michael mott
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Fraser she is developing into a nice looking model. Michael -
Tim I am enjoying this very much. Michael
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Popeye, Wow I just realized that I have not done any posts on this thread since the 13th of August, it seems like ages ago, I almost trip over the pilot cutter every time I walk to the bandsaw while I have been absorbed with Maria, I purchased the paint for the hull a while back. Sherry thanks for your kind remark, I think that you are also one who does very clean and precise work, judging from the pictures of your own build. Row, Thank you very much for coming out of the lurking door, your comments were a pick up for me this evening . I was feeling a little low for some reason, perhaps I need to take a break and work on the pilot cutter for a couple of days, give the big boat a rest. Row I am confident with tools for sure as to my skills at boat building it seems that I am not alone in doing things more than once. The school of hard knocks in any field is not the easiest path to travel but the satisfaction when one gets it right is worth the effort. I wish I had started building these models 30 years ago, by now I would definitely have a better idea of what I am doing. If it were not for this site I might not have got this far with my model, the many skilled builders who share their work and Ideas is inspirational and at the same time very encouraging, browsing the build logs is an education in itself, full of great ideas. I do hope that you start a build log and share with us some of your own knowledge of boats knowing that you have worked on the full sized ones, I am sure that you have a lot to contribute. I am indeed from the UK my sister lives in Devon. We grew up in London, Cornwall is my favourite county, I have very fond memories of St Ives, and Tintagel. Lastly regarding the radio control I am completely green when it comes to radio control other that knowing it can be done. I understand that Spectrum is a type that is good, it is also one of the reasons that the whole cabin area is not finished is because I need to sort out all that stuff. Michael
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Børge Beautiful; work all round. I am happy to see an update. Michael
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Daniel it is so much fun watching your builds, you really should get a hobby and stop messin' about Wonderful work on the chest too. Michael
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She is looking quite fine Mark, When do you get to remove the board and the extra length of the frames? Michael
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Make sure that you are NOT TWITCHIN' when you get back to the rigging on the goth! and congratulations on the promotion. Michael
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Nice work Dave Bluenose is a great schooner. Michael
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Very clean work on the ship and planking Sherry. Your garden bounty looks very tasty, those cherry tomatoes look amazing, our garden has not done so well this year, it has been mostly too wet and cool. Michael
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Hi Alex just catching up, your work on the ship looks very fine I would be very happy to have the results you are showing so far. Michael
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Mark, excellent work on the ebony bending. Retirement..... what's that? I thought that I would have a lot more time and now I seem to be busier than ever, the occasional afternoon nap though is sure nice. Michael
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Everything is looking very nice Walter. The lines of the hull are sweet. I too am surprised by the size of the masts. Michael
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Nice work on the rigging and I really like the pliers mod I'm surprised that we don't see more of it being done. Michael
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I will be following along Tim. Michael
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Good morning Druxey, in answer to your question absolutely, I am not quite set on the final configuration of some details yet and so I am waiting for the AHA moment when I know how I am going to detail them. Also the main cabin roof will need to be removable and watertight. When I take the mast off I will also finish off the shelf for the boom to rest on and remove the brass goosneck fitting. Michael
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B.E. thanks for stopping by. It interesting working on each aspect separately as the need to operate the rigging and sails dictates what I have to make next. each task seems to require more research into how things are done. Last evening I was able to make the rail for the bottom of the mast the posts knees and rail are all from different colours of maple they are not glued yet. The posts are set through the deck and abut the beam in front of them. The belaying pin is a placeholder to see what they would look like the final ones will be from Lignum Vitae. Michael
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Amazing Daniel!! Michael
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Michael thanks for your kind comment, seems we posted at the same time. regarding your question about cutaways for myself it is not in the cards if I build a boat then it goes into the water, and unfortunately the water would just pour into a cutaway. Jay thanks, I need to get a move on or I will never get this puppy in the water. Actually I do want to get the hull painted soon but I want to finish off the main rigging hardware white the mast is in place , I can make the rest of the deck furniture and all that after I remove the mast. Since I am making it up as I go along, and not following an exact set of plans it is a bit of a learning curve. Michael
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Hi Nils thanks for your kind remark. Hi Andy thanks for the comments I did have a look at the web images I am not sure I fully understand you comment though about sister blocks. Hi John good to see you back from holidays, I am going to make a saddle for the wire span, just haven't got there yet. I did make a twisted shackle yesterday it allows the block to stay in line with the one on the mast. I made a better one today after a lot of mucking about with form tools for the brass turning. Michael
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Nice work Popeye the hull looks pretty clean to me. Michael
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Nice repair on the short sections Tim, it looks like you are using maple. Michael
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Andy it makes a lot of sense working in the stages that you are doing, those shrouds look great. Michael
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Hi Dee Dee the boat is looking really fine, the contrasts of the dark and light woods works very well. I would be happy to have my models look as nice when they get to your stage. Michael
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