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On 12/9/2019 at 9:30 PM, Landlubber Mike said:

Looks great!  The bulwarks are not easy when you have to individually set up all the stanchions.

 

Thanks. A close look shows they are far from perfect. 

Still working on this as time permits.  Should be painting soon. 

Has this kit been released yet?  I do not see at at Model Expo or other ship model sources

8 hours ago, Dr PR said:

Before planking the deck you might think about sealing the inside of the hull with liquid epoxy or resin. I had problems with some of the first planked hulls I built with cracks appearing between the planks after a few years of heat and humidity cycles. The edges of some of the planks rose above the neighboring planks. Looks pretty nasty!

 

Then I used a thin two part epoxy paint that aircraft modelers use to seal balsa motor mounts. It is applied like a paint with a brush, and it soaks into the wood of the planking and bulkheads. After it sets the hull is very solid. After three decades there are no hints of cracks.

I will consider that. Thanks.

10 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Looks great!  The bulwarks are not easy when you have to individually set up all the stanchions.

 

If one looks closely there are some irregularities. It was, as you point out, difficult to get them all alighted. 

I’ve painted the bulwarks and am ready to start planking the deck. 

Re “I got you beat, Jud” from Cleet, I was punch card coding an IBM 1620 in 1962. Didn’t do any CAD but I developed a symbolic algebraic interpreter that would manipulate polynomial expressions. It was very slow! But then, the computer only had 64,000 bits (not bytes, bits) of memory. I was a sophomore math major at UNH  at the time.

And I had to hike uphill both ways in the snow to get to the computer center. And fend off dinosaurs at the same time. LOL

old yankee,

Ron Gove

Beautiful work. The planking is fantastic.

My guess is that the antique tobacco tin is the most valuable thing in the box.

Great weathering!

City of Pekin is about finished.  Need to get a name on her bow. My first attempt didn’t look right.

I have used the Ship Wright Shop. Shipping to the US was cheaper than Model Expo for small light items.

shipwrightshop.com

11 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

what is that laying up by it's head?   looks like a rat or something

A gummy rat. The cake was for an 8 year old, so the snake had to be eating a rat or the like. LOL

12 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

even the admiral thought it was cool  

Thank you admiral. It was a big hit at the party too.  It has 3 different cake flavors also: chocolate, vanilla, and confetti 

Not really a model except in the most general use of the term.  But it came out so well I wanted to post it. I made it for my granddaughter’s 8th birthday today. The party had a reptile theme complete with a reptile show with snakes and turtles and lizards. 

Your B17 came beautifully by the way. I never seem to be able to get an unblemished finish, wood or plastic. And masking always ends up messy. Can’t seem to avoid paint seeping under the tape no matter how much I burnish the edges.  I can usually do a better line free hand than with tape!

Glad you enjoy the interior shots. During my tour of the plane I concluded when passing  through the bomb racks that the crew would need to be selected with considerably smaller waistlines than I had at the time. LOL

By the way, I see you are in the Manchester, New Hampshire area. About 1/2 of my family are from NH going back to its founding in the 17th century.  I graduated from the University of New Hampshire way back in 1965.

Ron Gove

PS, my last name has only 4 letters, and no “r”, although most people I meet want to put the “r” in there.😁

29 minutes ago, Javlin said:

That is looking Really Nice in the long run and different to boot Kevin

Thanks!

Doing the finishing touches now. Touching up the paint etc. I still need to make some “City of Pekin” sign boards and to construct a windlass. The kit provided two Britannia metal capstans with which to make a windlass, but the drawing is very small and only has a top view. I’ll muddle through some how.

Some further information, for those folks old enough to remember the radio/TV  personality Arthur Godfrey, here is a paragraph from the airport's history:  In 1950, radio and TV personality Arthur Godfrey purchased the Leesburg Airpark and donated the property to the Town of Leesburg under the condition that the property continue to be used as a public airport for 20 years. Godfrey flew in and out of the Leesburg Airport for his weekly commute to New York City and popularized it on his national radio show as the "Old Cow Pasture."

I have been looking for these photos since this build first started.  I hope they are still of some interest.  The are in the reverse order that i intended.  Start with the taxiing and go up.  The location is the Leesburg, VA airport.

“Ragove, that's way cool about your distant cousin owning that ship! Do you have any more info on it, such as a photograph or two?“
 

no photos I’m afraid. I read a book about the ship and it mention her owners near the end of her life. One was a Captain Gove (I don’t recall the first name now). There was enough info to find him in “The History and Genealogy of the Family of Gove” an extensive book on our family.  Turns out I’m also a very distant cousin of Mark Twain, we are both descendants of one Edward Gove who came to Massachusetts in the 1640s. Edward Gove was also a very interesting character. Google his name.

Love your whiskey cure

I’ve looked too, since I discovered a distant cousin who owned her some time after she found floating with no crew. There doesn’t even seem to be a decent set of plans for scratch building. 

I mounted my Benjamin W Latham (similar profile to the Bluenose)  using 2 walnut blocks with the same cross section but different heights.