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Nice, Bob. Lots of progress on this beauty!

She looks fantastic with those sails, Bob! Great craftsmanship and a unique look for this model with those sails. Well done!

That's good to hear. Mine hasn't arrived yet but I'm hopeful it will be here soon. I have the monograph of the Santa Caterina and it is excellent. I'm a long ways from being a scratch builder though!

I just read your build log and it's great, SweepHall. I love all the details you are adding to her. I'll be following along and you continue to make progress.

Just found your build log of the Mary Rose. She's a very beautiful and interesting ship. My guess is that you haven't had any spare time to put into her with all the demo builds you have going. I look forward to you continuing with her at some point.

Excellent advice, Derek!

Very nice, Matus! You are doing a great job for your first time making a wooden model ship.

Thanks, David. I'm currently waiting for a couple of old, model boat magazines that I found on the French eBay that have articles in them about the Pen Duick. I need help to understand the rigging since the instructions are useless and the plans aren't much more help. My son is also visiting for a while and he needs to work remotely so I cleared off my small modeling desk so he can have a place to work in our second bedroom. The terrible wildfires in northern California have made the air unhealthy with so much smoke and even ash falling everywhere so I don't even want to go outside. Covid and wildfires....sure hope things get better soon!

Hi Ryland, The rigging on the Medway Longboat was the first rigging of any kind I have done and I was anxious about doing it since it seemed rather confusing to me. I closely followed the sequence that Chuck recommends in his instructions. I assume that the plans that you got with your kit have all the lines labeled for size. I somehow got a plan that didn't have all the lines labeled and it confused me until I found that the online plans have all the information about the sizes of all of the lines. I relied heavily on the photos from other Medway build logs too to help me see how the lines were secured to the mast etc. Rusty's log was particularly helpful and I referred to his photos often. I documented my progress fairly well so I hope that will be helpful to you also. I went to Jo-Ann's and compared the colors of the lines to the variety of thread they had in the store. I ended up using Guttermann 100% Polyester that comes in 100m spools. The tan color I used is called Dark Taupe #537. Unfortunately, I can't read the number on the other spool of the thread that is nearly black. I used tiny spots of medium viscosity CA to secure the knots and had no problem with the polyester thread. The CA will darken the tan thread though so I was extra careful to use a very tiny amount carefully placed. I don't notice it at all on the finished model. I used the Syren Serving Machine to serve the ropes when it was called for. I also purchased a magnetic Quad Hands device and it was very helpful for holding blocks when I was stropping them and for holding the lines securely when I was securing them to the mast. I show it in my log and I highly recommend it. I read quite a few topics on rigging that I found in the Masting, Rigging and Sails section and picked up little pieces of advice here and there in them. I can't remember which ones exactly though. I'm glad to see you approaching the finish line with your build. She's a beauty for sure.

Nice to see you back in the boatyard, Dave!

Both are very nice but I'll vote for maple as well.

Fantastic build log, James!

Gorgeous boat, Brian!

You've selected a great model for your first build. These classic fishing boats have their own beauty. Enjoy the journey, Richard!

Tough decision...I now think I actually prefer the maple. The base has quite a nice variety of color and the pear is different than any of the colors. I like the way the maple carries the look of the base.

I'm really enjoying following your progress, IR3. Good job at figuring things out that are confusing at first. Ship modeling seems to have a lot of that!

WOW!! Incredible work! 😲

....then there are all of those stunningly beautiful, ocean racing sailboats...their lines are so gorgeous and the fittings are incredibly beautiful too...just sayin'....🙄

I like them both but I preferred the sleek lines of the Zulu more and bought it for that reason. I was happy to hear that there may be some additional fishing vessels in your lineup of models in the future, Chris. Variety is the spice of life!

Well I didn't know that...thanks for the tip!

Beautiful, Jean-Paul! I think either the maple or pear would look good but I lean towards the pear for some contrast with the Alaskan Yellow Cedar hull. It might help to the boat over the base along with a piece of maple and then a piece of pear and see how it looks. It will look great either way.

I hope it works out for you, Glenn. It took me a few trials but I eventually got the hang of it and got a decent moulding made...not perfect...but good enough for me.

Google Artesania Latina Micro Shapers (Shapers not Scrapers) and quite a few online sites will come up that have them for sale. There are two sets with different shapes and sizes titled set A and set B. Micromart has both sets but there are other choices also.

I hope to have a Byrnes table saw in the near future!

Excellent progress, Sjors. She's well on her way to becoming a very nice model!