Keith Black

Using slip made a big difference in the way the tentacles look and the way the bottle is being held is fantastic, Glen. I can see the fear in Ragnar and his crew's eyes now! I know your wife has an electric hand mixer....."look Honey, it washes right off"

Frankly, I'm a bit uneasy saying "I think your tentacles look great" I make sure the spelling is correct several times before hitting enter.

Ralph, welcome to MSW. Gorgeous model. Glad to have you aboard.

Al, welcome to MSW. Nice model. Glad to have you aboard.

What an incredible little world, it's perfect.

Glen, that suckered tentacle looks really good, the suckers look very realistic. Great start.

"Sir, would you please stop crawling around on your hands and knees and peeling back the carpet"

Jim, I'm basing my views on period photographs, restoration of the Tally Ho, and current ship deck images. Not all restorations are created equal. The deck in the last photo you posted i dare say hasn't been sanded/holystoned since the day it was finished. I still say what you see in a photograph you won't see when a model is seen at actual scale. it's hard to say but I'm guessing if that deck in the last photo was viewed from 50/75 feet away, you couldn't see those treenails even as extreme as it is. Were treenails used/present, absolutely. Were you able to see them when viewing a ship 50/75 feet away, i don't think so. As I said, if treenails are your thing but all means add them but it's not an accurate representation, IMHO. https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=images+of+sailing+ship+decks&tbm=isch&source=univ&fir=3ym8XK_DklRf4M%2C1KAPEFNVrR4k-M%2C_%3BCLj69s9R5zjbJM%2CXnC9XNDmdppEUM%2C_%3BLyoKWmERrt_rvM%2CoddwV3RkBz2j2M%2C_%3BrDchwGL-0wg9AM%2CYwHTUyVSTcPZwM%2C_%3BoZiTB0p57f2UGM%2ClRqIsnQ3r8fHWM%2C_%3BTiQQ1KV0Nt3MWM%2CYwHTUyVSTcPZwM%2C_%3B-Jv5GPNgGEDroM%2C1KAPEFNVrR4k-M%2C_%3BYFVnzkObiQvMCM%2Cujf1IQIPJDloIM%2C_%3BVK_VT_gXjs32OM%2CI71lGtWIa535sM%2C_%3BqHY6BdhDTjcFBM%2CbPB3JYQu4UB_uM%2C_%3BwlP_ygZwpOWeDM%2Cl-igSVlC1oK5YM%2C_%3BeqMJGXRIcm10nM%2CqG4xq9yj4tamsM%2C_&usg=AI4_-kT3gQrSs4brlE-QmaJMH3s1pmzUmQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjYsOnwkrj9AhWJCjQIHS5NC_QQjJkEegQIBxAC&biw=2560&bih=1238&dpr=2 View video 17.57 minutes in for holes, 18.40 minutes for plugs, and 18.58 minutes for a close up of both holes and plugs. View video 24.58 minutes in for almost finished deck.

There's a spool of Cuttyhunk on eBay. I have no idea if the size or color would work. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/134414376717?hash=item1f4bb89f0d:g:RgoAAOSwaTNjxYJ~&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4FNgsZTtECZQ5GVwwAijJZ0%2Buwzbw4dW3GlRxfNEn6ogc3oGqSIVzK8I2ztlYp2SV5Mg5yMIMYysNh9bf1Cc8QEAY3YUCSElHaX84%2FZ6z4eHAhyc33XP3Jhzeg65kcmvM7dP3PWA5suwHpPI8zbvztfNnsQtKTzh3r3gU9zDFUYQ%2FOZRR33oC35SGrYRCanbJUi3XxT%2BYf5TFm1XvUC%2BP3NvSOnIVb7sbQJbqwcq54FLOaeApNnu59IALQMdZIojoByEA5EnZhIqBEXVtysBaKCldSbiOy657gZeUOndsMfa|tkp%3ABFBMirXA4dJh

Lord Kelvin patented his compensating spheres in the 1880's, the Harriet McGregor was destroyed by fire in 1895. Your binnacle is just fine and beautifully done, Grant. In fact, your entire build is beautifully done. It's a pleasure viewing your build log.

Scotty, the deck and keel look great. Regarding treenails, I'm not a big fan for two reasons. One, it's too much work and two, all old photographs showing ship's decks, treenails/wood plugs are not visible. A model is viewed in scale from a much further distance than that of a normal photograph. The photo I've posted is that of the USS Tennessee ca. 1880. Even though the deck of the Tennessee would have been metal fastened and wood plugged, the plugs are not visible. IMHO, treenails on models look out of scale for the most part. But hey, if you like doing it, do it.

Dave, that's the sixty four thousand dollar question. It's kinda like, why do we always push king's pawn two on opening.

Mark, I've not seen a pond yacht that didn't have a lead keel. Beautiful old model.

Mark, why don't you contact our approved vendor, Ropes of Scale. https://ropesofscale.com

Yves, you think Italeri are expensive, look up Pocher kits on eBay. Any one of the Pocher kits is crazy expensive. I'm really surprised the Chinese haven't started making counterfeit Pocher kits. https://www.ebay.com/itm/325507304484?epid=2181481725&hash=item4bc9bf4c24:g:2DoAAOSwqxJjy-nj&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoOpVbAm8eR93o8Kj5N1JiSJ3iKmGPKQEbDQ5cyiqeFSURdcT0hS%2FqvgfFqvM2Qx9TutL9Ns9X1ePrMaS%2FjK075bR2oiPsIQMPWJ5Qn6JN12Za4xP71LejWx2bNJHdcABS%2FG%2FRTnADi3gyUcWUICkSo5wHf1CpRRRWMT2gGvpNpyia9Bu04haydjEqU1AWtRDopTRI1pAPWF9POLrLqvDCN4%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR87mgbzSYQ

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

Following along, Ras. There is a kit on eBay for anyone interested. https://www.ebay.com/itm/363907522874

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

Glen, my vote is the green vertical slit eyes bottom far right or the yellower pair to the top left of first choice. This image came up after searching Google for 'Kraken eyes'

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

Apprentices aboard the USS Tennessee ca. 1880. The youngest looking lad appears to be 14, give or take.

Milo, while this is a Billings plan it should give you a good guide. https://www.billingboats.com/components/com_redshop/assets/document/extrafields/1582675905_1485165543-bb564-cutty-sark-main-plan.pdf

We're pretty close as we live in Grass Lake. Would love to find at least four of us within a twenty mile radius to explore starting a club.

Don, do you live in Michigan? If so, where? Nothing more than trying to establish how many of us Michiganders there are here on MSW and if there are enough of us in a particular area to start a club. Thank you.........Keith

Like Roger, I thought I remembered a model in the sales photos in the link Tom posted but after carefully going through them I don't see a model. I seem to remember a model so clearly I thought maybe it was another yacht so I combed through photos and the only thing close to a model I came across was the inlaid table in Eva. Damn, I hate getting old.