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  1. Kevin
    Oh Jerry - thank-you - LOL-Just wish i thought the same- every knot i tie - i look at and think could it be done better - every rope look like it is waering an animal skin (a very fluffy one) - but im loving it this is the most fun i have had on this build
  2. Kevin
    tonight she looks like this
  3. Kevin
    Hi Mobsie i can see a slight improvement in my skills for this, but furry is an understatement - more hair than the wabbits ( now laughing at what i just typed) so i will try beeswax - or try again just for the hell of it foremast stay preventer (i think) mouse is the animal of the day
  4. Kevin
    Not much to show for all the hours i put in on redoing the first pair of shrouds on each side of the build, there is definitely a knack to serving, i seam to need 3 arms to do it - it may have taken me a long time to get this far, but evolution is not going to give me another arm before i finish, so i used a combination of the motor from the rope walk and the hand serving tool and did it that way - having the rope turning for me allowed me to feed the thread - and i got better as i went along pendants (burton i think)
  5. Kevin
    Nice work - lol you only have to put another 2 layers on top
  6. Kevin
    Good evening Jerry thank you- the break away has done me good - I must admit i was a bit miffed about the lack of serving on the shrouds - had contemplated not bothering to change it, as no one is ever go to get close to seeing the shrouds, once the stuns are fitted, - but I need to do it right, - its all practice for my next built
  7. Kevin
    Serving Well made progress last weekend - lol took it all apart again today - it was pointed out to me that i had missed the serving on the lead Shroud down top the dead eye - and where all the ropes pass the the tops - and as i delved deeper it than became apparent that the pendants were as well this is my attempt at the pendants they are to long at present and need attaching to - (what ever it is called - hole thing)
  8. Kevin
    Bob thank-you for a very enjoyable lunch break just been through you log from the start - you made a lovely job of your build - well done
  9. Kevin
    Yes i appreciate your comment thankyou - all the mast will be removed again on completion of the shrouds being fitted - i will then work from aft as they go back in after i have finished all the work that needs to be done or re done i also need to ensure all that all the fitting are in place as they are going to be very hard to get too with 37 sails to be fitted. This is me wanting a decent restart to get back into the build
  10. Kevin
    poetic/artistry licence was the word I was thing of during my last message, that this was used during paintings made at the time- not exactly helping us here and now
  11. Kevin
    the subject of the door way has been discussed a few times - I believe Dafi brought it up (the subject that is) with the history of this vessel it is amazing that the matter has not been put to bed by now - would be interesting to see if the 3D scans of her revealed anything
  12. Kevin
    belated birthday wishes
  13. Kevin
    Gary i used approx a 3 deadeye gap between the eyes - research shows this was about 3 to 3 1/2 when setting up
  14. Kevin
    Foremast lower shrouds done on both sides, too white and too fluffy this was always going to be a temp fit, the mast needs painting and the forward cannons need securing - and you know what - i am loving it - i am so back into this build took the day off work to do those on the port side
  15. Kevin
    Frank - good afternoon another build i have caught up on - love the weathering -hope you are fully fit again now - even though that was a few weeks ago
  16. Kevin
    Hi Dominic yes pre planning doesn't always work - great thing about it is that it can all be salvaged and redone - lovely work though
  17. Kevin
    anyone any good ideas for getting some decent indoor phots of my build - the mancave is proving very hard to get decent shots due to cluuter, and not the best lighting
  18. Kevin
    Finished the fitting of the shrouds on the foremast lower, and made a jig to keep the dead eyes at more or less the same distance, but raised them slightly higher than the plans suggest - looks as if they are higher in real life and some of the other builds i follow
  19. Kevin
    wow chuck - i have missed so much of this project, lovely to catch up
  20. Kevin
    Good evening everyone today was perhaps the best spent three hours i have ever had on this build, thoroughly enjoyed it, i can confirm lol that me mojo is here to stay Foremast Standing rigging 1st two lines sets os lines to be placed are spliced and run down the port and stbd sides - these do not form ports of the shrouds I have found the mast to work on easier away from the build the next ten lines to be placed form two shrouds each, each pair goes to the same side, and the one above it then goes to the alternative side
  21. Kevin
    well we have something special to look forward to then don't we
  22. Kevin
    Mark I have missed you work so much , i cried for you (well not actually cried) when you abandoned the last one
  23. Kevin
    nicely done
  24. Kevin
    SJors nice to hear from you - lol you have already completed 1 1/2 builds in the time it has taken from the start to laying the first standing rigging lines
  25. Kevin
    OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO can i join you and have a front seat please - i can provide the pop corn and soft drinks

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