TerryPat

Thanks Bob! Keep it going. You craft some beautiful models

Thanks Rick!

Thanks Gregg. I appreciate that

Woohoo!!! That's a beauty! Congrats! Bass?

Thanks Mark! Plugging away slowly and taking my time. It has become a fun process. 👍

Start your Amati build now so I can follow along. Haha. Great to have you looking in. I'll do the same on your build. I like what I see in the kit. Nice quality parts. We'll see how it all goes together. Thanks

Thanks, Dave. I appreciate that

Making some planking progress. From the rail down to planking belt B. Belt A is done. Only 10,002 more planks to go. Feels like it anyway. I'm following the instructions and constantly referencing the plans. On to belt B. I think it will very "interesting" as the planks transition from horizontal to vertical at the stern. I'll have to buckle up and hang on. It's challenging but fun. Wish me luck.

That's a beautiful build !

That would be wise 😃

I'm diving into another kit that I'll work on along with my current Bluenose build. I have a build log in process for that. It's getting colder here in the upper midwest in the US so I'll have more time to retreat to my basement shop lair. We'll see how it goes with two kits. The kit arrived today and was intercepted by my wife. When I told her what it was she asked: "Why do you need two kits?" I said: "I don't need two kits, I want two kits". My son piped in and said: "From now on you may be known as Two Kits Terry.' Ok good. Subject changed. I've always loved the J class yachts. Such beautiful lines. When I was shopping I was hoping to find something in the 25 to 30 inch range but nothing exists in kit form with plank on bulkhead construction. I looked around for plans thinking of scratch build but didn't find much. Ok. I'll do a smallish kit. I was first leaning toward the new Occre Endeavour J class kit in 1:75 scale which makes it almost two inches longer than the Amati 1:80. But after some close looks at the Occre I found the Amati to have much nicer deck hardware and trim. My opinion of course. I'm sure the Occre is a nice kit. After some conversations wth SaltyScot Mark and looking over his fine build of the Amati, the deal was sealed. Also, about 30 plus years ago I built this half hull (photo below) from a solid hull kit that my dad started back in the 60's but never finished. I cut it in half and stripped off the paint. He had done a nice job scribing the deck so no need to touch that. I added the strip planking and mounted it to the maple "frame" board I made. Then finished it all with an oil rub. It has aged beautifully So that has been my inspiration to build a full model. A tribute to my dad for allowing me to cannibalise the kit he never got to finish. Thanks for checking in and reading my back story. I'll be posting some build updates soon Thanks Two Kits Terry

Very nice, Mark! Following along

Looking great! Nice work... I really like the Midwest kits. I built a few back in the day. I'll be watching.

That is an excellent build! Very cool !!

Thanks Herbert. I'll look into that kit. Not sure it's available in the US. But I'll check. I was thinking of scratch build if I can buy plans and rescale to what I want. Or I may simply by the relatively new Occre kit. Sorry for the delay in my response. I never got the little red bubble alert. I'm new to this site so I'm sure I did something wrong. I checked the Krick Modelbau site. They sell the Occre kit. It does look like a nice kit Terry