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Continued incredible work.

Thank you Dan!


It has now been 4.5 months since the big show in Evian. Since then, my ing Beauty has been lying in her box in the camper van, as I haven't had the time to kiss her nor the space on the work table to lay her down gently.

This weekend I finally pricked up my lips and gave her a really nice wake-up kiss

And I took the opportunity to take a few beauty shots and compare 1803 and 1910



Is this now considered unto be out of box?







I also took the opportunity to take a closer look at the new bow. It was based on the three-deckers built between 1800 and 1805. The bowsprit is now also anchored one deck higher.









One side is still a bit rough

Hope you like it!

XXXDAn

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Oh God, now the building report has actually slipped so far down that archaeological excavations were almost necessary to find it again ...

A lot of business in the business, vacation, home garden, garden plot and life itself - lots of things that can get in the way and prevent you from tinkering.

But a little something did happen. On request, I did a bit of research into the deck accessories. First the riding bitts. Another small kit in itself of 10 parts.





XXXDAn

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I somehow missed your prior post. I certainly prefer the more classic look of 1803.

Thank you Dan. I certainly prefer the more unknown look of 1765.



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And the pumps were also due.

First the elm tree pump. There is a protective bracket to protect the handle and the two through-pipes for the two lower decks are also included. In order not to have a pinch-off point, the handle was printed free-flying, diameter 0.5 mm x 0.5 mm. It came out straight, but when washed in acetone it bent uniformly on all prints. It's better to make a connection at the top for the next print in the hope of minimizing warping during washing.





Therefore, a glass of hot water, briefly dipped in ...



... kept in shape while cooling down and - tata ! - everything is straight again



Here is the comparison picture. So never cold bend resin, it works wonderfully with heat!

Then I discovered that I had made a 0.15 mm hole in the 0.5 mm x 0.5 mm handle.



Checked the passage with a wire ...



... and pulled in a rope. It actually really worked







The wooden clamp is not a standard one but a mini clamp

And the chain pumps have also arrived.





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So good of you Dafi!

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Thank you SG!

And I was also finally able to finish the capstans.

All the parts had been in the making since well into last year, but I never really had the chance to finish them. Basic programming strictly according to plan is always done quickly, but until the look of the printout refreshes my eyes and heart in terms of model making, it takes a few more rounds of printing, tinkering and improving, version #15 is the normal case here.

Here is an intermediate version, the brass tubes have now been replaced. Still mising are the bevels on the wedges below the ribs, which allow the rope to slide smoothly from round to pentagonal or hexagonal. I take such pre-prints for color samples, and lo and behold, it looked stupid in this color scheme.



Here is the penultimate version. [Note to self: HOPEFULLY!] Good enough for a prototype. [Note to self: HOPEFULLY!]

And what do I always say? Before applying the aging, a clean base coat must be applied. Here you go.





And then life gets in: The wood starts to show at all the rubbing points of the rope on the drums. After several tests, I decided on a non-covering drybrush, which gets across most of what I would have liked to show.



And someone else has bombed into the picture: The capstan bars ...



... to match the capstan.



I made a template for alignment, using corrugated cardboard as a base to sink the upper part of the drum into and bring the spars to paper height ...



... bars inserted into the capstan and the capstan inserted upside down ...



... bars aligned and glued.



Then the swifter is pulled in and that's it.





And here are the individual parts, the middle piece is available in two heights, depending on how the battery deck is fitted with gratings.





XXXDAn

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Some time ago, I made the mistake of getting involved with the boats because of the oars. Of course, this was not without consequences ...

... Here is the white “big” launch from the kit and behind it a new “decent” 34 foot launch according to McKay's drawings.



Unfortunately, the planks of the inner floor gave way during printing, there was only a small usable remnant at the front and rear.

And if you man the boat, you can see straight away that the large boats were rowed “double banked”, i.e. 2 men per thwart and if the capstan is used, one thwart cannot be used.



Oar lengths inside and outside and the position to the rower and his arms seem to be correct.



But the inside floor still gives me pause for thought. As McKay draws it, it is 30-40 cm too low for the rower's legs and too high so that 50% of the load volume is lost. So it's a strange intermediate height

Somehow this still didn't fit. I then rummaged through my documents again and found what I was looking for, as these details are seldom shown.



Here is the small kit that has evolved as a result.



The inner floor to protect the hull now rests on the frames at the very bottom. The rowers' feet have been given a bar for this purpose.

Trial fitting ...



... and it fits reasonably well. With slightly straighter legs it even fits quite well.



So the other foot bars are also installed.



After that came the thwarts and the other interior ...



... ... and it already looked quite passable.










And again we had a rehearsal sitting ...



... even multiple ones.











This also seems to fit. The capstan is removable, so two more rowers could fit in.

But the next question is, what was the rigging like?





In terms of the mast positions, I would have guessed lugger rigging, which I was able to see live a few times in France, or perhaps sprit rigging, but I'll see what Steel has to say about that later. Above all, all the fittings on the hull are still missing, which are vera often omitted.

Greetings, DAniel

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