YQ Bluenose Ted R

Thanks Daniel. I used some masking tape to hold the parts in place during assembly. Still a little out of square but appears to be satisfactory when the upper mast is added.
I'm awaiting some Amazon brass strip coming today to do the hoops
Happy modeling,
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I got a roll of .1mm brass strip from Amazon. Made a first attempt at a mast hoop ala Daniel. You can see the size comparison from before.
Can I use regular solder on the brass or must it be silver solder?
This is fun!
Best regards
Ted
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Ted Robinson said:
I got a roll of .1mm brass strip from Amazon. Made a first attempt at a mast hoop
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At first I was a bit confused of making mast hoops of brass … But then I saw you picture of making one of the bands. It’s looking nice, Ted.
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Can I use regular solder on the brass or must it be silver solder?
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My opinion is: keep it simple with regular solder. There comes not much tension on them. But I am not a ‘solderer’ and simply used CA.
Regards, Peter
 
Peter Voogt said:
At first I was a bit confused of making mast hoops of brass … But then I saw you picture of making one of the bands. It’s looking nice, Ted.

My opinion is: keep it simple with regular solder. There comes not much tension on them. But I am not a ‘solderer’ and simply used CA.
Regards, Peter
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Thank you Peter. CA sounds much simpler. I think I may give the regular solder a try also if I'm feeling ambitious.
Happy modeling,
Ted
 
Replacement vs original on mast band. The band width is now 1.55mm. Is this small enough? What would that be!
Like 4.5 inches.
Corners not rounded yet.
Happy modeling.
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I thought the same. I'll remake them.
I stained the foremast with Golden Pecan. It came out really splotchy.
 
Has anyone been able to manufacture this part 109 with a loop at the center. Should I even attempt it or should I be looking at trying to solder a ring to the part
Best regards,
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I don't know where I made the mistake earlier but the mast interferes with the forward deck house. I took the file to it to make it fit.
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Ted
 
Ted Robinson said:
Has anyone been able to manufacture this part 109 with a loop at the center. Should I even attempt it or should I be looking at trying to solder a ring to the part
Best regards,
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Part 109 is just a crosstree part and doesn't have a loop. The loop your seeing is from part D187. Here is what I did and did not include the loop.

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