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  1. Sailor1234567890
    Awesome. She's a beautiful little ship.
  2. Sailor1234567890
    Like I said, still looking forward to seeing how the freeing ports are done. I see how you've started them. Looking great. Keep us up to date on her. Can' t get enough.
  3. Sailor1234567890
    Never fails to amaze me what you've got going on here.
  4. Sailor1234567890
    Awesome.
  5. Sailor1234567890
    Understood on the little detail provided on her which is why I figured any 10 gun cutter could be bashed into a Witch of Endor and nobody would be the wiser. Thanks for the pointers guys. I'll keep an eye out for those kits.
  6. Sailor1234567890
    Looking great. My son saw my model of Cutty Sark on the mantle piece and told me he'd like to build a model some day as well. Proud moment.
  7. Sailor1234567890
    I have absolutely no intention of ever building such a model. I agree it would only make sense if one were to display the insides of the ship. I was simply raising it as an interesting discussion point. FYI Cutty Sark's hull was built of teak. ALL teak. Her frames were iron of course but all of her single thickness of planking was teak. Her keel was American Rock Elm. (Replaced in part under the Portuguese as recent research has shown us). I understand about galvanic action and the corrosive action of a metal ship in seawater. I do however think the composite hull an incredibly ingenious use of the materials available to the shipbuilder of the time. A bending of the material to the builder's mind in that he thought outside the box in order to overcome a set of problems. In great engineering fashion, he came up with a solution that works.
  8. Sailor1234567890
    I have always admired those boats. They are pure beauty under sail. Way too big to be of any practical value other than racing machine but incredibly beautiful none the less.
  9. Sailor1234567890
    Simply amazing. Keep it up so the rest of us mere mortals can gawk appropriately.
  10. Sailor1234567890
    Very interesting. I look forward to seeing more on the steam portion of the build. I think steam is one of the ways to generate power. Next to sails of course.
  11. Sailor1234567890
    A good FG job does make the grain pop. Just make sure to get it covered with varnish asap. Otherwise, you end up with a milky white look to it. Not so nice. Beautiful hull by the way.
  12. Sailor1234567890
    Does anyone use scrapers instead of sandpaper? Or are models too small to allow that? A small card scraper should take that glue off with much less effort and dust than sandpaper I would have thought.
  13. Sailor1234567890
    See? That wasn't so bad was it?
  14. Sailor1234567890
    Couldn't have chosen a straight back could you? lol
  15. Sailor1234567890
    Thanks. Trying to find a 10 gun british cutter kit for beginners to bash into Hornblower's Witch of Endor. No luck so far. Don't know enough about what's available. I'll keep following your build though. I find these builds incredibly interesting.
  16. Sailor1234567890
    Awesome. She's a pretty little craft.
  17. Sailor1234567890
    Impressive. Her widow maker is indeed one heck of a long nose pole isn't it? Over hatted much? you're doing a great job of her.
  18. Sailor1234567890
    I was at the hobby shop here the other day. I saw two boxes with swift in them. Same scale, same text, same pictures. Different sized boxes though. Same scale as well. Not sure why one was significantly bigger than the other box. Looking good so far. Keep it up.
  19. Sailor1234567890
    Nobody knows of a good early 19th century 10 gun cutter kit for a beginner?
  20. Sailor1234567890
    I've been wondering how you'd make those freeing ports. Look forward to seeing them.
  21. Sailor1234567890
    Just looking. Love the work. She's a beaut.
  22. Sailor1234567890
    Cool. I like that hull so far.
  23. Sailor1234567890
    How many guns is she?
  24. Sailor1234567890
    Nice little boat. This one will be nice as well I'm sure. Keep us up to date on your progress.
  25. Sailor1234567890
    Probably best I guess. I probably would have had a difficult time restraining.

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