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I see the blades have their own fittings that don't fit standard #3 or #4 handles. Do they fit anything else? The fitting looks quite bit like the one used on their orange plastic 'hobby utility knife' which, IIRC, is interchangeable with Xacto blades/handles. It would be handy if they fit something already in my toolbox!

The artist was george Chambers. He died in 1840 and Donegal was still in service at that time so it is a contemporary painting. There aren't that many good detailed contemporary images of boats being handled so I thought it worth posting.

A 1926 auction by the American Art Association included several nice model. Here are some of those illustrated in the catalogue. Amazon Described as British second rate circa 1665: Four models from the McKay collection: Staffordshire Romance of the Seas Great Republic Aukland:

Welcome to MSw from Sussex. Good looking models, looking forward to a build log. ✔️ Bruce

... is that an invitation for suggestions? 🤩 How about ... ... or my vote goes to ... Maybe this is why I never built a 1-1 scale boat.

Found this in Motor Boat & Sailing, vol 35, issue 1. It is a short photo feature set at the Elco works showing the steps in planking boats and mentioning the difference in steps for round hulls vs vee-bottoms. Bruce

A warm welcome to MSW from Sussex. Your models look good, hope to see more.

I can't wait to see what IKEA does with this.

Take care of her and yourself, Chris. Sorry to hear about the accident, glad it wasn't worse. Bruce

Quite right. Victor, you will fit right in here at MSW. A warm welcome from the UK. The models look great, can we look forward to seeing a build log?

Not going to 'like' that one, but thanks for bringing it up. That is sad, sad news made worse by the loss of one of the Dunkirk Little Ships. I used to go there and I can tell you the image of 100 firefighters + equipment using that footbridge is scary!

Siggi, this is going to be spectacular. ✔️

Hello Jeff and welcome to MSW from the UK. For what it is worth, I am retired and the modelling time is still 'catch as catch can'. Pride of Baltimore ll is a lovely ship and a great subject, hope we get to see a build log. Bruce

Hello Kirk, welcome to MSW from the UK. Your models look good. I especially like the half-hulls: makes me want to dig out the drawings I made a year ago for a half-hull HMS Union. Looking forward to seeing a build log. Regards, Bruce

Looks good, Mustafa. 👍

Druxey, has anyone ever mentioned that you are pretty damn good at this?

... and get the asprin ready. 😉 For what it is worth, the rules of the past carried a lot more weight than those of today. There was a clear nonconformist message in the title of Conrad's 1899 book Lord Jim. Virtually everyone at the time knew this not a proper form of address. HTH Bruce

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Hello Casi, well done. If you don't mind, I will be watching over your shoulder. Bruce

Bonjour Casi, welcome to MSW from the UK. It would be great to see a build log for Commerce de Marseille. A big 18th century French ship, yes please! Regards, Bruce

Rick, very sorry to hear of your loss.

Hello Johan, welcome to MSW. I hope you post a build log when you start your project. Bruce

Learned a trick today about changing the blade on the Byrnes when using an adapter bush. Perhaps I am just the last to know, but I will post it in case it is new to someone. No pictures but if you have a Byrnes I feel confident you can follow along. I was installing a new 4” blade and it was the first time I had used the 1” adapter bush. The table-top insert was removed and the blade raised to the max. After much fumbling trying to keep the adapter centred inside the bore of the blade while reassembling the remaining pieces, I figured out a better way. Keep the arbour for the blade raised and turn the saw on it’s side with the motor to your left. It is best if the saw slightly overhangs the edge of your workbench so the weight is on the side of the saw, not the edge of the saw table-top surface. Now the spindle is pointing straight up and gravity is your friend. Reach in through the insert aperture and drop the adapter on the spindle. Make sure it is centred. Slide the blade down the spindle and centre it on the adapter. Now slide the remaining holding plate on the spindle, then screw the shouldered nut finger tight. You can either finish the tightening now with spanners or return the saw to the upright position and do it there. As I said, maybe everyone else knows this method. It certainly is an improvement on the mumbling and grumbling technique I started with! Hope it is of use to someone. Bruce

Hello Bluntsymodels, and a warm welcome to MSW from Sussex. What you have posted looks good, it seems you know how to overcome problems. Hope you start a build log, that is fine even if you are already well into the build. It may be useful to the next modeller who tackles that kit. 😉 Bruce