Knocklouder

This is the place to be !! Bob M.

I wouldn't use contact cement. After your hull is filled and sanded , I would brush a coat of wood glue, thined 25% - 30% water. Then when planking a good coat of wood glue. This is what I do, other's have there way. It looking good though Bob M.

You are one amazing fellow, I just showed this to the First Mate and she said, wow is he ever talented. I agree, Bob M.

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Just wondering if you have an electric plank bender, I found it very useful 👍🏻 Bob M

I use the same stuff, and found it does chip a bit. So what I did was after they were blackened , and dryed, I spray a coat of High Heat Babecue paint, it works for me. Knocklouder

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This is the place to be, good luck on your journey, ask questions, so many will help. You'll Sea !! Bob M.

Good luck on your journey with this build, Bob M.

Very amazing work, I am going to pull up a chair and whatch this wonderful ship come to life, fantastic stuff. Bob M.

Congratulations, Great work!! Bob M.

Nice looking ships. Bob M.

Good luck on your journey with this build ! Bob M.

Time for some 6x magnification 🙂. Looking good though, steady as she goes. Knocklouder

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This is the place to be!! Good luck your adventure Bob M.

Great work Congratulations , yes protect your work, it is fantastic. Some like to clean their models . I don't like dusting lol so bought a case for some, they have been under plexiglass for two years now no dust on them, yours doesn't have to be this big, it was a few hundred bucks to get made, but one for just one ship won't be that much i also have 6 in this case. A display case keeps your work well proteced . Great work. Bob M.

Awesome work my friend, your work is truly inspirational, when I see your work it drives me to do better. Lately, many times I ask myself, what would Keith do. That's why I got another river boat, and I do hope you get a Harreit lane, we can a group build lol. Just floored at the dollar picture, Awesome. Bob M

This is my little part of the world, my shipyard. Most of the thinking goes on in this chair, To the lright of that is the work bench with the serving machine on it, ready To be put away till the next build. On the other side of the room is one of my display cases, I have another upstairs with 5 finished ships in it. and finally in this corner the paint booth. That's my shipyard Bob M.

Well the shipyard is under quarantine, seems I have come down with strep throat a cold, head ach running nose and eyes are watering so bad I can't see. The officer looked around and found a tangle mess. Kurt told him to cut me some slack. Yesterday we sorted out the lines and numbered them according. Then the sickness hit 🤮. So we are packed it in for awhile , take care my friends, off to bed . Rigging will continue, Bob M.

Good Luck on this build, I am in !! Bob M.

Finished seizing the shrouds to the masts,quite happy with the way thet turn out. Not a blob of rope like on my frist builds , or should I say a blob of CA. Lol. I even remembered the Burton pendent, but Hornblower was quick to point out that I fogot the two on the Mizzen mast. He says to tell @Keith Black that I have lost my mind.. Not only did I forget the pendents I also mounted the ship to a swivel base so I can spin it around eazlie, I can hear Keith now yelling NOOOO !!! Also Keith the Harriet Lane is a soiled hull. I have looked at several logs here for it and hope I can do as well , I know for sure I will have the time of my life being a river boat man again lol. Hornblower says my plan for keeping the shrouds in order has a flaw , if the colors clips fall off , and they did lol. Kurt says we will figure it out, so we got all 30 deadeyes blocks together and are off to make up 30 lanyards to tie them all on. Couple of weeks lol. The first Mate garden needs my attention, patotes to dig, tomatoes to make into soup and sauces, canning, got to help if I want to eat. Ha ha This one starting to be fun, looking ahead at making the yards , some neat stuff there I have never done. She going to look grand beside the Duchess of Kingston in one case beside me favorite chair lol. Thanks for helping an old man have so much fun. You guys are the best, thanks. Talk soon Knocklouder 😁 Kurt ⚒️

Thank you @Keith Black , I have to thank @Gabek for the figures, he made them for me and he even showed me how to paint figures. what a buddy to have. Speaking of buddys , remember when @Literalman posted three things to give away, one being a Harriet Lane, well I was lucky enough to snag it up. I told Stev before I will write his name on the bottom of the Harriet Lane , so he can always be part of the build, and I will rember his generosity for ever thanks Stev. I just got to finish rigging a few ship and I be on it lol. Bob M. P.S. By rigging, I have The Pegasus, an Astrolabe and two Bluenoses to rig. So it will be a couple of weeks.

I figured out most of the lines I needed to serve, and quickly served them up with my drill attachment. I need about 23 feet of .75mm. I also served 8 inches of a 1mm wire for the Futtock Shrouds. That's it all the sevring is done. The machine seems to be holding out , I won't be needing it anytime soon. My next build is a river boat so no need for it there. , I have one more in my stach , but I don't know about serving lines for that one we will see. Two eight foot .75mm , one more to go. Lol 😆. With the lines served time for some figure painting. After primer I looked on line for naval figures ,found lots but no idea of rank and who's who lol. So I painted them like this, took them over for a shot of clear coat and they all fell asleep in the box waiting to get to work. The guy with the horn must be Hornblower lol. He woke the officer's up and had a meeting with Kurt. Now that is all out of the way time to start working on the lower main mast shrouds, Thanks for looking in, ratlines are in the air. Knocklouder 😁 Kurt ⚒️

Great Balls of Fire 🔥. Lol it had to be said. Your going to light up MSW with this build , following along for morel support. Knocklouder 😁 Kurt ⚒️