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She's really coming along!

Love the three-masted topsail schooner rig!

A magnificent model, Tom -- one to be truly proud of!

The right wing is now skinned. I will not be showing any close-ups of the finished wing tip -- if there is a pro technique for doing those neatly, I have yet to discover what it is!

Handsomely done!

Looks like you got the keel thing sorted out.

I have moved this log into the proper forum section.

Hey, Brian! How are you coming along with this project?

You were making great progress on this! Dis you get it wrapped up?

Hi, MM! I have split this build off into a separate topic for you.

Hey, did you wrap this build up? It was looking so nice and so close to being finished.

Very nice, Craig!

So -- whatever became of this project?

I just noticed there is a typo on MS' box label. 1/8" = 1' is 1/96 scale, not 1/64. I fixed the title for you.

12 hours ago, GGibson said:

since everyone should have their user name as a part of the build log title

Yes, thank you for mentioning this! More exactly, every build log should have the member's exact username in the title. But some of our members are more "free-spirited" than others. 😉  Our build logs are currently getting some long-overdue attention to their formatting and tagging issues. There are thousands of them to check, so the task will take a while to complete.

12 hours ago, glbarlow said:

is this the NRG magazine all us members should receive?

Spring '24 issue.

Our galleries are for finished ship models only!

There is another option for the deck, depending on how much effort you want to put into it. Decks on real ships are nearly always light colored, thanks to being bleached out by so much sun. Many modelers like to use holly for decking. It can be purchased from wood suppliers in quite thin and/or narrow strips. You could easily lay down a new deck atop the old, if you wanted.

I got the missing gear bay pieces in. It was exactly as much fun as I thought it would be, i.e., none. 😑

I also got the wing skins cut out, edge colored, and shaped. Here they are for a preliminary fit.

They will need landing lights installed before being glued on. Strangely, the diagrams also show inner sheaths labeled as part S -- the main spar is even recessed to accommodate the extra layer of paper. But there are no parts S in either the kit or mentioned in the instructions. I will probably go ahead and add something like them anyway to increase the gluing area.

Like so . . .

4 minutes ago, Chikpeas said:

WHERE DO YOU GUYS GET MAGNETIC BRAD PUSHERS CMON…

Amati makes a product called the "nail nailer", but you can buy pretty much the same thing at your local ACE hardware store for about 1/3 the price. Personally, I don't use the brass pins. I use push pins driven with a tack hammer into pre-drilled pilot holes.

1 minute ago, Chikpeas said:

so this kit is not completely accurate

One thing you'll quickly learn in this hobby is that some manufacturers (I'm looking at you, OcCre) will take a lot of liberty when it comes to naming their kits and providing them with colorful, um -- "histories." It is often a fool's errand to try and figure out what they used for source material. Best to not sweat it too much and just enjoy the build. The flip side of the issue is that you can name your ship pretty much anything you want and the name will be equally valid.

Look what just arrived in my mailbox.

I enjoyed your interview -- maybe someday in this life I'll get a chance to tour your new facilities before getting James to take me to a proper fish and chips establishment.

4 hours ago, Scottish Guy said:

Also I wish to send you all my best wishes since you live where I always wanted to live, Greer, SC. I visited a couple of times Greenville because I´m a big Clemson Tigers fan.

Well, thank you very much! I'm not actually a native of South Carolina, being originally from the foggy far-northern regions of California, which, climate-wise, is much more akin to Scotland than it is to the humid subtropics of Greenville. Let me know if you're ever in the area and I'll take you out for some amazing barbecue!

Welcome aboard, Michael!