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Looks good Sir!! Can't go past Wood sometimes? Cheers.....HOF.

Yup Sir, Looks good. Can visualise where your sub assemblies go. The work is absolutely fantastic. Awesome detail!! Thank you!! Cheers....HOF.

Hi Chap, You could have a look at my attempt thus far, don't know if it is of any assistance. (My Endeavour on hold for the mo, as stated before.) Cheers....HOF.

Nice work Chap!! Looking forward to your progress. Cheers....HOF.

Just Awesome Sir!!

Nice Start Rexy!! Nice to have a fellow modeller in New Zealand!! All the best with your Build. (My Endeavour on hold at the mo.) Cheers....HOF.

Ditto to the above. Awesome, love to see the progress and PE enhancements!! (A safe and careful Christmas.) Cheers....HOF.

Hi Boyd, Merry Christmas, Happy Guy Fakes!! Good to catch up and nice to see your "Post." Yup, we have a vested interest in your "Precision" build. My two cents worth. Cheers....HOF.

Hi Chap, Merry Christmas!! I enjoy the references to HVAC. No worries in Wellington, a nice. mild 15.6 (O/S) 21.6 (I/S) No Wind, no Earthquakes tonight, so far.... (Southerly Zypher coming from Australia. ) Your question/s Chris, sorry I am no help here. (Garboard Strake.... I believe that it's a very "Peculiar" shape, I should know, I've done a few.... Wot you have done at the Bow looks good, same at the Stern and Straight throughout the length. Where it meets the Keel is where the plank takes an "Interesting" shape. The Mermaid looks great!! Cheers....HOF.

Hi Tim, From the Longridge book it's 5, 2, 4. 3, 1 (That's in my memory, could be wrong.... ) Enjoy!! Cheers....HOF.

Hi Tim, Gratings are fine, but, I chose to go "Scale" and made hatches. (Didn't like the Gratings, but, your choice.) Filler stuff between the Bulkheads, again your choice, I didn't, but, your Model, your Ship, you choose to make your piece of Marine Art. (Whatever you are comfortable with.) You may find that the Keel pulls "True" after you slot things together, Dry Fit? The Laser Cut stuff is pretty spot on. Pleased you have the resource material, it's wot I started with before I got into the "Nitty Gritty." One thing I forgot with my build was putting Tree Nails into the Deck Planks.... anyway, I was far too far along with the build and no one is going to notice, unless you tell them!! Regarding Deck Planking, I used the Kit stuff, again, my little piece of art. Looks o.k. and no one is anyone the wiser. (Yup, Teak Planks for the Deck but I felt just fine with the Basswood.) (I came into some planks of Teak recently but you will have to come and buy them off me. ) Be aware also that the Sergal version has Tapered Mainmasts, this is definitely not the case, you will need to get Mast Fittings modified/manufactured. (A friendly Manufacturing Jeweller is also a good resource. (I got Bumpkins made also with my resource!! ) The Longridge Book is really good, I got a first Edition off Abe Books, the Log is also a wonderful read, Historically. (All sorts went on, Assaults, Suicide, Murder, Etc!!) My C/S took me about six years of weekends to complete, unfazed by this, it was something that I needed to complete. (Memory of my Father.) Some days, I'd go in to the Ship Room and Walk back out. Anyway, don't be put off by my ramblings, Enjoy the journey.... Happy to assist if I can. (I have literally hundreds of photos if that helps.) Merry Christmas, and as I always say, Happy Guy Fawkes!! Cheers....HOF.

Hi Tim, Certainly brings back memories.... I put the Stanchions aside, "Flat" just isn't right. I used Billings, 2 Hole Stanchions. There's quite a few. If you can, good resource material is Plans from the Cutty Sark Society in Grennwich. (A Print Shop will be able to enlarge them for you. (I don't think that you will infringe any Copyright. Happy to offer any advice from my perspective. Cheers....HOF. (Harry)

Hi Chap, An interesting build, one kit that I have often thought about!! Looking good!! Cheers....HOF.

Awesome!!

Nice work Chap. The Mare Nostrum will be a "Walk in the Park!!" Chaars....HOF.

Very nice work Sir, Love the Wheel!! Cheers....HOF.

Hi Chap, I managed to pick up a reasonable quality Woodworking Lathe for a couple of Hundee. (New) Its pretty good for a variety of tasks.... I wish you well for the mast Hoops!! Cheers....HOF.

Hi Chap, I tried with the Plane method, had all sorts of problems.... So, I got a large diameter dowel, (Larger than the Mast diameter), and put this in the Head Stock Chuck of my Lathe. I put a Chuck in the Tail Stock and put a Drill in the Tail Stock Chuck. Started the Lathe and wound the Tali Stock into the Dowel. I was left with a Dowel with a nicely centred hole or, more correctly a "Tube." I then Stained the tube and used a Razor Saw and Mitre Box to cut the Tube into thin rings. Here is the result on Bluenose II

My sincerest apologies Sir!! It was something I read on the shipmodelling forum a little while ago.... I'm pleased that you are sill very much with us!! Yup, all getting older, Wiser? Cheers and Regards, Harry.

Hi Doug, I built the older version also. Mr. Earls' website is where I got some instruction also, albeit, several years ago. (I thought that John had [passed away?) This incidentally was my second build after tackling the A/L "Daykit" of Bluenose II Will be interested in your progress and have plenty of Photos of this if required. (Unfortunately, the Web Site that hosted my build log closed down, ship modellers forum) Looking good thus far!! Cheers....HOF.

Hi Steve, Have a look-see at trademe.co.nz there are quite a few A/L kits on there at the mo. being imported from the UK Good luck with the Mare Nostrum, from memory, it's a 3 month build. Cheers....HOF.

Nice recovery Sir!! Don't know about the 0.5mm planking, seems a little extreme? You would have to handle with "Kid Gloves" so as not to put a "Dent" in things. Is it single or double POB? If Double, I guess you can look forward to approx.. 0.75mm after careful sanding? (Almost bought one last week of NZ Auction site, (Trademe.co.nz), was started but someone else out bid me, no problem.) Interesting build and interesting to see same construction method as C/S I'm guessing that the Bulkhead extensions get removed after planking? Question: How did the kit "Smell" when you opened it? (I reckon that the manufactures put something on the Timber to make us remember.... A/L similar scent.... ) Cheers....HOF.

Hi Chap, I can sympathise with the Plans/Instructions, Pretty similar to the Sergal/Mantua Cutty Sark, and I believe, not to scale either. (I was lucky enough to be able to refer to Billings and A/L plans for detail.) Did not have the issues with the Laser Cutting on the C/S and the alignment was perfect using the False Deck to hold Bulkheads in place. Anyway, Looking good thus far. Cheers....HOF.

Hi Torbogdan, What is the quality of the "Castings?" I read a review some time ago that stated that the Casting quality was poor. Cheers....HOF.

Hi Mark, Don't worry too much, during my build of this model, I had plenty of frustrating times. Took me six years of weekends and I'm glad I persevered. Sometimes I'd go into the Ship Room and walk straight back out.... What you have done thus far is looking really good!! (Agree wholeheartedly with Don/Russ's comment.) Keep it up!! Cheers....HOF.