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| TBlack |
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 Registered Member #1524 Joined: Sun Mar 13 2011, 07:51pmPosts: 133 | I wasn't quite sure where to post this, but I am sure that I'll need your counsel and support. My next project:   Tom | ||
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aew   Registered Member #1929 Joined: Wed Nov 30 2011, 03:05pmPosts: 2825 | Yes; that's definitely a project!  | ||
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| Gene Bodnar |
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 Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1782 | I agree. That's the maximum in challenges. Gene | ||
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| catopower |
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 Registered Member #247 Joined: Tue Aug 25 2009, 01:57amPosts: 213 | Is there a story behind the acquisition? Clare | ||
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| TBlack |
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| Registered Member #1524 Joined: Sun Mar 13 2011, 07:51pmPosts: 133 | Clare, All I know about it is that it has been in a particular family for 3 generations, and (obviously) not well cared for. It's a full ship rig. I've done a couple of these before for friends. The trick is to save as much as possible and duplicate the original builders style. Tom | ||
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| TBlack |
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| Registered Member #1524 Joined: Sun Mar 13 2011, 07:51pmPosts: 133 | I've done some cleaning up   | ||
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| TBlack |
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| Registered Member #1524 Joined: Sun Mar 13 2011, 07:51pmPosts: 133 | The spars have survived remarkably well. I can see that mine is the second repair job on this model. The only serious repair is to the main. It's in 3 pieces and lacks a top and mast cap. Other wise the rest of it is in pretty good shape.    | ||
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| TBlack |
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| Registered Member #1524 Joined: Sun Mar 13 2011, 07:51pmPosts: 133 | Two questions immediately crop up. Look at this photo: On the poop deck, just forward of the steering station is a round rough place where there is no decking. Something was there that was removed. Any ideas? Also, in this photo:  The fitting on top of the cabin, forward; do you think there could have been a boat stored up there? | ||
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| Gene Bodnar |
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| Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1782 | Tom, Most clippers had either a companion access or a skylight immediately forward of the wheel. One clipper built in the 1850s, Queen of the Seas, had an octagonal skylight just forward of the steering wheel, but most were rectangular or square. Yes, there was probably a lifeboar atop the cabin. Most clippers had at least two to four lifeboats; some had even more. I see the stern only displays her name, with no reference to her port of origin. I can find no clipper named Amanda on any list of clippers. So all you know is her name?? Gene | ||
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| TBlack |
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| Registered Member #1524 Joined: Sun Mar 13 2011, 07:51pmPosts: 133 | I'm having an identity crisis with regard to the paint job. As you can see from the photos, it's pretty beaten up. The question is do I just let that be and explain that it's part of the antique allure of the model, or do I repaint everything to clean it all up? Further complicating the issue is the owner's desire to have me paint out the white paint on the cabin tops and fore deck and quarter deck to something more like light gray. Well, if you start down that path, where do you stop? Tom | ||
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