Keith Black

Absolutely gorgeous work, Eberhard. Is it possible that the shrouds were tightened with bottle screws particularly since wire cable was used?

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Beautiful.

Beautifully done, Siggi. Where was the wood for the fire stacked/kept? The hearth size looks like it would consume a lot of wood.

Very good, Scott. It's great to see you are continuing work on the restoration.

Putting them on eBay is your best chance but unfortunately eBay is currently awash in model ships. Or you could put them up for sale in Facebook Market Place, neither model is going to bring real money. Your friends memory would be best served by either keeping them both and displaying or offering them to mutual friends where they can display to honor his memory.

Oh my!

Pocojo, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.

Congratulations on a beautiful build, Keith. It's been fun.

Hip, Hip! That's way cool. I'll PM you the secret handshake.

True beauty runs deep below the surface. I love my ole gal unconditionally, I wouldn't have her any other way than the way she is. I admire the tired beauty of Cangarda and what she represents. i'm sure that in time, with your help, I'll come to love her as mush as Germania.

Unfortunately she's gone to seed but her former glory is still present. Restoration cost could be as much as double the asking price. Someone with lots and lots of money needs to fall madly in love. Keith, will you model her as she is today or as she was when launched?

We owned a 58 TR3A so I was bit particular how my hair was parted.

Well that's a new one for bribing the kids to produce a grandchild.

Rob, thank you for the compliment. I considered gravity as the only means for the lantern's trip back to the deck but then I thought of those winter nights when the block and lines would have iced, maybe even froze and would have required a pull from a downhaul line to bring the lantern back down to the deck. If you note in Eberhard's first photo in post #787, at the base of the carrier there is an extended plate with a hole where a clevis would attach for the downhaul.......me thinks.

It would have died of ugliness before it died due to mechanical failure.

Pete, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.

Keith, I know its early (very early) on in this build but I know you're already thinking about the myriad of "how to's" and "what to do's". In your Germania build I remember your decision not to paint the Germania's hull. What are your thoughts regarding the Cangarda's hull?

I was transferring my experience with kerosene lamps with glass chimneys and Coleman lanterns to ship's lanterns with which I have no experience. My apologies for being wrong to do so. Okay, the middle eyes are there for the halyard adding another line of stability to keep lines and lantern from twisting.

Very clever and they turn out very realistic looking.

As usual, I failed to give a visual size reference in the original post, my apologies.

Pat, if you don't mind me adding my two cents worth. In Bob's post #778, I basically copied that lantern. the rings at top and bottom are for the guide lines, we can't see the back but it's not hard to imagine it being something similar to what I've done less the the eyes for the halyard to the deck. I added those to keep all lines separated and to insure the no line came in close contact with a hot lantern.

I tried making a lantern carrier as is pictured in Eberhard's post #787, first and second photos. It turned out looking like the dog's lunch so I moved on the masthead lantern 2.0. I was going to attach wire eyes to the carrier but it looked so nasty I said to myself, "self, just add the wires directly to the lantern", so that's what i did. The top eyes are made from a continuous piece of 28 ga annealed wire. The middle eye is made with single twist around a jewelers round nose pliers and then the eyes one either side are a inside loop made with the jewelers pliers. The bottom eyes are made the same. The wired eyes are attached to the lantern with CA. The outside loops are for the guide/stabilizing lines. The middle top and bottom eyes are for the halyard to run through to the deck. The halyard and downhaul line are tied at the base of the middle eyes. The viewer must use their imagination as to how the lines were removed from the lantern via clips and clevis where it could be taken below and serviced, those are just too small to try and replicate. After viewing the photos I need to adjust the eyes to level. This temporary lash up has too much slack so the lantern appears a bit wonky but once permanently added to the model with lines under tension the looks will hopefully improve. Once again, thank you to all who made this lantern project possible. Thank you to all for your kind comments and the likes and thank you to all for having the patience to follow along.

I'm really at a loss for words to describe how much I look forward to this journey, press on Mr Keith.