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Kevin

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  1. lol i am certainly no pathfinder, just someone doing something a bit different and well out of my comfort zone, had i not been using boxwood, 2nd planking would have been finished by now
  2. good afternoon everyone my build has somewhat ground to a halt for a while, my mum has been admitted into hospital having had a mild heart attack, and now has failed a Covid 19 test, here are the latest photo's taken
  3. good evening everyone day 34 been a few days since my last post 2nd planking is going on, its never as good as i envisage it to be, but considering im not painting it, its is better than i normally present my work the transom is in pear and i decided to remove it as i think it would look better in Boxwood,
  4. Families of HMS Dasher dead want honest answers - BBC News
  5. i am debating the best way ahead to do the 2nd planking, as i have no intention of painting the hull, only the wales,
  6. good evening everyone thank you for comments likes day 28 1st parts off keel, prow, stern post outer layers for transom and upper gun ports and more gun port fairing also a lot of deck fittings are being made up between planking etc, but i am trying to avoid messing my log up to much
  7. a few more days and it would have been exactly 10 years, glad you found the info your eare searching for
  8. each class of sub had its own set of curved blocks, however the old diesel boats had a flat bottom to enable sitting on the seabed, and i remember standard blocks with wooden props to keep her upright
  9. from the photo she looks quite cleans so possibly flooding up, and caught by the gusting winds
  10. good evening Uwe, no race, if i dont have any DIY jobs, dog walking or gardening, or playing Hogwarts Legacy on the PC then i do my boat, it will slow down. but at present im enjoying it,
  11. good evening everyone, the boi is very tired today, but is happy eating and woofing day 23 thank you for the comments and likes busy day in the mancave quarter galleries made up, not being fixed to the hull at this stage, but as an alignment aid the stern builds up but only to fit one piece for now and here it is the two above pices are for now soley to align this up, once happy a pencil line is drawn under it and the wood from the tuck is removed once dry, outside in the sunshine for sanding gunports squared off and first of many red coats going on, god im loving this build, and only another years worth of her left
  12. Multiple injuries after ship tips over at Edinburgh dockyard - BBC News
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