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  1. Papa
    1 step forward 5 steps backwards😫. this is what happens when one fails to make careful measurements. Had to rip out the guts and start over. The stern is more or less correct. Some more detail needs to be added. Would the whale boats have been hung on the davits with the tiller and rudder in place?
  2. Papa
    Thanks all for the nice comments on the hedgehog.
  3. Papa
    At last ! Someone noticed. It was an old whaling chart i found on-line.
  4. Papa
    Thanks. It is all in the shading. I’ve always been fascinated by trompe l’oeil painting. I have a long way to go.
  5. Papa
    I think he is finished. I have to stare at him a bit. Wish i could say the same about the whale boats on my Morgan. I had to rip out some parts and re do them. Some seats and floor boards were messed up.
  6. Papa
    He is coming along slowly. I decided to place him in some grass with a dandelion.
  7. Papa
    When my granddaughter saw the picture she thought at first it was real! the spider is in our garden keeping the predators away 😂
  8. Papa
    Thanks. I hope i have the patience to finish him as well as he looks now
  9. Papa
    Since one can never have too many hobbies, i have taken up rock painting. Here is a hedgehog starting to appear out of a rock. Also a strawberry, dragon eye and big spider.
  10. Papa
    I did get some Aleen’s tacky glue. I like it.
  11. Papa
    The hull skins at the stern have wedges cut out (kind of like darts in sewing) to shape the stern to the frames. On my first attempt I tried to glue the skins on and close the wedges with the tabs at the same time. Bad idea! And the stern was grossly misshaped. This time I glued the tabs and shaped the stern first. The stern is much better now, at least off the ship. It was still a ridiculously complicated job to get the skin attached smoothly. The port side is in, but not as smooth as i’d like. Not looking forward to the starboard side. 8 more hands would make it easier. Maybe with a few dozen more paper ships i might get the hang of it.
  12. Papa
    Whale boat progress.
  13. Papa
    It isn’t obvious from the picture, but I misinterpreted how this aft cabin was laid out; the little doors look weird. I discovered the error when the next deck level went on with the ladders. I got it correct on this second attempt to build the United States
  14. Papa
    I would hazard a guess that you are the only person on this site with a Herztsprung-Russell poster on the wall! I figured you had to be an astronomer, but i see from the profile you are an historian and amateur astronomer. Good luck on the Swampscott dory build. I grew up in Saugus, MA, right next door to Swampscott! Ron Gove, (Papa to my grand daughter)
  15. Papa
    I never heard of “craft paste”. Is it like spackling paste?
  16. Papa
    I will look into this
  17. Papa
    If i may add another hint learned through trial and error. Don’t try to glue too many tabs at once. They just will not stay in place and everything gets out of whack. For example, on the frames i would add a bit of glue and firmly attach one of the 3 tabs to the “false keel”. Once that set, i’d glue the second. Etc. Likewise, in gluing the long waterline piece i glued one frame at at time, and one side at a time. It was slow work but everything stayed aligned. After about 3 frames i decided to add the reinforcement stripwood. One tab, one strip, one side. Then the next. It took a while😀 but i am pleased with the result.
  18. Papa
    I added some 1/8” sq basswood to add rigidity to the water line
  19. Papa
    Do you find this little hobby desk useful? It looks cramped to me.
  20. Papa
    Most of the frames are now in place. It looks neater and straighter than my first attempt.
  21. Papa
    I’ve looked at that. It seems a bit cramped. I’ll have to check some reviews.
  22. Papa
    Thanks. 😃
  23. Papa
    Here are 4 whale boats at various stages of completion.
  24. Papa
    Today i received my new copy of the United States liner card model from Poland. 1. Photo shows how to properly join the beam sections, using tabs #6. I missed this the first time. 2. Note the triangular section in the middle if the frame, 13. In my first build, I didn’t realize there were 3 tabs in there needed to attach the frame to the center beam until i had cut the center out of about half the frames. I had to jury rig new tabs. 😳. I learned my lesson and am doing it correctly this time. 3. i also learned that i need to write the part number on each part when cut out. Doesn’t take my 78 year old brain long to forget what part is which.
  25. Papa
    Thanks

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