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glbarlow

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  1. Great progress, on the way to being a beautiful model.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Easier is good, so is accuracy. I’d still want a wooden model with its fair set of challenges.
  5. 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.
  6. The center section isn’t hard, with all the tapering and fitting around hatches, nope not hard at all 🙂
  7. Really exceptional work and photography. Fun to watch these Speedwells coming together.
  8. Thanks Mike. The design and laser cutting of Chuck’s models are definitely next level.
  9. Such patience to not have it already n the model. Well done! The gangway is more tricky than it seems.
  10. 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
  11. 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.
  12. Thanks Rusty, now I’m at it again, taking off those bow mouldings to fit the cat head support 😊
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Thank you, I appreciate your commenting. It is certainly worth doing it again to get it right.
  16. Well done BE, another outstanding model completed. I have Chuck’s long boat on hand, it’s likely my next model once I complete Winchelsea. Your log, as it has been before, will be an excellent resource.
  17. Absolutely, only one of many things I’ll never view the same on other models again.
  18. Well done! Like you my elm tree pumps and waist cannon weren't installed until the end of Chapter 11. Your wood selection and paint choices, not to mention the framing cutout, make yours unique with lots of visual appeal.
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