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  1. John Ruy
    More Details… Traveler for Main Boom… Coverage of the Main Traveler. Double block… Traveler, Wheel House, Stowage Box and Exhaust Cover installed. Cheers 🍻
  2. John Ruy
    Fife Rails… Starting from scratch… Assembly… aft posts with eyelets… Cleats for the pin Rails… Checking fit… Need Paint… Fife Rails in place with Belaying Pins. Onwards… 🍻
  3. John Ruy
    Starting at the bow and working aft. Fore Stay Attachment and Forward Lazarette. Scratch build Fore Stay Attachment. Cut out and inlay into the decking material the Forward Lazarette Cover from 1/32” Bass Wood. Forward Jib attachment Completed. Moving on… 🍻
  4. John Ruy
    Chain Stops… Bowdoin restoration photo by @Jond Chain Stops in place… Chain Locker photo by @Jond Drilled 1/8” holes in the deck. Trimmed up brass eyelets and elongated slightly. Glued in place with CA glue. Painted white… Trimmed Anchor Chain to length and dropped into locker. 😎 Chain Lockers completed. Decide to add a bit more detail to the Windless based on @Jond photo of actual windless in booth bay. Added a bit of rust to the chain and Windless/Anchor Chain detail completed. Thanks again to @Jond for your research and Bowdoin build log. None of this detail is in the Laughing Whale kit. Time to start moving aft, next up is the Fore Mast Fife Rail. 🍻
  5. John Ruy
    Fore Bit… Cutting out of 1/16 stock… shaping fore bit… Test fit some finer sanding before paint. Fore Bit in place… Chain Stops, not in the kit or on the plans… Photo from actual Bowdoin restoration. Scratch built the Chain Stops… Anchor Cranes not detailed on plans. Photo from actual Bowdoin restoration. Anchor Cleats… Scratch built Anchor Cranes Anchors lashed up on the deck complete with Chains. Chains not included in kit plans. @Jond Thanks for the above Bowdoin restoration photos in your build log. Great research 🧐 BTW… I was able to see your model/diorama in Booth Bay this summer. Nice! 👍
  6. John Ruy
    More bits and pieces… Cutting out the wheel house. Wheel house ready for paint. First coat of paint. Engine exhaust pipe installed. Used brass eyelet for tailpipe. Painted black. White wheel house and storage boxes. Prepping wheel for paint. Wood look… 😆 Stemhead eye for jib stay…. I will be painting this black. Wheel house in place… Storage box added brass wire handles. Wood pads for Windless. Windless in place. Progress today. Cheers 🍻
  7. John Ruy
    Deck Furnishings continued… Cheers 🍻
  8. John Ruy
    The Skylight… Instruction taken from drawing. 😆 House from 1/32nd sheet stock. Mahogany cut from templates… Blackout mahogany… Bass Wood frame to be left natural. 1/32 x 1/16 stock cut for grid… Tried drilling holes had to file instead. Hand filed for fit over bars. CA glued… Skylight completed, stained and placed on deck. 😎 Deck furnishing coming right along. Cheers 🍻
  9. John Ruy
    stove pipe from the galley.
  10. John Ruy
    Details… Deck Houses complete… Onwards… 😎
  11. John Ruy
    It’s a great hobby! It requires persistence, patience and continued learning and practice. I joined in 2020 and have learned so much. Nautical Research Guild is a great resource of information. Glad to have you aboard. Cheers 🍻
  12. John Ruy
    I have finally come to a point where I can start using those parts I cut out with templates back in July. No pre cut or laser cut parts in this kit. Hull complete and mounted… Main Deck House… Cut in railings with file… Two Main Deck House Railings… Ready for assembly and Paint… Thought I would leave the railings natural… One coat of paint, once this sets I will sand and fill any defects. 😆. still need the brass portholes and doors. Cheers 🍻
  13. John Ruy
    Hull details finished up… On to deck furnishings. 😎
  14. John Ruy
    Chainplate and lower Deadeyes… Flatten file flat/square and drill holes for pins to mount the chainplate. Starboard chainplate installed with lower Deadeyes. Progress 🍻
  15. John Ruy
    Rudder and Propeller… Onwards… Next up chainplate and lower deadeye fittings.
  16. John Ruy
    Hull complete… Now the fun begins. 😎
  17. John Ruy
    Wow! She is beautiful! Your work has been an inspiration. Looking forward to seeing your building of the Charles W Morgan. Congratulations on finishing. 👍
  18. John Ruy
    Update on the paint and sanding. Getting there… 🍻
  19. John Ruy
    Peak and Throat Halyards corrected. Lobster Trap and Buoy completed. Done… FINISHED. 😎 This has been a fun and interesting kit to build. Another vintage Maine model rescued and completed from the resale world. I brought her back to Maine we’re she should be. Cheers 🍻
  20. John Ruy
    Running Rigging… Main Sheet… Throat Halyard belayed… Peak Halyard run incorrectly with the Throat Halyard. Oops 😬 I will have to correct this. Sometimes I discover my mistakes in the photos I post. 😳 Mast hoops completed… Downhaul for the Jib… Sheet lines for the Jib. Jib Halyard at the top of the mast. Topping Lift installed… Just fixing the Peak Halyard and she will be complete. Also, still need a lobster trap and buoy. She is a working boat. 😎
  21. John Ruy
    Redo of the Blocks and Standing Rigging. As I observed the Standing Rigging and Block installation, I was. It completely satisfied with the appearance and scale of the blocks and lashing ropes. I decided to upscale the blocks and redo the lashing ropes. If you scroll back to some previous photos, I think you will agree this is much better. I never know when my OCD will kick in LOL 😆 But I think it was worth the redo.
  22. John Ruy
    Strapping Blocks… Eyelets and blocks on the Boom and Gaff. Like making jewelry. 😆 Halyard Blocks completed on the Mast. Down haul block on the Bowsprit. Main Sail going on. 🍻
  23. John Ruy
    You will have fun… The instruction book is quite an education and very detailed. You will want to read it through and study each step along the way. Excellent kit. 👍 Thanks for your comments
  24. John Ruy
    Scuppers continued… Back to those scuppers. still rough but the right number now. I will have to keep filling and layering. Paint to make them right. Onwards… 🍻
  25. John Ruy
    Standing rigging… The original kit did not include back stays or turnbuckles as does the Model Shipways instructions show. So, I will have to create my own turnbuckles for the bob, fore and back stays. I am using 1/16” dowel cut to 1 cm. Two other attempts using wire failed. Drilled out the ends and used gel super glue to attach the eyelets. Fore and Bob Stay, turnbuckles. 😎 Painted turnbuckles with Flat Brass Enamel. Standing rigging Complete.

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