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  • Birthday 01/21/1969

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    Åtvidaberg, Sweden
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    ship modelling, bike riding, wood working

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  1.    Wintergreen reacted to a post in a topic: Atlantica by Wintergreen – Scale 1:30 - POF - sail training ketch - a smack of English heritage
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  17. Wintergreen
    Just to be clear - I have not abandoned the build. It has just been summer followed by a crazy autumn with no spare time or time to spare. The shop is slowly being organized back into being fit for model building and not window frame renovations. It will take some time still, but have faith, I will be back on the Atlantica build before long. Cheers!
  18. Wintergreen
    You've made great progress while I've been away, Gary! Keep it up!
  19. Wintergreen
    Ouch! That was a black Wednesday to say the least. And hopefully, depending on the "tearing out" procedure, there are bits an pieces you can reuse so you don't have to do everything all over. We're supportive, as ever. Keep it up!
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  25. Wintergreen
    Looks really good, well done! Keep it up!
  26. Wintergreen
    And how is the build going Keith? 😉 😄 😄 (Note, I do not mock anyone for their respective take on EV:s! I myself drive a RAV4 pluginhybrid with much joy and I do not appreciate Greta being Swedish)
  27. Wintergreen
    It has an intriguing hull form with the bulbous section just aft of the center. Nice planking and sanding. Keep it up!
  28. Wintergreen
    I agree on EdT:s build logs as a fantastic source of information. I bought the first Naiad book only for the tools and drafting sections in it. He didn't use scales, instead he used the profile plan and took heights from it directly. The plan was mounted on a board with a ledge representing the bottom line. Framing is a lengthy process. It feels it will never end, and then all of a sudden all frames are in 😉 How is that wood for sanding? I used apple, which I knew would be tedious, but there was less risk of sanding too much. Keep it up!
  29. Wintergreen
    Thank you! Yes, the two sisters gets a baby sister. So, three of hearts I guess. 🙂
  30. Wintergreen
    Well, if so, it is a learning experience as you've already stated 😉 From what we can see of your photos you will be just fine. Don't rush it though, that's never a good idea. Keep it up!
  31. Wintergreen
    Thanks for the insight Andy and my lips are sealed 😉 Yes, I recognize the make. My next tool will probably be a disk sander though. How's that rabbet going?
  32. Wintergreen
    Oh, I love babies! (especially when you can hand them back to their parents if they get smelly 😄 ) Two of our grandkids are moving away in May, but the other family is still producing. Next one is due in early June 🙂 Oh, and by the way, nice progress Keith!
  33. Wintergreen
    As neat and tidy as ever Ron! Keep it up!
  34. Wintergreen
    Glad to be of inspiration Andy 🙂 It is a learning curve for me too. I have found out that the first attempt is usually decent, but no 2 goes in the bin because it is done in somewhat of a hurry. Then you settle down and let it take the time it takes and the rest is good as well. For time it takes. Lovely marking gauges you got there. I'm pondering over miniature tools now and then. Apart from being enourmusly pretty, are they useful?
  35. Wintergreen
    What a nice build you've got going here Andy! I'm glad to have found it. The similarities between our builds are quite striking, however, you go into much greater detail in keeping to the original than I do. Hats off for that, sir! On the other hand of course they are similar! Atlantica is a scaled up version of a British smack built 1903 in Porthleven, which is basically just around the corner from Brixham 😄 So, I'll grab a seat a little to the side here. Is the popcorn machinge functional or do I bring my own?
  36. Wintergreen
    Soo, this was a funny little piece to piece together, piece by piece, so to say. All dovetails and pins handcut with jewellers saw and filed to fit. It is the forward hatch and stairway just aft of the main mast. I decided to give it a wash of staining to dampen the quite white appearance of it. In order to match I sanded the main hatch coaming also and applied a wash to it too. When dry I will give it a quick touch up with 320 grit paper and apply a couple of layers of laquer. The bottom edge is sanded to the same rise as the deck beams so I used the top edge as index when mating all the corners. The two small blocks in the upper right corner (one with an arrow) was used to get the right size of the openings, and also keep things fair and square. Here it is still moist after the staining hence the quite dark colour. It is not glued in place yet either. The real deal was through bolted from top down through the deck beams. I will not bother with that. I know my limitations (I think). 😉 Cheers guys!

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