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beautiful work

thank you all for the birthday wishes had a great day with my son

Flounder Thanks good advise funny how easy it is to miss the obvious.

Flounder Life took priority for a while so I had to take a break. Which was good I was getting frustrated but after following you and hopeful I got a bunch of good ideas and realized I need to slow down and concentrate on the details not the finishing I will be staring back up soon Great build and explanations by the way Also I found the plans for that dremel table it is great il plan on building it soon

Flounder I cant seem to find many references or pics on this vessel, where are you getting your inforamation to reference what the vessel looked like

thanks Max, I have not had the time to work on it lately but hopefully get back to it soon,

I found it on the website I purchased the kit model expo looks under the documents tab

love the laser idea

David so you used the Batten as a guide to keep a straight line to make the step. aswosome seems to make that part of the build much easier

David thank you very much for the info it helps a lot

Well all here is another post, first off thanks to all the folks following my build more so thanks to everyone who has given me hints and suggestions they are very welcomed and appreciated. As I tell my son when you are reading pay attention to what you are reading, I need to take my own advice, I missed the part in Chucks instructions that stated to get the keel reduced before getting the hull shaped with the temples so I am kind of backwards right now, at least I caught it before I went to far. I have enclosed a pic of where I am, I tried very hard to do it the way Chuck suggested with the red and blue lines but I had a lot of problems finding center, so I used a trick I saw on another post and used the 1/8th x 1/8th strip of wood as a reference and pinned it to the keel. (red circle 1) if you will notice on that same spot I think my keel is not exactly flat the strip of wood seems to be slanted also I noticed that it seem that in different spots there was more to shave off of one side in comparison to the other. Also reference point #2 you will see where I came up with my centerline, I basically did some measuring down the stern post and came up with a center. I tried to use the drawn plans but can see to figure out if I was getting the right spot on the plans reference mark #3 shows the curve at the top of the stern post, I assume this will be squared off when I trim down to the 1/8th size. please take a look at the picture and let me know if I am on the right track. David/Hopeful thank you very much for the information about measuring and getting everything square (so to speak) unfortunately my dilemma is (and maybe I am overthinking) I don’t understand how to get these measurements since the entire body of the boat is not set to spec yet. If I measure from bow to midship, the bulwarks are not at the required with so wouldn’t that throw off the numbers, same with measuring port to starboard with the bulwarks. As stated earlier thanks everyone for the help, I am truely enjoying this build

David thanks for the info and thanks for being so detailed, it has helped me greatly following your build. awsome work by the way

Thanks hopeful what 360 line are you referring to

No it doesn't ice at all

Can u describe the pieces used to make it work with the compressor

Thanks Popeye i actually have that one and use the can it works pretty good just thought about upgrading but i like the way you did the conversion i might stick with that for a while and use the money elsewhere which paint do u use

Im looking at this kit for my compressor its a 2.5 gal compressor adjustable psi up to 100psi It's normally used for small carpentry air guns would this kit work on that unit i also chose this one because i read top feed is better than bottom feed http://www.modelexpo-online.com/product.asp?ITEMNO=HS203

Well I have gotten the midship templet all done and it feels great I am now working on number six templet but I am having some issues. I notice there is a little hump by the top rail so I am working to get that then trying to get the whole templet set in. I have put in about 5 hours total on the project, not sure if thats a lot of time or normal lol but this is where I stand any little hints are greatly appreciated.

thanks Mick it is slow going but going i finished one templet and now im working on numb six templet pics will be coming soon

so i am having trouble finding pictures or any history of the phantom, i have tried different ways to search and have not come up with much does anyone know what shipyard this vessel was build in

gj thanks i got it now for some reason it wasnt loading the whole site, thanks

thanks Grant, i actually went to that site but didnt see any prices

ok so I am also interested (down the road) in doing other builds besides nautical, the build you are talking about these are wood build kits correct, not kits to put on a train set and does anyone have any links to where you can purchase these items thanks

thanks Wayne

Has anyone done this build and would it be a good second build, first POB build and is this an everyday price or a discounted price, I have only purchased one kit from model expo but if this is a good second build and a good starter for first time with POB I would like to get it while its on sale http://www.modelexpo-online.com/product.asp?ITEMNO=sm55W&srccode=free13