Wow Mustafa. So realistic. Throw a little rope on your channel and we wouldn’t be able to tell the difference from the real ship to your replica. Cheers Grant
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USS Constitution 1:70 Scratch
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All of the above. Proper words fail me. Masterful!
Brilliant! Everything looks really cool in black!
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Thank you so much Paul!
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Looks very good Mustafa you have really captured 'Old Ironsides'.
All the best Jack.
All the best Jack.
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Thanks, Jack. Having countless pictures of the ship online is really helpful.
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Love the work and evenness' of all the shroud lines.
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Thank you Kurt.
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I prepared the main stays. To make the mice, I first drilled a 1.5 mm hole through the center of a 5 mm diameter dowel, then turned the dowel on my lathe. After that, I threaded a 1.2 mm rope through the hole in the mouse and seized it using my seizing machine. Next, I attached the 5mm bullseye I had made to the ends of the ropes and connected the lanyards to the bullseye.
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Kurt Konrath
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Great looking work on the stays and the mice! One of the few time you want a mouse on a ships rigging.
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The futtock and Bentinck shrouds for both the main and fore masts are now complete. I have begun work on the bowsprit, tapering it according to the plans. Using my milling machine, I first formed the square section at the forward end, then machined the tenon for the bowsprit cap.
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I am currently working on the details of the bowsprit. I first prepared the bees and their supporting pieces to scale and glued them in place. I then drilled the holes representing the sheaves and cut the corresponding channels.
After that, I milled the stairs on top of the bowsprit. I made the stairs in two separate pieces because the stock had to be clamped in the vise at an angle of approximately 26 degrees. This meant the piece could only be held over a very small area, which caused excessive vibration as the milling cutter moved farther away from the clamping point.
Meanwhile, I milled a flat surface to create the area where the stair will sit on the bowsprit.
The stair parts have not yet been glued to the bowsprit.
After that, I milled the stairs on top of the bowsprit. I made the stairs in two separate pieces because the stock had to be clamped in the vise at an angle of approximately 26 degrees. This meant the piece could only be held over a very small area, which caused excessive vibration as the milling cutter moved farther away from the clamping point.
Meanwhile, I milled a flat surface to create the area where the stair will sit on the bowsprit.
The stair parts have not yet been glued to the bowsprit.
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Nice work as always!