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Good morning Allan. It is my lazy side coming out. Most definitely making cutters to the correct scale will make for cleaner and consistent diameters. I do make the diameters marginally oversized and the turn the wheel on - tiny final sand.
Good morning Daniel. It is an easier way than making a cutter- you just have to be careful if the collect is not the exact diameter to over shave the axel. Cheers Grant
CCR made a song about this.Collet- auto spell
. I also chose not to bend these at the stern around to the deck transom - I want this section open. 
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Hi Grant. I run out of adjectives... so just congrats for your amazing job!Good morning. We have had our first winter rain here in Cape Town and that means some shipyard time.
Some work on the cannons - Fixing trunnions and placing the View attachment 594989View attachment 594990
The maple bulkwalk planks have bugged me since I layed them. The kit (and real ship) had these painted red so I get why these were maple. I am not painting my ship other than some black and the look and feel of the “white” maple never made me happy.
So…..I cut some 5mm cherry veneer planks and redid them……soooooo much better.
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I also decide to add one row of the diminishing planks below the wales. These should be in the top butt pattern however I only want one row not two so stuck with a regular single row……hmmm more like I was too lazy to attempt hand cutting these again
Here is where she sits right now. I have so much finishing to do as I found cherry wood darkens very quickly and my final sanding must be done right before I oil her. I am very encouraged so far……..let see
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OH- nearly finished the treenails above the wales
Cheers Grant
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I love the choice of cherry for the bulwarks. it tones it down nicely and looks great. Your masterpiece is coming along nicely !Good morning. We have had our first winter rain here in Cape Town and that means some shipyard time.
Some work on the cannons - Fixing trunnions and placing the View attachment 594989View attachment 594990
The maple bulkwalk planks have bugged me since I layed them. The kit (and real ship) had these painted red so I get why these were maple. I am not painting my ship other than some black and the look and feel of the “white” maple never made me happy.
So…..I cut some 5mm cherry veneer planks and redid them……soooooo much better.
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I also decide to add one row of the diminishing planks below the wales. These should be in the top butt pattern however I only want one row not two so stuck with a regular single row……hmmm more like I was too lazy to attempt hand cutting these again
Here is where she sits right now. I have so much finishing to do as I found cherry wood darkens very quickly and my final sanding must be done right before I oil her. I am very encouraged so far……..let see
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OH- nearly finished the treenails above the wales
Cheers Grant
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Awesome job!!Good morning. We have had our first winter rain here in Cape Town and that means some shipyard time.
Some work on the cannons - Fixing trunnions and placing the View attachment 594989View attachment 594990
The maple bulkwalk planks have bugged me since I layed them. The kit (and real ship) had these painted red so I get why these were maple. I am not painting my ship other than some black and the look and feel of the “white” maple never made me happy.
So…..I cut some 5mm cherry veneer planks and redid them……soooooo much better.
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View attachment 595010
I also decide to add one row of the diminishing planks below the wales. These should be in the top butt pattern however I only want one row not two so stuck with a regular single row……hmmm more like I was too lazy to attempt hand cutting these again
Here is where she sits right now. I have so much finishing to do as I found cherry wood darkens very quickly and my final sanding must be done right before I oil her. I am very encouraged so far……..let see
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OH- nearly finished the treenails above the wales
Cheers Grant
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That is looking much better, Grant.Good morning. We have had our first winter rain here in Cape Town and that means some shipyard time.
Some work on the cannons - Fixing trunnions and placing the View attachment 594989View attachment 594990
The maple bulkwalk planks have bugged me since I layed them. The kit (and real ship) had these painted red so I get why these were maple. I am not painting my ship other than some black and the look and feel of the “white” maple never made me happy.
So…..I cut some 5mm cherry veneer planks and redid them……soooooo much better.
View attachment 594992
View attachment 595010
I also decide to add one row of the diminishing planks below the wales. These should be in the top butt pattern however I only want one row not two so stuck with a regular single row……hmmm more like I was too lazy to attempt hand cutting these again
Here is where she sits right now. I have so much finishing to do as I found cherry wood darkens very quickly and my final sanding must be done right before I oil her. I am very encouraged so far……..let see
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OH- nearly finished the treenails above the wales
Cheers Grant
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Good morning Neil. Thank you. I am looking forward to the final sanding and then putting some Linseed oil on her. Holding thumbs it all comes out cool.
Good morning Jeff. I could not see that maple for another day
. That you for the compliment.Thank you Paul. I am struggling some with the kit and the directions scale to the actual 1:1 plan…..giving me plenty of full swear jars
. I will prevail one way or the other.True story Daniel
.Good morning Paul. The wales are also pretty thick and just looked out of place. The addition of the diminishing plank also “smoothed” this out aesthetically. Maple, unless for a deck or painted is a no go- I tend to learn the hard way
.Thank you kindly Peter.
Thank you Bryian. Whew I’m finding this kit a little bit of a challenge. You made a beautiful rendition of this kit - I’m finding my measurements in relation to the directions and some parts don’t fit the scale plans so I’m making plenty adjustments. This makes for challenging modelling for my skill level- more fun than a “real plug and play” kit tho.
Good morning Brad. I always appreciate you having a look at my build. Thank you for the compliments.
Thank you kindly. Cheers GrantLooking great!
