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Keith,
 
It was I who edited your build log title. I did this as part of an overhaul of all the build log titles on our site, to conform them to our site guidelines. The job took nearly two months to complete, as we have thousands of build logs here, so perhaps you can see why I didn't ask everyone whose logs were tidied up for permission to do so in advance. As for your log in particular, I added the information about Madawaska because the 1869 launch date for Tennessee isn't the original launch date for the ship itself -- personally, I think that little bit of extra info is interesting, but if you wish you may strike the last bit from the log title, or I can do it for you.
 
Kind regards,
Chris

Welcome aboard, Marcel! Card models are kinda like Lay's Potato Chips -- no one can build just one!

Added the pilot's headrest and windscreens. The kit provide neither interior frames nor glazing templates for the latter; I made photocopies and used those as templates.
 

Added the pilot's headrest and windscreens. The kit provide neither interior frames nor glazing templates for the latter; I made photocopies and used those as templates.
 

Added the pilot's headrest and windscreens. The kit provide neither interior frames nor glazing templates for the latter; I made photocopies and used those as templates.
 

It's exciting to have a stage where there's a great leap forwards in what the model looks like. This was one of those weekends, spending time taking pleasure in the unfolding of the model. Turning the model right way up & trimming the aft hull sections makes a big difference, she's looking a lot more like a yacht now. And not just like a yacht - the beamy but well proportioned lines are starting to show.
 
The support is from some free foamcore cardboard, it was easy to make but I'm not sure it's going to last the distance. 

 
Stout boats, definitely not a racehorse, with just a hint of of tumblehome....
The large volume of the hulls is really evident here.

 
I have added some scrap lead inside the hull, I think it feels better if they are slightly heavy & it's probably safer for the model. Those 4 pieces, found on a building site, are probably about 500g or 1lb. Cut into 4 pieces & glued in place. Hopefully the time spent working out the pre-cut plywood frames will make the next stages simpler. It can be quite tricky to measure  - for example - the height of a cockpit sole off the hull.

 
Next I'll start laying the cockpit plywood, & have a think about the rigging - if there needs to be anything done now while access in the hull is still possible, such as backing for the chainplates.
 
One more thing, on the related 28' design for Maluka: following her good result in the recent Fastnet, there's an article on her in the June Classic Boat mag. She's still in the UK & her owner will be cruising the north east coast of the UK the next few weeks.
 

My priorities are in perfect order -- they just don't match my wife's priorities!

My priorities are in perfect order -- they just don't match my wife's priorities!

My priorities are in perfect order -- they just don't match my wife's priorities!

Nothing special, just another part of decoration. Still the same since last october🙄
 
Jan
 

More cowl bits added. I mighta got more done today except I spent the entire day stripping the old finish off my fence. 😬
 

Keith,
 
It was I who edited your build log title. I did this as part of an overhaul of all the build log titles on our site, to conform them to our site guidelines. The job took nearly two months to complete, as we have thousands of build logs here, so perhaps you can see why I didn't ask everyone whose logs were tidied up for permission to do so in advance. As for your log in particular, I added the information about Madawaska because the 1869 launch date for Tennessee isn't the original launch date for the ship itself -- personally, I think that little bit of extra info is interesting, but if you wish you may strike the last bit from the log title, or I can do it for you.
 
Kind regards,
Chris

More cowl bits added. I mighta got more done today except I spent the entire day stripping the old finish off my fence. 😬
 

Eighteen cowl blisters done. 😵

 

More cowl bits added. I mighta got more done today except I spent the entire day stripping the old finish off my fence. 😬
 

I call this next one the "last time you'll ever have a clear view of this cockpit" shot.
 

 
And here's the cockpit section all closed up and mated to the forward fuselage. The butt joint did not turn out as nicely this time.
 

 
A simple fuselage slice is next, followed by construction of the observer's position.
 
Cheers!

Gradually the fuselage lengthens.
 

The observer's position is complete. These are the last views anyone will see before it gets zipped up.
 

 

 

 

 
After this, anyone wanting to get a good closeup look will need to use an endoscope. 😑

Zipped up . . .
 

 
. . . and skinned.
 

Two more sections added to the fuselage.
 

The main fuselage sections are done now. Next I'll need to go back and mount all the little lumpy-bumpy parts.
 

Eighteen cowl blisters done. 😵

 

More cowl bits added. I mighta got more done today except I spent the entire day stripping the old finish off my fence. 😬
 

More cowl bits added. I mighta got more done today except I spent the entire day stripping the old finish off my fence. 😬
 

More cowl bits added. I mighta got more done today except I spent the entire day stripping the old finish off my fence. 😬