Matt D

You're doing a beautiful job, Frank!  I'm looking forward to seeing your planking come together.  The lines are excellent.

Thanks, Glenn and Chuck.  I need to be more judicious with the CA on the rest of the hinges.  And for some reason it sticks much better where you don’t want it, than where you do.

That looks great, Brad!  It looks like you're doing well figuring out how to make use of the laser cutter.

Where has the time gone?  I’m working on chapter 7 and thought I’d add an update.  I couldn’t help myself and had to start the chain pumps as soon as I received my chapter 7 parts.  They’re not fully complete, but you can see that the bulk of the work is done.  After that, I worked on the beams.  Thanks to Chuck’s wonderful design on the deck clamps in Chapter 4, the beams are very easy to fit and align.  With all of the quarter deck beams fit, I’m now working on the bulkheads.  The center section of the aft bulkhead is not attached in the photo below.  I have test fit and glued the fore to aft piece to ensure that aft bulkhead is vertical with respect to the model.  I’d like to leave one door open in this bulkhead, but it won’t be either of the starboard side doors because I’ve accidentally glued the edges of those doors to the bulkhead pieces.  I’ll try to be more careful on the port side.  If you see those installed closed in a later post, you’ll know I was unsuccessful.

Here’s a picture of a little project I did with my 15 year old son during the holiday break in the kids’ bathroom.  These are new drawers in the vanity that fit next to the sink.  The kids will each have their own drawer.  He needed to do a project for a boy scout merit badge and I wanted to make their bathroom a little less messy.

That looks excellent, Rusty!  I thought about you earlier today when I was making more eye bolts for my Winnie.  Thanks again for your instructions.

Amazing, Greg!  Your work is so impressive.  Thank you for sharing it with us.

Bob was an amazing member of this community and one of my favorite people here.  I’m so sorry he’s gone.  Rest In Peace, Bob.

On 11/23/2022 at 8:19 PM, leclaire said:

Any bets on how that will turn out?

Stay strong, Bob.  They’ll keep making them if they’re worth buying.  That’s what I tell myself.

Chuck, I’m so excited to see you start on the Speedwell!  Thanks for bringing another amazing project to life and sharing with us.  I love what you bring to this hobby.  

Gorgeous, Glenn!  I love how the stern looks with those beautiful carvings and the quarter galleries.  It's just terrific.

Beautiful, Rusty!  Have a wonderful vacation!

Bob, I hope your surgery goes well and you have a speedy recovery.  

Congratulations, Chuck!  It has been a joy to watch your Winnie come together.  I'm very thankful to be able to follow you on this project.  The completed model looks like it belongs with the contemporary frigate models.

20 hours ago, scrubbyj427 said:

I can attest to using the head on a similar sized vessel, in the bow... it’s not fun 

It seems like heavy seas while you're up there would just scare the crap out of you, making it easy to finish quickly!

Beautiful rigging work, Ron!

That sounds like a great trip, Chuck.  I love Newport.  My grandparents met there in 1942, when my grandpa was stationed there in the navy.  They were married in Trinity Church.  I took my family there in 2009.  Did you go to the museum at Navy War College?  It’s got some excellent paintings and at least a few models.  Have fun painting happy clouds!

That looks great, Edward!  So far, Chapter 3 has been my favorite part of this build.  Those quarter galleries and the transom decorations are so much fun to build.

This looks like a fantastic project, Popeye!  Just last weekend, my son spent a night on the New Jersey with his boy scout troop.

Beautiful work, Dave!  

Thanks, Mldixon and JJ.  And thanks to the likes, too.  I’m going to be away from the shipyard for the next three weeks because of travel.  I’m going to Montana next week and then Germany for two weeks.  

Here is a one picture update of my first completed gun port lid.  I’ve made all of the hinges.  The eyebolts and split rings are tiny and made from 28 gauge wire.  I was worried about making the hinges too short, so they ended up on the long side.  I have several mistakes on the starboard side and some are definitely visible in this shot.

Congratulations on your new business, Mike!  I’m looking forward to being a customer.

Your hull paint and finish looks beautiful.  This seems like a really nice kit.

Welcome to Model Ship World, John!  If I can add a little more advice: I recommend reading a lot of build logs before you buy.  You will find amazing build logs for most of the kits that are on the market today.  Reading in advance will help you make a good choice based on what it takes to finish the build.  I have not followed the advice of starting with a small kit and from where I am now, I will tell you that you should start with a small kit.  David Antscherl's series from Model Shipways is a good place to start.  This is advice I didn't follow, but wish I had.  One perspective I couldn't wrap my head around when I started was that if you start with something little like a Dory and it's too small or too easy or anything else, it will also not take too long to finish and then try something bigger and more difficult.  

Thanks, Jorge!