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Thanks, Gerty. Yes, Admiral is fine now. I'm still struggling with the brass things, rails, dredge roller, A-frame and stern davits.

Hi All, just a quick update to let everyone know I am still upright and ventilating and have not abandoned the build. Just on an extended summer hiatus. Just returned from celebrating my Dad's 101st birthday. Have been looking at various ways to solder the various brass fixtures together - soldering is not something I am very good at - I'll be back in the shipyard shortly.

Wish I had known - unfortunately going to my Dad's today in western NY for his 101st birthday or I would meet you there - CIA is great place to dine. While you are in Hyde Park stop at the FDR mansion and visit his model boat collection in his library.

Nice drawings Sal.

Nice choice Sal, pulling up a bench to follow along, My area has a rich history in these steamboats. Another of these Hudson River boats, the Ansonia, was based here in the Esopus Creek in Saugerties.originally owned by William R Renwick's Saugerties Tranportation Company, which he later sold to Robert A Synder who renamed the company the Saugerties and New York Steamboat Company, circa 1877.

Ian, they did not mention what they were using for ballast For those interested here's a link to their website.

Ian, Yes, it was nice to see her up close. The crew told us they had to remove the two dragons on the bow and stern in addition to stowing the mast while transiting the NY Barge Canal due to the very low bridges. I looked closely at both figure and I could not see where the separate from the ship. The decking was interesting also in that the individual planks had hand holds cut into them so the planks could be lifted out and gear stored beneath them.

Additional Photos Note the intricate carvings Raven Ship's Rudder Stern area

Draken Harald Harfagre The Viking ship arrived at the Hudson River Maritime Center in Kingston NY last night (Thursday Sept 8th) after sailing from Norway. Today thru Monday she is open to the general public for deck tours. The Admiral and I decided to beat the weekend crowds and went down this morning to take a tour. The boat is massively impressive although I'm not sure I would want to cross the North Atlantic in her. I think they said she carried a crew of 33 people. For those not familiar with her, she was built in Norway not as a replica but as a recreation of a Viking ship taking her design from a patchwork of historical clues, not the least of which was the Gokstad ship found iin a burial mound in 1880.She is a recreation of what the Vikings called a "Great Ship"; her hull is constructed of Oak and her mast and spars are of Douglas Fir. Her length is 115 ft, beam 26 ft, mast 79 ft and 2800 sq ft of silk sail, draught is 8 ft, displacement is 90 tons. The ship is named after King Harald Harfagre, the king who united Norway into one kingdom. She left Haugesund Norway on April 26th 2016, with stops in the Shetland Islands, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, Newfoundland Canada, Quebec Canada, then down the St Lawrence river and into the Great Lakes stopping at American and Canadian ports in each of the Great Lakes as far west as Duluth MN and Green Bay WI. Then back eastward to Lake Ontario and into the NYS Barge Canal System (aka Erie Canal) to Albany and then down the Hudson River to Kingston NY. Her next scheduled stops are New York City and Mystic CT and then ?????? The photos below show the highlights of our tour today. Bow area with Dragon's head and ornamentation along the cap rail Capstan Main Deck looking Aft - under the sun shade tarp The two red canvas covered areas are the ship's "hatch" - the larger one aft is the crew's quarters. Note the oar "lock" hole in the ships side just above the deck, this is where the oars pass through. Dead-eyes for Shrouds One of the many oars Note the hand hold carved into the oar in the 2nd photo below Ship's winch Crew's Quarters

Hope there's some seats left for me. Count me in too

Frank (Bill) try finding a source for Microscale's Micro Flat (also Micro Gloss) - works well on decals - have not tried it on sticker so use a scrap one first.

Thanks Carl. Yes, all is well with the Admiral !

Thanks, Wayne. Hi Carl. No not "granddaughter blues" or gardening, altho we did have a delightful time with her and the garden is producing - had to deal with some medical issues with Admiral requiring a week-long hospital stay but all is well now. Otherwise, it's just a case of procrastination and nice summer weather so why hide in the cellar shipyard. Also my Dad's 101st birthday is coming up in less than 10 days so will be heading west to visit him and celebrate with him. Then I promise ! It's back to the shipyard.

Congratulations, Druxey. Just placed my order with SeaWatch books. Looking forward to reading it.

Yea, Happy Birthday Denis -

Allan, it's one of those planking crimping tools - see http://www.occre.com/videos-de-montaje/plegaliston.html

Hi Denis, another build ! I think I will pull up a can of spinach over here and sit down and watch

Found this link on the Hudson River Maritime Museum's website to a History Blog on the Hudson River Day Line from 1863 to 1971 . For those who might be interested in the Hudson River Day Line boats. Here's another link to the Hudson River Valley Heritage website which contains some of HRMM's digitized collection.

Glenn, absolutely magnificent workmanship. I love the interior shutters around the windows. Nice detail. I am in awe!

Very nice model, Tony. Well done ! And thanks for the excellent build log to reference. Great job all around.

Nice, Keith. I like that dark wood contrast on the trim.

Mike you might want to pick up a copy of this FineScale Modeler magazine how to book Airbrushing for Scale Modelers It has some pretty good "how to" on airbrushing. I subscribed to this magazine for years and found it had a lot of good information for modelers, even tho the magazine is skewed toward plastic model kits, a lot of the techniques apply to wood ships as well. I agree with Kurt, practice on pieces of scrap wood from the kit itself.

Mobbsie, love the sail and mast. Looks great. Interesting way of bending the sail to the yard/mast - I have not seen it done that way before. Your boat is coming along nicely. I like the wood colors - nice combinations.

Joining the peanut gallery also, Keith. Looks like a fun build

Yes !