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  1. CaptainSteve
    So ... you mean we have to wait while you do the job that you are good at ??? That hardly seems fair !!!
  2. CaptainSteve
    Arrr .... Shortly after my residential adjustment, I discovered that receiving mobile data was to be a non-event, due to close proximity to some high voltage power-lines just across the street. No problem, thought I. All I had to do was sign-up for fixed-line broadband and all would be good. Instead, what ensued was to be an all-out fight with a certain internet provider ... That matter is still to be resolved, but I have returned and hope to be posting again very soon !! In the meantime, I would greatly appreciate it if everyone could just stop working on their models for a short time as I plow through some 23 pages of notifications and try to catch-up with everyone's amazing work here on MSW.
  3. CaptainSteve
    Beautiful work, Nenad. I bet you are glad to have finished the coppering.
  4. CaptainSteve
    Oh my, Rshaw. I can definitely sympathize with you. Over the years, I've scrapped a Billings' Vasa kit, an old paddle-wheeler/sail hybrid that I cannot remember the name of, as well as a Mamoli kit of the Constitution which I was given for free (but which had numerous pieces missing). All of these have been pillaged, ransacked and salvaged to become my Davy Jones' Locker of spare parts. Here's hoping you decide to take the plunge and jump back into another build .... just remember to keep the thing AWAY from water this time !!!
  5. CaptainSteve
    Hmmm ... we're gunna need the luck of the Irish to solve this one.
  6. CaptainSteve
    Awesome work there .... even more so considering you are doing it with your hand all strapped up. Oh, and the ringer thingy ... I think it's called a "clapper".
  7. CaptainSteve
    Found it ... but only coz I used Google Picture search. Might leave my suggestion until tomorrow ... (But I will say that my heart goes out to this Lady)
  8. CaptainSteve
    You have it, Eamonn ... that's the name I was looking for. Over to you. EDIT: She was lost in the Straits of Malaysia in 1957 ... either due to storms or pirates ... a year after Dad left service with her. The wreck (as posted) re-appeared to the north of Tasmania some years later. By co-incidence, less than 50 miles from where he currently lives !!
  9. CaptainSteve
    Damnit !! Did I leave the name on it ?? Didn't see that from the pic I had ... OK ... but I want the name she had during my Dad's time onboard (circa 1954). EDIT: Just spoke with Dad ... it was 1956 !!
  10. CaptainSteve
    Woo Hoo ... my first ever win on this thread !!! Okay, the only reason I'm posting THIS ship is because my father served on her ... (According to him, she was a three-master during his time onboard)
  11. CaptainSteve
    I'm probably wrong ... I usually am ... But I'll guess Charlemagne. (and only coz of the HUGE hint supplied by Jan)
  12. CaptainSteve
    Hahaha ... Good to see you are (nearly) back on deck with us, Bindy !! Sorry, it's a fait accompli by now ... and one I'm looking forward to being done with. Once the house move is done with, I'll make some progress with the faux-trenails. As such, not a lot has been achieved boat-wise for awhile. No pics as yet, but the whales have been trimmed and stained, the back-rest is in, as is the forward grating. Oh, what do people think of an idea I have to install the thwarts slightly lower in my Launch than the plans call for ?? I'm thinking of fitting them to the underside of the trenelled thwart riser. To me, it just seems they will sit a little too high if placed on the same line as the bow grating (as per the plans).
  13. CaptainSteve
    Just brilliant, Denis. Can't wait to see your final pics !!
  14. CaptainSteve
    Your boat - and us - will be anxiously awaiting your return !!
  15. CaptainSteve
    Fantastic work on your boats, Jay ... and I really liked how you cut right back on the furniture for them. I think I went a little overboard with mine, but I wasn't in a position where I was ready to work on the main ship (nearly there).
  16. CaptainSteve
    Best wishes with your surgeries, Jesse.
  17. CaptainSteve
    Great work, Dom. She's coming along beautifully.
  18. CaptainSteve
    Fantastic job on those cannons !!
  19. CaptainSteve
    Sure hope everything goes well with the ops. Before ya know it, you'll be better than ever before.
  20. CaptainSteve
    Nice work, Jesse. Really like the work on your anchor. "Puddened", huh ?? So THAT'S what it's called !!
  21. CaptainSteve
    Just back from the port, whereupon I didst avail the company of a (not so) wholesome wench - I prefer 'em that way, DG ... (Ahem) Getting back to my Launch, were I to use the same toothpick method employed on the interior for the outer trennelling, I feel this would mess with my distressed planking. Thus, in order to create trennelling on the exterior of this Launch - and also to preserve my sanity - I will soon pull out the syringes I recently purchased and make some attempts at faux-trenails. Although, as I shalt soon be making the long-awaited residential adjustment (just signed the lease), the next update may take a bit of time. Pics soon ...
  22. CaptainSteve
    "A-trennelling we will go ... a-trennelling we will go. Trennelling ... trennelling ... trennelling ... trennelling ... Life is but a dream !!" CaptainSteve's already tenuous grasp upon sanity hath been sorely tested these past two weeks. For he hath been occupying every erstwhile free moment in cutting many a toothpick into even smaller pieces ... Thence he didst taketh up his drill and madeth verily great numbers of tiny, tiny holes in which to place these pieces ... And, thencewise, whereupon that was doneth, he didst commenceth the whole process over again ... and again ... and again. All the while singing the refrain at the top untoest his self. But, just when it didst seemeth darkest, just when it wouldst appeareth that our hero's grasp on reality musteth surely fail, he was able to discovereth his Inner Porcupine !! Whereupon, finally seeing light at the end of the trennel tunnel, he didst taketh up the Fearsome Clippers of Toe-Nail Destruction to trim that Porcupine ... "They be subtle," our Hero didst sayeth. "But the detail be there ... and it be good, methinks !!" At this stage, it twouldst be pertinent to point out that nobody has informed CaptainSteve just yet that the outer hull couldst beeth in need of a good trennelling, as well. For the sake of our Hero's sanity, let's just keep that matter betwixt our own selves, for the time being !!!
  23. CaptainSteve
    Way to go !!! I've already started checking out your new Jolly Boat build ... and it's coming along fine. Also noticed the little accident you had ... and the beautiful save you made to get around it. When doing some research for my Bounty Launch build, I found something which claimed that the Jolly Boat was the mutineers first choice to cast Bligh (and the others) adrift in. But, it was riddled with holes and would most surely have sunk immediately. So ... on the off-chance your build doesn't go so well, at least you be able to claim "historical accuracy" !!! (Just joking, Dom)
  24. CaptainSteve
    Marktime, Great save on your behalf !! She looks awesome in your final pic.
  25. CaptainSteve
    Try acetone ... (Oh, personal experience, you may wanna buy the Admiral some flowers ... for when she asks where all her nail-polish remover has gone.)

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