Elijah

Your masts look very nice !

Thank you! I will do so!

Thank you captgino !

Sounds great!

That looks very nice!

This looks to be interesting!

Looking great !

This looks like it will be very nice! I hope you don't mind if I follow your build.

I don't have the answer to your question, but great job on your deck! Keep up the good work !

Hello captgino! I like the look of your planking !

Hello! I got a book called The Lore Of Ships as a late Christmas gift and it is very interesting and informative. It has plenty of drawings as well as text, and covers a lot of topics. I will probably add on to this review as I read the book, but I will show you a few things about it now. P.S. Sorry for the bad lighting.

This next page would be great help for building a cross section.

There is so much more in this book and I would greatly recommend this book to anybody wanting to know more about ships or needing a reference on how they are built. This book will be a great help when building.

Until next time.

Hello Old Man! Like Mark (mtaylor) said, there is a very good example of a weathered ship by riverboat at http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6400-alert-by-riverboat-krick-125th-scale/. I really like the way he did the name lettering.

Thanks again Kurt! I am currently at my grandma's house and am not able to work on my ship. I have some great news though, I am now a full member of The Nautical Research Guild! I also received two other gifts.

The book on the left looks very cool, and is packed full of information and drawings. The timber on the right is from Crown Timberyard, and from what I see, looks to be of excellent quality. I can hardly wait to get back at the shipyard, and hopefully I will with time to make a building board.

Until next time.

Following chucks practicum, marking the centerline is next. The first thing I did was draw the centerline on deck.

I knew that making the centerline travel down under the boat would be more difficult, but I had an idea. I used some string to define the centerline. It follows the centerline on deck, then it goes down under the ships hull, and comes back around on top, right where the line started!

So far, this looks to be a good idea, but if it isn't, please tell me so. Also, if it isn't a good way to mark the centerline, would you suggests any other ways? I have not drawn the line yet, just in case it is incorrect. Comments, questions, and constructive criticism are welcome.

Until next time.

Hello! This is a nice build you have here and I hope you don't mind if I follow it! Your boats look really good!

The deck planking and the catheads look very nice! Are you planing on making the rigging functional? Those sheaves look like they work!

Thanks guys ! Sorry that the picture is upside down. I have noticed that the spot where the keel will be at about the middle of the ship is very thin. I am not sure if it is supposed to be like this, but I will find out when I am (for the most part) done with shaping the hull. I should think start making some jigs for different things because I can only make them at my papa's workshop. I'm sorry I can't post pictures right now, I am in the school library !

-Wayne, that's a cool idea, using the keel to fill the gap! I will keep that in mind.

Until next time!

Hello again! I have realized something… I am a really slow builder ! Please excuse the snail pace of this build log. I (finally) finished getting the hull to the correct length. There is one large dent I will need to correct with a lot of wood filler that I will have to purchase, due to the fact that I don't have any.

You can see it at the bow area. I will have to get to cutting cardboard again for the side templates. Also, I have a new baby brother as of this night, which is super awesome! I hope to have some more building time this weekend as well.

Until next time.

That is a cool moulding technique! Those pumps look great!

Great job! That railing looks nice!

Great job!

This looks very interesting! I hope you don't mind if I follow your build.

The lights look great! I wonder if you are as fast when it comes to rigging !

Wow! That is a lot of progress in only a couple days! If you don't mind, I will follow your build.

Hello again! This will be a mini update that will hopefully be followed be a larger one sometime soon. I have a correction to my previous post. I will be receiving the gifts this next weekend instead of this weekend. As of progress, I have cut out the main template in cardboard. When I held up the template, I noticed I had sanded too much at the bow where the keel will be placed over. I will sand the ship to the correct length and then see how much wood filler needs to be used. If you have any suggestions, questions, or better ideas they are welcome.

Until next time.

Edit: *much