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SaltyScot
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I love the idea of soldering those pins on! I am stealing that one for sure. It will save a LOT of fiddly work. Very nice. -
It has been quite a journey, Tom. I look forward to using your blog as a "guide" for my Endurance build.
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Bluefish, Terry. The elusive rockfish (striped bass) is something I still have to add to my list of trophies
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What a nice thing to do for your local school. Good for you, Steve!
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Well I just sat here and read through the most recent updates. I must confess to the tension mounting too as I saw all the fine work you had put into getting the ship to its current status. That fireball you came up with is incredible, it is going to look great in the bottle. I am sending you moral support for the next "bit" mate 🫡
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Yep, I have to go with Alan on this one. Fine work indeed, Phil.
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I am glad to hear you are better, Ronald. Never a good thing when you are off your game. Your progress and the standard of the workmanship is truly impressive!
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Despite your frustrations those chain plates turned out just fine. Nicely done oh master
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I agree, she is coming along nicely. Don't overthink it mate
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Good evening, ladies and gents. I have just spent a week out on the shores of the Outer Banks (Ocracoke to be specific) surf fishing. It was a spontaneous visit sprung on me by an old friend. I have returned in one piece and the shipyard is open (once again).
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Well, I just HAVE to follow this one now, don't I
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I am with you all the way on that point. I like the bands you put around those catheads, a nice touch. I am going to enjoy watching this come together. I still have my rudder to mount too. I scratch built that too but am not quite happy with the tiller I made.
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Sometimes taking a nice break empowers us with new ideas, Trevor. Stepping away is a healthy thing! She looks sharp through my eyes, sir.
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You have the patience of a saint, Glen. Nice save. If that had happened to me (twice) I would be replacing a window about now.
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I agree, Phil, the detail you are adding here is quality stuff. Very inspirational indeed.
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A small update on the build. I did a lot of fiddly work today, cleaning up a few things here and there. The cathead sheaves were filed down flush and the catheads were given another layer of paint: The bowsprit was finally placed and glued down. I cleaned up the butt joint and gave all that another final coat of paint. The strap will be added once the paint is nice and dry: There is a "plate" that sits above the bowsprit butt joint. I am not sure what it is called (but I am certain someone here can tell me). The plywood kit supplied one was scrapped. I will be making one out of the maple I have used on this model before. I started by making a template out of card stock: I will take this to the wood shop tomorrow and get it cut out on the scroll saw. With her bowsprit mounted she looks quite regal. I dry fitted the masts to get a good idea of how she will look. I am pleased with the progress thus far:
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Your build was the inspiration for me to even begin this project! I truly look forward to seeing how yours progresses. Glad to have you back.
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Meticulous intricacy.......... AND a bucket full of patience. Fantastic work there, Glen, really. Your eye for detail is certainly inspiring. What you did with the bamboo strakes from that fan was mind boggling sir!
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Make a list, Tom. Never a bad thing for us older folk
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And THAT is why I have been scratch building a lot of the bad plywood parts from this current Lynx build, Terry. You are progressing nicely, sir, really. Take your time with the planking, slow is pro. I look forward to more updates and will also follow along!
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Today was the day to drill some more holes in my finished hull 🤔 I decided to install the catheads and the hawse hole covers. The catheads were first. I drilled a small hole and then filed it with a square pin file to match the catheads that I had made out of maple stock earlier on in the build: Once dry fitted the procedure was then repeated on the other side: I removed them both and took them to my drill table to mill out the hole for the sheave. After drilling the hawse holes and making sure the anchor rope passed through them (at the time I took the pic only the starboard side hawse hole was done), I refitted both catsheads and glued them in place too (the sheave pins still need to be filed down - I was waiting for the spot of glue to dry first): By the way, for the more astute readers, that is not the correct placement for the anchor rope and I know it It is merely "hanging around" there until I get the other holes in the deck done. I still had some work to do on the bowsprit, it had not been assembled yet. I didn't get it quite finished today (the flying jib boom is still missing because I snapped it in half while I was sanding it down), but the assembly is coming along nicely. Here are the steps. I started by mounting the jib boom and securing it with the gammoning: The Martingale was made from dowel stock and added. The whole thing was then given a primer coat and, once dry, a second layer of paint: I hope to finish this work on the bow tomorrow but lately something always seems to come up that keeps me away As and when I guess, it is not a race
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