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Nice recovery!
I found myself often doing the same thing on my project. Frustrating.
You've glued the knee in place already so now you'll get to see how good you are at making notches in situ for the ledges
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You've glued the knee in place already so now you'll get to see how good you are at making notches in situ for the ledges
.Yeah, that's what I thought, but only after the glue was set completely... of course
Don't have much time at the moment but I think I should be able to pull it off. If not I can always redo them.
One quick Photo of the actual stage: all knees and carlings glued in place. Some are a bit more out of a true straight line than I was imagining it to be but I'm still happy with the result.
Don't have much time at the moment but I think I should be able to pull it off. If not I can always redo them.
One quick Photo of the actual stage: all knees and carlings glued in place. Some are a bit more out of a true straight line than I was imagining it to be but I'm still happy with the result.
Approaching perfection here my friend! So very well done!Yeah, that's what I thought, but only after the glue was set completely... of course
Don't have much time at the moment but I think I should be able to pull it off. If not I can always redo them.
One quick Photo of the actual stage: all knees and carlings glued in place. Some are a bit more out of a true straight line than I was imagining it to be but I'm still happy with the result.
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I couldn't work much on the ship lately, just got tge hull out of the berth and started working on the stern timbers.
There are some huge gaps on the underside...
I had to fill those with pieces of cherry veneer:
The result is not great but better than having gaps...
Trying to handle that fragile part FL104... I swear it broke just by looking at it and trying to figure out how to install that thing.
There are some huge gaps on the underside...
I had to fill those with pieces of cherry veneer:
The result is not great but better than having gaps...
Trying to handle that fragile part FL104... I swear it broke just by looking at it and trying to figure out how to install that thing.
Hi Dan,
In your photos there are pieces with notches in places where the garboard strake of planking should be. What are these called? I don't recall ever seeing pieces like this on contemporary drawings like the one below or contemporary models.
Thank you kindly for your help.
Allan
In your photos there are pieces with notches in places where the garboard strake of planking should be. What are these called? I don't recall ever seeing pieces like this on contemporary drawings like the one below or contemporary models.
Thank you kindly for your help.
Allan
Hi Allan,
those are calles rising wood if I'm not mistaken. They are still oversized and need to be sanded flush with the frames.
They would be shaped from the timbers rising up on the keel to form the stem and stern and to make a platform to rest the cant frames on.
I'm not at home at the moment and can't verify but I'm sure someone can correct me if I'm wrong.
I thought that might be the case. I guess it was the angle of the photo that had me confused. Thanks for the clarification. Do you know when the steps changed to a continuous curve? I know it was already changed by about 1800 but not sure when the steps were eliminated.
Allan
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Hi @AllanKP69 ,
that is a good question. I used for my reconstruction of the backbone of the Alert a curved deadwood. It fitted much better with the hull than a stepped curve.
Perhaps it's a little early, but a lot of imporevements were tested at smaller ships first before they were used for classified ship