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An excellent result, Eberhard!

BTW, 'floaters' are possible at any age but, as you mention, they get ignored by the mind after a while. Annoying, but harmless.

Welcome aboard, Mberg!

Just catching up with you, Mark. Sweet! That is a fine planking job you've done there.

I understand that moving the clip adjusts the angle, Keith. I usually use a piece of flat scrap of suitable height resting on the sanding surface to tilt the piece I want to taper. Of course, that means moving the piece parallel to the scrap. Your method eliminates that necessity. 

And I second the motion for varnish!

The bulldog clip is a nice hack for taper sanding!

Clare; you are having way too much fun out there!

That was a fun project - but will multiples be as much fun? How many will you make? I suppose a 'limited edition' might attract a higher price....

Lookin' good, P.A.

Well done indeed, Matiz! I really like the way you've displayed the guns and anchors on the baseboard. Congratulations on a fine model.

What type of ship and era are you most interested in, Frank? Also, kit, semi-scratch or fully scratch built? That would help define the question.

Lovely work, Amalio. What is that last photo?

Just catching up with you, Daniel. Very neat and nicely done!

Coming along nicely. The slot for the lion figure needs to allow for the two-way taper of the knee of the head. It is not slab parallel sided.

Rejoice, folks! Let your joy be unbounded!

Allan: those 'frame stations' were generally the frame spacing. Usually this was at about 12" or so. At the bow and stern sometimes the last two or three frames were cant ones. If so, their spacing will be equal to the others at the gunwale and closer at the keel.

Lovely piece of fabrication. Thanks for sharing your process with us.

I believe that breeching rope was made from previously used line that had already been stretched.

Yes, Richard Endsor's excellent books are from the 1670 to 1690 period - about a century earlier. Look at some of SeaWatchBooks' offerings that cover the 1760 to 1790 time period. 

There were excellent articles on 18th century ship construction by David White in Model Shipwright years ago. They appeared in issue numbers as follows:

On Traditional wooden shipbuilding:  47, 49. 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63

Understanding ships' draughts: 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 58

Concerning the low/lack of bulwarks on the quarter deck, there would have been stanchions with man-ropes along the sides there.

And the different Speedwell draughts also are inconsistent in detail. You pays yer money and takes yer choice....

A synthetic substitute is the obvious choice to avoid any problem!

I am aware of an antique ship model with ivory steering wheel and capstan. These pieces had to be removed before the model was allowed to be exported! They were reunited much later, but that is another story.... Please do not enquire!

Lovely work, Chuck, but what the heck is that officer doing forward in the galley? Warming his hands?

It's so nice to see seldom modeled subjects. The Adriatic ships are very colorful, as are other many other Mediterranean vessels.

Formidable! Just catching up on your beautiful build. Lovely work!