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  1. Dowmer
    Wow, really looking great Paul. Such a beautiful ship.
  2. Dowmer
    Ahhh, Much better Maury. Looking good.
  3. Dowmer
    Nice Rob, delicate work at this scale. I really like the size and look of the chain. Where you get it? What size is it?
  4. Dowmer
    Quite the mountain of canvas piling up. Nice work Rob.
  5. Dowmer
    I agree with you Maury. As painful as it is to tear it out. If you aren’t happy with it now, you won’t be happy later. I think your new pencil line of the end of the garboard looks about right. The previous placement was too far forward.
  6. Dowmer
    Johann, the tackle looks wonderful. How did you make the hooks? They look very scale with the thicker hook body and pointed turned tip.
  7. Dowmer
    Mark, if your enthusiasm for the Licorne has dwindled, why not convert your Licorne build over to the Belle Poule? Are the hulls similar enough? Masting and rigging is easily changed. Stern and taffrail is easily modified as long as the hull shape is pretty close to the same. Just thinking from a practical point of view if it is possible at this point in the build.
  8. Dowmer
    Amazing figure head carving. Well done. The ship is looking great.
  9. Dowmer
    Rob, do you make each crinkle on the jib with a wire loop? Geeeze, I’d go blind! Nice work. 👍
  10. Dowmer
    BE, l love the color and patina of the gun. The ones here at the Naval Academy and Navy Yard (US) are more black, but I figure it’s because someone has painted them black to preserve them. I’m not sure what they would have looked like back then, but that looks pretty good to me. 👍
  11. Dowmer
    Johann, You misinterpreted or mistranslated his comment. He was referring to a Tennis shot. Your work is superb.
  12. Dowmer
    Ed, how did they get up to set the sky sails? Just curious 🤓
  13. Dowmer
    😁 Just trying to help LOL 😂. Your shipbuilding skills are still way above mine. Keep up the marvelous work.
  14. Dowmer
    BE, I'm glad to see you spent so much time on the fastidious chainplates. You got the look just right, and it really enhances the “look” of the ship. So many people make this an after thought as they want to get busy with other parts of the build, but it’s so noticeable that it deserves the time and patience you showed it. Well done 👍 Why use the Caldercraft PE hooks? Why not make them out of wire like Chuck did? I think they look far superior.
  15. Dowmer
    BE, do the channels rest on top of the planking or do they go directly onto the frames. I’ve never known quite how it was done? nice job with the scuppers. A real pain to get the right look.
  16. Dowmer
    Rob, were the fore and main stays on the GR hemp or steel cable at this time?
  17. Dowmer
    BE, are the hatch comings sitting on the deck planks or on the deck beams and carlings. That could explain the extra edge. The hatch should be sitting on the deck beams.
  18. Dowmer
    B.E. I have a question that has been nagging at me. In one of your previous pictures of your hatch coamings it shows the edge square with the top rounded off. I always thought the edges were rounded down to the deck to prevent nasty ankle injuries etc. Here’s a picture of what I mean. Are there other ways to model them? I’m certainly no expert, and I don’t mean to be critical, but I’m always looking for accurate or contemporary ways of construction. Thanks
  19. Dowmer
    I agree 👍, but it looks very nice Johann. Great work.
  20. Dowmer
    Ahh yes, much better muttered the OCD crowd 🤪😎
  21. Dowmer
    Ya know. Your work needs more 👍 👍 👍
  22. Dowmer
    I guess we are an OCD bunch 😁
  23. Dowmer
    Looks really good Rob. Question, is the metal hook attaching the forestay to the eye bolt on the focsl’ scale size? It appears a little small or wimpy for such a large stay.
  24. Dowmer
    Nice run down Ed. Thanks for the update post. Perfect with the morning coffee. On your bowline sag with humidity, this might be heresy but I like the catenary sag. It looks more realistic than everything music string tight.
  25. Dowmer
    😀 No worries Rob, I’m not really that anal. It’s just one of the things I look for since so many people get the orientation wrong (unknowingly). I understand, sometimes it is just practical at the scale you work. We all make sacrifices. The ratlin’s look very uniform and tidy BTW. Nice job. 👍

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