Keith Black

Allan, you can get a sense of the restoration effort through this log. I'm sure that if you made contact expressing interest he'd give all the information he has. I'd love to see someone like yourself from the membership take on this model. She's a lovely ole lass.

My parents home was on a hill and the driveway had a pretty good slope to it. Back in the early fifties I'd take my skates apart and nail the wheels to both ends of one of dad's 2x4 cut offs. Myself and kids up and down the block would sit on the 2x4 and roll down the driveway or if dared, you'd ride down the driveway standing on the 2x4, kinda like a skateboard but long before skateboards that we know today. Knees and elbows constantly had the skin scraped off and occasionally there were broken bones. We were young and immortal, we didn't need no stinkin' risk awareness.

And so it goes...... https://www.ebay.com/itm/295759522121?hash=item44dca42949:g:qEUAAOSwiJ5kX59S&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4Ab3DFg3c3dF71eg3QeXeQ2EnXyewbgfQ3o0g1Kg6Ax5maoHN%2BnSasybx4HdUS9A8XwVsGY5UlglmQqKYSPHkcYDmRdx8WN9qO07k%2Fibd9psZItJRIzY9ZZNSbGGYrLqrlmvCQbM87tOAkatyrqrE7MiFZN3nOX5KMphlUUUbIvQP7oaPa4LsWKjIx%2BsG%2FUzIAkpA8bwzF6D9%2FC2t862XXv6hO0DEgzeiIgDEAHDi0StT4mTtLqRuMMavzf0vfqjcSWyvTM%2B1CHSpJo4nVBNY4JPT7MdrAzVwUT7Z7%2B9MjiY|tkp%3ABk9SR-TqyM6aYg

Congratulations, Mark. Well done!

Siggi, your cat looks overworked.

Did they function as shields?

Thore, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard. Put "Cutty Sark" in the search box and go through the numerous Cutty Sark build logs, I'm sure you find answers to all your questions.

Good to see this one on the cusp of completion, nicely done, Mark.

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

Not if you've got the kids doing cleanup duties. ......Recommended sink height in a ship's galley is 34 inches, I don't think anyone is going to notice 5.5 inches at scale.

Pam, I had to laugh at myself, I first read that as "I'm expecting"

Sorry I missed the startup, Glen. This one is going to be epic, a great dedication piece for your friend.

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

Michael, so glad to hear you've recovered. We're here in tune with whatever pace you set, nice to see you back in the workshop.

Love the ceiling tiles. That's gonna be one spiffy workshop, it'll be neat to see the future projects that emerge.

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

Looking good, Scott. Keep up the fine work.

Bill, their website indicates they have blocks in stock. https://modelexpo-online.com/blocks

Ditto Jno's post, Tom. How are you doing and how goes the Sophie project?

John, a very nice looking ship but it's taking up some valuable real-estate on your pool table.

Good to see this project back on track.

Brian, Gary, Bob, Pat, and Keith thank you for your kind comments and thank you to all for the likes. For those wanting to know a little more about Tung Woo lanterns please see the following...... Thank you to all for following my journey........Keith

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

I had to knock down the spiderwebs when I came through the door, sorry for the delay in posting. As an excuse, it's summer with all the required summer duties and I've been spending a lot of time in the pool hall trying to find my stroke. I've not been totally idle on the Tennessee as every now and then I get a chance to strop more deadeyes. Thank you to all for the nice comments, the likes, and for following along. I thought I was done with the lantern rabbit hole but not so. After @Bob Cleek shared with us his lantern collection I thought "I need a Tung Woo too!" So I'd been watching the various auction sites and over Memorial Day weekend a Tung Woo masthead lantern came up on eBay for the buy it now price of $93.75 plus shipping. It looked to be in fine shape (new, never been lit) with the exception of years of tarnish. What intrigued me most was the fact that the lantern was complete with the burner, chimney, and reflector. It's a rare lantern comes up not only in good condition but also complete so I hit the buy button. This past Friday it showed up and I immediately sat about with Tarn-X and Brasso. I finished polishing yesterday and discovered a chore I dislike more than stropping deadeyes. eBay sellers listing photo. After polishing. Lamp removed. The lamp burner was made by Sherwood and Sons LTD, they quit using that name in 1920. They supplied burners to several lantern manufactures. There is no doubt the lantern and lamp tank were made at the same time but it's a bit strange in than the tung Woo badge seems to indicate the lantern body was made ca 1950-1980. I plan on writing something up in Nautical General Discussion on Tung Woo lanterns where I'll go into further detail. I didn't polish the inside, I just wiped down with Tarn-X Lamp inserted. Photo with the lamp removed showing the condition of the fresnel lens, no chips or cracks. Thank you to all for following along.......Keith

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