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  1. glbarlow
    Welcome to Club Cheerful, you're off to a nice start.
  2. glbarlow
    I’m glad my log is helpful, though clearly while you may start with it you excel and improve the result. The boom crutches are very complex, first making one then it’s mirror opposite. Yours are very nicely done!
  3. glbarlow
    Well done!
  4. glbarlow
    Excellent work. This area frustrated me a lot.
  5. glbarlow
    Excellent work! Enjoy your vacation, three days weeks…cool!
  6. glbarlow
    Well done on a challenging part of the build.
  7. glbarlow
    Great progress, on the way to being a beautiful model.
  8. glbarlow
    The templates are your friend and guide along with the windows frame filler blocks. A large rubber band helps hold things in place until it’s time to glue. As Ben says, it’s critical to get it right now as it affects all to follow. As I’ve offered earlier looking at multiple other build logs at this point is very helpful.
  9. glbarlow
    I’m still here with chapter 12 underway, I’ve been out of the country exercising my other hobby of photography. I’ll be back at it soon. You aren’t alone.
  10. glbarlow
    Easier is good, so is accuracy. I’d still want a wooden model with its fair set of challenges.
  11. glbarlow
    There are plenty of companies to order a small brass plate etched with whatever you want, all my models have one. They can include adhesive tape on the back. Here’s one such company Halex Brass Plates. These of course go on the display board, not the model itself.
  12. glbarlow
    I certainly know where to come for reference when I get around to my long boat. Well done!
  13. glbarlow
    The center section isn’t hard, with all the tapering and fitting around hatches, nope not hard at all 🙂
  14. glbarlow
    Really exceptional work and photography. Fun to watch these Speedwells coming together.
  15. glbarlow
    Thanks Mike. The design and laser cutting of Chuck’s models are definitely next level.
  16. glbarlow
    I just can’t do another big model for a while, so I’m envious
  17. glbarlow
    Such patience to not have it already n the model. Well done! The gangway is more tricky than it seems.
  18. glbarlow
    And just when I thought geometry class was over. I’ve managed one, let’s see if I can do two b Thank you Dusan
  19. glbarlow
    Most of the Winchelsea parts that must hold an edge like pillars, moulding, etc. are provided in boxwood. I love AYC, but as you note the boxwood is both critical where an edge is needed and provides a nice accent.
  20. glbarlow
    Thank you! As is yours 😊
  21. glbarlow
    Such patience to place and align those frames. Well done as always Rusty!
  22. glbarlow
    Thanks Rusty, now I’m at it again, taking off those bow mouldings to fit the cat head support 😊
  23. glbarlow
    Where you been man😊
  24. glbarlow
    I’m enjoying your rake on this great model. It’s up next for me after Winchelsea. Boxwood for the windlass is an excellent choice.
  25. glbarlow
    Remember you are creating the hull. It’s less about char remove and more about shaping. I left the back edge of the char from midships forward o the bow and the front edge from midships to the stern until the very last to keep from losing the proper shape. It’s a good time to look at multiple other logs at this stage and see what they learned, one is in general power tools aren’t the best option, it’s elbow grease time. Keep those scouring pads, they are useful for char removal later.

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