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Dean your work is on a superior level 
But I do not know what is the most beautiful your ship or your grand daughter
I know as I have one of 4y old that help me to build model and play LEGO every time she com to visit
My grand son will be 2y next still have to wait a bit before teaching him to build model
But I do not know what is the most beautiful your ship or your grand daughter
I know as I have one of 4y old that help me to build model and play LEGO every time she com to visit
My grand son will be 2y next still have to wait a bit before teaching him to build model
Thank you! They are adorable at that age, and she talks my ear off...lol.Dean your work is on a superior level
But I do not know what is the most beautiful your ship or your grand daughter
I know as I have one of 4y old that help me to build model and play LEGO every time she com to visit
My grand son will be 2y next still have to wait a bit before teaching him to build model
Looking ahead to rigging, mast and yard building... and I realize I do not have the round stock for the two large yards...sigh! It is not in my kit! Should I just go to the local hobby store and buy? Or should I contact Occre? Anyone have experience with their customer service? Thanks!
I had to go to the hobby store and pick up a dowel once. Because the kit was in metric, I had to convert to inches.
I imagine the look on your face in your avatar is the look you were making when you realized you were missing parts. LOL.
What are you trying to say doc? I need to smile!
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I can see that by your persistence in things right you have been stimulated or is it emulated by your wife's 8,000 piece painting puzzle which was completed as your ship will also be with your approach and skills. Rich (PT-2_
Thank you, it’s my second ship too. Trying to learn from the great builders here on SOS.
I already learned to plank the deck with staggered boards, add nail holes, pencil edge for caulking, use different glue, do second hull plank in veneer, etc. So this build has been a good learning experience so far! Still have the rigging to get done.
Made a request for parts using online form. Was easy...so let’s see how long it takes...however I’m not in need of yards just yet...lol
Started working on the rudder tonight. Start with laser cut piece, that needs a slot cut in it. Then you use square stock (handle) and cut width to fit
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Oh yeah...angled and added radii to rudder below water line. Never liked a square rudder, just doesn’t seem very hydrodynamic!
Taped in place to check fit.
Taped in place to check fit.
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Dean,
my kit had 4 square stock strips per mast that required glueing together, then rounding them off in a wood lathe.
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my kit had 4 square stock strips per mast that required glueing together, then rounding them off in a wood lathe.
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@Brian077 ...
This kit calls for two 4mm dowels, cut at angle on one end and tapered on the other.
See pics...this yard uses items 209 and 210...
Then see pic with parts list for items 209 and 210...
All highlighted yard dowels are missing! I requested them sent to me. You reference kit number and part number and quantity. They made it easy with online form.
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One problem with buying dowels, particularly from local hardware or hobby stores is that they are not truly round but have irregularities which we don't need in model builds of precision. Very nice woodwork 101. I love the smell of wood and detest the smell of fiberglass!!!! It is rewarding to see you work and realization that square rudders are very inefficient if not incorrect. Just an opinion of a former racing sailboat owner and skipper. Rich (PT-2)
You are presenting a perfect example of how we depend upon our parents when young and then in their later life they may depend upon us. . . the circle of life now often passed by from the former centuries when multiple generations shared the same house; born, raised, lived, and died in the family unit. Congratulations to you. Rich (PT-2)Just wanted to mention something exciting. My dad scratch built a ship out of wood when I was little. I always wanted to build one after that. Many years later I built my first one. I showed him my second one (this ship) recently, and next thing I know he ordered the San Felipe (Mantua Panart) and already started it!
So he influenced me and now I influenced him.
He is retired and I’m so happy he will be doing ship models now.
I also gave him the link to Donnies build of that ship as a guide.