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Thank you very much for your encouragement and appreciation! I want to take some time off, think about the next boat, get the planks ready. It is my habit to study the drawings and the original artist's photographs carefully before starting to make them. I hope to see you next month at the latest.

It took nearly a year to complete, and the work was completed after the entire body was painted and the base was made. Unfortunately, I didn't get a third book on ropes, so I couldn't finish the EDT. Here, I thank all my dear friends who have supported and encouraged me from beginning to end! This forum has given me a great comfort, but also gave me a huge space to show. We all want to make it better for the same reason. I will take some time off later to continue with the next piece! Also hoped that each friend can point out my insufficiency, lets my work be more perfect. Thank you!

It should be finished by the end of the month with the handrail and the base of the hull. The next piece is still up in the air.

This plastic model set made in Japan is out of print. This is what I did when I made it 15 years ago.

I picked four different kinds of wood. Respectively are: Camphor, Red Sandalwood, Burmese Pear, Red Sandalwood Rhinoceros Horn (called in China) .

I was going to make this model smaller. I just couldn't get a smaller music box, so I doubled the size. . .😂

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Thank you for your guidance. I tried to post a piece. When I have time, I will send out other works。

It's one of the things I've done in the last 20 years. Inside is a miniature music box made in Japan. Shake the handle, tighten the inner spring and make a wonderful singing sound. In the Internet search of the same picture, I calculated the approximate size of the production.

Hello, Michael Mott. Your post has left a deep impression on me. In particular, you seem to be getting on in years, but you still take everything seriously and do it so well. Let me admire heartily! Because my home is full of tools, there is hardly any more space. Over the past 20 years, I have produced more than 200 different types of models, but fewer than 20 of the more satisfactory ones have been sold in China. I destroyed the rest, and I won't allow anything that's obviously defective to get out, even if someone else is paying for it. I'd be happy to show my work, but many of them are not sailboats, for fear of violating forum rules.

Right now, I just want to focus on getting this done, and I want it to be next month. I'll take a few days off and think about the next boat. After all, I haven't mastered the problem of numerical control carving, the next work is still to build the internal structure of the hull. I'm still send a progress report here. Thank you for your attention.

Here, we can learn useful things from each other and improve our production level. In fact, in this world's highest level of forum, see other people's work also gave me more inspiration. That's what I love about this place! Thank you.

Actually, this is where I work harder. After all, there are many masters of the serious spirit and production skills worth learning. Thank you for your attention and support!

We come from different countries and regions. But our shared interests have brought us together. I think we all learn from each other and promote each other in pursuit of a better production level. Thank you.

Hello, Joe. I'm sure a lot of people would have the same question. At least in China, I have exceeded the speed and quality of most people, even some teams. As a professional athlete, my perseverance and persistence have been destined to do everything well by heart, I will pay more effort than others. Because my job is so easy now, I can spend a lot of time on my hobbies every day. Usually sleep about five hours a day, often more than 18 hours in a personal studio (usually not less than 14 hours) ! Almost every part is made by hand. I am a very independent, and strictly in accordance with the standards and plans of people, not good at dealing with others. I have almost all the tools I need to make it, including CNC. However, you may not think, NC machining is precisely the only technology I do not have at present, so you will see, I can not finish the task of carving alone. But with the production of post-production needs, I will take time dedicated to learning operation. But I personally think, my works are unique, NC machining advantages only reflected in batch processing, single-component manufacturing process for me, too inefficient. I prefer to use machine tools or hand-made, of course, this requires very skilled operation. In the early days of the ship's construction, I was able to produce a maximum of 18 sets of ribs and a minimum of 5 sets (90 sets of ribs in total) in a single day, which I thought would be difficult even with CNC, after all, drawing, programming, tool path design, and verification all take a lot of time, and engraving is a slow process; for a single part that is almost non-repetitive, it doesn't make much sense to do so. Because of material and processing constraints, many parts in the processing process must be left over in order to adjust later. Otherwise, even if it is accurate, there will be a large deviation in the later stage of assembly. This is the incomparable advantage of manual operation. In order to improve efficiency and accuracy, and to take advantage of the technological advantages of processing, I have developed and designed many special tools to prevent others from plagiarizing my work, i rarely show it or sell it. For example, I designed the slipway, after many improvements and processing, has been able to cope with the vast majority of the 48-scale hull construction. This has also helped me a lot in terms of efficiency and accuracy. Every detail is made to a strict standard of quality, even if it is difficult to see the place to maintain the same quality, I think this is a lot of people ignore the place. I firmly believe that every basic detail is the key to the success or failure of a work, whether the work is complex or simple. Having said that, I sincerely hope that I can continue to complete my life plan in the future of the Five all-in-house sailboat works. And show the best results to everyone. I like the environment and friendly people here very much. I don't publish any works in China now. This is my only home.

After a total of 11 months of effort, the hull of all the main structure of the basic completed. The remaining details are expected to be completed in about a month. This is about six months ahead of my original plan! Thank you for your support.

20 years ago, I made 107 plastic models in a crazy year. Now, I spend most of my time in the studio, except when I'm not working more than six hours a week. Sleep five hours a day or less...

Because my daily work is concentrated in my studio, there is almost no Internet access (more often I get annoyed at not being able to open more pictures at speed) . Today I stumbled across this wonderful piece of work! I'm so excited! I’m sorry. I just saw it. I'm encouraged by your attention to detail and your precision. I wish I could build a yacht like yours one day! Thank you for showing me so many details, and for giving me some inspiration.