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Small bits coming along nicely Dave did find the Boom Buffer/sheet Buffer pretty bad, the sheet buffer I installed after I finished the planking did have it black but when I painted white I over sprayed, did make a Boom Buffer........ but then I looked at the drawing 🤔 You can have these if you want pm me if you do Regards Richard

Just caught up Phil lots of likes and do agree with you it is a lot of fun making your own bits 👍 Regards Richard

Very nice Joe she does look good. Regards Richard

Deck furniture's are coming along very nicely Keith 👍 Regards Richard

Brilliant Mike 👍 has it stop snowing Stay safe Regards Richard

Wow that is beautiful Robin you did an excellent job on her, thanks so much for taking the time to show us more pictures 👍 Best regards Richard

Nice progress Schooner 👍 Regards Richard

Very nice build Geert, thanks for sharing how you did it 👍

Nice job on the pillars Phil 👍 stay safe Regards Richard

Well you said you were going to make a wheel out of wood (and a bit of metal 👍) and you did it well done Dave it will look good on your model. Regards Richard

Thanks you very much Phil Regards Richard

Hi Eric you ask me a question "Richard, how did you get into the metal working side off things? It started back when I was at school 1971 and some of the courses I really liked was metal work, wood work and TD (Technical Drawings) and I did very well in each one of them so the school sent me to a Technical college when I was 14/15 to learn more did well there and ended up two years later getting an 5 year apprenticeship in Fabrication and Welding, the company which hired me sent me to the Engineering Industry Training Board for the first year so did not report for work but was sent back to the Technical College were they had a building with metal work shop. lathe and milling shop, electrical shop and fitting shop, it was brilliant you still had to clock in/out same as if you went to work, were not to miss days, then after that finished another think which helped was for five years we were sent to the College each Friday (when college was open) to learn metallurgy, math and half the day of doing drawings. So this is how I got into metal working side of things Regards Richard

Thank you very much Dave I am enjoying building her. Thanks Michael do appreciate your kind comment. She is coming along Keith thanks a lot for your comment, I should say I am using Castello Boxwood I find it machines great and easy to saw and sand Thanks Jim hope you find a wheel. Thanks very much Robin love to figure out how to build things, will change out the skylight coaming just doesn't look right next to the other 👍 Appreciate you taking your time to look at my log and thanks very much for your kind words, what is nice with the Model Shipways Bluenose is that it shows all what I have built on the drawings. Thanks again everyone Richard

Coming along brilliantly Dennis 👍 Regards Richard

Isn't scratch building fun Phil, will look forward to what you produce 👍 Regards Richard

Would be nice to see some more pic's of your lovely Bluenose Robin 👍 Regards Richard

Carrying on with building deck furniture using Boxwood I made the grating Then made the forward skylight and companionway from Boxwood, here are the details from the plans Starting with the Skylight made corners similar to main cabin corners, and made it to match the stanchions not the deck made the porthole frame yet Then came the companionway, when taking the dimensions of the drawing I noticed I had made the coaming from fore to aft too small so I removed it and re-cut out of boxwood and made a new one (wish I had used Boxwood to make all coamings came out way better), sides front and back I made with boxwood plank strips glued together and cut to shape making sure the planks were 90 deg to stanchions , it has no hinged doors, just lift out doors so corners again were made as per main cabin but lift out door posts I machined a groove for the lift outs, then machined the slide rails for the hatch to open and close all parts made from Boxwood Using the coaming I started to put it together Machined the hatch to fit top of slide and then made another piece and machined to fit between rails and to go in slot this was then glued to lid, did this different to what I did on the cabin hatch, both ways worked out, added the roof and also added a piece of wood at the base of lift out doors. It does not say if there was any handles for the lift out doors so have not added and I cannot find a picture. I think I will remove the skylight coaming and redo with boxwood 🤔 Until next time Regards Richard

Thanks for the picture Bob does look like they were inlaid into hull just wondering why Philip with his years of research put them even with the planking 🤔 I will also live with it I could file them down a bit will see, thanks very much for your great info hope you get back onto your Bluenose very soon 👍 That mini rail on the main rail does look strange don't see this on any of the other pictures 🤔 good catch. Thanks for the nice pictures Dave, as above I think Bob is right with the inlaying the chainplates. Hi Jim thanks very much for your kind comments, know what you mean by life getting in the way 😀 but I bet it is good working on your model again, regarding replacing wheel have you tried looking online, just looked on Cornwall model boats (there must be many more) the one I made is 18mm, did see a 20mm made from bronze or try making one out of wood but use a hard wood . Regarding metal work been making things since I was 13 Thanks everyone for taking your time to comment and for hitting the like button Regards Richard

Doing some very nice rope work Micheal 👍 Regards Richard

Very Nice build Justin 👍 Regards Richard

Brilliant detail work on both models Keith, 👍 Stay safe Regards Richard

Wow Absolutely brilliant Doris, have watched your videos of how you have created your decorations such dedications on getting pieces right. Stay safe Regards Richard

Great flattie Eric 👍 Regards Richard

When drilling a hole like that you could drill one size smaller and then file to size it would save wood splitting. Regards Richard

That is one brilliant model Geert well done. Regards Richard