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  1. patrickmil
    Popeye and Augie, thanks for looking in. I was thinking I would post more tonight but my favorite tool (Jefferson's Bourbon) starting doing it's work. I should be posting more tomorrow though. I'm close to being finished with hanging an anchor.
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    Hey John, I figured I'd pop in on your blog as well. It looks as though you've been away for a bit as well. We're anxious to see some progress.
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    John and Larry, thanks for looking in. I am working hard on getting a single anchor in place. I forgot the amount of work that goes into constructing some of these tiny little metal bits. I'm still optimistic for some more pics tonight.
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    Hey all, this will be a small update for the time being. I am working on more and hopefully may be able to add later. I had only one of my anchors constructed and decided that it was time to get the second one ready. I hope to be adding them to the Niagara soon. I figured I'd show my method for constructing the anchors. I discarded the white metal upper piece and sprayed the lower piece with a thick black metal primer to get some casting texture. Next I glued to pieces of basswood together with a square hole through the middle. After some shaping I took some black heavy paper cut into strips and added the iron bands. I added the brass hoops and wrapped them in black nylon thread and painted over this with flat black paint to hold things in place and cover any bright spots. They are ready to go now. I will be working on adding these 'sleeve catchers' to the Niagara next. By the way, has anyone been catching the new pirate series on a certain premium cable channel? It is completely awesome and makes for a good background distraction while model building. I haven't spoken with anyone else who has watched it and was looking for alternate points of view on it. I read somewhere that a new series about Blackbeard will be on a national broadcast station soon. I'm anxious to see that come out too.
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    Bob, that is some sweet progress. The cabin and galleries look fantastic.
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    Scott, thanks for the nice comments. I have periodically been checking in on MSW to see progress but haven't had much interaction. I was getting tired of tying thousands of tiny knots. LOL. That is all about to change though. I took a hiatus to work on some plastic models that have been gathering dust and have become reinvigorated to finish up my Niagara. I dug all of my tools and the Niagara out last night and am planning on an update post by Thursday. Thanks for looking in.
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    Popeye, your progress looks great. I know we're all anxious to see more progress pictures.
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    Those pictures are very nice Sjors. It looks like you've done quite a bit since I last looked at your log. Very nice progress.
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    Hey Larry, I hope the holidays were good to you and your family. Your Niagara is looking great and I am impressed by the very clean lines of your planking.
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    Bob, your planking looks just as clean as always.
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    I'd have to agree with your assessment of the supplied gun port linings. I think you will have a better looking model with using timber to line you gun ports. Your Victory bow section is looking very nice so far.
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    Kimberly, I am sorry for the confusion. The lanyards I was referring to are the simulated (in plastic) ropes that have two deadeyes attached at either end; one end being at the chainplated and the other end (floating in the breeze) will attach to the shroud. The ropes that come with the kits (plastic and wood) is many times less than a quality material and we all, at times, find replacements for it. New rope and the experience of having already done it once should provide you with an outstanding finished product.
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    Daniel, I like these scenes where you have the figures involved. It gives us all a small sense of how things actually worked in a visual way. Please keep up with the excellent progress and detail.
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    If it's similar to what is on Revell's Constitution then each deadeye should have simulated inboard and outboard lanyards attaching them deadeyes on the chainplates. You would then pass the shroud rope between these lanyards and back up to seize the loose end onto the shroud. I hope I'm making sense here.
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    Kimberly, it almost looks as though they are indicating that there should be a loop up there for the shrouds to pass through. As far the where the shrouds attach to the deadeyes, I don't know. A closeup of the deadeyes would be very helpful though.
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    That yard looks great in place Sjors. I'm glad to see you're making progress still on both ships.
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    Glad to see some progress being made Sjors. Great pictures and I completely agree with Wayne.
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    That counter planking is looking very nice!
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    The gun rigging looks really awesome. You have put in some incredible detail.
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    Your main hatch combing looks great. It's going to look much nicer with separating all of those different panels.
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    The yellow you've picked out works very well in contrast to the black. I really like how clean the line is between the yellow and black.
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    You're doing an outstanding job on your Santa Maria! I really like the colors of paint you've chosen to apply. Very clean build so far!
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    The wales planking looks great Bob.
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    Hey Augie, I really like the red color you have painted your gun ports in. I have found the minwax ebony stain to be great in getting the black color you are looking for with the tiled floor.
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    Your painted hull halves look great Kimberly. When I was working with plastic models, I would sometimes paint first and then glue and sometime I would glue first and then paint. Either way is going to require some touch-ups here and there almost every time.

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