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  1. Jerry
    Hello Glenn. Good to hear from you. I appreciate your good wishes and have already began the doctor cycle. As soon as I know for sure what the exact situation is I'll feel a lot better to have least had a diagnosis. The neurologist agreed that it's a disc problem; I have one more opinion coming tomorrow and then it's into the fix it stage. Hopefully a good old injection will do the trick. Keep up yourr good work on your model. I followed your progress while on the cruise and am excited for you. Take care, Glenn.. Jerry
  2. Jerry
    Hello Everyone... I'm back in the dry dock yard after almost 4 weeks sailing around the Mediterranean. It was a wonderful holiday having visited many countries some of which were new to me and the admiral. Somehow, however, I managed to aggrivate my bad back and came home with a lot of pain and with a struggle to walk. I have started the doctor visits and will take one step at a time. In the meantime I have been given some pain pills which I'm sure will make me high and a danger when it comes to ship model building. So until better things happen, I'll work on the Victory until I can't stand the pain anymore and then take a pain pill and retire for the day. I have worked on the rigging some more. The Fore Topmast, The Foretopgallant, The main Topmast and the Main Topgallant yard Sheets and cluelines are finished. The mizzen yards are next and then it's off to the braces. I hope everyone is well and there have been no tragedies while I was away. Have very nice evening.. Jerry
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    David.. Love the launch. Nice job. Jerry
  4. Jerry
    Hello Glenn... I just returned from a 24 day cruise in Europe and am very happy to be home. Your progress is wonderful and I just wanted to let you know that your work is moving along nicely. It all looks good and I'm sure you're happy to be finished with the plating. Take care and enjoy London...I always do. Regards, Jerry
  5. Jerry
    Sternpost and keelson and don't forget the rudder...Your job is well done and the secnd time will go a lot quicker. I'll be talking to you in about a month. Take care... Jerry
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    Thanks, Mort...I'll do my best. Jerry
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    I believe this will be the last post until I return from my trip. I thought I'd help the admiral pack today but she shooed me out of the room so I tried to get a bit more work done on Victory. The sheets and clue lines for the Fore topmast and fore topgallant yards are completed, the ship has been blessed and covered and until July 11th, adios amigos. Jerry.
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    Yep, David...I have two copies, one for me and for a friend of mine in my model ship building club. One cost me $15 and it was slightly used but in excellent shape...The other cost $20 and is brand new. I'm taking one with me to read on the cruise I don't know if I mentioned it but I'm thinking about building a cross-section of Victory when the ship is finished. I expect to get a monsterous size display case to show the Victory, the cross-section (d'Agistino) and a couple of the ship's boats which won't be on davits. Then my admiral plans to sell all of our living room furniture, including the baby grand piano, and convert the empty room to a museum for my ships. She said she's keeping the proceeds from the sale because when all is said and done, she's divorcing me for another man who collects coins for a hobby. I may have to move to the UK to gather sympathy from all my fellow British modellers. By the way thanks for the kudos...You're a good man. Jerry
  9. Jerry
    Hello Glenn... As I said before, your plating looks exccellent. And now to see it with one side almost finished one can tell that you are, indeed, doing an excellent job. Good luck with the rest of the hull and I look forward to a completed hull when Ir eturn from holiday. Take care, Jerry
  10. Jerry
    Hey Lawrence... Thanks for taking time to go on my log. It's always a pleasure to hear from you and needless to say our skype chats are a daily highlight. I hope to get a decent experience travelling around Europe but I'm really sorry we're not going to the UK. It would be terrific to see the HMS Victory in Portsmouth but maybe the following year. Take care and I expect you to catch up to me while I'm gone. Jerry
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    Thanks for the good wishes, Woody...I'm sure there are plenty of mistakes but truthfully I need to wait for all the other guys to find them for me. The ones I know of i tried to fix. Have a good evening and keep moving to get out of that "beginners" catagory. Jerry
  12. Jerry
    Hello Everbody... It's only 3 days until we fly to Barcelona but I'v tried to keep busy and get some more work done on Victory. There's nothing else to do anyway as the Admiral, God bless her, takes over all the sorting and packing duties and I just stand around and ask dumb questions. So I decided to keep going on Victory and managed to get a little more done today. It was the spiritsail and spiritsail top sail yards that got my attention. I manged to finish rigging their lift, bunt, sheets and cluelines today and I hope the attached photos will give some idea of what was done. I don't have the luxury of a professional camera so my Samsung cell phone does all the work, good or bad. If I do anymore chores in the drydock and get the chance, I'll try and post again before we leave. Many thanks to all of you who have sent us bon voyages and the other good wishes. Best regards, Jerry
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    Hello David...The little boat looks very good to me. I feel the same as Nick because there's now way I'm going to cover up the gun deck by putting little boats on the skid beams. My thought is to hang a couple of the boats on the davits and perhaps place the other two in the display case alongside Victory. I also have been thinking about building a cross-section of Victory too but the Admiral decided that the case would be so big that we would have to have a room added to the house. Since she decided that that is not an option, I suppose my first idea of hanging two boats on the davits and sitting the other two on the dock next to Victory( in the case) will propbably prevail. Your ship looks great and I look forward to seeing your decision as how to handlr the boats when we return from Europe. Take care, Jerry
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    Hello David.. .At least I'll have my little computer with me as we sail around the Med. So I expect to keep up with the daily chat and make sure no one is saying thing behind my back. LOL....Thank you so much for your good wishes which I can use. We don't leave until Monday, by the way. About the barge, etc...I hope you find a way to hang it from a davit as there is no way I want to cover up the waist of the ship by putting the ship boats on the cross beams. So now I think I'll practice making coils as I need to clear the deck of the many threads lying all over the place. Take good care, Jerry
  15. Jerry
    Hi Lawrence. Many thanks for your compliment and the good trip wishes. I know I'm going to wander aimlessly around the cruise ship looking for Victory. It will be very difficult to remain calm during this trip knowing that my "baby" is sitting all alone on a cold table waiting for me to ge back. The admiral has tried her best; she talked me into buying Stephen Beisty's "Cross Sections" Man-of-War" to lull me into calmness when I start dreaming of my model back in the States. For your information. this book is an excellent detailed look at the inside of Victory and delves into the daily lives of the crew as they go about their chores. It's a wonderful book and you may want to look it up. My best to your admiral whom I'm sure I will chat with (and you too) before we leave. Thank goodness for Skype. Later, Jerry
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    Good evening, Rich. I envy you living in Portsmouth. I'd be visiting Victory every day or so. Many thanks for your compliment and I know I'm going to get withdrawal symptoms after a few dys not working on Victory. We'll be in Europe for about 4 weeks or so but we're missing the UK this year. I hope to see Victory at Portsmouth in 2015. Thanks again for your good wishes and have a happy.... Jerry
  17. Jerry
    Hello Glenn...I'll bet you're excited and rightly so. The plating is coming along well and a great pace. You now surely have the knack of it and pretty soon you'll be enjoying another phase. I'm getting ready to shutd down the dry dock as we're leaving for Europe next Monday for 3-1/2 weeks. We usually spend a lot of time in the UK but this trip it'll be all mainland Europe and a bunch of the islands. It's so nice to see your progress. Best to you, Jerry
  18. Jerry
    Good going, Glenn. You are doing excellent. You are getting to be like Lawrence, waxing perfection. Keep it upi. Regards, Jerry
  19. Jerry
    Good morning everyone. Not much to report today except to say that I will be gone from the shipyard for almost a month beginning next Monday. I hope to complete the lift and buntlines on the Mizzen mast today so that upon my return I can tackle the rigging of the bowsprit. In the meanwhile here are a couple of photos of Victory as she stands this morning. I hope everyone has a fabulous day. Best, Jerry
  20. Jerry
    Hello David... You're too kind... If you didn't tell me about the correct layout for the damn bunt and leechlines i certainly would have gotten it all messed up. But you are so right; why are the plans so messed up? Arrows pointing straight down instead of off in the right direction. Oh well, who's to know the difference anyway? Now about your barge....What's the problem ? Certainly you can build another hull again. Or, am I missing something? Well anyway, thanks for all your help in getting me this far. Jerry
  21. Jerry
    Hello Everyone. The trials and tribulations of the Jerry dry dock continue....Today, after much deliberation and consultaion, I decided to rig the Main Yard bunt lines and leech lines. There is a very confusing situation here as the manual dictates that the buntlines are not belayed in the proximity of the Main Mast. In other words, while the lift lines come down to the deck to belaying points adjacent to the Main mast, the bunt lines pass under the Main Top and then double back and run forward to be belayed to pins at the foot of the Foremast. This didn't seem correct but after some conversation and studying it has proven to be correct.. During this operation I had the unfortunate occurrence of a 3mm block come loose from under the Main top. This is one that is a double and has both buntlines pass through it. So I struggled for quite sometime to reattach it, all the time trying not to have the buntline threads fall out of it. It was a happy moment when it was back in place and I could continue on with my work. So the lift, bunt and leech lines are now rigged for the Main Yard. The tails of all the lines are now beginning to accumulate all over the deck so I think that before going much further I will have to begin the coiling operation. Hope everyone has enjoyed the weekend.. Best, Jerry
  22. Jerry
    Like I said...This boat is "stuck-up." It has its nose in the air. Too much plastic surgery. LOL Jerry
  23. Jerry
    Hello Everyone.. Just a few more photos to bring the shipyard up to date. I've been working on the lifts. buntliones and leechlines and am presently working on the Main yards. These lines for the foreyards have been completed. I don't have too much to comment about except it's a little each day. However, stringing these lines under the tops is the most difficult part and I highly recommend a bead stringer for this process. Here are the latest photos. Oh yeah, my Victory has a pug nose. Jerry
  24. Jerry
    Hello Glenn... Your copper plating looks wonderful. It's as neat as can be and looks totally well done. I will think twice before I compare my model to yours. Enjoy the weekend, Jerry
  25. Jerry
    Good going, Glenn... You're about 20 per cent there. Your workmanship looks real neat...Keep the faith. Jerry

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