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SWEET...jealous...she is gonna be nice...Ronnie Sox was my hero when I was a youngling...king of the 4-speed 

Absolutely,  nothing better, just me and the pup during the week and the Admiral joins use for the weekend.  She is planning to work through the rest of the year, we may hit the road after that but we will see

She turned out really nice

Absolutely,  nothing better, just me and the pup during the week and the Admiral joins use for the weekend.  She is planning to work through the rest of the year, we may hit the road after that but we will see

She turned out really nice

Absolutely,  nothing better, just me and the pup during the week and the Admiral joins use for the weekend.  She is planning to work through the rest of the year, we may hit the road after that but we will see

She turned out really nice

Absolutely,  nothing better, just me and the pup during the week and the Admiral joins use for the weekend.  She is planning to work through the rest of the year, we may hit the road after that but we will see

She turned out really nice

SWEET...jealous...she is gonna be nice...Ronnie Sox was my hero when I was a youngling...king of the 4-speed 

SWEET...jealous...she is gonna be nice...Ronnie Sox was my hero when I was a youngling...king of the 4-speed 

Absolutely,  nothing better, just me and the pup during the week and the Admiral joins use for the weekend.  She is planning to work through the rest of the year, we may hit the road after that but we will see

She turned out really nice

Absolutely,  nothing better, just me and the pup during the week and the Admiral joins use for the weekend.  She is planning to work through the rest of the year, we may hit the road after that but we will see

Thanks JCT. Enjoying that RV?
My brother and his wife sure do get a lot of use out of theirs. Almost every time I call him, they are out on a lake somewhere, fishing. That couple love fishing more than anybody else I have ever seen. They are darned good at it, too. His friends kid him and say, "Gene could catch a fish by casting a lure in a bath tub." I can tell you from experience, you can be fishing all day long in your boat, never get a bite, and he will pull up near you in his boat, cast a line over near your boat and catch a fish. 
 

Oil pump tubing added to engine.
 

SWEET...jealous...she is gonna be nice...Ronnie Sox was my hero when I was a youngling...king of the 4-speed 

SWEET...jealous...she is gonna be nice...Ronnie Sox was my hero when I was a youngling...king of the 4-speed 

Thank you everyone, the heartfelt responses are great & I'll be sure to show my daughter the interest in our project. 
 
The drawing was from www.architecturalprints.com.au & we scaled photocopies to suit. I don't have progress photos but the method was old-school: cardboard backing with the photocopies on top & covered in plastic film, the sides of the tower were cut & then pinned to the board, & glued with PVA - the brownish Titebond is a good colour match.
 
I will attached some daylight photos below, they will show also the wiring, the lights & the details more clearly. One note is that the wiring is done so that a DC transformer plugs from a wall plug to the socket on the side; & the wall plug (power point) is hard wired so the tower can be turned on from a usual household wall light switch if you leave the tower's toggle switch on.
 
Lou, we agreed it should sit on a corner table in the Living Room, it's safer in the corner & the light effects are nice. 
 
John, it could be fun for her to make a nautical model, but honestly I'm struggling to keep up with the things she makes....recently it's functioning lolly dispensers from cardboard, a log-cabin house from scrolled paper,  & a copy of her favourite going-out shoe in cardboard & string.... I'm the one that's looking very short of ideas...a boat.
 
Steven, it's a vey interesting object to look at as you sip something relaxing - the balance between visual stability of the wide base & the stretched length of the top part is very interesting. A milestone in engineering, prefabrication & structural aesthetics.
 

 

 
the brass work was interesting work - discussing how to make it:

 
low voltage plug, toggle switch set back in a strip at the base::

wiring layout, resolved with assistance from small scale lights; working this out was new & the decisions were shared; hot-melt glue was handy & fast

the paper-scroll log cabin, no technical assistance from dad in this case:

 

Coming along nicely Denis.

very nice progress on Hannah    sweet job on the binnacle and belfry.   I'll likely late in catching you,  but enjoy the summer and your trip!

Thx much

Testing how I can add updates through my phone...going to be away for most of the summer with limited or no internet access.
 
pic is just a watercolor I had finished last year and had a pic of on my phone

Testing how I can add updates through my phone...going to be away for most of the summer with limited or no internet access.
 
pic is just a watercolor I had finished last year and had a pic of on my phone

Testing how I can add updates through my phone...going to be away for most of the summer with limited or no internet access.
 
pic is just a watercolor I had finished last year and had a pic of on my phone