Knocklouder

Bob  M.

Rigging is coming along nicely, but it seems to be a little bit harder for me to tie things up. The old hands are shaken pretty badly.  

I still have to touch up things and straight up a few things.

 I have to add Four single blocks and rig the bowsprit. Which is in need of repair , lol the hands may shake but they are still can do damage  lol.

Goober says  It is a clean break so it should not be to hard to fix. A bit of sanding, wee bit of drilling, and a pin just to be safe. And no one will notice it.  All though the pin won't help much when hitting it with a 275 pound sleghammer lol.

  Today  the four blocks and rig the bowsprit, then I get to flip to sheet 12. .

  Pile and Goober  are taking the Fifth about the  Missing Controls button.lol. but glad there are back. 

 Still having the time of my life modeling. Even when things happen, like serving 5 feet of line the wrong size, or breaking thing off lol. The enjoyment of the build surpasses the difficulties of the learning curve. I like to thanks everyone  for their support and putting up with me. 

Best of luck in the New Year. 

Bob  M.

PFCGP 

Goober                     

Same here thought it was something I did lol.

Knocklouder. 

Great looking paint job,  .

Your off to a great start this year!!

Happy New Year  and all the best.

Bob  M.

Fantastic work Keith, the boiler looks awesome.  Have a great New Year my friend, .

Pile ,Goober and I hope for all the best for you and Maggie in the new year.

 Bob   M.

PFCGP

Goober  🙂

PS I went and bought a quart of Black Paint lol.

Wow my freind, are they ever  straight.  I don't think I would be  too much help, lol. Shakey  Builders Syndrome  😆  Great work my freind. 

Bob  M.

All good things must come to and end. .

I have finished the Ratlines,!!  Maybe I should see if @Glen McGuireneeds some help lol. Like I say I keep looking at the Pegasus for comfort, she has lotr of Ratlines, lol. I am pretty happy with what I have done. Some mistakes have been made, just to bad I had to make them on this ship though.  It is a beautiful ship, now I will start some yard work, right after I rig the Bowsprit .

The Crew is all excited, we are about to turn the plan to sheet 12. 😀. But first they wanted to get the picture taken so they can log it for the future. Lol.

The Bowsprit mast is ready  to go, but Pile ever the stickalur for details said hold on we are missing  blocks for the crossjack yards and the Mizzen yard blocks. Lets go over everything again.  Ok. Sounds like a plan.

Ok We looked at sheet 12, found a mouse, lol I had to laugh.  I can't seem to get rid of rodents lol.

 I am going to a hockey game tonight so that's it till next time. Thanks so much for looking in and liking  She differently got that Knocklouder style lol.  😎. 

  Take care my freinds and have a safe New Year. 

Bob  M. & The Crew.

Good luck on your journey!!   

Bob  M.

Good luck on your journey !!  

Great to see you back 😀.  Looking forward to seeing your  rigging.!!

Bob  M.     

   Nicely done. 

Bob  M.

The ratlines on the portside are finished,  a bit of lining up but for now looking good  .😊. Now to the starboard side. 

 Today I managed to tie on the Mizzen and the main masts ratlines, Pile was quick to point out that I missed two lines on the Futtock shrouds  🧐.

 Tomorrow,   because tonight everyone wants to watch a movie. A family  movie tonight, and I kinda got the feeling maybe I better show up lol.

I hope to finish the ratlines tomorrow,  and get the Bowsprit on and maybe the gammoning on as well. The knights feather is growing on me . Still I will wait till after I put the mast on first.  We will see, Pile wants a team meeting about  a few things so I told him to put it on the list, lol.

    The rigging is going ok, not nearly as neat as the logs that I follow for the Duchess,  @Glenn-UK and @DocRob plus few other as well. I try to learn as much as I can, the books and the help that members have shown me over the last couple years is paying off I think 🤔.  I have a long way to go on rigging,  I feel a little bit concerned about the way I rig. The knot tying  is shaky at best. But I think I got Clove hitches and serving  lines aced lol.

  I completely forgot about the King of the Mississippi diorama I have been doing.

Ratlines take president  lol. And I am pretty sure I will finish rigging the Pegasus next

 Got to run lol. Thanks so much for all the support and likes 👍 👌.

Bob  M .

PFCGP

Goober  🙂.

Forgot  one lol.

Nicely done, good luck on your journey!!

Bob  M.         

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I just got a new Ipad and wanted to see how the pictures looked now. I noticed that they are not as straight as@Glen McGuire or @Loracs and @Pfälzer , those members I follow and try to do what they do, lol my only excuse is I am old and Shake lol. 

 So I have 104 clove hitches  left on the practice side, portside, so l better come up with a way to straighten them out . So on with the rat lines, I got several albums that I want to listen to well enjoying the  rigging. I should be able to turn the plans to page 12 this week  🙄 I hope,  two pages left to go . l😀.

  Back to the ratlines, thanks for popping by,  Pile and Goober are still partying perrty  heavy lol.  Have a great year my friends.      

Bob  M.

PFCGP

Goober 🙂.

Realignment  🤭

Very nice work, Congratulations  .      Bob  M.

Great job, very neat and straight.  Awesome job.   

Bob  M.

Great looking paint job,   

Bob  M.

Nicely done,  Congratulations   

Bob  M.

Bob  M.

The Mizzen mast ratlines went well , the fore mast needs some straighting out but I will finish it up after Christmas.  The Party 

Is beginning, so Pile gave everyone the rest of the week off. Party time.

 I started sending my crew mates Emails say Merry  Christmas, I sent 10 now it says I have reached the maximum amount of messages for one day try latter. Lol that's a frist for me.

 So to all members and staff at MSW/NRG. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.  And to all have a great New Year.

Bob  M.

PFCGP 

Goober . 

MERRY CHRISTMAS.  

Bob , Bob  M.

Nicely done, .       Fine looking boat  !!!

Bob  M.