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How niave of me. Next time I will make some type of building jig to align things.

John, I am so sorry to hear of your loss.

Very nice, thanks.

Hello Aaron, and a belated welcome. I agree with Allan, you never know when another interest (maybe promoted to 'hobby') will enter your sphere. Scrimshaw must be very rewarding. I have had the pleasure of seeing in person some of the work of Grinling Gibbons and it stirred an interest. Sadly, it turns out I have absolutely no apptitude for carving but am especially happy to see someone who does have the talent. Hope to see more of your work. Bruce

Hello Genny, and welcome to MSW from Sussex. Thanks for pointing us towards a book which may otherwise have slipped past un-noticed.

Best wishes, Mario, and hope to see you back soon.

And the workshop news ain't bad either.

Welcome to MSW. Always room for someone who knows a thing or two about ships!

I wish I was as clumsy as you. ;D For no good reason I did not keep up with your log. Now, I have set aside some time this evening to read it from the start and have no doubt it will be time well spent. Well done Tony. Bruce

Druxey, can't help with that item other than to say it looks like it may have been the footprint of something else that is now missing. Next up, and hopefully more helpful, is this one: https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/66542.html SLR0581 Description Scale: 1:32. A contemporary full hull model of a merchant brig (circa 1795), built plank on solid wooden core in the Georgian style. Model is decked, equipped and fitted with three sliding keels as designed by Captain John Schanck. The model has a number of working parts including windlass, winches, doors, pump, and rudder, all of which aided the publicity of the sliding keels principal when Schank was trying to sell his idea to both the merchant and Royal navies. The idea worked on the principal that when the keels were lowered, it improved the vessels stability and sailing qualities. It also enabled the building of ships with a shallow draught allowing them to undertake passages in shallow waters or for survey work. At this scale, the model depicts a vessel measuring 72 feet along the deck by 19 feet in the beam and a tonnage of 100 burden. The modelmaking is of the highest quality and is though to be by the hand of Allen Hunt, a top quality craftsman whose patrons included the Duke of Northumberland and high ranking naval officers. Date made circa 1795 The small structure enclosing the tiller head addresses the general question and I am pretty sure the structures either side are pens/coops for chickens and whatever critters were carried. Considering the nature of these pens it is perfectly reasonable that they would not appear on plans.

Kurt, the Aztek is a lovely airbrush and will make someone happy. I've got one. It is different from many other brushes but is intuitive, easy to clean and a quick way to get good results.

Found this. This is a model in the NMM collections, item # SLR0416. https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/66377.html The description says... "Scale: 1:48. Georgian full hull model, with elements of Navy board style, of a sixth rate 12 gun sloop (circa 1720). The open frames have been painted onto a carved pine carcass hull below the waterline. The model is predominantly in the Georgian style in that the decks are partially planked and includes a variety of fittings, such as a brass bell mounted on the raised folksal deck, a brick faced fire hearth below decks with a brass chimney, bilge pumps, capston and ships wheel mounted against the quarter deck bulk head. The hull is fitted ten oar ports between the gun ports and also includes detailed painted decoration on the scroll figurehead, bulwark screens and stern counter The model depicts accommodation and storage below deck as well as carved and painted decoration at the bow and stern. The model is mounted on a pine base on top of an ornate keel block and four turned feet below." It is dated "circa 1720" HTH Bruce

Me too. Thank you Bob for raising the subject.

Micro Shapers direct from AL: https://artesanialatina.net/en/micro-tools-for-modeling/1296-micro-shapers-b-wooden-plastic-models-miniatures.html

Apologies for the thread drift. This is an uncommon name and there is a 'Wederburg Mountain' in Pennsylvania: any link?

Count me in. I will never be that good but ....

Best of luck tomorrow Alan.

Kris, I am watching closely. For what it is worth, I agree with the the advice on dust collection. I have made a smaller, muuuuch simpler sander that I use frequently and the cloud of fine dust it produces can hang in the air all day. I wear a good quality filtered mask.

Been working on the bulkheads for Mediator. After getting the outside profile of all the bulkheads correct I turned to their tops, which support the decks. I really did not like the thought of truing up the lines of all 19 individually so I made a jig gizmo to semi-automate the process. I will post details soon in the 'tools' forum. The workpiece is fixed to the arm and then the whole assembly pivots on the pin (lower right). Bulkheads are held by an improvised screw-down clamp. Gives a good finish ... ... and consistent results. I should have the bulkheads assembled soon.

A belated welcome to MSW. Like the crab boat.

Welcome to MSW and I look forward to seeing your 'travels with my kit' build log. Just remember to put the tools in the hold luggage! Like you, I enjoy the archive digging as well as the time at the workbench. Bruce

Welcome to MSW, I am looking forward to a Chesapeake Bay craft.

Hello Kris, I look forward to seeing what happens next! Bruce

Hello Bruce, Well, you clearly can make a model. I would suggest you approach this by deciding which type of steam plant you want/can access and then the list of appropriate boats will snap into place. From experience: making a steam plant can be a massively time-consuming, and frustrating, project. A simple wobbler engine with a simple boiler is not as sexy as a Stuart D10 with lagged and plumbed scale marine boiler. If you want the '10', it may take a year to make the Bo Derek version but a couple of weekends to make the less exciting powerplant. Stuart Models can supply the steam packages in any form from unmachined kit to ready-to-run, including reversing gear, according to budget. I have no link with them other than being a satisfied customer. https://www.stuartmodels.com/ A long time ago plans for a simple "African Queen" were produced by a firm called HOBBYS here in the UK. I saw at least one project started using these blown up to a large scale (around three and a half feet in length) but sadly the builder was not able to complete it. It was scaled to match a Stuart Number 4 and was a good example of making the model match the most demanding component. Whatever you decide, please let us in on the build! Welcome to MSW. Bruce

They look superb. Now I'm looking around to see if there is a local version of your hippie-dude.