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Happy to finally hear from one of my favorite model builders. Sorry to hear of your current circumstances and hope things improve for you in 2021. We miss your updates!

Happy Holidays to you as well, Kevin! For the main deck consider making all the deck beams first and installing them temporarily. It is easier to get a fair run of carlings this way using a batten.

Since we now know that the majority of these models were not made for design demonstration purposes but as gifts for Admiralty Board members or others of influence one could posit that this is the way these patrons preferred their models - clean and simple. Fully rigged models would have posed the same problem they do today - where to find sufficient display space. If the receivers of these beautiful models wanted cannons, cannon rigging or other intricate details you can be sure the builders would have included them. The curious thing is that they included hidden details within the hull that the patron would never see. Chuck's lovely model pays homage to those original models.

Jorge - This is not how to contact Bob. You need to send him an e-mail at seawatchbooks@gmail.com. While he occasionally posts on this site I wouldn't rely on this for direct communication with him. Jorge - Esta no es la forma de contactar a Bob. Debe enviarle un correo electrónico a seawatchbooks@gmail.com. Si bien ocasionalmente publica en este sitio, no confiaría en esto para la comunicación directa con él.

Love Leo's work and great start on the build. Enjoy the references. Good luck with those brass knees in the future!

Very nice job, Kevin. I like the way you've integrated the 3D images into the construction. It might be a perspective thing but the lower deck aft hatch seems skewed to port in your photo post 241.

Great Swopem Mark! One of the models in the Kreigstein book has all the external planking scored onto the solid hull. The skill to execute that boggles the mind.

Nice job on those fore cants so far. They are a bear to fair, especially the inner surfaces. I find that drawing lots of pencil lines along the shear helps with the fairing process. Keep remarking the lines during progressive fairings until they all disappear. This will insure you have hit all the low spots and have a fair hull. Work from the fore cants aft and I would recommend you install the first full frames (14) before completing the cant fairing. 80 grit garnet paper and a series of shaped flexible battens with sandpaper glued on really help in this area. Also, those spacers between the cants will likely pop out during the fairing process but take the time to re-glue them in place. Once you get to 5 or 6 inches molded dimension the cant tops are very fragile and you don't want to tear one out. One final thing to consider regarding the extensions of the cant frames for the timberheads. If you are a talented carver and plan to shape them in place ignore the following. I amputated the timberhead extensions so I could perfectly shape the shear line where the forecastle plankshear will eventually seat. It is very difficult to carve the timberheads in place and equally difficult to achieve a fair line for the plankshear as well with them sticking up. With the timberheads not present it is very easy to get a smooth run by using a sanding stick athwartships. The timberheads are later shaped (I used the Byrnes saw) and applied after the plankshear is in place. This project is like a chess game - you need to think several moves ahead!

The rafts look terrific Keith! The amount of bright work on this vessel is unbelievable. Keeping it looking good must have occupy a huge part of the crews time.

Have you left us HYW? Your initial posts leave us longing for more...

Bob is not mailing these from his basement. Once he receives the order he contacts the distribution center and they in turn fill the order. I suspect distribution and the USPS may be part of the delay during Covid. Before Covid I always received my orders in 2-3 weeks. Order acknowledgements have never been done as far as I can remember.

Here is a link to an article Roger wrote. There are hi-resolution photos and I'm betting you're not going to like what you see. But it's a beautiful model. https://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/BuildingAlert.pdf He also published articles in the NRJ regarding planking and coppering: “Clenched-lap Planking Over a Framed Hull,” Nautical Research Journal, Vol. 44, No. 4; and “Coppering a Clenched-lap Hull”, Nautical Research Journal, Vol. 45, No. 1.

Very nice Toni! I admire your desire to make everything yourself. I might have purchased the copper rivets and roves from Scale Hardware https://model-motorcars.myshopify.com/products/rivet-1-8-mm-head-diameter-copper-k109?_pos=4&_sid=f8b163f3f&_ss=r but perhaps they're not small enough.

I've had a couple of slices from my miniature table saw, all the result of poor techniques and not paying close enough attention. Nothing that surgical cement couldn't handle. But I don't think I'll ever get a full sized table saw.

Well done, Toni! That took a lot of guts to do at this point. I've been spending time looking at small contemporary models with square tucks and many of them have the fashion pieces. Something I never noticed until David Antscherl pointed it out.

Yours's is a very labor intensive way of making gratings but the results, especially the round up, is excellent!

Welcome to the "I have knocked off an aft cant with my elbow" club. Your are not the first member of this club! Follow Druxey's advice - a sharp chisel makes all the difference.

Although I've no doubt that you will tweak the design 12.75 times before settling on a a final version I very much enjoy seeing how an architect's mind works. Most of us are happy to achieve something that looks right. You are only happy when the design is not only aesthetically pleasing but actually works from a human perspective.

Much better Stuart! Agree with Druxey about those pesky hawse holes. And that Viagra tool organizer you have should keep them erect.

Not quite sure why you didn't check out the Byrnes drawplate. It is superb and draws down to a #79 drill hole size. Plus it costs less than what you were looking at! https://www.byrnesmodelmachines.com/drawplate5.html

Welcome back, Kevin! You have made excellent use of your time away from Thorn and I look forward to further progress and more great videos.

They're still open and selling inventory so order away.

When in doubt it's best to follow the text. Paper can shrink or swell depending on the humidity and that can certainly cause an inch (scale) discrepancy.

Me too, Michael. I was really looking forward to Rogers III. Bob busted his but to get that published but the author just had enough I suppose.

Looking good Richard. However, please check the position of the outer hawse hole. It may just be the camera perspective but it looks a bit low to me. They should be near the center of the boxing.