Paul Le Wol

Thank you druxey, I hope you had a great month!

Hi Julian, I get this issue every once in a while. I’m using an iPad with the DuckDuckGo browser. If I press and hold “New posts since last visit “ and choose “open in new tab “ it gets resolved in the new tab. Could be old tab fatigue 🙂

Great result for such a difficult part to make manually! Good luck with version 2

Looking forward to your return to the work table 👍

Keith, congratulations on completing this wonderful build!

A fine beginning Jacques! You have great problem solving skills.

Looking forward to seeing the deckhand surveying the situation. Beautiful work Keith!

Beautifully done Glen!

Keith, the hog chains have made a huge difference in her look. Very nice!

Hi John, thank you so much!

Glen, thank you very much. Those are cases of Olfa black retractable blades. The top one is a 50 pack of 18mm blades and the bottom one is a 25 pack of 25mm blades. They are pretty heavy. Jacques, I appreciate your Comments very much! Thank you Keith, I am honored. It doesn’t get any better than Penguin Approved !

Hey Everyone. hope you are all doing good. Thank you very much for the Comments and Likes. This update will be about the completion of the aft cabins. Once most the siding was installed, the parts were dry fitted in place to check for square. The parts were then glued together and weighted down for a day. The structure was then removed and the siding was finished After a couple of coats of paint the cabins were installed I guess my mind was elsewhere because I forgot to glaze the windows first but it still went okay. The glazing was made from a divider from a spiral wound notebook. One side is glossy and the other side has a rough texture so the glossy side faces out. They were a friction fit but white PVA was still used to hold them in place. The next items that needed to be addressed were the pillars at the forward end of the superstructure. A sheet of 1/16" basswood was laid on top of the cabins to get the height of the boat deck. After getting all of the measurements the pillars were assembled and and just dry fitted in order to get more measurements. I have been using Glad Press'N'Seal to line the jigs when gluing is involved. It slicks well to everything but is easy to remove. The door hinges and knobs are glued on the inside of the cabins with E6000 glue. This is what I have been using when I don't want to use CA. And here is that notebook divider. There is a lot of stuff going on with the cabin deck. I am starting to install the stanchions that support the boat deck. Hope to see you soon.

Hi Jacques, that’s a great tip about bending the wire to make it easier to insert 👍

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Hahahaha!

Enjoy the moment Keith.

Hi John, nice update! Looking forward to November. Wishing you well.

I bought a Higaki Kaisen ship. Today that would cost you about 213 USD plus shipping which to me is good. Bear in mind, I’m used to having to pay with Canadian mini bucks.😀

I recently bought a Woody Joe kit from zootoys.jp . It was a good experience. Their postal service handed it off to Canada Post who collected sales tax at the door. Came in just over a week. Painless

The mystery Zepher is a good looking boat. She must have been well cared for. Good luck with this build!

Very nice pipe work Keith!

Wow Glen, this build is going to be spectacular!

Beautiful framework Jacques!

Hi Keith, I usually buy basswood from Sunward Hobbies in Toronto. They sell Bud Nosen Models wood who are in Two Harbors Minnesota. At the moment Sunward has BNM in stock

Hi Bill, thank you very much.. I’m not cutting my own strips. All of the AYC came from Joe at Modeler’s Sawmill . I have no idea how people cut these small strips as I’m having a hard enough time using them. Joe’s wood and service are first rate.