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Any progress? I think I've settled on this kit as well for my first foray into wooden ships. I want to bash her into Hornblower's Witch of Endor. Shouldn't be too hard since there really is very little detail about her in the book other than the fact that she's a 10 gun cutter.

Adam!!!! Noooo.. Sell? Really? I haven't sailed her yet. And I found her for you, whatever Pauline may say. When will you sell? Any chance of sailing her when I'm there feb-may this year?

Daniel

Are the lengths of your planks close to scale? they seem close but maybe a bit shorter?

Awesome. She's looking just stupendous.

Maybe Scottish Maid is not the best kit for a first build then…… 

"Marking where the planking strips will go" is properly called "lining off". It's an art form to a certain extent. Takes a keen eye to get it right. Clinker or lapstrake is even more difficult to get right than carvel because the planks are so much more prominent.  Great to practice on the inside layer. You'll have some experience with doing it and an idea of how the planks will react to the bends asked of them as you line off the second layer. Looking good. Thinking long and hard about this kit as a first wood build. You say the instructions are vague though…….

Looks good to me.

Is she double planked or single?

Beautiful work.

I see. i like that.

Still intrigued with the short planks. Should turn out fine though.

I think HMY Britannia was one of the prettiest single stickers ever. The king was an avid racer. She truly was a masterpiece yacht. Of all that type of boat, she's the one I'd want to build. 

Beautiful job there. Looking great.

Well professional or not, your work is awe inspiring. I look forward to seeing more of your work. 

Any wide views of the model lately? 

The planking looks great so far.

Guess we'll have to wait a bit more then. No chance of examining any boom structures while you're away this time is there? Or would they even be applicable to your build?

She's looking good. I see what appear to be two sets of boat chalks. One over the forward house, one over the after house…… Are there two sets or is one something else?

Interesting. I never would have guessed a curve….

I wonder if the methods of lashing the sheer poles changed over the years as other aspects of a ship's rigging changed...

I can'g believe anyone has the space or the time to do this size of a project. Do you do this professionally? WOW. This is truly a work of art. 

Looking great Nenad.

Popeye, stairs are an art. Once upon a time, the house carpenter had the stair builder come in to build and install stairs. They are tricky. Weird angles, they need to have a rise of just the right size of the feel of them will be off. If they curve or are angled, they need even more attention. My dad has built a number of staircases and he's just starting to get good at building them straight. A curved or angled staircase…… I wouldn't even attempt it. Modern ones are prefab and cut to fit the space after the prefab unit arrives. No more art to it. Not like our modelling craft here. There's art to what we do here. 

Back to Cutty Sark, sorry.

This is a beautiful build. 

WOW. a 1:48 HMS Victory. Awesome work. In the full scale boatbuilding threads I usually follow and contribute to, we have a "Standard reference for scale". It is known to many as a "beer bottle".  Gives us a good idea of the scale of things we're seeing in a picture. Maybe some scale reference would be nice to see how big she really is. Great work. Look forward to seeing her progress. 

I had never considered the round gun ports in the forecastles and stern castles of those ships. Paintings were not really to scale. Seeing the inside of your forecastle, I see that they are smaller guns, mounted on a shelf about waist height. Is that the case or am I seeing this wrong? The work looks great. Interesting to learn about new things and ships from those times are new to me. Cheers,

Daniel