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  1. LeoM
    But anyway, your Top is a beautifully crafted one!
  2. LeoM
    Here is a picture with all the different parts of the "Top". There is a Fore Top, Main Top and Mizzen Top
  3. LeoM
    For people not so familiar with all nautical terms https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199336005.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199336005-e-48
  4. LeoM
    I found this glossary very handy as my mother-tongue is not English either: Illustrated Glossary of Ship and Boat Terms and you can find here https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199336005.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199336005-e-48 Hope it helps for you as it does for me 😉
  5. LeoM
    Hej Tim, Good to see you are back. I will be following your proceedings with utmost interest. 😉 All the best and good luck
  6. LeoM
    Frames are now fine tuned and checked for symmetry. They sit nicely on the keel.
  7. LeoM
    Great idea, thanks a lot for sharing!
  8. LeoM
    Yesterday I received a very nice pile of very nice planking strips. Thank you Vahur! See also my post in What did I receive today
  9. LeoM
    Nice bowsprit you have there and the pictures give a great impression!
  10. LeoM
    These rats look great and you did this in one evening? Great idea to make some plans ahead. The next step in my plan is lining up the bulkheads, after correcting the sawing of the bulkheads with small strips and sanding. I will update my build log after this step. Good luck!
  11. LeoM
    Nice to see somebody building the Harvey from AL. I have built mine some 30 years ago and remember having good fun on her. But moving 4 times in these 30+ years has taken its toll and she is definitely in for a big make over, but I have started in the meantime on the Cutty Sark and I am bashing the kit a lot, so no time to do 2 ships at the same time. The deck is looking great and hope you will have a lot of fun.
  12. LeoM
    At last some progress I can show... I was not so happy with the dimensions of the frames from the kit and compared them with the Campbell plans. I proofed right and after purchasing plans from NVM, I decided to start bashing the kit and making all the frames by myself. That also meant buying a fretsaw and learning how to use it. As the NVM plans are on scale 1/100, I had to convert them to scale 1/78. I am lucky that I use LibreOffice and the Draw module has a nice function that makes scaling rather easy. Just add a dimension line and enlarge your image so it fits nicely within the dimension. In the meantime I also started buying some extra books for further research. So for now, I can show my first batch of frames from 3 - 70, although some sanding and comparing port to starboard half is still to be done. Leo
  13. LeoM
    Count me in! Thanks a lot for the excellent idea!
  14. LeoM
    Looks great, Simon !
  15. LeoM
    According to Longridge the rakes are 84, 85 and 86 degrees for mizzen, main and fore masts respectively. Your measurements translate to about 81.6 82.8 and 84.0
  16. LeoM
    Hello, Apart from building ships and planes, I sometimes venture a card model, especially birds. Hope you like it. Leo
  17. LeoM
    Hello Ken, Looks a very nice model. I hope somebody helped you out with your request about your motor. If not, Ebay can be of great help. I built Oceanic from Revell myself and installed 2 x Decaperm from Marx, but Oceanic looks like a port tug compared to your Smit Rotterdam! 😉 Good luck
  18. LeoM
    You are progressing well and things are looking great!
  19. LeoM
    Bitao, you did an incredible job, congratulations!
  20. LeoM
    Thank you Harry and Lou for your encouragements. Very nice model, Lou, I now know what to aim for. I will be asking some advice, case needed (and you can count on it, there will be more than 1 case 😉 ) Leo
  21. LeoM
    Dear Nenad, I have started reading your build log: what a tremendous job you are doing, both in making the best possible Cutty Sark ever and the prose you are writing. If one would print out your build log it would be the size of a telephone book, but not so boring. 😉 Keep up the good work and I will continue admiring your work. Leo Ps This should be my 10th post and I should be able to have my signature under my posts from now 🙂
  22. LeoM
    I am following your build log with great interest as my CS is in about the same stage of building. I will definitely learn a lot from your proceedings. Thank you Leo
  23. LeoM
    I went through your build log and I am delighted by the work you are doing. Thanks for sharing your story about father. Leo
  24. LeoM
    You are doing a nice job. Please keep us posted about your proceedings. Leo
  25. LeoM
    Chris, What a magnificent kit you are making! James, You are setting the mark rather high on how to write a build log.😉 Congratulations to both of you. You make me proud to be a member of this fantastic community. Leo

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