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Wow!!.... looks pretty darn good to me.... nice work Bug...

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That came out real nice Denis.......... excellent work with the painting!

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Real nice work Bug........

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Nice work on the launch Sjors........ did you by chance open up your own port  ...... the reason I ask is , I see you are doing another huge

build....... I'm sure that fleet  of yours needs it's own port by now!!

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Michael .... you are definitely ready for the SOS ........ this build speaks for itself...... and your plan B turned out real nice!!

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Pretty clever their "Capt,". Daniel........

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Really nice! work on those frames Mario, she's look'n good!!

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just catching up.... nice surgery there Denis ...... you really do have the skill of a surgeon!!

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Just Beautiful!! Antony..... looks like it's a real ship!!!

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Hey Tony, nice hearing from you....... you are too funny my man .... whats on your agenda Tony ? .... would like to visit what ever you're doing.

I thought I'd play it easy this time with the Red Dragon...... she's already a junk ,so I don't have to junk this one up.... Pretty clever huh!!. 

We should get some skype time in '

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Nice!! work on the lion's head Piet......

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That's some awesome work there Daniel..... it's a treat when checking out your log ,seeing all the amazing things you come up with.

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Please do Matt, I'd be honored to have you onbord.

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Antony........  Yeah no buff to contend with, that's a relief     

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Hi Denis..... you're absolutely right .... she doesn't belong in the gallery............ She belongs in a MUSEUM !!!!... man that is one beautiful

ship ... Great!! work Denis

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Hi Matt.... just  catching up..... all I can say is WOW!!!........ this is some awesome work you're doing.... the planking ,the treenails, are  just perfect!! Really like your choice of woods too!!

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Nice job on the planking Don......  no sweat on the drop planks , you really need them on that bow. looks great!!

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Happy Birthday Mark..... have a good one!!!!..... you won't see this one  ever again :D

Cheers

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Hi Don ....jump on bord .... the more the merrier!!

yeah, I k now what you mean EJ...... this was packaged real nice ,all wrapped  up in plastic too..... I think the quality of the wood is  part of the culprit '

 a little up date time........ following are a couple pictures showing frame assembly... pretty straight  and forward.... all supports and fairing are done.

I'm not going to double plank this build as they suggest. I 'm really not a fan of double planking, once is enough    ...... The hull width is fairly shallow  so 2 bands should be sufficient , I'll have to line her out and see how it works .Hopefully next time around   I'll have some planks laid up.

Till then..........Cheers! ! 

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This frame was warped out of the bx ... straighten out pretty nice.

Thanks for look'n in.... Frank                                

Just catching up Ron......GREAT!! looking model ... love the sails and your display base....  nice work Ron...

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by all means join in.......... E_J if you like Asian ships Ck out Antony 's "Turttle" build,,,, it's under Scratch Builds....

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welcome aboard Antony....... love your Turttle build

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Wow !! Antony, this is an amazing build ....great work.

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   On my return ,my first thought was to do the "Marina ll" ...... but as you can see I changed my  mind. When I purchased the Marina ll, I also bought this Red Dragon kit . Hobbylinc had a pretty good price on it, so I ended up getting both. Both are different from what I've been doing . The Red Dragon kit is really not an overwhelming

chore, as you can see from the photos of whats in the box. I'm not complaining, after all it's not an expensive kit.

I will say this though, A.L. really does a nice job of merchandising their kits. The material is decent, except for the basswood ply. I like basswood, but not for keels or frames. I think the Marina uses real ply. Well anyway,

I'll post a couple pictures just to get started with this log. I'll star posting some of the build as soon  as I straighten out the bend in the basswood keel .... as always thanks for look'n in....

Frank