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Off to a good start Matthias, this looks to be an interesting subject. Looking forward to following along.

Nice work Fred, planking looks good. It appears your filler blocks paid dividends, you have a nice and fair hull. You’re moving along nicely.

So after a week of waiting on some parts to show up that I had cut wrong prior, I was finally able to get back on track. I started by assembling the bulkhead former, this is in 3 pieces but I’m toying with switching to two or possibly even one if I can find a box large enough. This goes together pretty easy, I used wax paper and smashed it in a vise until the joint was dry and then repeated until complete. I also added a rabbet strip, this was just basswood I cut on my saw, it required slight heat on the bow to make the curve easier. Next is the knee, at 1/48 the knee and the false keel parts are just shy of 5/16 which is great, it will leave you some room to sand the parts and that’s what I did, now all these parts are two pieces of 5/32 AYC glued together, cutting 5/16 in one shot just had too much angle to it, it made assembly pretty difficult, but I’m still working on trying to improve the laser cut, perhaps I’ll get it in one piece someday but not for this model. As you can see i just etched some of the parts on to the main part of the knee, this is actually pretty convincing, I did however toss in a reference line for the paint and where the wales meet the knee, I don’t like it and probably won’t keep it there, but it will get painted over on this model anyway. Once the knee and all the false keel parts were assembled I measured the width of the former and subtracted it from the cedar pieces, using this number, roughly 1/32, I layed the former down with the 1/32 spaced sheet underneath and glued the knee and keel parts onto the rabbet. This kept everything in line and centered very well. I carefully sanded the AYC with 100, 220 and finally 320 and gave it a quick bath in some WOP just to protect it from my filthy hands. Next I assembled the stands and lined them all up with a level and glued them down, the next set I screwed down, otherwise I’d never be able to lift the model out. From here I just dry fit and tested all the bulkheads, some required a bit of filing from different laser settings, the production parts will not. Tomorrow, if I have any time, I plan to start installing the longitudinal frames to lock it all together, from there I’ll build the new stern jig and start installing the frames. JJ

I would be interested in this at 1/48 for sure. Im sure it won’t scale down easy though

Lovely work. What’s her LOA?

Absolutely beautiful work! Well done!

Lovely work Mike!

That’s a nice table, my needs would require a smaller version but I definitely am interested in one.

Those look really good, how do you keep the bit from kicking the piece across the room? Tabs? My laser can also conquer steps like that, you just have the char, but there’s no chance of the pieces flying out. These steps were done in Boxwood at 1/32 by Chuck for his Winchelsea kit, the mortises are also laser cut, after some light sanding they are very convincing.

Beautiful! I’m buying one.

Curious to see how these turn out, I may buy a small CNC for this purpose. What does the cutting bit look like? What size?

Very nice work on your Indy, Glenn, very crisp and clean. Your decks and fittings are very nice and precise. Excellent build. JJ

I agree with Druxey, it appears to be a perspective view. Can you confirm?

I would be interested. Where are you located?

Incredible work!

Thank you Fred. Going to work on it some more tonight. I don’t get much free time lately so the model is suffering.

Lol! I was up until 12:30 last night just finishing the knee, I’m tying to get little more substantial progress before I make an update. Here’s a teaser and it’s not the same one from earlier this year, this is the AYC production version. JJ

Stunning work Tom, excellent design and execution. I’m building my own prototype currently but may have to attempt your model along side my own. happy new year. JJ

Thank you Vladimir, happy new year to you as well.

Your Winnie looks great Dusan, very well done on the planking and hull. Outstanding work. happy new year! JJ

Thank you Fred! And happy new year to you as well. I very much look forward to your Winnie progress.

Thank you for your interest Gary and happy new year! I began construction on Portland last night so I will be posting updates shortly. JJ

Very nice micro planking Ondras. Happy new year!

Looks excellent Frank! The added moulding above the windows looks great! Happy New year! JJ

Very nice Gary! The long boat is a great addition to the Winnie and I think you may be the first to add one. Looks like you’re rapidly approaching completion. Happy new year! JJ