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Terry McKinzie

Thu Oct 10 2013, 06:41pm

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I had break from the hobby the past couple of years as I had a lot going on in life at the time. Now that I am retired I have more time to dedicate to my favorite hobby. I began a group build for the Brig Syren back a few years ago. This scratch build was a group project that Chuck Prassaro started over at Model Ship World. The build later became a published kit.

I still have the original practicum and will be finishing what I started a few years ago. I will post back pics and some info to get you up to where I am now on the build.

This was my first POB build as I normally build hulls is POB style but make plugs for molds to make fiberglass hulls. This was my first ship going beyond making the bulkheads and bulkhead former... Before we just filled in the areas with foam and sanded to shape then applied fiberglass to make the mold.

I will have to knock off the dust and check all the joints to ensure they are solid. It has been sitting on top of my shelf since 2007.

I first took my files to Kinkos and had the prints made. This was my booklet, I had it bound so it would stay in one piece!

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Here you see the bulkhead former being cut out and sanded.

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Stem is being placed here as well as the rabbit for planking later.

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Showing the flaring needed for the bow here.

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The bearding lines get cut in......

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Bulkheads begin to be placed...

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All in place .... looking good!

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Squaring the bulkheads with blocks of balsa..

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More sanding on the bow and flaring

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Flaring stern

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Sanding more more and more...

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Almost ready to begin the gunports here.

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Planked the internal hold area that can be seen from top after model is finished.

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Lined up the gunports...

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Bottom line for the gunports and the wood placed

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Made a small template jig to mark gunport sides. I just mark each bulkhead the same height using the little tool.

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You can clearly see the marks here....

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Top pieces of the ports going in using the side markings to stay in place.

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Sand, sand, sand, sand.....

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Sand, sand, sand...

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Small jig made to cut gunport sides.

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You can see the gunports are complete and the sweep ports are there too.

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Color template used to mark gunports initially

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Painted the gunport frames red here so I dont mess up later.... Planking has begun...

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And thats where I am now.. Dust is knocked off, the wood planks are being cut on my Proxon Table saw... more to come as I build.. enjoy!

[ Edited Thu Oct 10 2013, 06:41pm ]