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  1. Keith Black
    Dave, there are two discussions on MSW that are sure to divide the community, CA and Polyurethane. I use both in copious amounts. I use poly thread so I don't see a problem using CA to secure knots. I use Polyurethane to seal wood and painted surfaces. I'll be long dead before I regret having used either. Find what works for you and full speed ahead. The cries from the shore that you'll surly sink can only be heard if you stop sailing long enough to pay attention to them.
  2. Keith Black
    Suzy, welcome to MSW. Ambitious first project, looks good.
  3. Keith Black
    I know very little about pond boats/yachts but in what images I've seen I never saw where a ships wheel was employed. Mike, is there a spot on the deck to mark where a ship's wheel would have been? If not there's a good chance there never was a ship's wheel. That doesn't mean one couldn't be added for visual interest.
  4. Keith Black
    Got it, Rob. Thank you very much for the explanation.
  5. Keith Black
    Rob, in post # 462 you show a "my first gin block" which is a different design than the current gin blocks you're making. I'm trying to understand, are they two different types of gin blocks and if so does each serve a different purpose?
  6. Keith Black
    Glen, that tackle looks fantastic!
  7. Keith Black
    May I be so bold as to ask why you abandoned the GR design for the current GS design?
  8. Keith Black
    Rob, did you make the gin blocks for the GR?
  9. Keith Black
    Mark, great idea!
  10. Keith Black
    Mike, the running light looks perfect. I agree, painting the tufted seats would be a mistake but finding something to stabilize the material would be a good thing if such a product exist. The port side seat's fore corner is a bit tatty but both seats look ever so much better since cleaned. I think you're going to win me over with the painted deck and cabin tops as long as you continue to keep tight paint lines. Restoration is not an easy task, not the work as much as is making decisions on when enough is enough. Keep up the good work.
  11. Keith Black
    Mark, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  12. Keith Black
    Mike, I respect your ownership but you're just the current caretaker and as such you have certain responsibilities to the past and to the future. I'm going to be critical but for no reason other than trying to be helpful. There's an old expression in restoration, "it's only original once". Over restoration diminishes the value more often times than not. You can make this model look brand new, no doubt. But it's not a new model, it's an old model with hard earned patina which is what collectors and historians want to see. They want to see the warts. Example, the port running light. You've cleaned the brass around the lens and made it shiny new looking. and painted the light board a bright red. It sticks out like a sore thumb. it looks different than every other piece of brass on the model. For the sake of continuity I take it that your plan is to clean every brass piece. That plus paint and you'll have a model that looks new but worth half (maybe less) what it was worth with its original finish. As I said, it's your model.
  13. Keith Black
    Mike, are you sure you want to paint the deck? The deck and cabin house tops are a very nice natural matching color that is a great contrast to the hull and cabin sides and rails. IMHO you're doing more damage than good as you'll lose detail if you paint plus it's not original to the model. My advise for what it's worth, lightly sand and varnish. From what I can see in the photos you've done a nice job on the rigging.
  14. Keith Black
    Jim, welcome to MSW. We're glad to have you join in and please consider starting a build log where we can follow along.
  15. Keith Black
    Great fix!
  16. Keith Black
    Drut, welcome to MSW. Welcome aboard, enjoy your retirement.
  17. Keith Black
    An amazing two year journey, Brian. What a delight your Cairo model is.
  18. Keith Black
    All the tools, bits, and pieces Magarkus purchased at the suggestion of the MSW crowd packed up and ready to head for the lookout tower.
  19. Keith Black
    Glen, congratulations. I'm sure you'll figure out a way to reattach the mizzen sail to the gaff.
  20. Keith Black
    IMHO a basic set of X-ACTO knives and a good pair of sewing scissors is a necessity.
  21. Keith Black
    Welcome to MSW. Wishing you great success with your first build.
  22. Keith Black
    Rig a bosun's chair.
  23. Keith Black
    Thank you to all for the kind comments and likes. I said in my last post that I had to catch up on some chores around the house before continuing work on the Tennessee. The chores are done but tragedy struck and has postponed efforts for the foreseeable future. My son passed away last week from a massive heart attack, he had just turned 49 on his last birthday in early March. I had always meant for the Tennessee to go to my son when my time on this earth was over but now, I don't know. The point of everything has gotten a bit sketchy as I'm adrift in a sea I don't understand how to navigate. This isn't the way life is supposed to happen but with God's grace I will overcome and continue on. One thing that has helped me since his death is my MSW membership. Being able to log on and see what my MSW family was up to has helped take my mind off the pain and sorrow. Thank you to each of you for being here, thank you for helping me carry on. God bless each and everyone of you. Keith
  24. Keith Black
    Simon, enjoy their kittenness.
  25. Keith Black
    Yes, pictures please.

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