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 Registered Member #4270 Joined: Fri Sep 06 2013, 01:15pmPosts: 44 | I bought the kit in a kind of online garage sale - it must be a newer version as about the only thing I wanted to use are the bulkheads and metal work/fittings. The "plans" are a top view and side view of the model. The kit came with alot of stuff pre made which looks pretty shabby so I am taking free licence to do it the way I want..... besides I am not a real stickler for historical accuracy on a kit like this - I like the way the woods look together and I give most of my models away to people that wouldn't know or care about the authenticity but they seem to enjoy the models..... I have substituted the kit wood with Boxwood, Pear, Holly, Bloodwood, Redheart and Bubinga so far. I'm still trying to work out the deck layout   | ||
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| Registered Member #4270 Joined: Fri Sep 06 2013, 01:15pmPosts: 44 | Here are some deck shots....  | ||
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| twintrow |
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 Registered Member #121 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 04:41amPosts: 417 | Welcome and Nice job so far Lou. Keep the photos coming. | ||
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| Registered Member #4270 Joined: Fri Sep 06 2013, 01:15pmPosts: 44 | Added Hawse cheeks and decided to build a windlass instead of just using bitts for the anchors, it took me two days (nights) to build a windlass - this is the first one I have ever scratch built - I used some gears out of my rc servos and found a handle/lever in another kit I have for parts. I can't decide if the overall size is too big, I didn't have any plan to go by, so I used the pictures from some other Harvey build logs....I have reduced the size of the windlass 3 times now and I think I am just gonna go with it -maybe I could reduce the height of the side posts? Also do the spindle ends need some kind of "cap" or are they OK sticking out like that? Also need to make new gratings - those look more like window frames than grates  Comments appreciated.......    | ||
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| Bill Clark |
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  Registered Member #4253 Joined: Sat Aug 10 2013, 02:22pmPosts: 19 | Good to see the log here, Lou. What a lovely craft! | ||
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| Gene Bodnar |
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 Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1776 | Lou, Very nice work. I like your choices of wood. Gene | ||
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| Registered Member #2001 Joined: Fri Dec 23 2011, 09:51pmPosts: 2082 | Lou i second both Mike and Gene comments. Mike is right there are some very good projects on this site the batteau, battle station, the matthew and more to come. Great site and good people to help. Don | ||
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| Registered Member #4270 Joined: Fri Sep 06 2013, 01:15pmPosts: 44 | Been working on the the deck layout some more, I made some more gratings with smaller grate holes .... and made a pump setup from some various parts I had laying around. I used some brass eyelets and straightened the flange for the lower section and glued a little brass fitting on top of that then drilled it for the output pipe and the actuator rods. I decided the stove location would be under the fwd hatch/grate so I stuck the kit chimney pipe in that one and made the large middle hatch a combo grate and solid removable boards....   | ||
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| Registered Member #4270 Joined: Fri Sep 06 2013, 01:15pmPosts: 44 | I then started on the deck house / companionway - made a drawing and shamelessly stole a design from another Harvey build, not sure if this style is in the older kits or not but I liked it so I went with it. It took me the better part of a day to do it, made a shell from some 1/16" ply and then planked over it with bubinga and redheart framing accents. Was a pretty fun little piece to do...   | ||
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| Registered Member #4270 Joined: Fri Sep 06 2013, 01:15pmPosts: 44 | Also added some "fashion" pieces to the stern area to kinda tie that all together - and a few shots of the current full deck layout..... Still need to build a capstan for it - will be placed between the two grates....   | ||
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