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  1. BobG
    She's looking great!
  2. BobG
    More progress. Keep it going...following your log is pulling me along! Beautiful saxes! Seeing them brings back memories of my son when he attended a performing arts school during his middle and high school years and played tenor and soprano sax. I play guitar and have dabbled with a variety of musical instruments over the years including the Boehm and Irish flutes, piano, harmonica and the didgeridoo but my guitars get all my attention nowadays. I even got into making didgeridoos from raw logs until my wife said, "Enough, there's no place to put another didge in our house?" I still have a few logs that are anxiously awaiting their new life though...
  3. BobG
    I was glad to see your mast tapering set up. I will be using a power drill for that set as well. I hoping that I can use my Dremel to shape the belaying pins. The brass straps will be the first time I've done anything with metal also so, like you, this build has been a great learning experience for me too. I'm retired also but I have a lot of interests that compete for my time. Spending time at my little modeling table is growing on me very fast though. Bob
  4. BobG
    You've made a lot of progress recently and she's a beauty! I'm right behind you. I'm working on the windlass and the knees right now. I'll be following your rigging. I have the rigging kit but I've never rigged anything so I imagine it will present me with quite a few challenges. Have you already purchased the Winchelsea kit? I've been admiring it and reading some of the beautiful build logs. I would love to build it but I'm not sure I have the skills to do her justice yet. The longboat has been the most challenging build I've done yet although it's is going pretty well for me. I would love to step into some scratch building though. So who knows...I might just take the plunge. I'd be swimming in everyone's wake though! Bob
  5. BobG
    Wow...your ship modeling is state of the art...perfection! Thank you for continuing to share your beautiful artistry with us. Bob
  6. BobG
    Simply amazing!
  7. BobG
    Wonderful!
  8. BobG
    Many thanks, vaddoc.
  9. BobG
    I searched online for the Decoart Americana Sealer and found several. Are you using the Decoart Multipurpose Sealer that you brush on? If you have a photo of what you are using that would be great. Thanks! Bob
  10. BobG
    Great job on your dory! It will be a wonderful model when you're finished. My first boat was the Artesania Latina Saint Malo. It's a dory but I think the Bluejacket model is much better and more authentic. I love the small, working boats of the USA, Canada and the Mediterranean. I wish there were more good quality models of these types of boats. Good luck on the rest of your build. Bob
  11. BobG
    Vaddoc and wefalck, thank you both so much for sharing your knowledge and experience with us on this topic. I have learned a lot from your well written contributions on this subject and your advice will help me become more skilled at painting. Bob
  12. BobG
    Thanks for explaining the differences between sealing and priming. I understand that a sanding sealer would be used prior to sanding seal the pores and they typically dry hard which helps when sanding. Does this then leave a good surface to directly apply paint to? Since primers increase the adhesion of paint and can fill and level surfaces, it seems to me that this would be very helpful in providing a good, smooth surface to paint on. Are there situations when a sealer is preferred and situations where a primer is preferred? Bob
  13. BobG
    I've done all the painting in our house and, although model painting is certainly different, I have found that good quality brushes are easier to work with and do a better job. I'm not particularly brand conscious either as long as the brush is good quality. My wife was a watercolor artist before changing to pastels and she felt that good brushes made a big difference. Looking at how well your painting looks, I would imagine that the brushes you use are well made. Bob
  14. BobG
    Great information, Ryland, thank you. Do you have a favorite brand of brushes? Bob
  15. BobG
    This is a wonderful build log of a very interesting model. I'll be following your progress. I just read your member introduction post. We have things in common. I live in Sacramento and am an avid road cyclist and my wife and I have spent 17 weeks traveling in South America (Peru, Argentina and Brazil) including 3 weeks in Patagonia and Ushuaia. The hiking was incredible when the wind wasn't blowing 70 mph! Good luck on your build. Bob
  16. BobG
    Absolutely gorgeous! You've done a fantastic job on this boat and your build log is wonderful and very informative as well. Congratulations! Bob
  17. BobG
    I am so glad to hear you say that you've had good results painting over Wipe-on-Poly since I'm just about to do that on the Medway Longboat. Also, the top photo of the stern of the Winnie is jaw-dropping. I believe I will eventually have to build this ship...sooner than later I hope. It's just soooo beautiful! Bob
  18. BobG
    Wow...stunningly beautiful, Chuck!
  19. BobG
    I like your adventurous spirit, Fred! When I get interested in something I tend to jump in with both feet also. I'm currently working on the Medway Longboat and loving it. Reading some of the Winnie build logs has certainly captured my attention and, although I'm holding off right now, I can feel the pull. You seem to have a bit more in depth experience than I do at this point since you have completed the Lady Nelson and the Bounty. I started off with a small AL dory, then I built the Maris Stella Batelina and the Midwest Indian Canoe before beginning the Longboat. I'm sure I'd be in way over my head but I do enjoy being challenged and learning... I'll be following your progress closely on this beautiful ship. Congratulations and good luck! Bob
  20. BobG
    Thanks to everyone contributing to this topic. I'm about to start painting some areas on my Medway Longboat with Vallejo Red Acrylic Paint and this information is very helpful. Vaddoc: I would be happy to paint as well as your photos show! You mentioned that you use a water based wood sealer to prep for painting. Have you ever used any of the Vallejo Grey or Black Primers?
  21. BobG
    Thanks, Vaddoc, for this great information! On #5 you say to "start dry and finish wet." I'm not sure what that means. Could you explain that part? Bob
  22. BobG
    She's coming along nicely and looking great!
  23. BobG
    I'm interested to know how to determine whether a frame is undersized and should be built up or the adjacent frames are a bit oversized and should be sanded down a bit more? I've just eyeballed it when using a batten to check the fairing and made my best guess. Bob
  24. BobG
    Thanks very much for your reply, Ryland. I think I will very lightly sand the areas with WOP that I will be painting just to be safe and doing a test piece is good advice too. What brand of paint do you prefer? I also like the little tabs you placed on the bottom of the cockpit thwart and seats to help get everything aligned and level. It's been fiddly for me trying to steadily align these parts when marking for notches and cuts and it should make the seam stronger than just edge gluing too. Great idea. Bob
  25. BobG
    Beautiful job on the thwarts and cockpit seats, Ryland. I am just about to complete these on my build as well. I made a card template for the seats and then used that to initially locate where to file the notches on the seats. It was slow going and, like you, I found it very satisfying when it turned out well. I remade a two of the thwarts also from some of the excess stock in order to get the notches in them done a little better and to help me get all the thwarts parallel to each other. It's really starting to look like a longboat and it's exciting! I'm about to doing some of the red painting on the areas under the caprails in the cockpit area. I have a couple of coats of Wipe-on-Poly on the entire interior and I'm wondering if I need to do any light sanding of those areas that are to be painted. I'm using Vallejo Acrylic Paint. Do you know if acrylics will adhere ok to wood that has some poly on it?

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