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Great job my friend , the joy of starting another ship takes the sting out of finishing one lol. Start a big one you have the room now . Congratulations nicely done. Bob M.

Congratulations, well done. Bob M.

Good luck on your journey, there are a lot of great logs for the Bluenose on MSW. I will pull up a chair as they say, Knocklouder 😁

This is the place to be, Bob M

The yards have their first coat of black paint and are waiting to dry. Tomorrow I will add the footropes and add as many blocks as I can to all the masts and yards. The crowsfoot lines are up soon We are getting down to just the rigging. I am starting to think about building the Harriet Lane. Lol I have cleaned the display case and have room, lol. This is how she looking tonight. I am pretty excided , as well as the Harriet Lane ,I am about to recive a Billings 490 Wasa/Vasa, depending upon how you want to say it. The ship just left Chicago and is heading north. . I just say wow, got a great deal on it and looking forward to putting a little Knocklouder magic to this build. But first a few loose ends to look at, then diorama time. It will be on ice and lots of Adélies hanging about.Thanks for looking in on the fun.,,,,, Bob M.

I have laid out the yards and booms, Rodney has the three lower main yards some what started.I found enough material to finishe the job. Now it is a matter of sanding and shaping them. Donkey has the crew over in the paint shop ready to go. Donkey has to have them painted before Kurt will let him come back to the ship. I will be glad to get the yard work done, and will be able to put the plans away ,that will free up a little shop space Still working on clearing out the bottom shelf in the display case , I am running out of room lol. Cleaning and organizing will continue, yards work will be painted and hung , it may be time to start thinking of a stand for her. I think I will put her on ice 🧊 😏. With lots of natural wildlife around her🐧 Should have her done by the time the sails are ready for the Bluenoses lol I hope, not asking her either lol. What a great ship to rig, love in it . Thanks for looking in. Knocklouder FFBI 🛟

I thought I was building a Bluenose or two... Some how I finished a Golden Hind, rigged up a couple of Bluenoses and decked out my Viking Darkkar with a crew of Viking, minus a helmsman . Now so excited to have the Astrolabe back on the bench tonight. One thing for sure she not fitting in this case. .This is Kurt ,he will be helping out with the building and rigging. I wondered what a Viking would know , about rigging a French ship. He showed me a list of rigging jobs he did as well as a few builds logs. Very impressive, so I hired him. We quickly spreed out the crew to see if more were needed. None need to be added, at this time, the crewman above is on the look out for the dreaded Adélie penguins 🐧. Below the crewman is in charge of getting the ship's boat rigged and tied on. Again so many to thank, @Keith Black, helping me out with rigging, thimble blocks it is lol. @Gabek, a special thanks to him as well, he has made my models come to life, and he showed me how to paint them as well, thanks my friend, coffee is on me. Lol @John Ruy, you have been so helpful, and your logs always show me exactly what I need to know , thanks so much for posting ,appreciate it emencily. Thank you. So many people on MSW to thank ad well. On to the rigging of the stays , this will be fun,.thanks for looking in. Got to make a jig or two,.but rigging is a go. Knocklouder FFBI 🛟

Foot lockers needed more sanding then I liked but once a Viking is sitting down they look cool. I have to check to see if I am really 70 lol. This is way to much fun. One is from the kit lol Time the chain up the brothers. Kurt and LK are off to seek employment on the Astrolabe. So with the chains on and the course is set, time to put her in the case, and bring out this little boat to finish rigging, lol. Thanks for indulging me on my play day, I will post one more time for the stern, I need a figure about so high, lol. I will Have to Wait, he is busy, no names ,no names lol. busy till Tuesday, I think we are going for coffee soon, I put the bug in his ear lol. Thanks MSW/NRG, and all who help me along the way. Ok back to rigging the Astrolabe 1812 🐧 🐧 Knocklouder 😁 FFBI 🛟 I just noticed, if I clear out the bottom shelf, I bet I could get 3 more models in there .lol. 😅 🤪 🙃

Nice work, and I just love your hull colour. . Bob M.

Last week @Gabek, gave me a hand full of Viking crew members and 3 Vikings builders. Gabe told me to look for free files to print from Thingsuniverse , thanks for posting these. This is what we came up with. The figures were black I primed them all white And began to paint them This is Kurt, he is a builder, This is his twin brother, Keith ,he is a lawyer and comes in two scales. The twins are taking the Bone-Hed brothers back to stand trail for crimes. You can see them tied back to back on deck, lol. We forgot about the foot lockers, so I will be making them up today. lol once painted they will be fine. Today is going to be a fun day, its a play day in the ship yard. I plan to finish this and put a case over it. First I have to make the case lol. ,it should be easy ,it only 20x11 by 11 high. Measurements in inches. Time to play, This bunch of crew is starting to fight over seating arrangements lol. Time to glue them on. But first the foot lockers. Bob M.

Nicely done, Congratulations Bob M.

@Literalman ,Yes, thank you , your package arrived today thank you, I will , write your name on the bottom of the hull , that way you will always be part of the build, Thank you so very much. Bob M.

I hope Rodney likes it @Keith Black, I sure do. I got this grin on my face today, looking at the twins. I painted the rubbing strip and the white boot top . It was a piece of cake, masked it off , brushed on a quick couple of coats , peeled the tape off. I had to make up these stayirons, I flatten a wire punch some holes in it and naied them on. After the stayirons were painted and installed the rest was pretty easy. So both ships are looking good, I have the ratlines on the Scientific Bluenose to do,only the lower ratlines go on, according to the plan there is no top shourds or ratlines. I see why,,,,,, the way it went together the shrouds would have not lined up right. Oh well I am thankful for the few the I have to do. Speaking of thankful, I have so much to be thankful about, the Frist Mate said she will sew all the sails ⛵️ for both Bluenoses. She did ask that I don't bug her about how long will it take, and are the ready yet. Lol. And @Keith Black, thank you for your needle threader idea, it really speeds up the rigging, no mess , thanks. There is just a few things to go through, all the booms and gaffs on both ships need to have the blocks and parrels added. That won't give the Frist Mate enough time for the sails. So I think I will let Freddie fish for awhile , I am going to go figure painting. My good friend @Gabek, has made me so many figures, I am way behind. PLUS he has made me a light house and some , wait for it........ Adélie penguins 🐧 for the Astrolabe, that I believe I will be finishing the rigging on while waiting for the sails. So greatful to be part of this hobby, as the rest of life is , life, this hobby is the greatest thing. I have several others to thank as well, soon my freinds. Bob M. And the crew.

That's a lot of great rope work Bryan, you can rig just about anything now I bet. Great work. !! Bob M

Very nicely done, Congratulations Bob M.

Portside is rigged today, stays tied on and the chain plates are painted brass. Freddie says change theses dories, he doesn't like green. So we painted them. Speed paint. My good freind and fellow ship mate @Gabek has made for me some Vikings rowsmen for my Darkkar as well as a very distinctive looking fellow that is a ship builder This might be my new masscott, Gabe told me to look on Thingiverse. All kinds of free files to down load, thanks you so much for posting these files. They are all primed up ready to paint at a latter date. I am going to set the masts and start rigging the Scientific model tomorrow. Exciting times in the ship yard, lots to do, and two more models are set to arrive in the near future, it's a good thing too, I had eight models in my stach, lol. Now I have none. Just a train to do someday. Early night tonight, but back at her tomorrow, thanjs for stopping by. Knocklouder FFBI 🛟

I have five that are slightly larger, would these work for you. Knocklouder.

Starboard side shrouds, ratlines and stays are done on to the portside. Everything is out of the way, free access to ratlines 🙂. That's it for today, being pulled out of the shipyard for awhile but with 120 or so glove hitchs calling it will be hard to resist 😉. Thanks for looking in. Knocklouder FFBI 📛

Bob M.

Great looking crew,on a great looking river boat. Bob M.

Just when you think all is well, boom, a miss calculation on Rodney's part. We have the hawse holes are in the wrong spot, The plan shows the hole below the white line. It a bit of a pain, but I can fix it. 🧐 but it is a bit of a downer. This is my little jig for deadeyes, it happens to be exactly the same size as another ships spacer, after the shoulds were on, it was on to the ratlines , thats when I notice the hawse holes. oh well what can you do lol. The deadeyes are lined up , they look good to me, good enough for me anyway lol. Well the shrouds and stays are ready to tie up, I will leave the four stay till later, it gives me so much room for ratlines. So the ever changing plan is to run the ratlines, tie the stays, fix the hawse hole, then work on the booms and gaff. I told the first Mate that I may need the sails soon, she said......, well, let's just say I be working on the Scientific Bluenose for awhile. Lol . Freddie is ready to go, he pretty good as a ship inspector, but he a little to quiet for me, just wants to fish most of the time. Thanks for checking things out, for ever greatful I found this hobby. Knocklouder FFBI 🛟

Rigging continues, and it really not that bad. I have all the shrouds and stays run an the deadeyes just need to be tied. One of those stays gets belaying to pin #5. Lots of deadeyes left, more blocks than what I need , but better than not enough. Tomorrow I will try to tie up the lines and hopefully 🐀 lines . Lol Thanks for looking in. Knocklouder FFBI 🛟

This is the place to be ,good luck on your journey. .. Bob M.

Figure Head for the Golden Hind. Bob M.

This is the place to be,!! Bob M.