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    Nils
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    Danke, for your nice compliment Johann, much appreciated.. Nils
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    thank you very much Christos, well, I have to be patient, considering that it takes me round 1 hour to do the lifelines on a single lifeboat..... Nils
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    Many thanks to Keith, Nick, John and Christos, for your nice comments, and thanks to all the "likes".... Keith, thanks for taking a mental look around on board....., for display I am looking for a suitable side-table to put the glass casing on, besides that I need to deal with my admiral for an ideal place in our home, up to now the agreement is, no models in the living area of the house Nick, pleased you like the overall shots, sometimes not easy with the small digital camera... John, blades pointing forward (was just luck in this case...), but thanks for that input, I`ll be aware of this now. Do you know what is the reason, is it easier to put the oars into the rowlocks ? Christos, for the figurines I chose scale N gauge (1:160) make "Preiser". It was a process of watching out in Ebay auctions, and the web over weeks and months for figures offered in (around 1900) fashions Preiser unfortunately does not produce these in this scale in "around turn of the century fashions" any more, but with some luck I was able to achieve quite some good ones. They are not all placed on the decks yet. Four figurines (custom made in scale 1:144) I am very thankful for, came as a greatful gift from a fellow MSW modeler including the captain of the ship.
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    Daniel Klasse gemacht ! impressive build, a beautiful model, planking an treenailing very realistic, good job !! Nils
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    B.E., excellent work, one really gets tempted to build that pinnace. The kit looks like very good quality , it seems fun and joy you`re experiencing at this phase... Question : are you leaving the plank edges free of glue due to the caulking you show ? Nils
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    Build log part 59... Update : for those fellow builders who frequently catching up on the status,.... I put in some overall shots.... The 4 open lifeboats are rigged, they are also equiped with oars (only rudderblades still missing). The two smaller boats will be in the same paint scheme, but without lifelines, as that is too much straining for eyes and hands. The remaining closed boats are waiting for the lifelines to be attached, refer to the pic for one first sample. I decided not to lash on seperate protection covers (canvas) Nils the oars are stored on the oposite side to where passengers would step into the boats The two open boats on the left of the pic have appr. 5 mm less length and a lower sheerboard, they will match in color scheme The "hard cover" shown here on the sample "closed boat" will be the protection canvas, no seperate lashings under and around the boat. these are the two smaller (shorter) open, also clinkered double ender boats, that fit into the row of 10 boats per ships side with the others. These boats claim to be 1:144 scale, the figurines are 1:160, but I feel they match together perfectly
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    Very nice work Frank, your framing and joining looks excellent. Will that centerboard later on be swivable with a pivot point ? Nils
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    Piet, thank you very much, am pleased you like it... Nils
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    Hi Martin, love the lines of your cutter "Vanity" they are resembling the yachting era of those British "deep and narrow" ships, or also nick-named "plank on edge"... I might myself be considering one day to build a scratch model of the racing cutter "Genesta". these ships really have class indeed ! (fell in love with the lines, here a beautiful built example of which I unfortunately do`nt remember the modeling builder, pic from the web) Nils
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    Many thanks John, Michael and Greg, for your nice comments... also thanks to the "likes"... John, again a new term, thanks a lot.. Michael, I`m just trying to implement the pictures I have in mind.. Greg, yes, agree, they look quite flimsy, but in worst case, anybody would be happy to get a place on those collapsibles.. Thanks for catching up with your recent looking in... Nils
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    Rob, thank you for your fine comment, I`m very pleased you like the boat outcome, as you have recently been engaged with many good ideas and suggestions. Now its just the mass of repeatable work to be done to get all the boats in following the first sample ones.... The colapsible boats I have`nt begun yet, but my mind is thinking in this direction..(I borrowed some pics from the web, may be for Titanic or so...) Nils
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    Thank you very much Bob, for your kind compliment... the boats are taking me longer to do than I expected, but I trust it will be worth the effort afterwards Nils
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    Keith, thank you very much for your nice words.. Nils
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    Chuck, congratulation to completion of this beautiful cutter, a very good built ship indeed.... Nils
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    Update... the first open port side boat has been set in place and rigged with the forward pulley. I think I`ll have the two first boats of each side in the open mode, as well as the third boats (also open), but they are a bit smaller, like on the actual ship. The blocks (3mm double sheave ) are out of Chuck`s production, I saved them up at the time he still was producing pear blocks in that size for this application. All paint touch ups will be done after all the boats are rigged Nils
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    Beautiful work Patrick, Nils
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    Peter, perhaps one of those tickling early cruise ship event hapenings at extra costs ,..... (for goodness sake no !), I`m quite happy with my self made lifeboats, was not sure if they would work out well... Nils
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    Tony, thank you very much, have not had much time at the table this weekend, but the lifelines are on... Nils
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    Thanks very much Patrick, Nils
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    Rob, excellent looking solution with the boat covers..... Nils
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    Thank you very much Don, and for looking in again.... Nils
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    Thank you very much Gerhard, Nils
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    Little update... look of the open lifeboats, with floorplanking, seatings, hoist points, name and port of registration but still without lifelines Nils
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    Thanks very much Piet, am pleased you like the little boats also thanks for your catching up on the build.... Nils

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