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Those are awkward customers to deal with, for sure. The jig holder is a great idea. If you make register marks across the holder for the scores, that will align them all properly.

Nothing like re-living past near-diasters!

Very, very nice magazine area, Egan.

Very impressive. The French certainly liked their officers to live in style!

I find producing blocks on an 'as needed' basis, rather than all at once, works for me. Perhaps it's less efficient, but it's a lot less daunting that way.

The most reliable way is to taper a square stick, plane it octagonal ('eight-square') then round it with sandpaper strips pulled back and forth around the diameter.

Well, that's a nice workbench that you built, Mark. Particularly those long dovetails - sweet detail!

I agree with Russ. Brass is soft enough to form easily around the deadeye after silver soldering. That way there will not be risk of a small fire!

Now THAT is a nicely shaped block!

Those stern lights are beautifully done. I like the way you've also shown the sashes. Can you tell us  a little more about your varnish technique for the glazing. Is it just held in place by surface tension when you apply it, or do you do this on a non-sticking surface?

The low-tack frosted Scotch brand tape works really well for this method.

If you glue the oversized sandpaper to the stick first (I use rubber cement), then cut the sandpaper to the edges of the stick, you will have 'safe' sides that won't mark the adjacent wood as you sand the chamfer.

Scantling means the dimension or, in this case, thickness.

Beautiful work. I was heart-stopped at your 'disaster' photos, but very glad that you had the patience and courage to start over again. Well done, Karl!

It's like fast-forwarding a video through your build! Looking forward to future instalments.

It's so nice to be able to revisit your build in color. Thanks for re-posting it. I'm sure it's memory lane for you as well, Ed.

What a nice set of masts, Remco! Well done.

Good to see you and Arethusa back here, Elia!

Good to see you and your model back again, Cabrapente!

Nice replay, Gary! Good to see you and Alfred back.

I hadn't seen pictures of you Victory before, Ed. You certainly were inspired by C.N. Longridge and have built your model equal to his standards. Tahnks for posting this log. Interestingly, it was his Anatomy of Nelson's Ships that also inspired me years ago.

Welcome back. Even if the log was lost, the model is still there, and she looks great!

She's coming along very nicely. Your work is very clean and well down. Looking forward to seeing further progress!

Good to see you back, Gaetan!

Now,that was fun!

You might be interested to know about the 'stone boats' that were used by settlers on the Canadian prairies. These were actually wooden sleds to move stones and rocks away as the pioneers cleared the land. When I first came to Canada and heard that expression, my mental image was exactly that of your stone frigate!