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Hi Danny,

Just catching up, beautiful rigging work Sir, nice color choice too on the crows feet

Hi Augie,

Just catching up, beautiful work on the hull fittings and other details Sir, that stove looks mighty fine

Hi Sjors,

Just catching up with your Aggy build, very nice, clean and fast work my friend, your fleet of battleships is growing at a very fast rate

Hi Peter,

Just catching up with your build, beautiful detail and rigging work all throughout Sir, and your furled sails really enhance Pegasus very nicely

Hi Frank,

Just finished reading through your Alert build (I'm slowly catching up on my favorite builders here )

You've done a beautiful planking job and very realistic weathering my friend,  congratulations too on your mastery of the art of spiling planks

Hi Mark,

Just catching up with my favorite builds, it seems I have a lot of catching up to do

Wow! Licorned is looking superb Sir, that is one mighty fine ship, lovely lines and lovely looking stern!

I see what you mean Mark, in all fairness, I think I can forgive their "Catty Sark" since its name is different, must be a different ship

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Catty-Sark-Model-Boat-52CM-/221008637516

Ronald, as you have surmised, these are not kits, but are pre-built "museum quality models", well at least that's what their manufacturer claims them to be

I thought I'd post a new contender for this title:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/H-M-S-VICTORY-WOODEN-MODEL-SHIP-SAILING-BOAT-85CM-/221025310546?pt=AU_Toys_Hobbies_Model_Kits&hash=item3376229752

Their description put a big grin on my face: "From figurehead to stern, all details on the model exactly replicate the original, giving a museum quality of detail"

I wonder where all her guns went and what figurehead are they talking about? 

I'd hate to think what would happen to Admiral Nelson if he faced the combined French-Spanish Fleet in this HMS Victory 

Thank you very much for the encouraging words, Daniel and Popeye, they are much appreciated

I'll be hanging on and continuing my battle with this affliction

I do plan to finish at least one scratchbuild before I croak

No problem Mike  With regards to how to extend the ring down to the deck, perhaps you could cut the chocks as separate pieces from 1mm thick sheet using the TFFM drawings as patterns, making sure that they mate snugly on to the ring. The ring could be cut from a slightly thicker sheet (1.5-2mm) so it will be higher than the partners or can be made from your lathe. Once complete, the pieces could be laid directly on top of the planking like a jigsaw puzzle:

Hi Mobbsie, Mark, Anja (and Sjors), thank you so much for the well wishes my friends, they mean a lot to me

Unfortunately, chronic kidney disease is characterized by progressive deterioration in kidney function until renal failure sets in requiring dialysis or transplant, and causes a several-fold increase in risk of death from heart attack or stroke. Rate of deterioration ranges from a couple of months or years depending on a multitude of factors (sigh, it sucks being in the medical profession and knowing the prognosis of your illness  )

Anyway, my health condition is currently stable so I'm regularly sneaking into the shipyard to do a bit of work, will post my next progress once I've finished the framing of the gunports and first planking

Thanks for the likes and the good word guys, much appreciated

Grant, that is also my sincere hope and prayer

Thanks Anja and Guy, sorry for the very delayed reply, I'm still adjusting to my current health condition.

I apologize that I may not be able to return the lost pics as I've disposed of a significant number of my files already

My Triton, if my health condition permits, will be double planked with better wood and hopefully in a more correct planking pattern

Hi Mike,

Good choice on including the mast partners, they should make for some interesting details in your Pegasus, which, by the way, is coming along beautifully my friend 

The "gap" you've mentioned is actually just a shadow from the lighting.

Here is a another picture of my mock up, which will hopefully clarify the relationship between the mast partners, wedges and deck planking (sorry for the poor quality, I used cellphone camera only  )

As can be seen, the mast wedges do extend down into the deck planking as you've mentioned and should have a nice tight fit into the circular opening of the partners. There should be no gaps between the wedges and the deck planking.

As you've also mentioned, the carlings will  not be seen as they will be covered by the deck planking.

By the way, as druxey has said in his first post, the mast wedges are composed of several pieces of wood that are driven into the mast partners so you may want to scribe some lines on the mast wedges to represent the separate pieces. Have a look at Danny's work below:

Just don't copy the triangular shaped partners, it's a unique feature to HMS Vulture and doesn't apply to Pegasus 

Nice to see Licorne 2 up and running, Mark, and I'm pleased to see the modifications you're doing with the Hahn plans to avoid the previous problems 

I'm looking forward to see this beauty take shape

Hi Mark,

I'm just starting to catch up with MSW and I'm very sorry to hear about your Licorne

But, as the others have said, you've made a very brave decision and you won't regret it. 

All the important lessons you've learned with this build will help you create the ultimate Licorne model

Wishing you all the best, my friend

Hi Christian,

Thanks for the good word

With the excellent scratch-building work you're doing on your HMS Diana, I have no doubt that you will have an easy time at the "dark side". Come jump right in my friend 

Hi Sport,

Thanks for dropping by my log, sorry for the very late reply, been busy with other things lately.

Yeah, 1/64 would be 75% of the MSW plans.

EDIT: by the way, I dropped by your log and must congratulate you on an excellent start, keep up the good work!

Beautiful work on the beakhead and foredeck planking, Augie, the tree nails look great too!  You're making excellent progress on your Confederacy Sir

Wow! that is one very clean looking planking and staining work Popeye, she looks a treat!  

Wow! those are sweet looking blocks, Grant, you have a very nice production line there my friend!

Excellent work Sjors, the fittings and paintjob look very clean, very nice choice of color too!

Now that's a very nice fit Danny, perfect shaping work on those structures!

Excellent work on the Pinnace, Mobbsie, it looks splendid!

Thank you very much, Chris, I appreciate the help