Keith Black

Bob's gonna rip the warp drive right outta that thing.

Thank you to everyone for the helpful comments and the likes. The arches and engine room are made and attached. In fact, the side walls and the stern wall including the engine room are attached to the hull. I struggled with how best to make the arches and finally decided the easiest way (also the most sturdy) was to drill a hole in a piece of scrap one by with a Forstner bit , cut the hole in half, and then cut the half hole to the correct width. I trimmed off the outside portion of hole to fit inside yet leave enough wood to glue to the side wall. Making the engine room's little side walls was a fiddly process as the boards meet the arch instead of going past the arch. Going past the arch would have been a lot easier but getting the arches to meet top and bottom points were hard enough without trying to accurately make the width correct. Obviously the name board is missing. It's missing because name board 4.0 is in the works. I'm somewhat skeptical I can do better than 3.0 but I'm gonna give it a whirl. Back on 2.0 I tried using a Sharpie but the ink isn't true black, there's a purplish tint to the ink. When I decided to go for 4.0 I bought some acrylic paint pens and they didn't work for beans! I was digging around in Maggie's pens and came across a Pigma Micron 03 point archival ink pen. WOW! The ink is true black and it goes down pretty stinkin' nice. I needed varied points so I ordered a set of all their points which should be here by Saturday. https://www.amazon.com/Sakura-Pigma-30062-Micron-Blister/dp/B0008G8G8Y/ref=sr_1_1?crid=VH1AMKAURXO5&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.XgAKBUt_FsCQLR9BQgq5LtTkMEpsjcHyi0Zcdb0sngQx7xLoXrUQG6LaNB62_6JQvt98AF4-oQJ6UaBzDZ08E775U38I24Ko8CxBxOcAa_xpaAklKiMoo8fGbMf7DReAaaM1q9QEg4NWTM2YaZojDFRuXTOCRcQlQ3oCc537ZR1f2O1W0RW-ZncVuX13eX9NJJcwAODDz7lZZ58AG6ZvUEkgCGb7d4XFSkt8dOT-YztJlFqcB3_D-6pMGAlWPdjCxJcQnvka8u5Vy37PFMIJTvQ3YyrvBjZy5H18aRj3nwM.sCsIbeL1WlEJBcmF5Gdmu-RE7k38jxY1rrBUBZXubr0&dib_tag=se&keywords=pigma%2Bmicron%2Bpens&qid=1765503575&sprefix=pigma%2Bmicron%2Bpens%2B%2Caps%2C112&sr=8-1&th=1 And with that it's on to making the five bow walls. Thank you for your support and for following along. Keith

Myself, I'd use MSW's search engine to locate all the Victory build logs and see what those builders chose to do and then I'd Google search historical correct paint colors used on the Victory and for each specific date. Then I would decide what date I wanted my Victory model to represent and paint accordingly.

Very nice recovery, Bob. 👍

Welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.

She looks really sharp with her sails up. 👍

Absolutely, Paul. Both on and off.

I wouldn't have wanted to be the guy that had to release the bindings once they reached their destination. 😱

Phil, MSW is a treasure trove of information and it's well worth taking the time to read as much as possible before plunging headlong into your project. It will make your efforts much easier.

I call it the weaving method but that's the way I did the ratlines on the Tennessee. Bob, see page 24, post # 694. The reason normal tying clove hitches doesn't work at this scale is the work area is so small and if you can/did tie a clove hitch it looks way too big.

Harvey, the imperfections and different shades in wood used on decks and hulls adds more realism, IMHO. I really like the way your Gjoa looks.

First, you're working at 1:144 scale which is slightly smaller than the 1:120 scale I work in. Welcome to the club! Yes, pieces parts are iddy biddy. I bet you won't be tying clove hitches as you normally do. Speaking of clove hitches, I'm three days late to the party and you're already talking about clove hitches. Only about one fifth of Billy's paddles are underwater as Billy is a waterline model where as your Harriet Lane is a full hull model.

I told ya Bob loves clove hitches.

I was born in Dallas, grew up in Arlington, and for time I lived in Ft Worth after getting out of the Marine Corp. After moving back to Texas from Alaska we lived in Dallas. When I would travel to Ft Worth from Dallas upon crossing 820 I could feel a palatable difference in the air, so much more relaxed. I enjoyed some great dinning down at the stockyards. But alas, IT'S TOO DANG HOT!

WW, welcome to MSW. Some great memories of Ft Worth, you're probably too young to remember "The Cellar". Glad to have you aboard.

Nicely done detail work, Harvey. 👍

I'm amazed as always.

That's way cool that you and Vicky got to visit aboard Argonaut II. I love the sound of her Gardner and watching Nick fire her off is a trip. Argonaut II is supposed to be coming out of the water in Port Townsend for major hull work. Pete Stein will be the lead shipwright with Patrick (worked on Tally Ho) will also be working with Pete on the hull. I thought she would have been pulled by now, I keep checking for YouTube updates but nada so far. I'm positive Twilight would have fit right in.

That had to have been a chilling moment, Rick. Wow.

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

The finished name board on my model of Billy is 1/64" birch ply so it really doesn't matter how Billy's original name board was constructed as I won't be trying to replicate the wrinkles/bubbles. It's purely the opinion of each individual viewer and each opinion is as good as the other. Go ahead, yuck it up, Roel. Making the wheels will be like making butterfly wings but that task is much less daunting in my mind than making the arches. The arches have me pretty intimidated right at this moment but I need to commit or be committed.

Thank you, much appreciated, Bob.

I'm very impressed with the views watching Nick's Argonaut II adventures on YouTube. If I had life to do over again.......

Tom, welcome to MSW. Swell looking dory, glad to have you aboard.

My thoughts are with you, Tom.