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Very very nice sir, very nice!!! -Adam

Howdy Sjors, Just getting caught back up - (hard around here to keep up with everyone, so much wonderful activitiy) LOVE the cannons (Want to make sure you are on my side with the armada launches, I don't think any of my ships could stand up to those cannons!!) The life boat looks really good and fits in nicely!! Your ship really is coming along!! Lots of details and colors - LOVE IT. -Adam

Augie, hate the be the wet blanket but it looks like you missed a..... I KID I KID (ducks and runs)... Augie that is one hell of a fine looking ship and impossible to believe it is a first, or even second build! The detail, the cleanness just amazingly done. Inspirational, and a wonderful achievement!! Congratulations on passing that finish line!! :champagne: :champagne-2: :champagne: -Adam

Trust me, VERY inspiring. Love watch this stuff come together and it just looks great!!! -Adam

Ah, good on you - the fiddly bits have a nasty habit of making me stall a bit, I love the hobby but sometimes the monotonous aspects do require me to "push through" in a sense. You are coming along great though, those bits look real good!! -Adam

Very interesting and nice look to the deck you have going there. Much different than using the stock sheeting. Kudos sir.. Kudos! -Adam

Good luck with the move sir!! Look forward to the return -Adam

Paint job is top notch! Nice color and lines! -Adam

John, great work on the coppering! Looks great, will definatly dull up a little with normal wear and get a nice patina to it too. -Adam

You are doing an outstanding job on that build David! Very nice work so far! -Adam

I got nothing, got very lost So for those who think they've seen everything I will just leave these here as my contributions to cause.... How about a spider wearing a water droplet as a hat? Or maybe a frog using a leaf as an umbrella! That should keep everyone busy till Augie is ready I like to do what I can, free of charge.. no thanks needed, really - the entertainment factor is enough. ENJOY! -Adam

Very nice!! -Adam

Just stopped in to see whats the what.... The seizing work looks awesome!!! As for chemistry uhm, erm... well..... Hydrogen Silver(-g) Phosphorous Phosphorus Yttrium Molybdenum Deuterium Electron Lithium Nitrogen Germanium !! -Adam

That is an outstanding idea!! -Adam

"Front, bow. Back, stern. If ya don't get it right, squirt, I throw your *** out the little round window on the side." -Quint Very interesting - love the movie, will enjoy following along! Great start from the looks of it so far! -Adam

Awesome stuff Popeye. So much going on and looks good all together - quite impressive. Keep looking at the pics and seeing something I missed!!! Sounds like Murphy is secured and stowed away in some dark basement somewhere for the time being - full steam ahead!!!! Adam

Ack, very very sorry - I meant CS2... =(

The blocks appear to be working out nicely, sanding them out is giving it a nice shape as well, can "see" the hull so am feeling better about the planking efforts!! Thank you gentlement for popping in, more coming in the next few days - diligently working away. =) -Adam

Thank you gentlemen!! Much appreciated. And you're right, not a booboo. it was more of a me thinking outloud - feeling all good about having it done then lifiting the camera and saying UHTOH, not as done as I thought =)

Well we are all in good company then at least =)

If you dig around a little (or if I can find the link I will post it) Adobe, for whatever reason, made their CS5 line of software free. They shut down the registration servers, published keys and provided downloads for the software. So you could get Photoshop CS5 for free. OTher than that Gimp would work as well. The major trouble you are going to run into is the editing of the picture. Most people will try to paint, or fill the areas with the color they want which ends up making a photograph look very much like a childs drawing on the refridgerator (not that that is bad just not helpful ) What you want, or my suggestion is, find an app that allows for color tinting or modifiying. That would let you select the area you want to color model and tint the area with the color so that you get the shadows and detail etc and get a much better idea of what it will look like. -Adam

Technically pretty darn accurate since it is in fact the constitution and not a replica. It has had a lot of work done to her to keep her in shape, but she is the real deal from way back when .....But I know what you are saying Regarding the kits, yup - many are real, many are fake, and many are as close as the kit manufacturer can get. From what I can gather from the tremendous builds put forth here, none of the ships from the manufacturers are 100% accurate. Seems to always be room for the modeler to tweak and improve to get the most accurate possible through bashing and scratch building. They also can only do so much with regards to their own research on the subject. Now, with regards to those comapnies who throw everything out and are fabricating everything right down to Scale (as Mark mentioned) that is different. Companies should have SOME responsibility to at least try to create a decent base quality product. Again though, money. Follow the money. If they are selling it, and not enough are complaining, they have zero motivation to change. The work lays on our side, as modellers. If your goal is to build the most accurate version of the <history sailing ship x> up front research would help decide which kit would be the best one to start from and then go from there. Those just wanting to build an interesting subject still get to do that, even if that subject is a "likeness" or a complete facsimilie. As an example, my wife bought me the Blue Shadow by Mamoli because it was on sale, and she thought it looked really neat. I agreed, the box picutures etc looked like a very interesting ship to build. I read the history of it giving by Mamoli and thought it was an interesting history but there wasn't much there and I didn't care for a couple of the parts supplied so research away I went. :o :o TOTAL fabrication. Disappointed,sure.. but didn't change the fact it was an interesting looking ship so I am bulding it with the same interest as others. It's all in what you make of it I do not discount, however, the value of a reference of sorts to point out what kits are Fakes, Accurate, Versions, Guesses or what not. That would be one heck of an undertaking though! An interesting and valuable undertaking for sure, but still an undertaking! It would, however, help greatly those seeking as close to accurate as possible. Heck, maybe even a list like that would eventually (slowly) draw away from those kits less accurate, lesser quality, or just plain garbage and steer towards those of the opposite state. Hmmmmmmm. Good topic my friends! -Adam

So, spent a little time tonight doing some work on the Mayflower. Real work got in the way of my "schedule" so the others didn't get any attention. Just wanted to get the nails done, stain them up and decorate the doors. Now they blend in quite a bit better and the details pop a bit more. Starting to take shape! Here is the bow as it stands now....(with a before and after just for fun ) But then I tilted the camera a little for a better picture and UHT OH - Missed some stain, will have to hit that as part of tomorrow's activities. And the Stern & Windows. And that there is tonight's update of Ye Happy Ole Mayflower!!! Thank you all for stopping by - stay tuned for the next episode.. Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel - and I'm dating myself! Enjoy all!! -Adam

Thanks all!! @Wayne: Thank you sir, I am working on trying to get cleaner, am very "aware" when I take these pictures of where I can improve, so thank you for the kind words my friend. (My wife was reading the responses and I had to explain the nice looking stern thing... she just shook her head hehehe. ) @Augie: And of course you got the ole "see, told you so" out of the admiral. Yes.. I do indeed need to chill out. I am sometimes overcome with a desire for perfection in an imperfect world and yup, need to cut myself some slack. (Capn I'm a shipwright... excellent!! ) @Sjors: I have been toying with my camera (actually my phone) with various settings to see if it's macro setting works, got some better ones - the steadying on some books worked out well, maybe though - I can convince the admiral to steal her little digital camera with all the fancy buttons and bells on it... hmmmm. -Adam

Thank you gentleman! Appreciate it. @ Russ: I can definately see once I got them in place and once I sand them out they will be a HUGE help. I am very much a hands on visual learner type, so many things don't click as to "why" they need to be done until I experience what happens if you don't . -Adam