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  1. captainbob
    Glad to see you're back. Come see if any of my books will help. Bob
  2. captainbob
    The holidays are over, and finally it's time to get back to modeling. As if that was all there is to do. Before the holidays I did some work on boat number two, but never got around taking and posting pictures, so now it's catch up time. Here is what I did. Now to do more. Bob
  3. captainbob
    I don't know about yours, but my bin always seems to be hungry. Bob
  4. captainbob
    But your "fiddly work" is so good and we love watching it. Bob
  5. captainbob
    It's beautiful, fine workmanship. Please give us another picture with a scale so we can get some idea of the size. Bob
  6. captainbob
    My first knowledge of a draw plate was in one of the French classics, which I read as a teen. The author described a man, earning a living by, sitting on the floor bracing the draw plate with his feet while he pulled the gold wire for the jeweler. Bob
  7. captainbob
    Yes but it was done by hand for many years before someone came up with the bench idea. Bob
  8. captainbob
    Nils, Mark and Lawrence, Things have pretty much come to a halt over the holidays. Will be back at it in January. Happy New Year to all. Bob
  9. captainbob
    Of course draw plates were originally used to reduce the diameter of gold and silver wire for jewelers. The wire was annealed and pulled through from the larger diameter side of the plate to squeeze the wire to the smaller size. The wire was annealed again and the process repeated as many times as necessary to achieve the desired diameter. This can be done with brass wire to get that odd size that you cannot find. Bob
  10. captainbob
    That's one of the great joys of model building. Well done. Bob
  11. captainbob
    That method shows up in "Ship Modeler's Shop Notes". It's nice to see it used. Bob
  12. captainbob
    She's really coming along, and looking good. Bob
  13. captainbob
    Everyone agrees, your build is fantastic. Bob
  14. captainbob
    Yes, but don't forget the wax paper. Have fun. Bob
  15. captainbob
    Thanks everyone. I'm glad you agree that the elegance is beginning to show. That's the way it should be. It should make you say, "Wow, I wish I had the money to have a boat like that to play around with". Bob
  16. captainbob
    The ID of the hoop should be 1/4 to 1/2 larger than the mast depending where on the tapered mast it is. I make my hoops the way you are doing it but I use old file folders. The direction of wrap is 9.5 times the diameter of the dowel, this gives you three wraps around. Wrap the dowel with waxed paper. Taper the inside and outside edges before gluing around the dowel. Let dry and slice. Bob
  17. captainbob
    HI all, I decided to put a set of clerestory (is that what they are called on a boat?) windows on top of the saloon. 44 little pieces of wood later . . . and here’s what it looks like. Bob
  18. captainbob
    Thanks Ken. I don't know if the Windwalker was local. She looked like a 50 foot clipper bowed sloop that had been converted to a motorized fishing boat. She was all white and docked on a long pier at the north end of town. Bob
  19. captainbob
    I have enjoyed Moro Bay many times, so I'll stick around to watch you build your abalone fishing boat. I had hoped to build the fishing boat "Wind Walker" at one time and took many pictures which have since been lost. Is she still there? Bob
  20. captainbob
    You've not only built a fine model, but you've told us a fine story of Irish immigration. Well done on both 'counts. Bob
  21. captainbob
    John, She's really looking good. Bob
  22. captainbob
    I think you got it just right. Bob
  23. captainbob
    Thanks Nils, She's been fun to build. Thanks druxey. It's a lot simpler than your hospital barge. Bob
  24. captainbob
    Russ and John, thank you very much for your encouraging words. Both of you build models that inspire me to do better. Lawrence, Thank you for your good words. As for the wood 99% of the time I work in bass wood, which is what all the white wood is. (Yellowish color is due to lighting.) I do not know woods. The dark wood is that thin mahogany looking wood that comes in kits for second planking. A couple of months ago, at an estate sale of a ship modeler, I bought up all of his wood stock. The lighter brown wood was in that buy, I have no idea what it is. Bob
  25. captainbob
    Hi All, Just a little bit more. There's still a lot of clean-up and the parts are just set in place. Also I need to do the roof and, oh yes, I still need to put a finish on all that bare wood. But here's the pictures for now. Bob

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