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Knocklouder

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  1. This is going to be a very cool , like there was any doubt 😉. Looking forward to seeing the water
  2. Good luck at the Vets my friend , man can you build fast,very nicely done , is an understatement WAH !!!
  3. Looking good, if it is fuzzy, I use 400 grit sand paper or steel wool. Sand it down and re spray. Some times I use lemon oil, but be careful glue doesn't stick well to some finished surfaces. 😅
  4. Well thanks to everyone for their ideas on the servo. As luck would have it our meat slicer broke, so I tried to fix it, it's a no go. But now have some gears and small motor for winding the rope. We will see. The first Mate dropped off these sails, all done except for the seizing, and staining of the sails in coffee. I put one one for a peek, looks good to me. Now continuing on with the shrouds and deadeyes I know , I have been doing my shrouds and deadeyes backwards, making them and tied to the mast. But It works for me, and they look even, or close enough lol. I have a few more books coming tomorrow that will help. I am trying to do modeling better as to how it supposed to be done as to how I am doing it. But happy with my progress. So here is were we are now. Lots of outside interference and building has slowed, plus a pick up of some side work that will slow me down for a month or so 🤔. Oh well, See you soon, thanks for looking
  5. Hello, I am a newbie here at MSW, you have come across a valuable site. The people who have commented so far are Masters, They will answer any questions or lead you to the right one, all you got to do is ask. Whats the name of your ship? And if you can, start a log for your ship, Good luck on your journey and
  6. Still in a sate of WAH!! Way cool. Check out @hollowneck, his Camilla log is fantastic, best water I have seen, my opinion, there are doing a work shop in June here at MSW on water making, but we can't wait that long can we lol. OR, use Australian ginger beer, it like water I hear. Lol 😆
  7. https://modelshipworld.com/forum/41-traders-dealers-buying-or-selling-anything-discuss-new-products-and-ship-model-goodies-here-as-well/
  8. They look good from here, but like what Mike saying if it's going to haunt you for ever change it, but it's under the boat, so you won't see much. Ps modelers don't take short cuts lol.
  9. To serve ,or not to serve that is the question 🤔? As I dive deeper in to my modeling journey , I want to up my game on how my models look. I wanted to try serving the lines on the Mayflower, but I had no idea what to do. So started looking for pictures, Holy it looks hard. Then I find out about server machines, ok but to get one I have to pay enormous amount of shipping. I can't get passed the First Mate, shipping is more than the machine find a better way😒. So I looked at how they used to serve lines before machines. Ya that ain't happening lol. So I decided to for go the serving on the Mayflower . But will do as much seizing as I can.. Studying rigging and moving forward, I came up with the idea to do all the shrouds, ratlines, and standing rigging first. So I broke out my third hand and started, I have four done with three on the ship, temporarily not tied on, as I want to tie both sides at the same time. So with 36 shrouds to go and all the rat lines I will be busy for awhile for sure. But I will get there lol. I t can get overwhelming rigging, but I have learnt to back off a bit, study more and come back better I hope Lol The plan is to do at least one shroud a day already two days behind schedule lol. But this is were I am at now. Thanks all for looking and helping me out. Most of all thanks for helping me learn how to build ships. So much to learn, so little time left lol. Bye for now, got some work to do lol.
  10. Very nice job. I almost got this one last year when I lost my mind and bought 7 models. So I will follow along. Very nice work
  11. Hello, this is the place to be, lots will help you on your journey, Good Luck !!!
  12. Well very slow process, I have all the yardarms done and put away. Been having a hard time deciding how I wanted the ship to look. I decided to leave the plates brass because of the dark stain of the wood. Plus trying to make a plan for rigging. So between the plan and my Neanderthal writing this is what I came up with. Started the deadeyes, first of 20 on this side done . I used a line to install the plates, messered and lined it up,drill little pilot holes for the nails. Hope they line up lol. So I will be working on shrouds for awhile ,but I have the ratlines to look forward to can't wait lol 99 ratlines on the wall Sea you
  13. Looks really good, I too hope you don't chuck it. It will grow on you, I did one for my niece . many mistakes and a few broken pieces, but when she seen it she loved it. And I was sorry to see it go. Would I do another one NO. lol But you did a great job. Was fun to follow along , Nicely Done,
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