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Admiral Anti Spiral wrote:Amazing alan, cant wait to see it treenailed  Thanks Admiral, hopefully you will see the completed treenailing tomorrow after it has been cut back and lightly sanded down..... Regards Alan
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Plymouth57 wrote:Hurry up Alan, can't wait to see her with all those spines again! Although if they're all in the lower hull she might look more like a spiny sea slug than a Porky! Best of Luck! Robin  Robin, patience ma boy, patience....  .. Regrds Alan
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To all the POTS fans, here she is..... the long awaiting return of the Porcupine of the Seas... .. Now this has been a laborious task to say the least but feel sure it will turn out the way I hope it will..... Tomorrow hopefully will see her trimmed back and lightly sanded...  .. 1900 sticks used, 3800 holes drilled and filled and am so glad I have the optivisors or else I would still be at it now.... Anyone who says she looks great should definately go to specsavers.... Regards Alan Gandale attached the following image(s):
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woow, at first i thought it was one of those wooden brooms! ahaha lovely work, a sight to behold! Processing - Progressing
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Hi Alan. great looking hedge hog. Look forward to seeing end result. ian Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
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Ha! Admiral beat me to it! I was going to say that that's the first ship shaped yard broom I've ever seen! Hhmm! That reminds me, must get 'ship shaped' into the Nelson Speak! Looks brilliant Alan. Robin (Or as Henry V's archers said to the Dauphin's navy - "There! that'll learn ya!" First wooden ship: The Grimsby 12 Gun 'Frigate' by Constructo Second: Bounty DelPrado Part Works Third: HMS Victory DelPrado Part Works 1/100 scale Diorama of the Battle of the Brandywine from the American Revolutionary War Diorama of the Battle of New Falkland (unfinished sci-fi), Great War Centenary Diorama of the Messines Ridge Assault Index for the Victory diary is on page 1
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Love the picture Alan. would be a shame to trim them all off. Look fwd to seeing the outcome of all that effort. Stu Cheers Stu
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Admiral Anti Spiral wrote:woow, at first i thought it was one of those wooden brooms! ahaha lovely work, a sight to behold! .. Thanks Admiral, have been thinking of attaching a handle and using her as a back scratcher... Regards Alan
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ian smith wrote:Hi Alan. great looking hedge hog. Look forward to seeing end result. ian Thanks for looking in Ian, shouldn't be too much longer before you see her trimmed back again and sanded..... hopefully Friday evening.... Regards Alan
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Plymouth57 wrote:Ha! Admiral beat me to it! I was going to say that that's the first ship shaped yard broom I've ever seen! Hhmm! That reminds me, must get 'ship shaped' into the Nelson Speak! Looks brilliant Alan. Robin (Or as Henry V's archers said to the Dauphin's navy - "There! that'll learn ya!" Thanks Robin, tedious work but believe the effort will be worth it.... Regards Alan
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stujue wrote:Love the picture Alan. would be a shame to trim them all off. Look fwd to seeing the outcome of all that effort.
Stu Thanks for taking the time to look in and comment Stujue, very much appreciated... .. Has taken all evening simply to cut the cocktail sticks back and believe it or not.... gave me a blister on my finger while doing it..  ... Still, you know what they say.... No pain, no gain eh.... Regards Alan
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Just a quick update.... Trimmed back all the cocktail sticks, another tedious task out of the way.... .. Tomorrow will get on with the first sanding, clean up and preparing the other side for the second planking layer..... .. More of the same to come... .. Have to say I am more than pleased with results so far but can see some areas could have been done better.... Still, other side is the side I intend to put on show.... Regards Alan Gandale attached the following image(s):
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Hi Alan
Looking forward to seeing it sanded.One thing I found doing my copper treenailing was I could cut it off much closer to the hull with nail clippers than sidecutters.Don't know how this would fair with cocktail sticks.
Kind Regards Nigel
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NMBROOK wrote:Hi Alan
Looking forward to seeing it sanded.One thing I found doing my copper treenailing was I could cut it off much closer to the hull with nail clippers than sidecutters.Don't know how this would fair with cocktail sticks.
Kind Regards Nigel Thanks Nigel, did use side cutters but found when sanding the upper hull, the cocktail sticks are easy to sand down and will take no time at all really..... .. Will have a go with nail clippers for the other side and see how it works out..... .. Watch this space and I'll let you know... Regards Alan
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well worth all that effort Alan looks really really good. keep up good work Cheers Stu
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stujue wrote:well worth all that effort Alan looks really really good. keep up good work Thanks Stujue, appreciate the very nice comment... .. Now that one side is complete I have to agree with you, it is worth all the effort as I'm very pleased with how it has turned out..... Regards Alan
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Today happy to say I have now completed one side of the hull, all sanded down and very very smooth all over.... .. Gave it a clean with a little white spirit with no ill effects. Have also sanded the other side of the lower hull to roughen up the sanding sealer I put on, this I did to give me a key for the second planking to adhere to and this is hopefully what I will start tomorrow evening.... .. Am really happy with how it has turned out...well worth every hour spent on her... Regards Alan Gandale attached the following image(s):
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Hi Alan! Wow, that´s looking very nice! Well done, go on this way! Regards, Bernd
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