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  1. Tigersteve
    Mike, my patience is certainly being tested at this stage of the build. I'm glad Ken's logs are helping you. They are impressive. Jct, I'm glad you like the presentation I've chosen. I have some variation in the rope coils coming soon. Stay tuned... Steve
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    Thank you, gentlemen. The boat is coming along. Will be better after you can sand the excess when glue dries. Steve
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    It's coming along nicely. Stick with the wood glue. Steve
  4. Tigersteve
    Maybe leave the panels off in that area. Guess you'll have to redesign a bit. Looks good. Steve
  5. Tigersteve
    Al, please create a separate build log of your Mayflower build for us. It's getting confusing to follow, at least for me. Looking forward to both your builds' progress and pictures. Steve
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    Nice work! Steve
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    Cool stuff! Steve
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    Lucky only chainplates vanished. Sounded like it was going to be worse! Steve
  9. Tigersteve
    This project came together very nicely. Great work, congrats! Steve
  10. Tigersteve
    I'll join in on this fun, Elijah. Steve
  11. Tigersteve
    Len, thank you for saying so. I appreciate everyone's interest and support. It's getting close. Four more rope coils to go! Steve
  12. Tigersteve
    All one can say is, "wow!" Excellent work all around. Standing by for the finale! Steve
  13. Tigersteve
    I agree. I think it will finish nicely after sanding. Steve
  14. Tigersteve
    Mike, it's such a fantastic build you have going. Everything looks great. I've seen some of Ken's impressive work and you should check it out if you haven't already. He has logs under the username: xken. Keep up the excellent work... I'll keep following. Steve
  15. Tigersteve
    Rope coils for the lanyards were created and placed in pairs around the deadeyes. There are five total, including one at the bow. A photo below shows my setup for rope coil production. Although I'm fairly happy with the results, I know the rope is a bit out of scale and wish I had purchased Syren rope from the start. Steve
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    All rope was cut to length according to the rigging plan. Coils for the backstays were created first. After these were in position and adjusted with watered down white glue and a paintbrush, I placed the stropped blocks. A light colored rope coil was created for the flag. This was placed starboard, forward of the deadeyes. I created the rope coil for the peak halyard and placed it on the aft belay pin on the port side. The staysail halyard was next. Its rope coil, originally intended for the adjacent belay pin, settled itself on a starboard pair of oarlocks. One of the smaller blocks that I stropped with a hook was placed at the bow. I included a photo of the paintbrush I've been using to form most of the coils. It's tapered so it can be used for creating different size coils. I have no idea how this brush actually paints, but it's great for this purpose! The most challenging part of this process is getting the coils to hang naturally. I hope that my results are acceptable. Much more to do before completion. Steve
  17. Tigersteve
    Very well done! Steve
  18. Tigersteve
    A ton of progress, Karl and it looks great! Steve
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    Photos?
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    All personal preference on the stain. I liked the way the Natural stain looked on my longboat. I used pre-stain then the Natural stain. Wipe on Poly (satin) applied after all was dry. It does darken the wood even though it's Natural stain. Looking forward to more progress! Steve
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    I'm in! Steve
  22. Tigersteve
    It should follow the curvature of the hull. Pre-bend the wood first and use wood glue. Steve
  23. Tigersteve
    David- nice work area! Following along. Steve
  24. Tigersteve
    I was just thinking that also that you won't see some of it covered by the floorboards. I try not to use CA if I can avoid it. Worst case scenario- you can get a replacement for those lifts and revisit this little boat later on in the build. ;-) It certainly is its own model. Steve
  25. Tigersteve
    Great job and looks very realistic! Steve

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