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Christian,

Good to see you back.  You were missed.  Excellent work on both builds... the full-size and the model.

Kevin,

We take time off from this hobby to do things important.  Rememberances are very important.  But now that you're back into the build... great balls of fire... looks fantastic.

Wow!  You are making progress and beautifully so.   Keep up the great work.

Augie,

Pics when the laughter dies down and lets you focus the camera. 

Lovely planking, Popeye.  Just lovely.

Popeye,

There's so many choices, and good choices for books about rigging.

Besides TFFM, there's these:

Rigging Period Ship Models - Lennarth Petersson

Masting and Rigging English Ships of War - James Lee

And the ubiquitous: Historic Ship Models - zu Mondfeld   While he's not always accurate, he does provide a great overview of rigging and just about everything else.

Very nicely done, Sjors.  And you posted a picture so I didn't have to ask for some. 

Excellent work, Gigantesco.  I'm happy to see an update as I was afraid you had stopped working on her.

incredibly wonderful work Danny. 

Wow.. wonderful work and so darn small...  beautiful paint and brass work.

Amazing work, Rekon. 

Joe,

As I recall, there's no rigging plan for the Confederacy.  The Brits only took off her lines.  Any drawings from the US have either long since been lost or were destroyed during the War of 1812 when they burned Washington D.C. 

The Navy was disbanded after the American Revolution as Congress didn't see a need to have one.  Funny thing is, they left the charter for the Marines intact as they were to be stationed on certain merchant ships.  (Trivia... the USMC is thus called the "Senior Service")  A few years later, they realized their folly and chartered a Navy. 

I think the designation for the Confederacy was just the Confederacy, though Hahn refers to it as "Continental Frigate Confederacy" in his book.  At that point, there really may not have been a designation as Len and Andy have pointed out. 

With brass,  heat it red hot and then let it air cool.

edit:  per Wikipedia.. air cool or quench in water. Not oil.

Mark.. I think we have two people that lost you on the oysters reference....

Only two?  Rats.. I gotta' try harder.

Sjors and others,

Rocky Mountain Oysters are a real food item.  Considered a delicacy by some.  I won't touch them...

"Typhoid Moderator"????   I like it.  Ok.. I'll try to be good from here on out.    Yep... I'll try....

Alex,

Thanks for the feedback on the test.   It may not be a heat issue  at all but a materials issue? 

Well... there are Rocky Mountain Oysters.  I'll leave it to others if this needs to be persued and commented on.

Ferit,

I think Randy said it best in that we don't have an oath.  Your work is wonderful. Very much top tier work, my friend.

Super looking coppering and only minor flesh wounds....  OUTSTANDING!!! 

Figure he still didnt sober up after that party

The better the party, the longer it takes to recover.

Just amazing furniture, Sherry.   Thanks for the inspiration.  Now to go find some miniature craftsman to build some for my ship.

Capstan bars!!!!!!     

Fascinating stuff.  One never knows where one will find a neat bit of history.  Thanks for sharing this.

Bob,

Just spectacular...  Very well done.