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Fantastic progress Denis and a very prosperous, healthy 2017 to you and the family.
 
Cheers,

Very nice on the gaffs.  The details are bringing this ship alive, Denis.

thanks for all the kind comments and the likes.  the holiday has slowed me down........hope I would have made more progress on her.
 
thanks Pat......I like doing the extra stuff...adds more interest  
 
thanks Jud.......I can respect pointers from someone whose been there.   if I had those parts and the idea of it,  I might have done that.....I make do with what I got.  not wanting to damage anything......I'm going to leave them as they are.   I was hoping to get this model finished as well,  so I could move on to another project......from the looks of it though,  I seem to be spinn'in my wheels on it.   I do enjoy building these types of vessels......I'd like to learn as much as I can about them.   anything you can tell me is valuable....it will make my next one,  all the better  
 
thanks you as well Patrick........I hope your having the best of holidays  
 
thanks John.......I have something of the same problem.......darn computer is about as old as I am  {not really,  but if you heard the noise it makes,  you'd swear that something was running amok in there!}  haven't seen it.........but if it sticks it's head out........I got a hammer.....and I know how to use it!  thanks for the good word my friend!

Hey Denis
 
Wow, wow and triple wow!  I love all the details you're adding.  
 
A very big well done, from me.
 
Happy New Year.
 
Cheers
 
Patrick

Looking good with all the details you are adding, have been waiting for someone with a little experience on small working boats to point out what a hazard those line hooks on the outside of the fish box are to the seamen working the decks. The idea of providing a place for rope and lines to hang off  the deck is a good one, just move them up to a bar placed corner to corner on top of the corner posts of your fish box, holes with belaying pins, hooks or rings would get the ropes up and not be a hazard to the crew working the decks. Sorry for sounding like all I do is find fault, but what you are and have been doing on this model is good enough to deserve some fine tuning and My intent is to be constructive in this observation.
 
Aboard the Cape Race, 'Troller', SE Alaska 1965. we brought her up from Belingham and returned there in the fall.
 
 

I played with these pesky gaffs long enough........time to get off the seat!   the big problem.......I glue the brass blade sliver to the toothpick........then when I'd go and trim it,  it would rip it off.   time to get smart.......lets do some prep to the sliver of brass.   I want to put a barb at the rear of the blade......try ti cut it with the clippers,  and it would pop off.   all I got was these two at the early stages of the process.
 

 
so......lets make the barb cut before cementing the sliver on the toothpick...............BRILLIANT!!!!   I had already done a few without cutting the barb.........no matter......I'm gonna use them!  ....not like it will be too noticeable anyway.  after making the rest of what I needed.....and trimming the point.  it was time to paint everything.
 

 
paint the blades.......and the red ring for a little bling,  and I was almost ready to go.
 

 
yea.......not the best picture........here's a better one.....
 

 
I started to add the few additional parts to the winch.
 

 
cementing the gaffs on the racks.......they were cemented in place......in the fish box first.
 

 
this one is for the companionway......
 

 
I'll need to make the netting soon.........
 

 
this is the diagram I got with the Cux 87.........I have green and I have brown netting.  I think I will go with the brown.  I also need to make the net bar........I have more than enough chain        the companionway gaff rack is in place now.
 

 
the fish box was put back on deck.
 

 
I've started to work on the mast again........a few more parts are needed.   once the winch is in place,  then the mast can be cemented in permanently.   I will have to alter my shroud and ratline set up due to the dump ramps,  but it won't be too bad. 

thanks Lawrence........the buoys was something I did long ago.   when the big crash happened,  the info was lost.   I thought it would be useful to some one if I put it back up.......here is just a good a place as any.      I hope you had a great Christmas my friend.........I continue to watch over the fine work,  your doing on your bounty.   very inspirational      thanks for looking in.

good to see you've started working on her again     she's looking awesome!

I thought your Magellan was great but it looks like Shadow will even be better.  Your bulkheads are so clean and neat.
 
Bob

Nice to see you at your 3D jigsaw again, Patrick.

Hi folks
 
I haven't had much time to devote to Shadow over the past few weeks, so... progress has been pretty slow.
 
A very quick update:  So far, I've only managed to set out the bulkheads on the Sun Deck's accommodation and the tender garage below decks.  I know it all looks pretty rough at this early stage, but at least it's a start.
 
All the best for 2017, everyone!
 
Cheers
 
Patrick

Thanks Piet!
 
Happy New Year to both you and Gwen. I hope you're both fit and healthy and staying out of trouble.
 
Thanks also for the tip about the silver paint. I didn't know that, but now that I do, I'll have to make doubly sure that it provides the right coverage to protect the hull. I did, ahem, fail chemistry at school...(sigh)..
 
On a more serious note, it's great to hear from you. I was beginning to worry because you've been so quiet (and busy, no doubt), lately.
 
All the best
 
Patrick

Finally caught up with your outstanding build Patrick. Awesome progress.  That silver bottom better be a saltwater protection coating because aluminum doesn't like saltwater very much. It's called corrosion   But you knew that.  
 
Gwen and I wish you and your family a very prosperous and healthy 2017 with much enjoyment with your builds.
 
Cheers, 

Ya, Popeye, I've always been a one boat man.  But like I said up front, as I was building the hull for the launch I saw the 1:200 Pequot hull from earlier and realized it was almost the same as what I was building, so I thought why not build two.  I drought I will go this way again.  You are the master of the multi build.  I bow to you. 
 
Thanks Patrick.  The plan, which may change without notice, is the cabin will not have the windows on top and the roof will extend forward to give shade to the open seating.
 
Bob

Hi Bob
 
That hull of yours is just brilliant!
 
I can't wait to see what you've got in store next!
 
Cheers
 
Patrick

Great Galloping Ghosts..........a two-fer!      great job on the second hull Bob!  now you gotta get 'er to the point,  where you are with the other one.  won't be tough for you,  I'm sure     
 
I wuz say'en that to the admiral jus' the other day........I sez...."ya know honey,  {I calls her that when she likes me},  there jus' ain't enouf dual builds kick'in 'round here.........now,  who else can we pull inta the vortex?"    

Thank you all for your kind words and likes.  Gary, I'm ashamed, I tell others to put something in the picture for scale and then I forget to do it.  The hull is 9.12" (231.6mm).  Nils, wouldn't that be nice, to have a boat shed to build full size and of course a body of water to put it in. 
 
Bob

Bob,
very nice work, the first thought I had when looking at the two pics of the planked hull was...... he`s planing to do the real thing, hopefully he has a weather protected and heated shed to set up everything...
Great work 
 
Nils

Very nice looking hull Bob. The frames and planking look great. What's the length over all?
 
Gary

Very nicely done indeed, Bob.
 
John

The holidays are over, and finally it's time to get back to modeling.  As if that was all there is to do.  Before the holidays I did some work on boat number two, but never got around taking and posting pictures, so now it's catch up time.  Here is what I did.  Now to do more.
 
Bob
 

 

....and to you and yours Bob!

Nils, Mark and Lawrence,  Things have pretty much come to a halt over the holidays.  Will be back at it in January.
 
Happy New Year to all.
 
Bob

Sweet. Bob.  The clerestory is a great addition.

Very nice build Bob,
 
the build in general and the light in the cabin roof looks great...
 
Nils