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    Sjors - You may want to look into the following book on the Aggy: Nelson's Favourite:HMS Agamemnon at War, 1781-1809 (1996) ISBN-13: 978-1557506207 Written by Anthony Deane (a descendant of Sir Anthony Deane, the noted naval architect)
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    Richard - your deck planking looks really nice! I will second what Steve said - the Underhill book on rigging the clipper ship is very good. There are several Clipper Ship books that may be of some use - some better than others - particularly related to the deck furniture and hulls. Some of these include: Lubbock, Basil (1919). The China Clippers Kipping, Robert (1853) Rudimentary treatise on masting, mast-making, and rigging of ships (available on-line at http://archive.org/details/rudimentarytrea00kippgoog) MacGregor, David (1983) Tea Clippers: Their History and Development, 1833-1875 There are many more - like Steve, i enjoy reading about the history. At last count, my nautical and model building collection (started a tad over a year ago) is in excess of 200 printed books and well over 300 downloaded pdf documents.
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    Sjors - that's a lot of bits and pieces! Will grab a seat here in the front before it gets crowded.
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    John - thanks for asking! I was fearing that I was the only one who didn't know. I Googled it and came up with a derogatory slang word for Italians, but knew they wouldn't be wiping some form of Italian sealant on the deck!
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    Crikey - sounds like y'all had a wicked good time, mate! Now, about that gooder English - I think I managed to get ye Olde English, some good ol' southern and some downeast along with some of that Hausteralian speak. Really quite envious - and wondering if Chatham will ever be the same again?
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    Ed - As always, I am fascinated by the research and analysis that goes into each of your builds. I also have a preference for Webb over McKay (just because). Thanks for the detailed information you share on each of these!
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    LOVE IT!!!! Interesting approach to hazard lighting on the tug.....
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    Good looking bunch of models there! Glad to hear that Sjors behaved!
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    Nice work on the repair! Methinks all those bits and pieces are hiding with the socks that disappear in the laundry... Your Vic is looking very good!
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    Thanks, Jim - have a seat next to Keith! Will pass along the wishes in the morning (just got to the hotel). At least this time I only had to drive to Bangor (3 hours) then from Philly to Trenton (1 hour). Plenty of crustaceans - special pricing this weekend for the Pirate Festival.
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    Greetings, and thanks for the kind words! I managed to get frame 8 beveled and raised, started on #9. No pictures this time. Sitting on a plane in Detroit while it gets a brake job, then off to Trenton NJ - back to Maine on Friday. Just a quick Happy B'day to my admiral (Phantom Transcriptionist) - hate to be on the road for her special day, but this client pays the bills, so....
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    Nice start, Freddy. After 25 years you may find some of the wood a mite brittle.
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    Good luck, Adriaan. I hope the justice system down under will accept reasonable doubt for you!
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    Hamilton - you may want to check out the Masting & rigging spreadsheet that Danny Vadas developed which takes your input based on the specific establishment and class then calculates the spars etc. it is available here: http://modelshipworldforum.com/ship-model-masts-and-yards.php Main mast (from step) is 210 mm (scale) 68.9 ' (1:1) Main top mast - 126.1 mm Bowsprit - 124 mm Fore lower yard - 161.4 mm Main t'gallant yard - 66.4 mm EDIT - fixed my silly typo on the yards.
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    Gracious, Adam - you aren't supposed to have everything happen at the same time! If you get all of these issues out of the way now, what have you got to use for "excuses" later in the build??? 2 wakes does NOT sound good - my condolences to you and the families. Promotion - that is usually a good thing! Computer crash (hopefully not related to the emergency tree removal) - not so good!
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    Casey - Nice choice on the colors. They look good together. You are also doing a very nice job fixing those little gotcha's as they arise. Not sure if you can close that gap in the rail by gluing and clamping or if there is some other answer. Hopefully someone with more experience than me will chime in!
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    Sir Mobbsie - WOW!!! Looking mighty fine now. And look at you putzing around making tools, too! Watch out for "you know who" - purty soon he's gonna want you to build him a sett as well!
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    Nice work on the gunport, Ed - the spacing looks much better!
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    Looking good, Jim! glad some of the color decisions seem to be firming up for you!
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    WE will square and level everything??? Rather regal sounding.. or are you cross training the spiders? You are all doing a great job, sir, and a belated happy anniversary!
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    Hope you have a great day today, Scott - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
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    Those ratlines look awesome! Glad you are feeling like yourself again!
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    About 3 hours up the coast in Eastport (about 90 miles beyond Bar Harbor up US 1)
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    Sweet! You picked the right time to be here - fantastic weather today!!!
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    Dinner looks great - and the start on the Confed is very nice as well! Newly landed here in Maine this week - odds about 1 in 50 million of finding something like this (and no, I did not find it...). Live, but looks half-cooked! Donated to the Lobster Research Institute.

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