Bedford

Hey John, guess where I was last weekend??

She really looks beautiful.

I did say I was going to have to come see it. The Shackleton exhibition was just a sideline reason for going.

Indeed Michael, there is always something to learn and not only have we learned how hard it can be to unsolder, we've also learned an easy way to "bronze"

Michael I agree with the bronze look but if I wanted to keep the bright brass look I would have turned a tip for my soldering iron to slide snugly into the round stock and inserted it with a touch of solder to aid the heat transfer. That way as soon as the solder lets go you can pull the whole thing away from the goose neck before it gets too much heat into it

Omega, me too!

It's like the sculptor releasing the piece from the block and i never get sick of it

I always love following your metal work

Nice work Robbyn, I've never done coppering so you're better at it than I am!!

I have noticed that some types of timber seem to make the varnish take longer to dry.

On a side note, I varnish my decks too but in reality we should leave them bare if we want to be accurate.

I do like a bit of ingenuity!

It looks great

Beautiful John, especially knowing how small it is, must come and have another look in person!

Thank you bedford - not quite on the scale of Miane but big enough for my house. I have built RC models in the past but I rarely got round to sailing them. Maybe I'll reconsider when I see your finished model.

 

Regards Keith

I don't know what to say to that, I came to a grinding halt on my schooner when I sailed on endeavour, I guess the real thing made the model seem redundant but I will finish her one day. Meanwhile I'm loving your build and have a set of plans for her as an rc model so you never know....

More and more beautiful

I love this ship, elegant and stylish, I'm following

Beautiful as always Michael, lovely subject

Yes I have to agree, she's more the old style champagne glass than the wine glass and it's just beautiful

Always a great day when the last plank goes on. She's looking beautiful, love the lines

Glad one of us is back in the shipyard, keep on keeping on Robbyn she'll be well worth all the little set backs

Adaptation is everything in this hobby

Well now I'm feeling all left out, where is my invitation to rejoin your build? Don't you remember my waterline marker I used on the schooner, you said you would remember it and use it! The workshop looks brilliant, I love it. As for lighting I would consider LED before buying fluoro. LED has well and truly come of age and the prices have become reasonable.I would suggest cool white for model building.

Great news about Judy

Remember that only the pope is supposed to be infallible and as far as I know the Vatican isn't in Canada, glad to know you're mortal

I too wish you guys all the best.

As for wasting electrons, fear not! The whole idea of needing a circuit is that the electrons go home when they've done their job and are ready for work next time

A master class!

Just beautiful Michael

Great to see the cutter again, really looking forward to progress on her

Wow, that's absolutely beautiful John.

Such lovely lines and workmanship

Oh well Jim, you will try and build her with an audience !!

Oh I can see the need for reverse but it wouldn't be used much, only a few strokes I would think.