Keith Black
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Yes it is a masterpiece and it needs to be featured somewhere other than just these humble MSW pages. -
Bob, Glen, Pat, Rob, Gary, Tom, Brian, and Keith thank you for your kind comments and thank you to all for the likes. I've completed all the off ship work I can do on the mainmast. The top and top gallant lifts are rigged but the braces have to wait till the mast is installed. Also, the main yard doesn't get permanently mounted till the mainmast is installed and the channel stays deadeyes are rigged. Once the foremast top and top gallant lifts are rigged and the foremast installed the Tennessee's rigging will speed up considerably. The lines from the blocks to the spider pins are temporary and are there only to keep the blocks from becoming a tangled mess. Thank you to all for following along and for your continued support. And the journey continues.......
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Valeriy, this is the only thing I could come up with.
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Joe, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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Great perseverance, Ras. The fork assembly looks great and like you said, there aren't many shelf potholes.
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Denis, welcome to MSW. I love steam power. Glad to have you aboard.
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Hello from Canada’s west coast
Keith Black replied to Twokidsnosleep's topic in New member Introductions
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Michael, welcome to MSW. Fantastic model. Glad to have you aboard.
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A man five feet, six inches tall in shoes or boots wouldn't have to lower his head. That's a fair amount of headroom. Thanks, Siggi.
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I don't believe I've mentioned the word "penguin" this entire build. Besides, a penguin would look funny with tentacles unless you........
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Johann, those yards are a beautiful thing.
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Dave, can you lower the cannon by deepening the trunnion groove?
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Tom, from what I understand there are a lot of great photos in the book.
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Keith and Gary thank you for your comments and thank you to all for the likes. I managed to get the Mizzen ready to rig with passable results by shear beginners luck. With a little experience the Main went okay but I still had issues with the deadeyes not being as level as i would like them to be. For whatever reason the top deadeyes dropped in height ever so slightly as I worked my way from fore to aft. When I got to the Foremast I thought, I 'got this'. What a misguided thought that was as the modeling gods had other ideas. The Fore fought me till the bitter end. I lash both deadeye pairs before glueing them in their respective holes and then attach the shroud lines. It seemed like on ever pair I'd get glue on a bottom lashing line and had to fight to get the lashings pulled tight to secure the tail to the shroud. The port side shroud anchor eye pulled free when i was performing that relatively simple task. But I did manage to get the deadeyes level so in the end I had a small victory. The Fore is ready to be rigged. Before I can get giddy pulling line I need to strop and set the blocks around Main and Fore. I also have to finalize where to set the tie off eyes for both booms which isn't a big deal, it just needs to be done before the mast are set in place. Thank you to all for stopping by and thank you for your continued support.
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Keith, somehow I missed this build when you started it in June of 2021. I've just gone through the log a couple of times and it's coming along quite nicely and I look forward to looking over your shoulder till the finish. Interestingly enough just a couple of days ago I listened to an interview with Mensun Bound on NPR's Science Friday. The link is below and well worth listening to. https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/shackleton-endurance-beneath-the-ice-book/
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Roman, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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I'm envious of your metal working skills, Roger and I enjoy the the history you provide along the way.
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Dave, I always like looking over a man's workbench noting his tools and seeing if I can incorporate any ides into my workbench. I see a flyswatter hanging above your workbench top left. Do you have a fly problem or is that used on swatting builds in those naughty moments when they misbehave?
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Last time I saw a payphone was about the same time I last saw a glass bottle Coke machine.
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Most of us got CP's cause Ma Bell cut the cord.
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Work with me on this, Alan. Tim did such a fine job making the one oar, I'm trying to suggest to him in a subtle way to make one more just like the first one and move on. Tim, use any excuse necessary to keep from redoing nice work.
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It could be an elevated compass? That's purely a guess on my part but that is one strange looking device.
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