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That is looking extremely well and spot on to my eye! Glad to be able to help Jim. Frank. -
Hahaha, those are Dinky Toys Glenn, and in the back you see Bone China ‘Royal Albert, series ‘Old English Country Roses’, part of a complete English thea set. All English stuff near Winchelsea thus… Frank.
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All is looking very good thusfar Jim. Once you’ve glued on those lower counter planks positioned with that template you’re using, you’ll see where planks have to start and end. Let the planking journey and fun begin! Frank.
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Thanks, James, Dusan and ofcourse the likes! Frank.
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Beautiful, inspirational and simply amazing work Dusan! Frank.
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What will roughly be the total price of the POB version Chuck? Thanks, Frank.
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Following with great interest JJ! Have you got any time release schedule yet for a first chapter? Frank
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Thanks JJ! I’m mastering a lot of new techniques here while building along… I’m also following your fantastic Portland project with great interest! Frank.
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Small update for today. Frank.
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Wonderful and amazing beautiful work Glenn! No flaws visible to my eye! Frank.
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Thanks and looking very sharp in that shirt Chuck! Frank.
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It’s the same with me Jim, the turtle feeling… Check my startdate…I spent over a full week practicing scraping the different fancy molding strips and making the profile on redundant old hobby knives with the 0.15mm thick diamond cutter disks. But it’s like you say, quality over speed. And now I’ve got the hang of things I learned here like sideways bending, scraping, I can put them to work in future builds, hopefully with a little more speed…but with the same quality…at least… Nice progress on your build, you’re going slow but steady, and that’s a good thing! It will be longer in your living room and beyond perhaps in your family than the time you build it, so slow and steady isn’t a problem when contemplating like that. Frank.
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Hi Shawn, Is that really necessary? Apart from the dead flat transom, your Winnie looks okay to my eye! But a fresh new start maybe feels better for you. Frank.
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That looks like a perfect angle for the stern and Q-galleries Jim! Well done! I envy you on the Byrnes Disc Sander and such a nice wife though...😉 Cheers, Frank.
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You're welcome anytime Jim! Thanks, though I'm relatively new to building wooden ships, but trying to learn and adapt fast as the firebrigade...unfortunately that slows me down compared to more experienced builders...a lot...I have the same fears like you, sanding off too much or making unrecoverable errors... I started a wooden ship 30 years ago, kept it all that time and wanted to finish it recently, Corel's Victory, but noticed I was too far off on various points, so maybe sometime I'll start another someday, maybe Amati's coming new one in 1:64 scale...if it ever comes into production.. Frank.
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That looks like a very educational workshop and indeed a lot of fun! Who is you on the pictures Chuck? I have never met you in person yet, so I won't recognize our own master teacher and instructor I'm afraid... LOL... Frank.
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Thanks Jim and Glenn and the likes. That’s certainly a very wise advise Glenn, thanks! Frank.
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Good morning, A small update on my quarter galleries. I build the roof and made some of the fancy moldings. Scraping the boxwood strips into fancy moldings has now improved enough to be acceptable in my opinion, after hours of practicing on small scrap redundant strips of yellow cedar this weekend. Making the scraping tool was done with a 0.15mm diamond motor tool cutting/grinding disc. Scraping the boxwood strips appeared to much easier, more straight and precise however! Boxwood was chosen for a reason to make the fancy moldings I assume…(!) I changed the cerulean blue on vertical pilars adding more white and a tiny drop of yellow to match the printed artwork better. Here and there an tiny drop of glue still has to be removed, tiny strip of artwork cut away on edges and some careful fine sanding where the fancy moldings meet at the corners I see on my pictures now. Pictures are very unforgiving and a good help being critical on one’s own work. The roof and windows are not yet glued on, as per instructions. Frank.
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Hi Jim, Yes, they should be as thin as the other stern frames. Orherwise you’ll have trouble making an ‘edge’ to hold the outer two stern windows. Frank
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Hi Jim, Very nice progress! Don’t forget to sand down the outer sides of the two outer stern frames until the dotted lines in the drawings… Otherwise the two outer blinded toilet windows in the stern won’t fit. Frank.
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Very nice progress Archie! Did you taper the upper and front stem parts gradually from front to end? It's not easy to see on your pictures for me, but it looks a bit as a rounded taper to my eye, specially on the third and last picture where they're glued on, tapered and in whipe-on-poly WOP. I think it should be taperd just a little more and in a straight line from front to back. I love your working space: very light and with fresh air! Much better than my dusty attic! Frank.
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Long time…fit and measure the QG galleries… Meanwhile practicing scraping…which is at less than a beginner level still…any tutorials on that? I’m also waiting on an order of 0.2mm grinder disks, hopefully they will help making beter profiles on my scrapers… Frank
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Thanks Fred, JJ and the likes! Frank.
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You’re welcome sitting down anytime Fred!
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Thanks Glenn and Archie, This is the status today, toilet visits for officers possible from now on. Frank.
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