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  • Birthday 01/05/1949

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    On the bank of the Little Cuyahoga, Ohio

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  13. doxidad
    Nice photos. I drove up there 40 years ago in early October. It was a fun drive up. Too bad it was fogged in from about 5500 feet up. Didn't see anything on the top. Could barely see your hand held out in front of you. The road is narrow and scary especially going down in the fog.
  14. doxidad
    Beautiful work. I could only hope to do work like this.
  15. doxidad
    I finally have had time to start on the Longboat. I found that this is a good re-starter kit for me - the last one was over 45-50 years ago and was never completed due to a whole bunch of things - mainly life. I did spend some of that time building flying models and some small furniture so i have some experience with wood. I am not a great craftsman by any means, but I try and a I enjoy it. To date I have built both versions of the keel just to see what I can do. I did build 2 versions of the half lap keel - the first not so good - the second is what I selected and I am now on my way. I have the first 5 frames fitted and have the rest of the frames built and ready to start fitting. I did leave the transom off for the moment so I can rough fit the frames without breaking it off - I'm sure I would. . I'd like to thank all of you for your build logs. I learned a lot about the tricks and pitfalls you all have found. Also - Chuck for the great well thought out kit Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and will have a great New Year. Tom
  16. doxidad
    Doc O'Brien's Weathering Powder from Micro-Mart?
  17. doxidad
    An indigenous American name. Like Cuyahoga, Tuscararous, Erie as in lake Erie, Ohio as in the US state and river - it seems like both countries like to keep some of the original names for places and things. I think ours might be easier to pronounce 🙂
  18. doxidad
    Allan, My dad and I fished in Pymatuning when i was a kid. Most of my fishing has been done in the Akron, Kent area (West Branch, Mogadore, Wingfoot, Portage Lakes, and Nimisila reservour), and also our family yearly trip to the land of lakes in Ontario, Canada. I haven't done any fishing for the past 9-10 years. I hope to change that next year.
  19. doxidad
    Thanks Louie - I probably won't be starting any projects till next February when I retire. I have been spending a lot of time reading other's build logs. There are some beautiful ships that folks have built. I'm learning a lot just from reading the logs and seeing what tricks folks have used to make things go smoother. This site is amazing!
  20. doxidad
    Thanks folks
  21. doxidad
    Thank you all for your kind welcomes - they are appreciated.
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  23. doxidad
    Thanks Lee - I will
  24. doxidad
    I just got the bug to start building model ships again. I started out about 50 years ago with a Scientific Constitution that never got finished - almost did though - just needed the rigging completed. Between moving numerous times, getting married, having kids and life - it never got completed. And, somewhere along the way the box with the plans/instructions and the rest of what was needed disappeared. So, now I am getting ready to retire in January and I thought it was time to do ships again. After all I will need something to keep me busy. I have had forays into wooden flying models (mostly gliders) on and off during the years, and wood working projects, so I am familiar with working and shaping of wood. I will just need to break out the magnifying glass to work on the small details. I have be browsing the forums. What a great source of information. I think I will be doing a lot of reading here before I start a project, I know that one of my projects (probably not my first) will be the Niagara since it sits rests not more than hour or two from here, A visit will definitely be in order to see the real thing. It's nice to meet all of you. Tom

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