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GrandpaPhil

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  1. GrandpaPhil
    Excellent!
  2. GrandpaPhil
    I have a Guillows PBY hanging on the wall of my office. Well done on yours.
  3. GrandpaPhil
    I can’t work on multiple projects in parallel or I end up with a huge number of unfinished projects. I will pause for a quick project to take a break when I have a large multi year project going and I need a small project that I can finish in a few days or a few hours. Or a few months in the case of the Prince de Neufchatel. As far as construction order goes, I try to look ahead so I don’t paint myself into a corner, so to speak.
  4. GrandpaPhil
    The Fore Course is done: 6 more to go. 2 studding sails, 1 fore stay sail and 3 jib sails. Then it will be billow and install.
  5. GrandpaPhil
    Congratulations, Danny!
  6. GrandpaPhil
    Awesome! I can’t wait to see her with the rest of her sails!
  7. GrandpaPhil
    Excellent!
  8. GrandpaPhil
    It is called fairing the frames. You sand a bevel on the frames so that that planking lies flat on them. There’s a great article on it here: http://modelshipworldforum.com/resources/Framing_and_Planking/plankingprojectbeginners.pdf
  9. GrandpaPhil
    Excellent work!
  10. GrandpaPhil
    Nicely done!
  11. GrandpaPhil
    Take care Nic. Get well soon.
  12. GrandpaPhil
    Sails! I like putting sails on mine!
  13. GrandpaPhil
    The carronades aren’t too bad to make. I made mine out of a dowel rod. I carved it with a #11 scalpel blade. Cut slowly and make small cuts. Watch your fingers (I learned the hard way). I made the barrel first, drilled it out, glued a seed bead on the back end for the cascabel and put an eyebolt on the breech. The hardest part was starting the first one.
  14. GrandpaPhil
    I’m very sorry to hear this. My condolences to the family.
  15. GrandpaPhil
    Awesome!
  16. GrandpaPhil
    I have the Fore Course almost half done.
  17. GrandpaPhil
    Excellent! I am looking forward to seeing this build come together!
  18. GrandpaPhil
    Working on the Fore Course.
  19. GrandpaPhil
    I agree with Jim, be safe.
  20. GrandpaPhil
    Thank you very much for the comments and the likes! I’m pretty happy with the color of the sail material that I’m using. I like the darker look, it looks more real to me. As for making the seams, a sewing machine is on my wish list. I used upholstery thread for the seams this time. Next time, I will use upholstery thread for the rigging and regular thread for the seams. I finished the fore top studding sails:
  21. GrandpaPhil
    Well done!
  22. GrandpaPhil
    Looking good!
  23. GrandpaPhil
    Are you planning to paint?
  24. GrandpaPhil
    Fantastic work!
  25. GrandpaPhil
    Fore Top Sail is done:

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