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SaltyScot
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Actually, I have two of them Steve. A friend of ours wanted a felled black walnut tree out of her yard and asked around if anyone wanted some. I have two bowl blanks like this and some more off-cut pieces. So yes, plenty of raw material. I just love the smell of black walnut sawdust when you are working the wood! -
Right? You can't shape it at all. it just falls apart. A lot of the fittings are the same and will be scratch built as well. Fun times!
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Tiller time. I wanted to make the tiller out of walnut. I had a piece of black walnut bowl stock I had turned down in the workshop that was no longer needed so I cut a piece off: The piece was cut down to size and shaped using the kit supplied plywood piece as a template: I then took it to my drill and drilled out the slanted hole for the rudder head: The remaining wood was removed with the Exacto knife and the tiller shaped to fit:
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I haven't looked in in a while, Phil but WOW is she looking good. Very nice job there, sir.
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Your attention to detail is mind blowing, Phil. Even though this isn't the type of model I would build particularly (because I have ZERO knowledge of them), I am interested in how you tackle certain aspects of the build. It's fun to follow along for sure.
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As am I
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Nice and precise, Steve. I like the work on those footropes, the knots are all well tied and neatly spaced. She is coming along very nicely!
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You should be proud of this, Gary. She is a fine looking vessel!
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I agree, those CAD drawings are very good, Phil. In case I missed it, are these models going to be 3D or resin printed?
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Fingers crossed that this is nothing serious, John. Enjoy your break, you have certainly deserved it!
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And you did a fine job of it sir... like you have been doing it all yer life matey 🤣🤣
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A small update. Because I have been hopping in and out of the shipyard in between my other activities this summer, I have made little progress and didn't really take the time to catalog that with a bunch of images. I was really only working on the hull and paintwork so there wasn't a lot to tell. I have given the build a lick of paint which still needs refining, added the cap and fender rails (as previously stated) and put a primer of yellow ochre on the interior bulwarks. I am still deciding if I like that color. This is how she looks at this point in time:
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Absolutely impressive work, John. A joy to behold for sure, and who gives a hoot about the background (shouldn't be looking at it anyway with this beauty in front of you!)
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My thoughts exactly. Don't beat yourself up about it, Steve. For the record, I thing your gammoning looks just fine!
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I am with you on that one, Glenn.
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Really?!? I admire your consistency here, Phil. They look great.
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Just a suggestion, Gary. I though that if you added another board under the current base (stained to the same color of course to match), and put your "discreet" shims between it and the current base at the relevant points, wouldn't that level it up enough? Once it was stained and the shims sanded down to the boards profile you would not even see them. Like I said, just a suggestion.
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I can only second the above comments. That is some fine (and very inspirational) work, Maurice.
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That is some fine woodwork, Mark. Very nicely done! You must have had a great sense of accomplishment having competed this as well as you did.
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Reading your posts just makes me so aware of how much I don't know about all this It is fun to learn though, especially with fine builds like this.
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I need me some of those quad hands! Nice work indeed, Glenn.
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