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Looking forward to seeing this one as well. Great Republic still in the wings? I still have my old 1:96 CS on the mantle being dismantled. Ha!. Once I have her apart, I'll mail you the hull. Won't be much left of her though. 

Awesome work.

That is some seriously beautiful work.

Wow. Looking great. A quick question if I may..... I have never given it much thought but.... What keeps the water out in way of the entry port? I know the gunports have lids. What is used for the entry port?

The wheel is almost always forward of the steering gear in a sailing vessel. The helmsman (or helmsmen in rough enough weather) would stand to the side. You get better leverage to turn the wheel if you're next to the wheel rather than standing in front of it and reaching out to the perimeter of the wheel. Think about it and it will make perfect sense once you do. You've done it right, don't worry.

It's a centre plank down the middle of the boat. The rest of the planks would have been nibbled into it. It may be too late to try it. Google it though. You'll find plenty of references to it. If you haven't already that is.

OOOH, I'm a Naval officer in the Canadian Navy and this procurement is VERY interesting to me. Good luck with it all. And keep up the Newsboy log, she's a great little craft.

If you're removing planks down the centre of the boat, try a king plank instead when you re lay the deck. Adds that little bit of realism.

Where do you find research material for this ship? Have you a web site that covers a lot about her? Books? I've never heard of this ship until now and would like to know more about her. Pictures etc of course.  Let us know what you've got. Maybe it will lead me to something you don't yet have. 

Beautiful job there. Keep at her. She'll turn out lovely in the end. 

How do you part those little bits off the lathe without them flying into a corner of the universe where nobody can ever find them again?

Looking sweet. Pics and video of her under sail in May some time?

Those mammoth second world war battleships are incredibly impressive. The only thing close to them today is the Russian Kirov class Cruiser. 

Don't chalk it all up to inexperience. Often times, the shape of the hull simply won't allow the thread to sit fair because the curve of the hull is such that a fair line doesn't translate to a straight line on the hull. If you get my meaning.

Full scale boatbuilding in Vancouver? What project? Or are you able to say? 

Cutty Sark had a mechanism for releasing the anchor similar to the diagram for stock and fluke as above but it simply suspended from the cathead if i recall correctly. I might be wrong though. I don't have my Campbell drawings here with me. Perhaps someone with theirs in front of them can check as I'mabout 99% certain it's shown on them.

As will we. But like you, we'll get over it and you'll be back to model building before you know it. Just like we'll be back to ogling over your work.

I'm confident you'll figure out a way to get her bowsprit back to where it should be. She deserves it.

Very nice looking job.

Looking really sharp.

Those panels look like  dumbed down attempt at making it look like raised paneling. She likely had raised panels but that's not how they would have been done. I'd not put them in either. At least not like that. See Nenad's build log on how he did his on Cutty Sark. I'd try to emulate that and see what you can get. 

I could re read this thread over and over again. As your Naiad thread as well.

Glad you're making progress in the right direction. I bet it feels great.

Very nice little craft. Any pics of what she'll look like completed?

Those cuts are EXACTLY what I had in mind. Perfect. Just what I would have done. She's got to be the prettiest vessel of her type ever. An absolute gem of a ship.