Canute

 Congratulations. You now have a bundle of love wrapped in fur. What is her name?

Enjoy the holiday.

A somewhat late birthday wish, Mark. And I hope the work you do now will preclude a Version 3.

Slainte, birthday boy!

Clare, interesting vessel. I'd like to follow along.

Bill, your detailing is outstanding. Really enjoy following your build!

Nice pumps, Brian.

Cathead, nice looking hull. Really shows off the curves around the bow.

Erik, lay a thin strip of wood from the bow to the stern at several points. The strip should lay flat if properly faired.

Trap him & eat it.   No, better yet, just bury the little rodent.  

Tried 'skrat once, a swamp delicacy along the Delaware. Too greasy for even a fighter pilot's ( or a Marine's) unrefined palate.  

Just shoot the varmints and be done with the lot!

All the best with your recoveries. (Is that a word?)

I feel that with the skills needed to make planks back when SOS was built, the planking would be coarse enough to be seen, even though it was painted. So, I'm with you on this one, Dave.

Nice tip on the Tamiya paints, Bob. The few remaining brick and mortar hobby shops out this way do stock it, along with Vallejo paints. Many of my old solvent paints are going away, so I'm doing more water based paints. Keep filling the bag of tricks, but gotta clean out some of the old stuff.

Sounds like a router might do well for long cuts, like doing a deck beam for inset flooring.

Well done on the pump. You make a good team.

May have to play guardian angel for a while with Tiny or them big Bawlz will ruin the lad.

Jay, your work is excellent. Inspiring for this tyro.

Brian, you could search on the card websites. They seem to go for that scale, along with 1/250 scale.

Jay, a company named Grandtline makes plastic rivets/NBW in various scales. Here's a link: http://grandtline.com/default.html

Mark, thanks. Sort of figured there had to be outside influence for some naval commanders, too. Most of my study has been on the Brown Water ships along the Mississippi, which were novel with the Army built and run City class ships.

I've also heard it called the "War between the States", "War of Northern Aggression" and "War of Southern Arrogance". I usually call it the American Civil War or ACW for a quick reference.

Great read. Wonder how much sea time these commanders had. I don't think the Navy had as big a problem with political appointees as the Army did.

Well done, Ken. A great idea to make those rings look consistent.

Brian, don't do too many at one sitting. It will take a little longer, but you won't go cross-eyed. I did that when I built some N Scale houses with double hung windows with all the sashes and sills. About seven pieces, counting the glazing, for a window about a half inch tall. And then I put shades in some of the windows.

A company named Archer Transfers http://www.archertransfers.com/index.html  makes rivet decals in many sizes/scales, but you'd need to seal the wood where you intend to place them. You can use Pledge with Future for the sealing. It's an acrylic floor finish.

Very nice work. Love the deck work.

Bummer, mate. But now, on to better things.

Very well done on the companionway. Love the hasp!

Hope the only thing hurt was some feelings. May make it hard to get the clans to agree to much after that.

frolick, there is a corollary, but I won't say it here, since this is a family oriented site. If interested, PM me.

Wonder if this Capt Pope was related to the Union general who lost 2nd Manassas or Bull Run? Similar exaggerations and lack of audacity. Sure sounds like he might.