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Thanks @Keith Black, no Pile won't be painting. He knows that I have a red seal journeyMen ticket, I am just hard on brushes ask @Gabek lol. Thanks again my friend. Bob

@Glen McGuire ,like the mythical Canadain Penguins, there are no Canadain Rats, they all come from Norway .Being a nice guy, I feed those Norway rats, lots as much as they can eat. I have banquet set up all over the place. Lol. PFC Gnomer Pile is preparing a firing squad if I don't plank the starboard side up to his standards 😤 One more time I reviewed @Chuck video in our MSW data base. I made four bands, tapered the planks and got started. Things were going good, the first two bands went ok. Then I switched to the bottom, G plank and four planks up. That's when I had a slight change in plan. But I booted that cat , pretty good, not a touch down, but a maybe a field goal. 🤔 Pile says he given me an unconverted touch down. I like it .It is my best side ever Big Grin 😀 😁 The stren was a challenge I have a little cosmetic surgery to do, but not bad after all the parts are added. So now we are sending the ship to the paint shop to get started with the painting. I do need to get a different gold, the one I have has glitter in it. But I have all the other colors I want for this ship. Also I have made some good advancements in the serving of lines. It's all new to me so it's extremely exciting to try, serving Thank you all for looking in, ok I may be a bit bias but I think this will be my best build ever, but it's because of the great kit that I stared with that makes the difference, between nice and extraordinary 😀 Thank you so much for looking and likeing , and for all the help I gotten over the last 3 years, and you guys thought I was not paying attention lol. Happy with my planking job. So close to doing it right lol. But it's mine . Big Grin. 😁. Model on my friends, model on. Bob M. PFCGP

The keel went smoothly. So I started planking, then for some reason ,panic set in as I thought, oh 0 boy those inner patterns look like they don't line up. But all the plugs lined up. But will the cannons fit. I had to find out ,so I quickly put one together, They will all fit perfectly. Big Grin. Time to start planking, again. The portside was going well. Then for what reason I messed up a bit. The great news is, remember I was going to paint the hull if my planking was bad. Yep painting the waterline for sure lol. So I have one last try at planking a side of a ship the way it is supposed to be. Hopefully I will get it right this time. I think I know were I went wrong 😕. Some of my planks were tapered the wrong way, and too much, way to much fun in the shipyard lol. . Like I say I have one more kick at the cat, then my next four builds have no planking. Can't say that I will miss planking though But they have plantey of RATLINES. My favorite. lol 😆 😅. Thank you @Gabek , for all your help and figures, so glad we met. And I appreciate your patience with me lol 😆. @chris watton Thank you for this kit, I will try to make her look presentable at least I hope so lol. When I look at all the logs for The Duchess of Kingston, I say to myself, they all look great should I even put it in the gallery, lol, Its a very enjoyable experience, this Vanguard Model. Chris you must hear that from every frist time buyer of your models. They are just incredible, the Instructions are fantastic, even I can understand them. I love when you say, At this stage, your model should look like this. Big grin 😆. Close but no cigar lol. Onward to the properly planked starboard side. Thank you everyone, I just love learning how to build ships, their's so much to learn, I am very glad for MSW AND NRG and all the support and information here.THANK YOU. Every one All of you will be in my thoughts and prayers tonight. As I lay my head down a very greatful shipmate , a happy Vanguard owner lol. Bob M. PFCGP

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Amazing work, it's a jaw dropper . You should reconsider and build another Great work, hats off to you. Bob M.

Thank you so much everyone . The list of people I need to thank is so long I need time to complete it. Thanks, next post . Yes I am a very happy man, MSW/NRG is my biggest windfall. My ships my not be just right, but neither am I they are fun to build. I am going to paint the bottom of the hull white. But I would like to plank it so good that I should leave it natural. Lol. Ya right paint it is . I soaked the outer side patterns like the book calls for. Then today glued them on. PFC Gnomer Pile, he loves that title, says we are a bit off but some sanding will be able to fix what I thought was going to be OK, it was just a little off, my fault My first, I'll fix it moment. lol. It was fairly easy, the pins lined up well and you just glue it together. All of the pin holes line up, Wow, there is just so much to learn, I am researching serving lines, @Keith Black , @Glen McGuire, @Moonbug , @Blue Ensign , and all the logs for the Duchess of Kingston, I have taken notes from everyone of them thanks for posting those logs. Peter , everyone thanks so much . You guys are the best. I'm overwhelmed. I know it's the kit but I think this one should be my best effort, then the Pegasus will be mastered lol. Have a great day everyone, I think the glue is dry got to go . Lol. Bob M. PFCGP , he loves it thanks @Glen McGuire.

Looking good my friend . At least it's not glued to the ship, Bob M.

Nice work, Bob M.

Fire booms look to be quite long , and all the crew must have known were it was stowed, I am guessing beside the ships boat, with the spare masts. . Bob M.

Good luck on your journey!!! Bob M.

Going to tag along on this one,, nice work my friend. Bob M.

A picture is worth a thousand words, thank you so much for all those words . About the Fire boom I tryed for several hrs yesterday to find an answer for you, but I can't But if I were to guess, it was stowed by the ships boat, with the spare masts.,just a guess. Thank you for all your pictures, I for one enjoy them immensely ,Thank you. Bob M.

Glen, Congratulations on finishing another one of your creations, PFC Gnomer Pile salute you. Thank so much for posting and letting us coming along on the journey!!! . Very nicely done my friend. Bob M. PFCGP

Good luck on your journey, nice work!! Bob M.

Keith my friend, Thank you for the info on rigging, that and some pointers from other members, I can get started. I have put my Mississippi diorama on hold so I can study all this but I can tell you , hope you don't mind, but the Donkey in my diorama will be named DonKeith Oaty. plus embarrassing myself even more could you not glue it all together then weather it. And I just got a great idea for the my diorama from the picture with the train, Full steam ahead 😀. Buddy Bob.

Thank you so much for posting this magnificent log. There is no way that I could come close to this perfection, but with all the information about rigging and building, I will have a very easier time doing mine. So if you don't mined ,I be adding yours to the list of logs to follow. I think I am up to 14 now. . I know my Duchess will look different than yours , but most of the idea will be yours. Amazing work, just thought I Thank you one more time. Great ship. Bob M.

Great work my freind, I see we did our name freizes the same way . Glad to see you are back my friend, Nice work Bob M.

Hello, she's looking good, just wondering how it's coming along. Bob M.

Yes @Ian_Grant it eazy to mistake the back drop withall those Canadian Penguins blocking the veiw. Well done my freind Bob M. G P

Great looking planking , very nicely done !!! Bob M.

A true shipaholic would risk life and limb, and the rath of the First Mate. Lol like me So I bought a Vanguard Model , @Nirvana I won't tempted you by telling you how great they are. The instructions, quality of material, looks, All I can say is you only live once go for it lol . Bob M.

you betca !! Thank you.

Great work Boerscht, Congratulations Bob M.

The fairing is finished I think, may have a little more sanding as I go along. So I bent the bulwarks Wensday, and installed them last night. They went pretty good, port side is off a bit , but ok for me lol. I bought these cutters for photoetch, and got some fuzz free line for serving lines. I know I am getting ahead of myself with rigging and serving lines, but I have no idea what to do so research is needed. A BIG thankyou for @Moonbug for directing me to @Blue Ensign log that has lots of info on sizes for serving. And thanks Blue Ensign for posting all that info. @Keith Black also sent me a great log for rigging, thanks my freind. . I made a few test lines, then I made my frist line, 15 inch of served line, but only parsts of it will be used, it was my frist line so I didn't expect great results. The bottom line was the frist it came undone , never glued it. The top line was made to be .5mm and the middle one is my first attempt at. 75mm but I think it closer to 1.0 mm lol. But with all the useful information I have recived, I will have this serving business under control. So now that the bulwarks are installed I am up to step 71. This is one thing , I like about this kit, the Instructions. You see here, it tells you which size and gos on to explain how to install them. Not like others that I have done, lol. I did one model that when I got to this stage it said., Step 15 install planks on side of ship. that's it, Really . Pile likes the first attempt, we can use this line for blocks and things. So with that it's on to the planking. The Mississippi diorama will have to wait , this is so much fun . Things are running smoothly, and I got a clean bill of health from the doctor yesterday, cancer free. I am glad that's over now, for now at least. So with a bigger grin then anyone can imagine, and much to the chagarin of sum I will be posting and modeling for a very long time I hope. Thanks everyone, MSW/NRG are high on my list of people to thank Thanks for peeking, love modeling and having the time of my life. I let you know how the planking go's, lol. Bob M PGP