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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. TBlack
    Must be some really tiny people carving those masterpieces!
  4. TBlack
    Crisp, I calls it. And BTW, Tom, the lettering on the stern is fabulous! Tom
  5. TBlack
    Keith, Glad you're back at it. You've done such a marvelous job to date. We're all inspired! Tom
  6. TBlack
    Tom, I meant to compliment you earlier on the detail at your scale. Most remarkable. Be proud! Tom
  7. 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
  8. 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.
  9. 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
  10. TBlack
    Nice looking blocks!
  11. 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.
  12. TBlack
    Getting the upper ones shaped around the hull is challenging; looks like you got it, though. Tom
  13. 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
  14. TBlack
    Bit of an up-date: Second planking installed, albeit slowly. Not my favorite part of the construction.: Having done that, I think I'm going to work on the captain's cabin next. It would be nice to see the other side of this vessel for a while. Tom
  15. TBlack
    Ever try rowing one of those things? No fun,
  16. TBlack
    Keith, Shouldn't "toffs" be capitalized? In any event, the way you tell the real sailors is look at their shoes. Wellies work well; on this side of the pond we do topsiders. Tom
  17. TBlack
    Tom, I'm following you closely on this, as I have to do it with my HMS Sophie build (for the first time) Tom
  18. TBlack
    Rob, I use these to help with belaying lines:
  19. TBlack
    Tricky angles on the RIB that you’ve mastered.
  20. TBlack
    Tom, What kind of wood did you use to prevent crumbling at that small size?
  21. TBlack
    Tom, the reinforcements around the chock holes are particularly neat and uniform. What's the trick? Tom
  22. TBlack
    I know, but gives such insight to the author.
  23. TBlack
    I don't even want to think about why a surgeon would need an 18" clamp.
  24. TBlack
    Wow! look at all those hemostats!
  25. TBlack
    Whoa! Looks fantastic! Very crisp. Tom

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