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Post by Mark on Apr 8, 2008 5:01:07 GMT 1
Incredibly neat job David. That makes my work look like a slap it together and throw some paint at it job !!
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Post by gordon on Apr 8, 2008 9:53:46 GMT 1
Looks fantastic david - I give up!!
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Post by Baz on Apr 8, 2008 9:55:25 GMT 1
Oh YODA !!!!!!! Keep the photos coming Brilliant job................ Baz
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Post by Mike B on Apr 8, 2008 19:02:20 GMT 1
Incredibly neat job David. That makes my work look like a slap it together and throw some paint at it job !! Be careful Mark, he's after your job! ;D
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Post by shane67 on Apr 8, 2008 19:50:10 GMT 1
david re the plank length, i looked at several of my photo's and the midship's plank's appear to be 4 post's or 3 gap's of the railings which appear to be 6 feet which work's out to 18 feet which seems a reasonable length ,don't know if this is any help but that is the figure i will work to will show results in a few week's .
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Post by david on Apr 8, 2008 21:36:49 GMT 1
Thanks Guys for the generous response. As to whether I want Mark's job, that very much depends upon what the cuisine ("and cookin") is like in Korea; the signs are not good though on that front if mushroom wine is anything to go by. Shane thanks for the observation on plank length; good idea, I hadn't thought to gauge it by railing stanchions. I think 18ft is as good a guess as any and look forward to seeing your deck in due course. David
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Post by shane67 on Apr 8, 2008 21:41:20 GMT 1
cheer's david i will be giving it a go tmoz hopefully gonna see if i can pull a sicky with the wif , she wants to go shoppin ,lol
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Post by nm on Apr 8, 2008 22:48:02 GMT 1
Plank length: I think I read somewhere on the forum that someone guessed the planks were 5 metres long, 16 point 4 feet, so both estimates (18 feet, 5 metres) are about the same.
NM
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Post by shane67 on Apr 8, 2008 22:53:38 GMT 1
that seem's a really odd length sod working in that wood yard , when did german industry go metric, does anyone know,if not is 5 metres rounded up or down.but cheer's for info anyway all knoledge excepted gratefully,never been one to ignore other peoples input,
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Post by nm on Apr 9, 2008 0:00:13 GMT 1
When did German industry go metric? Don't know, but it could have been in the early 1800's under Napoleon.
NM
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Post by Mark on Apr 10, 2008 4:16:57 GMT 1
Thanks Guys for the generous response. As to whether I want Mark's job, that very much depends upon what the cuisine ("and cookin") is like in Korea; the signs are not good though on that front if mushroom wine is anything to go by. The food is bloody aweful here The wine was one of their better efforts
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Post by david on Apr 10, 2008 10:58:50 GMT 1
As to whether I want Mark's job, that very much depends upon what the cuisine ("and cookin") is like in Korea. The food is bloody aweful here The wine was one of their better efforts Mark, the job is still yours! David
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Post by david on Apr 15, 2008 22:32:28 GMT 1
Here are a few more pictures showing the forward anchor pockets near completion. I guess I could have waited until Hachette supplied the necessary parts, presumably in white metal, but I wanted to properly finish smoothing this area before working on the portholes just below. Using the wreck pictures of the stem as my principle guide, together with the few B/W pictures from August 1940, I used some links from an old washbasin plug chain as the basis for the chain retaining loops. These were cut to length, bent to shape and filed to work like nails. In the event I drilled out the holes in the deck a bit too big but this helped me to drip in some quick setting ‘Aradite Super Glue’, before inserting the loops. After setting I used some Milliput superfine 2 part epoxy putty to fill-out the loops to the necessary sculpted shape. Milliput is wonderful stuff; waterproof, yet is easily worked with a wet knife and sets hard as rock; it even sets underwater! I forgot to take a picture of this stage, here are the loops sprayed with an initial coat of primer.
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Post by eric on Apr 15, 2008 23:26:11 GMT 1
Folks, we are looking at the work of a master craftsman here.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2008 11:54:18 GMT 1
Looking very nice there david. It will be interesting to see how the Milliput holds up.
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