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  1. Keith Black
    Lynn, my apologies for not responding to your post sooner. It's neat that George Low was awarded the medal of Honor while serving aboard the Tennessee. In Marine bootcamp we were told all about the Marine Medal of Honor winners and the actions surrounding the Award. Years ago when I read about Low Jumping overboard to save a fellow crew member from drowning, it seemed pretty tame compared to the stories of Marine awardees. Unfortunately details of George Low's story are sparse in details. It was obviously a lot more harrowing than simply "jumping overboard". I wish I could find a detailed account of the incident. I keep a constant lookout for crew member letters and would rob the cookie jar if ever a logbook were to come up for sale. Fat chance! Simon, thank you so very much. Current shipyard activity is limited to stropping deadeyes. i can get into lacing deadeyes but stropping them just bores me to tears. Thank you to all for the comments, the likes and for following along.
  2. Keith Black
    Great profiling as usual, Siggi. Good to see a post from you, I thought the workers might have gone on strike.
  3. Keith Black
    Thank you, Andre. The lantern was a fun little project. I've enjoyed turning items on my poor man's lathe to the point where I've just about worn out the bearings in my drill. I thought about buying a lathe but it's hard to justify the cost for the few remaining years left to me for modeling. I'll continue to use the drill for turning till the end. Wishing you the best on your lantern and the Swift.
  4. Keith Black
    Nice to see a post of your usual beautiful work.
  5. Keith Black
    Is Shiloh going to be part of the family or is there a dark side to Shiloh's future?
  6. Keith Black
    I see, you can carve a real nice eagle but a penguin, oh heck no. The quarter gallery windows look great! How's baby Bevo?
  7. Keith Black
    Sam, welcome to MSW. Wishing you the very best with your project.
  8. Keith Black
    Did you order it off eBay because the eBay delivery is by April 18th?
  9. Keith Black
    Glenn, I agree with Roger, sometimes less is more. But I was looking for micro mesh and found the below. This is some pretty small stuff or so it appears plus the color works. https://www.ebay.com/itm/80-304-Stainless-Steel-Filter-Coarse-Dense-Gauze-Woven-Mesh-13-x-40-/393850633101
  10. Keith Black
    Mark, the stove looks great! What bad vision?
  11. Keith Black
    Ian, welcome to MSW. Good to have you aboard.
  12. Keith Black
    Tin, welcome to MSW. Hopefully you get all your questions answered on your Victory and are able to complete her successfully.
  13. Keith Black
    And not all cotton thread is created equal.
  14. Keith Black
    The problem with cotton line is its fuzzy and it deteriorates rather rapidly. Adding beeswax only increases the deterioration process. I've worked on models that are twenty years old and the lines were already rotten. For these reasons I only use polyester thread. Polyester may stretch a bit more than cotton but I'd rather see a bit of droop than completely parted lines. Museums are even using polyester thread in some of their model restorations.
  15. Keith Black
    SU, you should be happy with your first results.
  16. Keith Black
    Su, in my post #352 I showed how I strop blocks.
  17. Keith Black
    Valeriy, this is so unbelievably well done that I'm left almost speechless.
  18. Keith Black
    Wow, Glen, I love the way she's looking. The walnut galleries look great, much better than the first attempt. Great idea for the carriages. For future reference you might try working off ship using polymer clay for making galleries and such.
  19. Keith Black
    Thank you, Brian. Years ago when I thought about reaching this point I couldn't see any beauty in rigging, all I could see was dreading a process I knew nothing about. All the rigging research I did has paid off as my level of comfort grows with each additional rigging element added. I can see the beauty now that I have a basic understanding of rigging. Thanks, Glen. Andrew, thank you. The ships from transitional period are such beauties but unfortunately so few are modeled. What a great project to undertake, modeling each ship that's carried the same name. I so hope you choose to scratch build the Screw Corvette. Please let me know if you do where I can get a front row seat. Mark, that means a lot to me. I'm trying to live up to the standards that you and others have set. I only know 'better' because of my MSW family. Thank you, Pat. If I have success it's due in large part because of you.
  20. Keith Black
    What a great little beauty, Eberhard. Absolutely amazing work.
  21. Keith Black
    Looks good, SU. You should make the chain more taut. The chain keeps the bowsprit from lifting due to the force of lift created by the running lines and stay.
  22. Keith Black
    Hopefully that's all that it is, Mark. Thank you, Mark. I helped my situation some by adding a floor lamp with three 100 watt daylight LED bulbs. I can see what I'm working on better but I still need to take frequent breaks to rest my eyes but the breaks give me a chance to smoke my pipe.
  23. Keith Black
    I hate hearing that, Mark. I so hope and pray they can provide you with a remedy that enables you to continue working with a smile. I'm almost there myself, I've pretty much give-up working past daylight.
  24. Keith Black
    Mark, it's nice to see a update from you. The Sphinx is looking great, is vision no longer an issue? It must have been taken care of because of the nice, tidy work you're producing.
  25. Keith Black
    Alex, welcome to MSW. I look forward to seeing your build log.

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