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  1. John Ruy
    Absolutely stunning. 🤩
  2. John Ruy
    Tom, You know all the time is worth it. Your whaleboats are absolutely mind blowing. Beautiful work. 👍
  3. John Ruy
    Bowsprit, Samson Post, Bowsprit Bitts, & Platform… Cheers 🍻
  4. John Ruy
    Guys and Bobstay fasteners… She is ready for deck furnishings. Cheers 🍻
  5. John Ruy
    Details continued… Anchor Lashing Ring and Random Ringbolts for tie downs, etc… Cheers… 🍻
  6. John Ruy
    Details Bulwarks inboard… Fair Leads for Balloon Jib and Jib Downhauls. Fair leads P/S for Jib Sheet. Snatch Blocks P/S for Balloon Jib Sheet Cheers 🍻
  7. John Ruy
    Main Rail… Monkey Rail… Buffalo Rail… Deadeyes… Shoutout to @David Lester for your research and build logs. Stern… Bow… Finishing up deadeyes… Painting out to top Rails… Placing eyelets and belaying pins She is getting there… All this fiddley stuff is tedious. Time to take a break and scan over the drawings. I don’t want to miss any of the hardware on the inside of the bulwark, before I start on the deck furnishings. I know I still have some eyelets, rings and things to do. Cheers 🍻
  8. John Ruy
    She is a beautiful model, you will love the detail at this scale. Can’t wait to follow your build. Cheers 🍻
  9. John Ruy
    I agree that’s what hooked me into the “challenge”. “It was worth it.” 😆
  10. John Ruy
    True that Keith… it was only temporarily in that location for the photo shoot. 🍻
  11. John Ruy
    This is an excellent challenging kit to build. Well worth the shipping cost.
  12. John Ruy
    Looks very nice. 👍
  13. John Ruy
    Rudder completed… Cheers 🍻
  14. John Ruy
    Rudder… Rudder Hinges are built from kit supplied brass strip. Very tedious! 😬 Cheers 🍻
  15. John Ruy
    Very nice detail Ron! 👍
  16. John Ruy
    Missing details… Oops… I forgot the Reefing Lines on the Main Sail. 🤨. This would have been a lot easier before the mounting of the sails. Reefing Lines complete… Also noticed that I hadn’t placed the Spinnaker Booms. 😜 Now I can say she is FINISHED! As long as I walk away now. Darn OCD. 🤣
  17. John Ruy
    Nick, You are correct, she is a beautiful model. Unfortunately, some of the building details are left to the builders. No templates here… Below is a link to my build log, I covered the details pretty well. Maybe it will be of some help. You might call the boom and gaff yokes hand carved. 😎
  18. John Ruy
    I’ll follow along as well. I have the Amati Santa Maria new in my stash. I am hoping you give me lots of detail on planking technique. Every thing I’ve done so far has been painted. I’m looking forward to seeing your approach to the planking. Do you have a build log on the Santa Maria? John
  19. John Ruy
    Decking completed… Cheers 🍻
  20. John Ruy
    FINISHED!!! Hoisted the Italian flag 🇮🇹 on the Mizzen Mast. She is done… @rshousha Thank you Rick for the opportunity to complete this beauty. Cheers 🍻
  21. John Ruy
    Hand Rails… Hand Rails complete… Cheers 🍻
  22. John Ruy
    Hull details continued… Airbrushed Hull Copper Red on bottom of the hull. Applied white vinyl stripe to waterline and finalized with Clear Coat. Hull completed and mounted on the kit supplied walnut wood stand. We can only go up from here. 😆 Cheers 🍻
  23. John Ruy
    Sails completed… Added a bit of a fair wind in her sails with Fabric stiffener and a hair dryer. Ready for railings… Cheers 🍻
  24. John Ruy
    Pintyplus Spray Paint, Matte Varnish Clear. GREENGUARD Gold Certified, Waterbase, Low Odor, Low GWP Propellant, 10.9oz Sold at Walmart
  25. John Ruy
    Mike, Thanks for your comment, it’s really nice to know my build log is useful. 😆 As for MS rigging plans they can be expensive, that’s up to you. There are several MSW builds of the CWM that might be useful. The resource I referenced to complete my rigging was @David Lester build of the CWM. Also @toms10 is currently building the CWM from scratch using the MS Plans. Both of these build would be good references as well as mine. If you have specific questions as you go through my build. You are welcome to PM me and I will try to help. John

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