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    Moving right along Matt. She’s looking good!
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    Wonderful work Fred! Your cheerful has turned out just excellent. I think your rigging looks very nice and clean, it brings the model to life very well.
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    That looks really good Jim, she will probably fair out pretty easily.
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    Thank you Fred, practice makes perfect…. Or lots of imperfect leftovers… Thank you JP! Thanks Jim, I absolutely went crazy with it and just started ripping planks that I didn’t even need, just because it was fun and they looked so good. I can’t believe I didn’t get this sooner. I’m going to order a couple more so I never run out of them! Ha! Thank you Ron, your Euryalus is quite the build and is motivating me to jump into full POF.
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    Looks very clean and crisp, well done!
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    Thank you Edward. Sure thing Glenn, how many do you want? I’ve got lots of gently used ones that may work for you! lol Thank you Steve.
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    Nicely done Matt! You’re making great progress. Time for chapter 8! Get that for deck filled in…with guns…
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    Wow those look excellent!
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    Small update. So I received my lumber supply from @Joe V at modelers sawmill, wonderful job on milling and sending me just what I needed, thank you Joe! i was able to finish the port QD as well as the bow planking. The Bow was quite a project and required a lot of patience as each plank is a mini project of its own but it was well worth the effort. One thing I noticed after applying WOP, depending on the grain direction, the plank appears to change its tone at different light angles as you can see below, some of my planks are obviously facing different directions but it’s not nearly as dramatic to the eye and not even possible to tell until poly is added… also note I just added WOP to the stbd side so it’s even more dramatic but it will settle down in 24hrs. But I’m happy with the results overall and the quality of the wood. I will begin planking the center of the foredeck today and hopefully finish in a few days. Oh I finally got a new slitting blade from Byrnes model machines, can you believe I’ve been cutting all my wood with a 36 tooth and sanding both sides smooth for all this time! Lol. Excited to bolt this thing on. JJ
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    I would disagree. I think you're doing a great job. I’m considering a CAF purchase after seeing your build progress.
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    Off to a great start Mike! This is going to be an impressive build.
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    I really need to up my tool game beyond sanding sticks and razor blades. Very impressive!
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    Smart move. I quickly realized that I should have done that. I made it work but it just would have been better to take care of it early on. it is nice that they remain open except for the four (2 at the bow and stern), its an offer of forgiveness for one’s gunport assembly sins! Lol.
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    Very nice comparison Ben! Both models look excellent! You’re moving along faster on two models than I am on one haha!
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    Wow! what an amazing job on those bollard Timbers! I almost want to cut mine off and do them over again now! You’re off to a great start!
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    Kevin, Any plans to continue on Enterprize? Your progress to this point is great, the development of the lower decks is very nice.
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    Wow she looks excellent! Glad to see you back at it again! The stand you are building is very nice as well.
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    Looking good Edward! You are moving along indeed, you’ll be past me next! Haha. Gun ports are fun, I spent a lot of time trying to get them right. Next time I build gun ports I decided that I will do them during the planking process and use the same planks as I'm using on the hull so they match better. It looks like you’re off to a good start on your ports.
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    Very nice work!
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    Lookin good Rusty. You’re almost there and I’ll have one less Winnie with updates too look forward to.
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    Wow! Great photos of beautiful mountains. I’m moving there now! Glenn you should check out the alpinist on Netflix, it’s about Marc leclerc, a free solo climber who summits many mountains but one is cerro torre in Patagonia, in the winter and it’s absolutely incredible. now back to work!
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    Very nice work Matthias, looks great! Hope you took care of those Mice! I know what a pain they can be.
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    Siggi, apologies for the many posts but upon further inspection I believe Druxey’s observation to be correct on both our drawings. It appears that McKay also interpreted this drawing correctly on Leopard. A close up of the drawing shows where the bulkheads end and the battens are placed to contain the bricks or stones.
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    Siggi, this is what i came up with from the Portland class drawings, it appears that the front of the galley was open rather than showing a transverse bulkhead/wall. Your drawing shows it completely enclosed in the front with where your table is. Here you can see Leopard, from Winfields book, which was built 15/20 years after Portland and Bristol respectively, at a different yard, a semi enclosed galley but showing the perimeter of the enclosure. But this is not noted or shown in any of the early drawings.
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    Hi Siggi, the drawing is of Portland actually but Bristol is the only source for the deck layout. Bristol and Portland were built at the same yard, Portland being first in the class and Bristol second. From everything I could see in the drawings, both elevation and plan, that is how they made the galley. Of course a trip to Ontario to see the Bristol contemporary model would further confirm this.

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