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Nice, Alan! And a merry Christmas to you also.

All of the above. Also, there is the question of safety when cutting stock of small dimension. However, the biggest advantages are that less wood ends up as sawdust and finer control of thickness.

Looking very respectable, Alan!

Good save!

One can re-wet the area of the starboard bow and mold the plank back to shape. To level the sheer, consider ungluing the bow end of the plank and regluing in correct alignment.

All part of the learning curve! Things look good, though.

Presumably the wire is flattened first to widen it. Anneal to soften the metal, then centermark and drill.

Looking very good so far!

And you are an artist in wood!

Creative is always good!

In the old days you had to be either short or tall - nothing between! Three stretcher positions are a positive luxury.

Great progress, Sal.  Nice solution to making and installing the stay tackle. I'd caution you about using CA on rigging, though. Eventually it make the lines brittle and they will fail. Use either PVA (white glue) or acrylic matt medium.

Not too dissimilar to my Meccano ropewalk! However, mine is powered by a superannuated (and noisy) electric drill.

Lovely work on the hull and spars, Michael.

Well done! Not only have you gained valuable experience, but three very nice models as well. At some point you might wish to protect your models from dust and inquisitive fingers with cases.

Lovely work, as always. I note the issue of the sides aft spreading a little (post #1102). I have had this problem with framed models as well. In one case I had to install three threaded rods permanently across under the poop deck level with the beams, the nuts concealed under the outer planking and friezes. 

Best wishes for the holiday season to yourself and the ship's cat!

While rigging, you can fine-tune the rake (if any) and plumb of the masts.

Are you sure that those are the broad planks and not the sheer planks? They look much too long.

The problem is that the rig of a New Testament era Alexandrian grain ship was very different from an 18th century man of war! A semi-swamped boat, even a small one, would have considerable weight. How this was wrestled aboard (in a storm, yet!) would be hard to imagine. An attempt lower it, once bailed, can be imagined with a pair of lines, presumably with some kind of block and tackle that were then cut away. 

Make sure that the garboards just overlap the bottom.

Welcome aboard, Tyler. You will find plenty of resources on this site. There are tutorials on planking, for instance. (More > Planking techniques) Check out other build logs and then start one of your own.

Scale rose lashings! Whatever next? Amazing.

"Unbleached titanium" is simply a marketing name. It was first produced accidentally. A batch of titanium white was slightly contaminated with yellow ochre. Rather than throw it all out, the colorist simply labelled it 'unbeached' and it sold well! So it is now regularly available.

!!!!! is the only comment I can make to those photos. A builder's style model at that scale today is most unusual.

What is a year or so between posts, Clare? Seriously, nice to see you and Wolf back. I like your technique on the steering spokes. Looks good at small scale.

Yes, those are for the stretchers, as Chuck has said. The double set of wiggly lines are a carriages for a small set of steps which presumably turn slightly.