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S.os, I agree with you about the clock, but at present . . . Mark, thanks for the kind words. Lawrence, I know about one boat at a time. That’s the way I build also. I’m sure the Annie will wait for you. Thanks, Popeye the black paint help to mask the bad places. David B, I agree. It was the lines that grabbed my attention. Now that I’ve said all that, I need to mess things up. I just realized that I forgot the hawseholes. There is extra wood above them and the drawings say they are bronze hawseholes. Now let’s see, first I'll have to . . . Bob
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But right now it's the fun of making plywood. Bob
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Russ, Mauro, Michael, Someday I will have to take painting classes to come up to what people see. Thanks all. Yes the deck is next. Bob
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Finally it’s painted. Filler, sand, filler, sand and sand and sand, then paint, mask and more paint . . . finally. Well here it is. Oh, yes. I still need to add that gold stripe. Bob
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Thanks Nils, The Lettie was the last of the Fredonia model schooners out of Gloucester. Thanks to you showing us how to build fine models, I hope to dress her well. Bob
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Nice. I would probably have drawn the ovals closer together and missed out on such a find and all the fun. Bob
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The small boats are nice. If you get much smaller you can put them in a bottle. The double cloths pin clamp is great, thanks. Bob
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Well done, she look great. Bob
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Great work. Will the captains boat have a build log of it's own? Bob
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Sorry to hear the glass didn't set. You'll get it next time. Bob
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A nice boat taking shape. Bob
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"One never stops learning when it come to machining it seems." You're right, and you're one of the teachers. Bob
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A clamp for holding rope for splicing
captainbob replied to michael mott's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Nice eye splice with just the right number of tucks. And it stretched nicely over the thimble. Well done. I've done this type of work on full sized rope and know what it takes, you make it look so easy. Bob -
I agree. Most of the boats I build need to be wood. But there are times for brass, and metal ships need brass. My HOGA would have been much better in brass. Bob
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Looks good. I'm sure going to use the Dremel collet idea. Thanks. Bob -
As always your work is beautiful. One day I hope to build in brass like that. Bob
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