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FrankWouts

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  1. That looks like a nice relaxed curve with no bumps or weird tensioned humps following your batten. How does it look from bow to stern looking throughone nearly closed eye? Can you make a picture of that? Does one edge of the batten follow the tick marks exactly and/or is it averaging them? Frank.
  2. Ted, what a secure and tidy way of working. Even in squaring, outlining and determining symmetry and correct heights on the bulkheads I've learned a few metheds for my next build from you! Simply great! Frank.
  3. Now I’m getting to that tricky corner at the stern…I’ll just keep following my lines and curves and I should be allright…I hope… Frank.
  4. Fantastic, marvelous, yaw dropping beautiness in near perfect execution of how a ship model should be build! Congratulations reaching the finish Mike! Thank you very much for all your clear explanations and support in our own build logs of all of us apprentices. Frank.
  5. Good to hear you're making progress on planking Joe! I'd love to see some pictures of your progress. Frank.
  6. Looking very good Mike, well done, Any updates on your first planks? Frank.
  7. Beautiful fancy moulding pieces Dusan, I wouldn't worry if they're a tenth of a millimeter too wide, they sure look beautiful! I'd say glue them on...please....(!) Frank.
  8. Welcome to HMS Winchelsea Jim, I always have the deepest respect for people that saw their own bulkheads. You've done a beautiful and very exact job on them! I can also notice you maintain a very tidy way of working. So your build log will be worth following I'm sure! Frank.
  9. Congratulations Edward, that's a very smart looking and beautiful deck! Well worth the extra effort, extra time and sometimes maybe even some frustration (I know I have that sometimes) of wasting lesser planks into the dustbin. My dustbin is full of failed planks for the second band of bow planking I'm working on now and I'm glad I redid all of them a second, third and sometimes a fourth time, when just before pencilling the sides an almost very well curved and 'fitting like a glove' plank broke while giving it a last little extra bend which seemed necessary... :-). Luckily I ordered a little too many 1/4" billets from Chuck...I'll need them all the coming weeks... Frank.
  10. Both look viable in my opinion, but perhaps close-up differences can be noted and the one on the right is much better. Very courageous and diligent anyway! Frank.
  11. That's a beautiful and inspirational HMS Winchelsea build Mike! Frank
  12. What a nice metamorphosis from the pink cooked pear to the warm brown color wip WOP. Beautiful work Steve! Keep the updates coming. Frank.
  13. Congratulations Jim, Your Winnie is a joy to look at and enjoy and your build log a pleasure to read. Frank.
  14. Thanks Ben and Matt! Yes, I'm definitely not the fastest builder here, LOL...very little time off from work and family (specially the latter..)
  15. Again such a lovely and beautiful build with such amazing warm wood colors… I rather like the variance in plank colors by the way. Considering ships where build in months or around a year time or maybe some more, shipwharfs weren’t selecting their planks in the right color tones too I guess... They were happy when they got the right and enough wood in time… So too even and perfect wood coloring isn’t that realistic in my opinion. Time will solve the color variance though, lighter becomes darker and darker becomes lighter. You simply will have to grow older to witness it Rusty… Frank.
  16. Very nice railing and very well evenly dremeled knobs on top! I’ll have to practice that, also for the cannon’s quoin handles.. Frank.
  17. Beautiful gratings and all perfectly centered. All set for deck planking, I wonder how much time those planks will take, I gess less than the complete hull at where I am now? Frank.
  18. Beautiful work and almost there Mike! Great to have a such a beautiful build as yours with clear explanations to follow! Frank.
  19. Very, very beautiful work Dusan! I hope to reach the same level of perfection some day…. Frank.
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