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Thanks Chuck, Your design and patience made it really fun! Thanks Glenn, Yes adding deck pieces really start making her look good. Thanks JJ, After doing the Confederacy in box I wanted a different look and I'm glad it came out nice. After you finish the Winnie you can do your next one in cherry! Thank you, Mike and Ben. Your kind words are always appreciated. Thanks for all the likes too! Oh by the way while working on the breasthook I noticed I completely forgot to put on the waterways so I'll be doing that next too! 🤪

Nice progress Chris!

Thank you, Vlad and Frank. Also, thanks for all the likes. I've spent a couple of days building the belfry and the belfry rail. Next, I'll fit the breasthook at the bow.

Your work continues to be exceptional! I love seeing your updates. Well done on the calendar too!

She's looking fantastic!

Hi Ron and Glenn. Yes, both the Indefatigable and the Speedwell are looking like winners to me. I'll enjoy dreaming about them while working on the Winnie. I'm saving my bottles and cans to fund them. 🤣

Excellent Glenn job on building a wonderful model. Your log will be an inspiration and great guide to those who follow!

Great work Frank!

Thank you Derek. I'm glad to see you back at you DOK.

Thanks Jeff! The fcastle work continues. The coamings were added along with the planking and the bitts that were made quite some time ago. Also the mast coat was made from the Syren laser cut parts. Next I'm on to the belfry.

Thanks Dusan and Frank. Also thanks for all the likes!

Very clean joints! Well done.

Thanks Chuck, I'm sure there will be a good bit of "adjusting" when I finally get there. FYI still having a ball building her! Thanks Tim, I was trying to help out by letting everyone know it's ok when you have to make adjustments. Just look forward to how the adjustments can have a positive or negative effect on other aspects. Thanks Bob, I learned from you and others! Thanks Glenn but I'm sure with your preparation you won't even need to "adjust" this planking.

I've moved on to the cap rail and margin planks for the fcastle. As it has been mentioned Chucks suggests we print out the bow cap rail templates from Chapter ten and match your bow. This definitely will be a benefit when you get to this part of the build. I know now from my experiences. Nothing bad I just had to do a little "adjusting". At the bow the laser cut cap rail on the port side fit well. On the starboard side my curve was a little sharper that the plans called for. With the precut spots for the timber head's, I couldn't just heat and bend it. So, I cut a new section with the curve to match my bulkhead. I was careful to use the precut upper portion of the cap rail to ensure the cutouts for the timberheads were in the correct spots. You can see from the below picture the slight difference. Not much but sometimes a little if just too much. Then I completed the rest of the cap rail and started on the margin planks. This led to minor issue #2. The forward most margin plank template did not fit as it should. Again, my curvature was slightly off. So instead of bending the plank to fit I adjusted my planks to my curvature. I wanted to keep the inner curve the same because if I didn't it would have thrown of the rest of the planks. Below you can see the template and the extra wood on the outside of the curve. Now that I had a plank that fit to the bulkheads, I could finish sanding the inside curve and plank the rest of the deck without issue. I could have done these "adjustments" and not fessed up but I wanted to show how such little differences can cause issues later on. The more attention paid early on pays off tremendously later on. Now you sharp eyed people surely noticed in the first few pictures the chimney was attached to the ships stove. Then heavy hands popped it off while planking. So, the chimney is now safely stowed until more planking is finished and it needs to be reattached. Otherwise, I see it going for a ride several more times!

Looking really nice!

That's very nice work!

Thanks JJ, Greg I was so bummed to miss the workshop. Oh well maybe next time, Chuck, Slow is the only speed right now but I'll make sure not to speed up. I keep telling myself "slow and steady"! Thanks Mike, I constantly refer to your build log! Thanks Glenn and Don! Thank you all for the kind words and I'm doing really well today. The meds are really helping knock it out of me.

Hi all, the good news is that I'm back working on Winnies chapter 9 which is great. The bad news is I should have been at the Admiralty Models workshop and not working on the Winnie. On Monday morning after ducking and dodging for the last two years the COVID bug finally caught me. I'm on meds and able to function but at a much slower pace. I have enclosed the framing on the bulwarks, added the cap rail at the waist and worked my way aft. Here you can see that my bulwarks curve is slightly different than Chucks laser cut cap rail but not enough to cause an issue.

Thanks, Chris C, Tim, Glenn (UK), Tom, Glenn (US), Ron, Rob, B.E., Grant, Chris W, James and all the likes. It's very much appreciated. Ron I was thinking about the Sphinx until I saw Indefatigable! So that's high on my list. I've got a lot of work to do on the Winnie before I think of something new though.

Hi All, Well, the Dutchess of Kingston has officially been finished. It took me some time to finish working around my other builds, but it was well worth it. I want to commend Chris Watton for producing such a wonderful kit that looks great and is a pleasure to build. I look forward to some of Vanguards future releases and trying to figure out what one I want to build next. To those who built the Duchess before me thank you for your logs. They saved me more times that I can count. Thanks to all of you for your comments, support and likes. It was deeply appreciated.

Very inventive. That looks like it'll be a lot easier than carving from one piece!

This was a pleasant read before starting my day. Excellent work Glenn.

Looking really good Glenn!

Thanks Joe, I'm in the middle of my three weeks of 14 hour days. The poor girl is covered on the bench awaiting my return.

Hi B.E. I love the look of the pinnace. Excellent workmanship. I too like the challenge making them.