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  1. TBlack
    Spectacular result! Even more so given the scale. By my account slightly over two years of your concentration. Now there is a big hole in your life that needs filling? Tom
  2. TBlack
    The waterline needs to be level. The deck may have some slant to it. BTW, you’re doing a great job on your first outing. Keep it up! Tom
  3. TBlack
    Starting the transom, which needs 7 windows. The picture shows the base over which will go the pear planking. The two strips are for mullions and side trim on windows. The wood is African Boxwood. A slightly more yellow cast than Costello and with the same grain characteristics, and should go well with the pear. The strips measure 1/64"X 1/16" cut on the milling machine.
  4. TBlack
    Can't be too much of a challenge, because you nailed it! Tom
  5. TBlack
    It's been a month, but got the decking and spirketting done, and time to deal with the transom.
  6. TBlack
    I think you're going to need a ladder to measure for the topsail! Tom
  7. TBlack
    Ingenious lathe! Especially the speed control. Yes, the Annapolis workshop was terrific (23 attendees!) and learning techniques, and seeing the model museum were tops. But my biggest thrill was meeting and working with fellow modelers previously known only thru this site. Tom
  8. TBlack
    Nice brickwork. I'm in awe of your ability to get the spacing and color just right! Tom
  9. TBlack
    That peak halyard(s) is quite elaborate!
  10. TBlack
    Keith, I might be tempted to go in on her with you, but my first real cruising adventures were on a boat built in the 1920’s, and outfitted very similarly to this craft. I like to think I’ve earned more comforts now. Also, a tiller is not great on a cruising boat. Finally, I know you would never sip a martini at 5 o’clock! TB
  11. TBlack
    Well, Tom, you can always bring the model to the conference at whatever stage it's in. We'd love to see the real thing. Tom
  12. TBlack
    Michael, As you will recall, you helped me enormously in my build of the Vinal Haven. I am forever grateful and regard you as a superior mentor and generous, kind fellow. I also like the fact that you are a sailor! Tom
  13. TBlack
    I'm looking at that last photo and the pictures of the quarterdeck assembly and thinking that it takes a high degree of planning and visualization, not to mention accuracy in construction to get it all to fit. Roger, I am in awe of your abilities! Tom
  14. TBlack
    Wait a minute! You mean that after I've been to your workshop on rope building I'm still going to buy Chuck's rope? TB
  15. TBlack
    Must be some really tiny people carving those masterpieces!
  16. TBlack
    Crisp, I calls it. And BTW, Tom, the lettering on the stern is fabulous! Tom
  17. TBlack
    Keith, Glad you're back at it. You've done such a marvelous job to date. We're all inspired! Tom
  18. TBlack
    Tom, I meant to compliment you earlier on the detail at your scale. Most remarkable. Be proud! Tom
  19. TBlack
    Thanks for all the likes and devoted followers. Try not to disappoint. Started planking the quarterdeck. Remember the adage, "measure twice; cut once"? I forgot. So started planking with 1/16" planks: The planks looked very thin to me. Back to the plan; there're supposed to be 1/8" wide (8''). So, scrape it all off and start again: Better this time, but I sure went through a lot of Alaskan Cedar. Thankfully, Joe Volpe is right beside me. Tom
  20. TBlack
    At this point in construction the instructions have you placing the lazer etched deck in place. I can't use it because the deck is wider aft than the Speedy. So I'm laying the deck with individual planks. Chris suggests putting in the bottom spirketting plank (painted) first which necessitates my adding the margin plank. Now I can either finish up the spirket planks, or do the deck, depending on my mood. I'm using yellow cedar for the deck. Chris wants me to use the pear planking for the spirketting, but, being the cheap Yankee that I am, and that it gets painted anyway, I'm using basswood for that planking.
  21. TBlack
    Ron, thanks for the tip on the nozzle cleaner. Most useful. Also, I suspect that real sails weren’t uniform in color either. More realism! Tom
  22. TBlack
    Nice looking blocks!
  23. TBlack
    I've done all I want to do with the "great cabin". I had to spend some time doing design work to make sure the quarterdeck beams were of the proper size and placement. I'm in the process of making those now, there will be 4.
  24. TBlack
    Getting the upper ones shaped around the hull is challenging; looks like you got it, though. Tom
  25. TBlack
    Great cabin deck planked. The crazy arrangement of sticks in the picture is verifying that everything is square and that there is about 5'7'' headroom between quarterdeck beams. We know from the book that Aubrey could only stand fully up between the beams. Also the sticks are telling me that the quarterdeck will, in fact, hit the transom just as I had designed it. This is all working out much better that I could have expected. I thought about what kind of treatment for the cabin deck, and was inspired by Greg Herbert's treatment of the deck in Speedwell which, with its multiple carvings, is a much snappier craft than humble Sophie. Tom

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