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It's been a long time between drinks for this log! The usual "life got in the way" excuse applies - mainly work-related - but I have managed to re-commence work on this project in the last couple of weeks - spurred on by receipt of my Medway Longboat kit from Chuck!😉 The somewhat tedious process of shaping all of the spars was the next step. The two spars of shape ‘B’ were sanded square and set aside. Of the 30 spars of shape ‘A’, eight were sanded square and set aside. The remaining 22 were tapered square from two thirds of the way back to the end of each rib. After tapering square, these 22 along with two that were not tapered, were all shaped octagonal. I found the easiest way to do this was using a very small hand plane. All the spars were then given a finish coating of Shellac followed by furniture wax. Here are the resulting spars, although the photo does not really show the shaping terribly well. It was then on to the main wing spar shafts. Although the kit provided some 3/16” dowel for these, I used some 1/4" square boxwood stock to make these. After cutting to length, I started by drilling the holes as indicated in the plans while the stock was still square. I then used an approximation of the 7/10/7 rule to draw some layout lines for shaping to octagonal, for which I again used a small hand plane. The spars were then chucked in a hand drill and sanded round to the final thickness of 3/16”. It sounds like a lot of work, but this progressed quite quickly in the end. One end of each main spar was then shaped with a ‘step’ to receive two parts similar to a gaff neck (the part is unnamed in the instructions). These parts, together with the shaped end of the spar shaft, form a housing for the next part called a ‘spring clamp’, into which a wing-tip spar (cut from the spar shape 'B') was inserted. Once all the shaping was complete, the spar shafts received the usual treatment of shellac/furniture wax. I forgot to take any progress photos of this stage. The spring clamps were shaped from 1/4” x 3/32” Cherry stock and fitted to the spar shaft housings using a dab of glue and three ‘seizings’. Here is a photo of the completed main spar shafts, with wing-tip spars inserted. and a close-up of the spring-clamp arrangement... All of the shaped spars, together with the main spar shafts, will now be used to construct the wings.

Very nicely done Ryland - great idea with the jig!

Outstanding Michael - I can’t think of anything further to say - simply, outstanding!

Nice work, as always, Rusty. Your build log will certainly be a key reference for me in due course.

Received my kit on Friday - just two days after my Birthday, so my wife was happy that I’d been away from home with work during the week and she could present it to me when I got home! I still have a couple more weeks travelling to do before having a few weeks off over Christmas, so will delay starting until then. In the meantime, it has given me some impetus to get back to the modelling table and get cracking again with the current project, which has been in limbo for the past several months.

Now we can begin to understand better the origins of your superb metalwork Michael!!!

Nice to see you back again Daniel

Well Chuck, they do say that self employment is a good recipe for slavery! Now stop whining and get back to work! 😉😄😄😄

Woohoo! I lucked in and managed to snaffle one of this batch - just in time for my Birthday too! My wife thanks you Chuck. 😊😊😊

Looks like another interesting build to follow Danny.😊

Great work Danny - another fine model build from a master modeller. It looks like you're really enjoying your sojourn into the world of card modelling.

Congratulations on finishing a fine build J - you can be justifiably proud of your results.

Nice to see you back Mark, and some very clever clamping there!

Looking forward to starting this group project as soon as Chuck is able to supply the kits.

Looking forward to resumption of play Ben!

Great work Ben - you should be pleased!

And you might also try this link Michael: https://jimorrisco.com/

Nicely done Danny!

I’m definitely still in too, Chuck, and your pricing is more than reasonable.

Jeff Hayes is the name you’re looking for Mark. A thorough gentleman who has always been willing to share his knowledge and experience. His document is probably the best advice going for using this saw optimally.

Another outstanding model Dan. Congratulations and well done Sir!

Now look what you made me go and do!!!! 😡😡😡 Thanks Jim, just ordered one to go with my large and still growing collection of HobbyZone stuff! 😊

Tough call Hamilton. Making the decision to remove work already done is always the hard part - once the decision is made, the work seems to go a lot more easily and you wonder why you hesitated. Whichever way you go, I’m sure you’ll nail it (pardon the pun).

Great job on the fine fitting of the Garboard plank there Daria, and of course reaching such a significant milestone. Your fantasy house looks fabulous too - I think Dad might be a bit jealous of that one!

Nice to see you back at the bench Hamilton. I look forward to resumption of play on this one!