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Glen McGuire

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  1. Glen McGuire
    Don't worry about the close-up pictures showing too many flaws. We are all way too familiar with that around here. Really nice work so far. I think you are doing a fine job on a very interesting subject!
  2. Glen McGuire
    He will be part of the family. The only dark side for him comes at 8 months when he goes from bull to steer. 😀
  3. Glen McGuire
    Baby Bevo (Shiloh) is doing fantastic! He's already sprouting little horn nubs! Here he is with his momma.
  4. Glen McGuire
    @Joe100 had a Churchill quote in a recent post that I wish I'd read when you and @gjdale wanted me to carve a penguin for that Aurora build. Churchill said, "When all the sick and wounded have been tended, when all the impoverished and broken hearted homes have been restored, when every hospital is gorged with money, and every charitable subscription is closed, then and not until then will I concern myself with those penguins."
  5. Glen McGuire
    That looks so cool!
  6. Glen McGuire
    While I await the micro mesh order and ponder the fate of the hammock netting, work continues. For the quarter gallery, I added windows. a gold eagle, and a tiny bit of decorative paint. I also added a ship boat storage platform to the center of the deck between the hammock rails. The 2nd pic shows some decorative paint added to the prow and the 3rd pic shows the cathead and anchor assembly.
  7. Glen McGuire
    I did. But obviously I did not do enough searching last night. I found one this morning with the April 18th delivery. So I cancelled my previous order and placed a new one. Thank you, Keith!!
  8. Glen McGuire
    Thanks, Mark, Roger and Keith for the comments and suggestions. I just ordered some of that micro mesh. I really like the idea of having some kind of netting look. Unfortunately, the micro mesh won't get here till June. I'm too impatient to wait that long to finish this build, but it will be a nice addition to my box of stuff for future work. So I'm going to play around with some things based on the collective input and see if I can come up with something I like that has a good look. I appreciate the creative help from y'all!!
  9. Glen McGuire
    Hey Roger, thanks for the suggestion. Are you talking about simulating something like this?
  10. Glen McGuire
    Thank you, Mike. I appreciate your optimism! That sounds like a great idea! Thanks, Keith.
  11. Glen McGuire
    Speaking of fails, I had this brilliant idea for the quarter galleries of blobbing some wood filler in place and sanding it to shape (1st pic). Horrible idea. Didn't work at all. Not sure what the heck I was thinking. So I chipped it all off and carved out little pieces of walnut scrap for the galleries. The 2nd pic shows the finished work on the prow, the hammock netting, and the better version of the quarter gallery. I've got some white fly-tying thread on order to try for the gallery windows. We'll see how well that works. The netting is a little sloppy on the far side. I may pull it off and redo it. However, it's the non-display side and also will be hidden somewhat by the ship boats when they are added so I may just live with it. I'll revisit it later and decide what to do
  12. Glen McGuire
    For the spar deck cannons, I tried a few things that didn't work too well and ended up in the scrap heap. I finally settled on a 2-layer carriage to give it a little bit of that stairstep look.
  13. Glen McGuire
    Let me know if you do, Joe. I'd love to see how yours would turn out.
  14. Glen McGuire
    Got it. The pic certainly helps my understanding. Thank you, Mark!
  15. Glen McGuire
    Good progress and very nice work, Mark. Your perseverance is inspiring. I do have a dumb question though. What is the thing I've circled in the picture below and what is its purpose? Obviously I've still got a lot to learn about this stuff!
  16. Glen McGuire
    Very impressive work, Keith!
  17. Glen McGuire
    Thank you, Joe, Keith, Grant, Ian, Mark, SH Johnny, Banyan, Roger, and John Fox III for the comments and likes. I gotta be honest, when I picked this ship, I was really sweating how in the world I'd be able to do those gun decks and all those cannons and make them look halfway decent. It came out better than I expected. So far anyway. But the sweating ain't over just yet. I've started work on the spar deck cannons with these tiny little carriages. Oh boy. TBD on how those will turn out. I've also got to figure out how to add a quarter gallery on the stern. I've never done a ship with one of those so I've got to go study some build logs. If y'all know any build logs off the top of your head that have good posts on a quarter gallery construction please let me know. Even without smoke or penguins or polar bears? You just made my day, Keith!!
  18. Glen McGuire
    OK. Here's a close-up where you can actually see the cannons sticking out of the gun ports. Looks like beard stubble.
  19. Glen McGuire
    I got the hull layers painted so it's time to add cannons to the upper and lower gun decks and then squeeze the hull layers together. The pics show the construction process: 1. Five hull layers ready for assembly 2. Cannons painted (.015" music wire) 3. Cannons cut down to size 4. Cannons in place 5. Hull layers glued and clamped Those cannons are hard to see in that last pic, but you gotta trust me that they are in there!
  20. Glen McGuire
    Hey Brian, welcome aboard from a fellow Texan!
  21. Glen McGuire
    Thank you, Ian. Thanks, Keith. The hull and bulwarks are basswood pieces. Each piece is 1mm thick except for the bottom layer which is 2mm. That will give me some wiggle room if the ship needs to go on a diet to fit inside the bottle later. That's been a problem for me on previous builds. So I am determined to do a better job of planning during the construction phase.
  22. Glen McGuire
    Thanks, Mike. I tried to get them all the same size and as square as possible. Not perfect, but not too bad. The layers are still just dry-fitted so I can disassemble and paint the alternating black and white scheme. I'm still not sure what I'm doing with the prow.
  23. Glen McGuire
    Thanks for the guidance, Mark. I went scrounging around the garage and found a finely woven mesh bag. And since nothing is else matters when you need just the right thing for a model, I cut off a small piece of the bag and gave it a light dusting of black spray paint. I think it will work perfectly.
  24. Glen McGuire
    Nope! I'm right there with you, Dave. One at a time. I have several requests/suggested ideas for SIBs piling up but I won't start on a new one till I finish the one I'm working on.
  25. Glen McGuire
    Thank you so much, Joe. That means a lot coming from someone with your talents.

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