhead.
Main issue I had was that some of the components were in box 2.
I freaked out when I didn't find them in Box 1 thinking all the parts for the first part of the build would be in Box one.
Silly me
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Remember that deck, I put a little water on it then glued it in place.
I put this heavy safe on top to get it straight.
NO money in it
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Taking the puzzle apart....
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Putting the puzzle together....
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Nobody will be able to see it. But there might be a problem later in the next two decks if it’s off that much there.Continuing......
Setting the Keel, Stem and Stern
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Started some painting ....
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Back to real work..
Dry fitting, staining (walnut) and gluing.
I fitted my grates in between the frames. Yes, involves sanding..
Spray painted with matte black first then use a oil bronze spray on top.
Misted the bronze spray as opposed to spraying straight on the the grates.
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Obviously things have been going to well, so then came this issue.
The book showing how to place piece 8A.
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Here are the 2 8A pieces ...
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... and now here they are on the ship View attachment 224757View attachment 224758
Taking some measurements shows a massive 4.57mm variance (ok, not that massive).
Did anyone have this issue?
I plan to just glue a 4mm piece to the end of the beam unless I'm missing something on how this piece attaches.
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Now everyone is up-to-date on the build.
Unfortunately I did not test fit the main deck .Did you put the main deck in when you glued the walnut ribs on the starboard side? If not the walnut frames are probably to far out from the center of the ship. See if the main deck fits. There was a bit of play between the frames and those beam pieces but only a mm or so on each side on mine. You may have to adjust the frames. It can be done if that is where the problem is, not easy but don't panic.
Rowboat, that’s a good question! From my perspective, I don’t know because I‘m running three switches (1 for each deck) and a remote control. I’m not sure where I will place the last two switches yet and wiring up all the LED’s to the remote will be a cruise I’m nit looking forward too! I fear if I place wires now, it’ll look like a pile of angel hair pasta underneath. I tried to keep the lower level wiring as neat as possible. One of my wires broke lose from the solder joint and just tracing it down in the harness of (+’s) was a trip for old eyes.Unfortunately I did not test fit the main deck .
Here I thought this was going to be an easy build .
I did just test the 2nd level deck and it needed some trimming but nothing excessive.
Currently working on the wiring.
Should I run all 28 wires now or just do each set according to the level?
My guess is the second choice but just thought I might run in to issues running wire after each deck gets sealed off (glued down).
Spending time now re-reading BP build logs trying to get all the hints and suggestions everyone has put together.
I fear I'll still miss an important issue and end up having to tear something apart .