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I’m with you on this, mon ami. I’m fully satisfied with all the images you’ve shared. It looks like you’re on the right track and clearly know what you’re doing.With all that said, it is enormously satisfying to look at the above images and know that I started with a few pieces of one-inch-thick lumberleaning against my work bench about two months ago.
Actually, now that you put it that way, I'm good...Oh, I know exactly who always knows what to do next... but are you sure you want his help? You might end up needing a jeweler's lathe (actually, I want one myself), a microscope, and a PhD in shipworm psychology by the time he's done advising.
I may be on the right track, but I'm not sure if I'm driving the train or the train is bearing down on me
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Well..., either way, mon ami, you are definitely on the tracks, so that is a good start. If you are driving the train, full steam ahead. And if it is bearing down on you... Just hold up a hull and hope it stops to admire your craftsmanship.
Thank you, Christian...Chris.
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Perfect. The subframe is worth its weight in gold, and your ribs look great.Hello friends!
This weekend was spent getting the frames to fit the keel and the jig.
On my Kingfisher build that all just happened without fanfare as a product of the excellent kit design. In the case of this scratch build it required far more fiddling. I ended up needing to remake one (double) frame, and there are a few others I'll be keeping my eye on when the fairing of the hull begins. I also needed to re-do a few of the frame floors - in this case it was more of a patch job than a do-over. If you know where to look the patches are temporarily visible but this will all be covered by planking so eventually no one will know. I'm learning as I go...
As I was fitting each frame in turn, I also removed the paper templates, rubbed off the rubber cement residue, and did some light sanding on the fore and aft faces of the frames. All in all, a surprising amount of work to get to the point that I could take a few pictures:
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Obviously, everything is just sitting there loose.
I had the most marvelous epiphany this weekend: a scratch build does not come with instructions
With all that said, it is enormously satisfying to look at the above images and know that I started with a few pieces of one-inch-thick lumber
Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks, Tobias. The jig has already proven it's worth in causing me to remake one of the frames (and maybe still a few more).
You are most welcome, Oliver. The box of cigars is inside the door to the left...and the wine cellar doors are unlocked now that my children have moved to their own places
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Thanks for the invite, but I’ll stick to my pipe and a wee dram of Scotch. I will however stay around for your progress updates.
There is no more satisfying build then a scratch build.Hello friends!
This weekend was spent getting the frames to fit the keel and the jig.
On my Kingfisher build that all just happened without fanfare as a product of the excellent kit design. In the case of this scratch build it required far more fiddling. I ended up needing to remake one (double) frame, and there are a few others I'll be keeping my eye on when the fairing of the hull begins. I also needed to re-do a few of the frame floors - in this case it was more of a patch job than a do-over. If you know where to look the patches are temporarily visible but this will all be covered by planking so eventually no one will know. I'm learning as I go...
As I was fitting each frame in turn, I also removed the paper templates, rubbed off the rubber cement residue, and did some light sanding on the fore and aft faces of the frames. All in all, a surprising amount of work to get to the point that I could take a few pictures:
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Obviously, everything is just sitting there loose.
I had the most marvelous epiphany this weekend: a scratch build does not come with instructions
With all that said, it is enormously satisfying to look at the above images and know that I started with a few pieces of one-inch-thick lumber
Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks, Peter. So far so good. Waiting for the other shoe to drop (an American idiom that means: waiting for the inevitable to happen).
Thank you very much, Mirek!
