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Keith Black

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  1. Keith Black
    Very nice ship's wheel, Tom. Bob's your uncle.
  2. Keith Black
    Thank you, Brian. Knowing the shrouds will pull all the tension aft is the reason none of the stays or running lines are tied off. They're there to eliminate having to add them later but I'll have the ability to pull them taunt once the shrouds are in place. Thank you, Eberhard. I'm not doing sails and because my rigging knowledge/experience is limited many rigging details will not be included. A unknowledgeable viewer will be none the wiser and the knowledgeable viewer will just have to look on with sympathetic forgiveness. Speaking of forgiveness......profile shots are pretty boring so I've included an angled view. Thank you to all for the support and thank you to all for the likes.
  3. Keith Black
    Brian, Keith A, and Keith C, thank you for the comments and thank you to all for the likes. I enhanced this photo where the lines and stays could be more easily seen and after adding the fore's top, topgallant braces, standing stays from main to fore, and standing stays from fore to bowsprit, the skyline is pretty stinkin' close which is amazing to me all things considered. Bowsprit details with added bullseyes. With the exception of the mizzen the main and fore's stays and running lines are not permanently tied off as adjustment will be required once the shrouds have been added. i have a punch list for items that need addressed on the main and mizzen. Correcting the main and mizzen's main and top standing stays and adding bullseyes to the mizzen main stay abreast the aft stack. Additionally.... i thought the fore's main yard brace attached to the outside of the hull as does the cross jack and the main's main yard but not so. in the enhanced photo it can be clearly seen the fore main braces attache to blocks beneath the main's top next to the main's top yard brace blocks. I'll have to add the two single blocks which will require a bit of standing on my head and i'll search for any necessary paint touchups. But all this inside work needs to be done before adding the shrouds as when done the inside workspace will be, hard to come by. Once the punch list is completed I'll post a 'proof of life' photo and then on to the dreaded shrouds.
  4. Keith Black
    Travis, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  5. Keith Black
    Welcome to MSW, glad to have you aboard.
  6. Keith Black
    Eric, the boiler turned out great!
  7. Keith Black
    Jonas, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  8. Keith Black
    Great rock face, Glen. Does it get painted?
  9. Keith Black
    Love the ship's wheel!
  10. Keith Black
    BC, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  11. Keith Black
    Chuck, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  12. Keith Black
    Rob, Glen, Keith (c), Keith (A), and Rick thank you for your kind comments and thank you to all for the likes. I was hoping to post photos this evening but unfortunately that didn't happen, hopefully in a couple of days. Again, a Happy New Year to all and again, thank you for following along.
  13. Keith Black
    Drew, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard. https://cloudcraftsite.wordpress.com/2015/09/17/splitting-hairs-a-small-rant-about-terminology/ The above is not exactly what MSW folks mean by 'bashing'. Here it's refinement of a kit model for greater historically accuracy, altered hull, mast, rigging details, etc etc and less about adding parts though that is done at times. If you search bash or bashing in the search box on the main page you'll find many examples. Happy New Year.
  14. Keith Black
    Me? I don't know what you're talking bout.
  15. Keith Black
    A nice looking boiler and Happy New Year to you, Eric.
  16. Keith Black
    I can almost smell that nice looking wood, Andy. Happy New Year.
  17. Keith Black
    Keith, Happy New Year.
  18. Keith Black
    Something like this? Happy New Year!
  19. Keith Black
    Ron, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  20. Keith Black
    Like I said, it looks great. At this scale I'm not sure a bolt rope would be visible. So much of what we do is providing impressions and let the viewer's mind fill in the blanks.
  21. Keith Black
    In my limited rigging experience, the rule of thumb I go by is the sheave opening is always on the anchored end. for those who have been rigging for 40 years I can hear you saying, 'duh' but for those of us with limited experience this is one of those 'light bulb' moments.
  22. Keith Black
    One can't tell manufactured from the real thing. Before reading the text, just looking at the photo, I thought I was looking at some rock you found which would have been astonishing enough on as it's a perfect fit for the project. But then reading that you made the bloody thing is amazing!
  23. Keith Black
    Late to the party regarding the visibility of rivet heads. I finally located a photo of the Maine I knew I had somewhere on the day of her christening. The hull is new and and the sunlight is at an angle. Those rivets on a model at scale would not be visible, IMHO. Impeccable work, Valeriy. I look forward to each new post.
  24. Keith Black
    Looks a bit shady to me. Well done, Nils.
  25. Keith Black
    Dave, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.

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