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    Mike, Just catching up - Nice updates Your case will also be a work of great beauty and skill Cheers,
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    Ken, As always brilliant details - a work of art. It now makes complete sense that you would be connected to FA Models. PS: Fine Art Models are SO amazing. I have known about them for years. Their cars (Bugattis especially), locomotives, airplanes and - of course- their Titanic are too perfect indeed. Their Titanic actually used as many rivets on the hull as the original - Hmmmm indeed. Some of their artists also come from Eastern Europe if I understand correctly. (Russians being SO amazing with ships) Cheers,
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    Hi Mates, Well sails are all done. Now for attaching them to the yards, (adding all needed blocks etc.) Here comes more learning. How to actually attach them. Anderson has this. I also looked at the 1/10th and each rope is separate and unto themselves with each having separate knots. Then there is the Tack knot. I did find this online Along with this link http://www.survivalworld.com/knots/manrope-knot.html#.WWJu_tPyuV4 That’s about it for now – glad that I went for the sails – very satisfied (well they are not installed ha ha) Cheers,
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    Don, Very funny!! - I will also check out your other builds (;-)
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    Steve, APOLOGIES - was not at all intended that way (;-(. That said I see how I may have come across as insensitive - obvious in retrospect. PS: My sweetheart sis lives in Phoenix AZ - we joke about this topic all the time. Patrick Apologies as well for adding my silliness to your log. Done with - inconsiderate - unrelated -thoughts.
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    Looking very good indeed. I will also have a drink in your honor today and watch my Dodgers ha ha Cheers,
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    Patrick, As usual your updates are so informative - so much learning going on. Your research is so impressive. Oh! your build is also super impressive; such great work. Very much enjoying following along. PS: Steve from Glendora hot enough for you this weekend? Cheers,
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    Don, I apologize for filling your in-box with so many "likes" - couldn't help myself. Glad that I found your build. As has been said, your super well done details are superlative indeed. Great project! a feast for the eyes. I was looking for a place to park my chair and follow along -OH I just found one in the nosebleed section (I have binocs -no problem) What your shipyard doesn't serve drinks during bus. hours? PS: I need to set up an auto bar/shipyard lock-out system such as yours ha ha - Cheers,
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    Mark, As usual - late or not - always nice updated from your shipyard.
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    Jerry, Very nice indeed. Just happened to see your update. Excellent work. PS: SO hard to believe that men actually crossed the Atlantic in that tiny little boat AND also thought that they might go off of the edge of the world. Excellent build. Regards,
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    Super nice build. Just saw the completed photos on the home page and went to your log. Congrats on a beautiful build - and as has been noted the weathering is awesome Regards,
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    Frank. Thanks so much - yes these sails will work. Peaceful about this part of the build. Costeo Thanks, I have followed your work - Your mastery of this work is so excellent. Not at your level of skills - that said, enjoying increasing my work by learning from builders such as yourself. PS thanks for looking at my build log.
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    Pucko, Post a specific photo of what you exactly mean. - and pos. one of the planks as well. I'm sure that members here will have some ideas. I have certainly been helped a lot. I may even have an idea as well. I looked back up to your stern photos and was not sure what you are trying to work out. Cheers,
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    Pucko, Peter sent a photo for another good look at door spacing. I was looking for other things in my files and ran across this one - then thought for you. If you don't have this one it may be of help as well oops it was almost 9MBs Glad I noticed I resized it. 780 kbs should give you a lot of definition.
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    EJ, Just catching up - as all have just posted - stern and all of its details - looking very good. Nice update.
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    Hi Mates, Minor update–working on finishing up the first sail (lower main) Then noticed (first pic of 1/10th) that a shoe block is used where I had already laced two deadeyes with a single block in-between. PS: I know that you know where that is, just having fun adding red circles here and there…… Looked at Syren, and elsewhere could not find this type of block – so trying to make some. Prob. too much time spent here – may just use the single block instead. A work in progress ----====================== PS2: Joachim thanks for the post. I remember that extra extension. I saw it when I bought the lathe, but passed on it. I looked again at Proxxon and elsewhere no longer seems to be available (even eBay did not have one) Cheers,
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    Pucko, Nice update PS: Be careful with your spacing here. This caused me a lot of grief.
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    Henry - Thanks for posting this. Vocabulary is still new for me - really enjoying the learning process as well, Also thanks for your very timely info, i was incorrectly going to pull all of these fairleads. Yikes - thanks again Denis - After reading Henry's post I will follow his lead and loop ropes around the lower part of the pulleys and tie them off to pins here and there. PS: I have notice one and two "n"s in the spelling of your name at from various members. Joachim - Thanks so much - glad that you are back indeed. Your Amerigo Vespucci is an incredibly beautiful build - almost impossible to find enough superlatives to describe your work.
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    Bruce, I don't think that any members have mentioned how amazing those whaleboats are (:-) (;-) Awesome indeed - rare to see such detailed work in such a small scale. Cheers,
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    Jason, As is always the case - always a pleasure catching up with your superb work. Well done indeed. Cheers,
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    mates, Thanks for all of your very nice posts and likes ! Frank (Riverboat) SO nice to see you active again - we've missed you on your build logs! - welcome back indeed. thanks as well for your continued visits, and super nice compliments. Buck - You're the best always - Thank You Frank - this is the lathe that I have. For longer yards see note.
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    Joachim, SO NICE to see you back. Your update is beyond words - such a beautiful effort with such a complicated ship. Cheers,
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    Hi Mates, I had mentioned that I slightly tweak Chuck’s (Syren) already super excellent blocks. This how I do it. The changes are very subtle, but for me make it worth it. 1) enlarge the pre-drilled holes (I’m sure most of you already do this anyway) 2) using the same drill bit I now angle it to “round out” and deepen the pulley look further. Using a file I add grooves to the upper and lower edges Using a small sanding block I sand the four side edges a bit inward. Last bit I just started “now” after going to Chuck’s site to order more rope I saw his new blocks that included the four pins that attach the two block sides together. Hmmm – that looked so great. Granted his blocks are larger but nonetheless wanted to add that look as well. Using a tiny drill bit just drilled eight holes. Here are some comparisons. AGAIN absolutely NOT implying anything at all missing regarding Chuck’s super perfect blocks down to the smallest scale. This pic is a perfect example of how amazing his super small blocks actually are without any of my obsessive tweaks (;-) PS: whatever these are called I have to pull them all off. Again a novice with rigging when I made those it did not occur to me to be sure that ropes will be able to loop through – well they can’t – did not leave enough space grrrr. Cheers,
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    Mark, YES brilliant work indeed. Great to follow along. Cheers
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    Tim. Just found your build log. YES your life boat is excellent work indeed (along with its Scottish Maid). I will bring a chair and follow along as well. I am so impressed with builder skills with such small scale detailing. PS: Love that coin. Your country is on my list for visits (:-) Regards,

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