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    You can count on my prayer and thoughts, my friend. Bob M.
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    Bob M.
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    Nicely done, , I may borrow a few idea from your log. Very impressive. Bob M.
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    The herringbone deck was fun to do. My little scrap pile is getting larger. It seemsed to take a lot of planks to get it finished, but it is. After the second deck was on, I fitted the next deck. It all lines up great so far. So now I have to decide which way to go, build the paddle wheel, or build the sprial staircases. Or maybe make all the doors and windows for the main cabin. So much to do, and it's all fun, so far lol. So, I guess I will prime the paddle wheel, and find all the pieces for the staircases. I will take them as far as I can then I will. do the windows and doors. I do not plan on motorizing the boat nor will I put any led lights either. But it will be on a river. This is how she sits tonight, a couple of things I may replace, but over all I am pleased with the build.. Got another round of procedures to do, plus several more Dr appointments so progress may slow a bit , I hope not, but time will tell. Thank you so much everyone for following along, and helping me learn to build ships. And boats lol , 😆 Stay safe my friends. Bob M.
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    Nice work on your Nina, Bob M.
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    Good luck on your journey Bob M.
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    An amazing job, Capt'n Bug . Bob M.
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    Amazing work Glen,
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    A little bit of progress. I made sure everything was pointed in the right direction and I began planking the stable. I soon ran out of the planks I had cut up, so I blackened some more with my 6B pencil. After the next batch was cut up and put on, I had 3 and a half left. Plus, I started a little scrap pile, the small peices that I will need later lol. The stable doors are built. I just have to hang them and put the handles on. The same with the boiler room doors; they are done, I just got to frame them up and glue them on. The feeders are done and put on , got the vents to do, plus the corners, but we are closing in on putting the next deck on. So far the build is turning out to be a lot of fun. My next challenge will be what color goes where and what stain, what gets painted that sort of thing. I believe I'm going to start calling this boat Two Phantoms. It turns out Mr Samuel Clemens changes his name to an old river boat term. When the crew would measure how deep the water was, they would yell out "mark twain" which means two phantoms or 12 feet. That's research for you. I never knew that. lol. So that's how he became Mark Twain. And here I thought he needed a pen name because Sammy is kinda sucky lol. Back to cutting up some planks for the next deck, right after I finish the corners. Thanks for looking. Bob M.
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    DECK PLANKING (1).pdf Tony, I found this useful, hope it is for you as well. Bob M
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    I am always amazed at the idea's you come up with. They are so fitting, this one is no exception. It's going to be another awesome display, good luck on your journey, the Texas background is very cool, Bob M.
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    Hi Tony, the Amati Santa Maria was my first build, and had the time of my life building it. I would cut the tops off the bulkheads, like @robert952showed ,the ones that need to be cut on the main deck, then fit the sub deck. Then plank it. I planked the upper poop deck first the realized it didn't fit so I had to do some fixing. So in my opinion , I would glue in the sub deck, cut up your planks to length , long one short ones and do a two butt pattern . Hope this helps . Bob M.
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    Very nicely done , great work. Make sure you put that beauty in a display case Bob M.
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    Very impressive, amazing work and details, nice work.
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    Great job on painting the figures Keith. I just finished painting my first two figures for my Drakkar, look in my Mayflower log post #189, bottom of the post left hand corner. All thought they are Vikings for my Drakkar @Gabek has showen me how to use Army Speed paint. All the figures in the case were painted by him, he showed me how one afternoon, it took all of 15 minutes to explain how, I found them easy-to-use. Dont know if Army Speed Paint would be better than what you are doing now cause what you are doing now looks amazing. Just thought speed paint maybe better, I found it easy to use on my builds, might be worth the look. Bob M.
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    Very nice picture in, at a glance, I can almost see myself in the reflection off the hull. Now you got me all reved up tu do my Scientific Bluenose, your hulls are just fabulous, but like you say all models are fun, and I am having lots of fun with my KOM, and looking at your ships, Spray on my Man!! Bob M.
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    My condolences for your loss, very sorry for your loss. Your ship looks like your off to a great start,,checking in from time to time to see it all come together, Good luck on your journey. Bob M.
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    Wow Kevin has Appolo ever gotten large,beautiful marking on him. And all puppies look good. Odin Minimoo will be a great addition to the home. All the best my friend. Bob M.
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    Got back from Humboldt Saskatchewan great wedding, Good time was had by all. Today it was back at'er, lined off the main deck, and drew out the herringbone for the second deck. Then started to plank, first I had to blacken the edges then start cutting. I marked the nail holes, filled them with plastic wood , sanded then stained it with thin grey stain, followed by two coats of shellac . I also gave the hull a coat of amber shellac to darken it just a bit. Then I had to plank some more. . Going to start planking the rooms tomorrow , need to study the door plan a bit, I believe that I am going to change the corner molding to walnut, instead of the kit wood, only because I got lots lol. So now I will be planking for the next few days and buildig the doors, while listening to the Doors, lol 😆 It is so much fun being in the ship yard, there are not enough hours in a day, it's to bad we got to sleep lol. Later my friend's. Thanks for looking. Bob M.
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    From one steam ship builder to another, good luck on your journey, going to follow along because your so talented. Bob M.
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    Garry, this is the place to be, good luck on your journey, have as much fun as you can. Bob M.
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    This is the place to be, all the help and info you will ever need is right here. Have as much fun as you can enjoy your journey. Bob M.

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