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  1. Jack12477
    It says something about their quality control inspection BEFORE the kit is prepared for shipment. LACK of inspection
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    Steve, my grandfather was born and raised not far from there in Port Leyden. His parents were lock tenders on the Black River Canal. You are definitely in the real "Upstate NY" right near or on the Tug Hill Plateau. Did you make that jig you are using for the hull frame or was it included in the kit? It's looks like a pretty useful jig. Nice progress on the model and congrats on the new grandchild.
  3. Jack12477
    I hope you sent them a photo of that in your email to them.
  4. Jack12477
    We have Hannaford here also, but they don't carry that particular style toothpick, only found them in grocery section of Target. Don't have Marketbasket here.
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    Denis, nice railing ! I see you found my favorite toothpick - Target I presume !?!? - use them for spreading glue - Hadn't thought of using them as railings. Thanks for the idea.
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    Tigersteve (Steve), CaptainSteve (Steve), Mark, Popeye (Denis), Ryland, Russ, thanks for the compliments and for following the build. Ryland, looking forward to seeing you again in New London. Mark, don't know about "knocking them dead" but thanks for the vote of confidence. And thanks to all who have followed along silently and clicked the LIKE button. Now to take a short break and do some rearranging of the cellar so I can have more elbow room in the work shop before I decide what model to build next.
  7. Jack12477
    Denis, go to your first post, select it, then click EDIT, this will put you into full editor and allow you to edit the title.
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    Okay, the boat is finally complete. As promised the surprise is unveiled. The CREW ! The ship's motley crew has finally returned from their Blue Crab Fest (read orgy, pig-out on Blue crab) and is getting the ship spruced up and ready for her re-certification inspection by the USCG..... (yeah, right !!! - for a model ??!?!?!) Pardon the poor quality of the photos, my workshop is not conducive to photography and I'm fighting all the little icons, menus, et al on this new fangled Digital SLR (sure wish I had the old 35 mm film camera - only 5 secs to change settings). When I can get her outdoors in the daylight I will update this log with better photos. For those who are curious about the figures and where I got them. They are the PT-109 crew figures from Italeri. I didn't want them to look too military so I took great liberties with their clothing's paint scheme except for one figure. I will be taking her to New London to the NE Joint Clubs conference the end of this month.
  9. Jack12477
    I whole heartedly agree with Allan. I'm silently following and learning much from your build. Thanks.
  10. Jack12477
    Glad to see you back also, Danny ! Missed your build logs. Pulling up a seat.
  11. Jack12477
    Denis, thanks for the compliment. Installed the jib and secured it; also installed the Lazy Jacks. The Lazy Jacks were not as hard to rig as I had thought. I have to re-review the plans and double check everything. Now to work on the surprise feature(s). Almost finished. Photos as of today (outside before tomorrow's pending big heavy wet snow storm)
  12. Jack12477
    Cap'n Steve, Mark, Russ, Carl, thanks for the compliments. Still more to come. To answer a question posed by John (Landlocked123) in a much earlier post <I've answered him in a PM but posting here for all of you> I will be taking the Willie Bennett Skipjack model to the Northeast Joint Clubs Conference in New London CT the end of April.
  13. Jack12477
    Finished sewing the bolt ropes onto both sails. Bent the main sail to the boom and lashed it to the mast hoops. Then lowered it into the stowed configuration on the boom. Next up is installing the jib. Don't mind the green velcro plant straps; there just there for security to make sure it doesn't fall off the cribbing while I'm working on it. When I am finished I will permanently glue it to the cribs.
  14. Jack12477
    Hi Ed, beautiful workmanship on YA and on the dust protection box. I've been silently following from the back row. To answer your question, yes there is a very good photography store in Manhattan (online also) B & H Photo that carries the type of material Pat's referring. I've purchased from them many times. It's probably a short (relatively speaking) train ride from where you are in PA to their Manhattan store on 9th Ave.
  15. Jack12477
    A masterpiece of machining Michael. Very beautiful work.
  16. Jack12477
    Pulling up a seat to watch. I have this one in my stash also.
  17. Jack12477
    Nice work.
  18. Jack12477
    Thanks for the video link. But I've had a lot of experience in my 1:35 scale plastic Tamiya armor models using tissue to simulate tarps, bed rolls and the like. It works great and looks good. You did a nice job with yours.
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    Looks great. The tarp on the little boat came out great - very realistic looking. Stacks look good also. Nice job.
  20. Jack12477
    With the Admiral's help I finally got the sails cut-out, trimmed, panel lines sewn in, and finally I myself hand sewed the bolt rope around the edges. The drawing called for thimbles seized to the bolt rope to carry the lashing that holds the main sail to the mast hoops <Photo 1 & 2 below> . Not having anything to create thimbles with I substituted 4 mm rings and sewed them to the sail, seizing the bolt rope at the same time. The plans also called for hanks to be attached to the lower stern end of the main sail to secure the reef tackle < photo 3 >. Since the hanks are 3 inches high (about 3/32 inch in 1:32 scale) I decided that the rings were a better choice. The main sail is shown in photo 4. The jib is finished except for sewing on the bolt rope, which is my next task. In between working on the sails, I added a few more parts to the boat. Secured the anchor chain and anchor, since the boat is in the yard I decided to display the anchor off-ship on the ground in front of the boat. Painted and added the navigational lights to the shrouds. I also added a ladder, paint bucket, and bosun's chair to allow the work crew access to the various areas of the boat for maintenance.
  21. Jack12477
    Patience, grasshopper, patience. All will be revealed in due course !
  22. Jack12477
    Thanks, Russ.
  23. Jack12477
    Thanks Denis ! But there is more to come ! Surprise !
  24. Jack12477
    Thanks Lawrence and Popeye. I'm still working out the details for the base but here's a photo of her temporary set onto the base.
  25. Jack12477
    Hello Ian and welcome to MSW. What part of "Upstate NY" are you in? I'm in the Hudson Valley.

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