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  1. ct mike
    Dan, Yes, I'm building Sauce Jack too but I don't think there is a build log. As for dying the sails on Jack, I've read all the posts on dying and then using swatches of different material and then dying the linen sails supplied and the end result being different. So. like I said tea, since my wife has done a lot of dying in her time and tea was her suggestion, was the way to go for me. Mixed Black Cherry Berry herbal tea from Celestial Seasonings for the deep red color and some Lipton Black Tea for the brown. The ratio my wife and I found to be beast was 1 to 1 bags of the black cherry and the Lipton's tea made just the right coloron the cloth not in the measuring cup. The other ratios we tried were either too pink or too dark. We used old thin cotton tee shirts as swatches, but until we dipped the sails in the mixture we thought was closest to what we wanted we couldn't tell. Once we decided we left the sails in the mixture over night and dried them this morning and they look great. The great thing about the tea is you can soak them again in different rations if you aren't happy to get a different result without having to scrap the dyed ones. Good luck, Mike
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    I'm ready to dye my sails at this time too. My wife and I are going to try tea to get that nice ruddy red brick color. Some cherry fruit flavored and some regular brown tea mixed together in varying combinations and we will be doing swatches to look for the bet results. I'll let you know how it turns out. Mike
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    Bravo!
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    Sorry about your mom. I know how hard it can be. Modeling, I find is a great healer. Keep up the good work. Mike
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    FYI, The pipes/tubes you are about to install were there for venting steam and the like. One of the pipes was a periscope of sorts so the boilermen couldi see if they were making black smoke so they could adjust the oil/air ratio without having to go topside. Mike
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    Gary, Wow. I don't think anyone looking at the ribs except at the symmetry, the patterns and the shadows They are mesmerizing. No one will be looking for globs of glue or the missing ribs. Unless you tell them. Haha. Beautiful work. Mike
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    At least on a submarine you have a 50% of coming back up. Haha Mike
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    Reminds me of the time I was on a cruiser in the sea of Japan during a typhoon and watching from the O-10 bridge I could see the waves crashing over the bow, engulfing the whole length of the ship, 8 hundred and 25 feet, under water until we powered out just in time to meet the next wave. 14 hours of the that was not fun. No eating or sleeping that day. Haha. Mike
  9. ct mike
    Excellent job fitting the patterns. Looks like everything went very well. After you fretted over the problem it looks all ship shape. Having fun following your build. Aloha, Mike
  10. ct mike
    Tony, I've just discovered your build log for the swallow and she looks great! I built your planking tutorial a year or so ago and it turned out fantastic. Lat Christmas I built a half hull of a English Cutter, I got the plans on SOS, and built it with a clinker hull. I used and batten above each to kick out the next plank and it worked well except for some sinking between the bulkheads. Some filing and sanding fixed that but your method looks a lot better. I attached a photo of the cutter. I just down loaded you capstan planks from the NRG store and it looks like it is going to be a lot of fun but I really liked doing the half hulls. Since you started the Swallow doing a half hull, do you think you might do another half hull kit or develop the plans for sale in the store? Either way I will be following your progress with the Swallow. I'm learning a lot from your expertise. Thanks ctmike

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