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  1. GLakie
    I agree with Brian! She looks great and all done with blinding speed.
  2. GLakie
    What Grant said Bob! Great looking planking.
  3. GLakie
    The natural light brings out more of the great detail in her Patrick. Nice!
  4. GLakie
    Congrats Patrick! Your Symphony is beautiful. You do some really amazing work for such a small scale. Sorry I missed the construction in real time, but, as much as I'd like to, there's so many builds out there, and not enough time in the day to keep up with all of them.
  5. GLakie
    She looks great Brian!
  6. GLakie
    A clever bit of engineering Danny! Nice!
  7. GLakie
    Nice work scratch-building the channels and chain-plates Matt! Wood AND brass channels, complete with rivets. Hats off!!
  8. GLakie
    If it's the right over-all length Nenad, I wouldn't change it because of that one narrow little panel. I think it looks fine the way it is and no one besides us, would know.
  9. GLakie
    Nice work using the tape for alignment of the deck-rings Thomas. She's looking splendid!
  10. GLakie
    Looking good Piet! Re-dos seem to be a necessary evil with most of these builds, but I know you'll keep plugging away until you're happy with it.
  11. GLakie
    Rikon makes a decent benchtop drill press that I intend to pick up this winter. It's an 8", weighs only 32 lbs., has a 2" spindle travel, accepts up to 1/2" shanks, and comes with a 5-year warranty. Menards has them for about $130 US. http://www.rikontools.com/productpage_30-100.html
  12. GLakie
    Nice work with the sink and the planking Tom. Thanks
  13. GLakie
    I have to ask Tom - Is that the "kit-supplied" strips you used for the hull and deck planking? If so, you've managed to make it look really good.
  14. GLakie
    The rigging looks great Brian. It must be a pure pleasure working with Chuck's blocks and rope, compared to the factory supplied stuff.
  15. GLakie
    Congrats on getting to this milestone Brian. You've done an outstanding job on her. I agree with Patrick about the cradle. I think it looks fine and adds character.
  16. GLakie
    Thanks Michael!
  17. GLakie
    That's a nice looking deck Jesse! Good job on those waterways. I like the sanding jig you made for that. Cheers
  18. GLakie
    Makes perfect sense to me to do as much of the rigging and prep-work off of the ship as you can, before attaching them permanently. Very nice work! Can I ask where you picked up the adjustable jig with the pins in it. Is that a MM product? Looks handy!
  19. GLakie
    Confederacy, Cheerful, and Syren are all on my list of ships to get as soon as I get past this power-tool purchasing trip I've been on. But I'm getting there slowly but surely. Actually looking forward to just getting hand-tools and accessories for these power-tools. Won't be such a bite in the wallet for a change.
  20. GLakie
    Well - - I for one am sold. You working on a percentage Dave?
  21. GLakie
    You've done a great job with the rigging Ken. I'm still having trouble wrapping my head around the fact that this is your first wooden ship build. Very nice work.
  22. GLakie
    Speaking for myself Dave, the bamboo doesn't look too bad. Not sure what "shade" Tarheel Blue is, but like we say here in MI -- "Go Blue"!
  23. GLakie
    It doesn't look like you have much more to go with the planking Mark. Nice work!
  24. GLakie
    Not only that, but if this kit shows, out of Pluto's 248 year trip around the Sun, it crosses inside Neptune's orbital path for 20 years, like it did from '79 to '99, making it the eighth planet from the Sun instead of the ninth for 20 years.
  25. GLakie
    I like the lighter color lanyards with the black shroud seizings as well Boyd! That was what I wanted to say in the beginning, but didn't come out that way.

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