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| Gene Bodnar |
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  Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1778 | Thank you, everyone. Incidentally, the model is 48" long as it stands. A full-length bowsprit would have added another 8" to the length. Gene | ||
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| trippwj |
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 Registered Member #2648 Joined: Fri May 25 2012, 08:14pmPosts: 256 | She looks fantastic, Gene - would need a whole new room to build her as a fully rigged model! | ||
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| Mike 41 |
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 Registered Member #702 Joined: Fri Feb 05 2010, 10:37pmPosts: 1241 | She is another very impressive model. I agree with Arthur it would have been nice to see the lower rigging. How did you like using the gantry-style jig? Mike | ||
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| Gene Bodnar |
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| Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1778 | Mike, Thanks. Frankly, I like the notched building jig much better, perhaps because that's the style I've used all my life. The biggest problem I experienced with the gantry jig is keeping the model perfectly upright (there's nothing supporting the outside frames of the model), and I found myself constantly checking the vertical measurements of the top timbers and adjusting its level almost to the point of obsession. On the Great Republic, the keel only had a quarter inch depth below the frames, so there wasn't a really good way to secure the keel on the baseboard all that well. Perhaps with a greater keel depth the gantry jig might be more suitable, because it could more easily be secured to the baseboard. Gene | ||
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