I just wanted to tell you that I've spent all mornng reading your fascinating posts regarding the Swift Virginia pilot boat, and I am simply amazed. Your posts are incredibly detailed. They are filled with quite a bit of humor as well as many helpful hints and downright essential bits of model shipbuilding lore. Before I began reading, I thught foolishly that I knew a lot about model shipbuilding. I was wrong. I learned an awful lot about ship construction from your posts. You are a great teacher, and I will certainly take away a great deal of information to use on my future modelling efforts. Thank you, thank you for all your patience and hard work. Please continue, or my own Swift boat will never be finished. --Tom
