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  1. Hubac's Historian
    I find the entire sheer line of the ship to be rather high, clunky and poorly detailed. The run of the wales is similarly in-elegant, and apart from port wreathes, they have made zero attempt to ornament and detail the upper bulwarks. The headrails aren’t too bad, but their attachment to the hull is awkward as the rails seem to project away from the hull, instead of fairing along with the tumblehome of the hull. All of the decking, deck furniture, etc is just over-simplified garbage. I could go on, but for those dollars I think the market would want something more than a decorative object. Sour grapes aside, I am certain someone out there will have the talent to make it something considerably better than the sum of its parts. I’ll be gladly following along as they do.
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    So, this popped up in my YouTube feed: https://youtu.be/Lu-GImpTE8k with the unboxing video: https://youtu.be/aj-itoug5io Artesania Latina sure has been busy, these days! Endeavor, Vasa, and now Soleil Royal. After watching these two videos, I will say this much for the new model - they at least spent some time trying to present a reasonable facsimile of Berain’s stern, along with the 1693 quarter galleries for SR2. I think the model is interesting, but it is always a little disappointing when a kit manufacturer doesn’t spend at least a little time looking into what a ship should look like. That being said, I think there is potential, here, for a skilled builder to alter the bulkheads and adjust the sheer for a more realistic appearance. The question, of course, is whether the effort required is even worth the price of entry.
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    I was reviewing the aftermath of the storm, in your shop, and I’m amazed by how quickly you were able to bounce back from that. It’s understandable that you might need to postpone the Dapper Tom. In the meantime, the brig Perry will be a fun and interesting project to follow. You’re off to a great start, Eric!
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    I am sorry that you are suffering through that Bill. May your path to recovery be a smooth one, my friend!
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    Hi Bill, Actually, the show was this past weekend - last Saturday. The show was a success, overall. A video team made a review of the models present: Somewhat perplexingly to me, personally, they chose to show only the incomplete starboard side of my model, but what can one do? Any publicity is good publicity.
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    I appreciate that very much, Mark and David. It’s all a bit overwhelming, but my sister and I are a team, and I think we are on the right track.
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    Noted. Thank you.
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    cool tip!
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    Thank you very much EJ! I’d like to say that my time away from the project has been restorative, but we have been busily figuring out managed-care options for my Dad, who turned 87 this summer. All of that is, naturally, stressful. Everything at its appointed hour, I suppose.
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    Thank you, both. Would that wooden barrier have been wrapped in tin, or some other fire-resistant material?
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    So, just outside the heat if the fire, these spits could revolve?
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    Amalio, this is magnificent work, as always. Out of curiosity, what is the function of the forged triple-hook, mounted to the outside of each corner post?
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    Victor - I could stare at her all day, sitting so pretty on the water like that. Just as you achieved with your Royal William, she’s the picture of period authenticity!
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    I’ve been pre-occupied with numerous things lately, Bill, but I am floored by your tremendous progress. She’s really rounding into form now!
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    Out of curiosity, Druxey, what are the particular advantages of Matte scotch tape?
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    In the link you just sent, Eric, the first interesting thing I noticed in the very first image is that the room is painted in this really difficult to define green/grey/blue. The period is a little later, but this is exactly the color that I believe the great cabin interiors of SR1 would have been painted. So, yeah, I’m sold on a visit!
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    Well, Eric, as I just mentioned in my log, I was really pretty nervous, but the fact that you had been following the project and were clearly interested did a lot to calm me down. I really appreciate that and your kind words of encouragement!
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    The show was really very good - a near-record turnout, with about 110 guests, and I believe 105 models. Toms10 (Szabo) earned the Jim Roberts award for his HMS Leopard, and the recognition is well-deserved. My only regret of the show is that I somehow missed Fried Clams’s Stonington Dragger. I only realized this after the fact when going through pictures of the show that our club member Vadim had taken (see below). That really is a terrible oversight, on my part, because I would have really liked to see the model and to meet Gary, in person. I’m really sorry about that Gary. https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPZ6wW4gq0yNnMeDfHRzCuuKllVRkgFa-nCegjb6IvJk_YyzcEfasiougNEAuSIzQ?key=M0NvMmVWVEloWVRSbzgzWktwRC1BSV9aZTNtd2pR SR was, indeed, well-received! I gave about a 20-minute presentation, following Chuck’s excellent ropewalk demonstration - which is a hard act to follow. At first, I only had a couple of new friends from the Jersey club at the table, but Mike Swanson did some rustling for me, and I ended up with a very engaged group of 10-12. This was about perfect for me, as it has been a long while since I did any “public speaking” - my voice didn’t quaver much, but my hands sure did! Many thanks to our club president Dan Pariser who took the time to mount five specific images of SR and her contemporaries, which very much helped with the story I was trying to tell about the ship and this model. Without these visuals, Dan, the presentation would have been a very different experience. I owe my wife and two children many thanks for coming out to the show and supporting/enabling Dad with his obsession. They enjoyed themselves, and I think they were surprised to see the range of talent and subject matter on display. Many thanks to them, as I know they hear and see quite enough about ships at home. After quite a bit of traffic, we made it home, we ate and then I went to bed and slept for nearly 12 hours. Today, I am clear-headed for the first time in ages. I will still leave the model alone for a couple of weeks. I want to be excited about it, when I take up with it again.
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    Congratulations, Tom! This is a well- deserved recognition of your talent and your careful work on the Leopard.
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    I was so glad to meet you today, Eric. The Dapper Tom looks like a wonderful project and I will gladly follow along. Thanks, again, for being such a gracious listener at the presentation, today!
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    Thanks guys!
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    Thank you, John! I am glad to hear that you will continue with your beautiful model. I’ll look forward to seeing your updates, Well, last night I completed all of the port side touchups and got the last of the channels installed. The upper main wale and the lower port enhancements still need re-touching, but I won’t bother with that until I have fit all of the buttressing knees of the channels. For a change, I’ll let the pictures do the talking: Interestingly, the walnut ink is not as reversible as I thought, in all cases. To some degree, it permanently stains the red ocher, in particular. When I did the QGs, there was some blotchiness in the wash-coat that I thought I’d soften later. Well, I couldn’t even out the tones as well as I would like, in all places: ‘Not a terrible concession to a lesson learned, though. So, we are off to the show! If you are there, please stop by and say hello. At 10 am, I’ll be giving a presentation on the model, as a representative of the Shipcraft Guild of New York City. After the show, I’m going to take a few weeks away from the project, as I’m a little burnt from the past three months 🥴 Be well, and more to follow!
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    Thank you, Druxey! Before the show, I’ll photograph the model with the lower masts, sprit-mast, main top, and rudder, in place. This is how I will display her at the show. At the moment I’m doing all the fill work that is necessary on the inside face if the bulwarks, touch-ups elsewhere, and so forth. The past two and a half months have been intense and the show has given me the motivation to really propel the project forward, far beyond where it would be otherwise. It is immensely gratifying for this thing inside my head to now become sensible to everyone else.
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    Thanks, TC! Well, Kevin, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little concerned about that. When I brought the model to the last Joint Clubs in 2019, I did a presentation on the oil-wash technique that I learned from Herbert Thomesan. The model was just a series of un-assembled parts, back then. Afterwards, a number of people were coming over and picking up a hull-half for closer inspection. Everyone means well, of course, and I appreciate any interest in the project, but a painted surface is a painted surface, and hand-oil washes are NOT part of the Thomesan formula.
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    The aft bulwark is in! I’ll do a multi-perspective photoshoot after everything is prettied up, just before the show, but here’s a sneak-peak preview that illustrates the improved tumblehome: The three gusset supports make for a very sturdy construction! I’ve also begun patterning the new channels. The Lemineur monograph for the SP is a great help with these small details: It is hard to photograph, but the new channels are tapered for watershed: I’ll have to layout the shroud and stay locations, in relation to the guns. There’s a possibility I may have the main channel in place for the show.

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