themadchemist

I remember taking Home Ec to be in a class of all girls. Then the idea got out and ... well lets just say they had enough guys for a complete section.

Live and learn. At least I gathered some skills, if not dates

..and girls like guys with skills

Here's hoping a speedy recovery to the Mrs.

I completely understand the growing old together. This year is mom and pop's 56th anniv. and Tam and I celebrate 28 years married and april 16th was the anniversary of our first date 31 years ago, high school sweethearts. Its great to have your best friend as a spouse.

Nice even stitching, beautiful work on the sails and attachment.

Nice work!

Are those some kind of sanding blocks under the emory board? I find hand work relaxing. It takes alot of time but its rewarding when its finished and looks awesome, as yours do.

Since the subject of glue has come up.

I've been using Elmers WoodGlue Max. its waterproof and stainable. Interior or exterior.

I made deck stringers by laminating cherry veneer to basswood and then let it cure a couple days. I then soaked the piece for 10-15 minutes for shaping. I was worried it would de-laminate. It held fine.

Tthis glue is a light brown color and dries clear. I really like it so far.

Ive also found rubber band very useful. The big beefy one they strap around broccoli and asparagus at the store are great. I've also found that making a bunch of sizes of blocks and wedges out of balsa is another useful tool (balsa is great because it doesn't mark the wood as it is softer). You can use the block or wedge to direct the rubber bands force to just the spot needed.

Sometimes the rigging of a shaping or gluing clamp/band/tape down set up makes me understand why sailors were great physists. They really understood lever and pulley mechanics whether they knew it or not.

A single malt scotch flovered ice cream with maple and golden syrup ripple and malted milk ball pieces ice cream sundae? sign me up. 

I remember when I had the final breakthrough on my graduate research, my advisor, Joe, and I went for a single malt scotch. One of the good ones

Thanks Mario, No problem on the wait. Ive been devoting more time to the Swift ATM anyway. I still need to build the base for the peterboro and plan on doing that when I visit dads wood shop to cut some cherry for the Swift.

Keeping it a work HA HA HA HAHA AHAHAHAHAHhahahhahahhah

thats funny, you surf MSW and your students wonder why your laughing out loud.

I give you a week.

I can just hear you "Ok class, read chapters 30 to 50 and I'll be over here, if you need something  DONT BOTHER ME, Unless there's an exacto knive sticking out of my hand" 

sorry, you'll never live that one down. BTW you haven't mentioned recently, how is the hand doing. We do can about more then just the build.

HA, posting at the same time, but I beat you

I wonder how many times I've posted and 3 or 4 beat me to something. MSW requires you to be on your toes. Its amazing how receptive a community it is.

I know on my Swift there is no flat place on its deck. Its deck bows down toward the middle from the ends and then down from the center to the outer edge. Nice shape to flow the water off deck and out the scuppers. I'm not sure on the Corsair but imagine many decks are not flat.

Check the blueprint, that should of come with the kit, it should have a side profile and you can hold the ship up to it and check angles. Thats how I set the rake on my masts.

How about "Mooring the Yards, in Spring"

maybe that spring bit will help melt some snow!

I like that part of the design of the Syren. Its really looks like a cool kit to build. I've been eyeballing its pdf instructions on ME.

 I was lucky to get by with one block without it causing an unsquaring of the bulkheads. Most of the bend must have been between those 2 bulkheads in my case.

You may have the strength not to buy kits but does Sarah. If I recall she had 20 something on her wish list.

and Sarah put the Pug on Guard dog duty watching the HL and the chihuahua watching Jarero,

Its a funny thought, rather the fighting over who get the remote or the last brownie, it'll be who gets to build the next kit. First one done is a rotten egg, ready set go

Now I wanta see Daniel do decals for his ships, as if the ships weren't enough. I can see it now a decal 10 pixels by 50 pixels. You'd need a microscope to see it. BTW Daniel I have another bowl of ship planking fresh off the plane.

So which will arrive first the wood or the Syren. If the Syren beats the wood there may be 2 ships going. May be the long boat...

Reminds me of the Gas Chromatograph I rebuild in grad school. The manual was poorly translated japanese, sure make understanding thing difficult. Luckily there were pictures.

WOW, I had no idea the Fock was that large. I think Augies right though, if not a new house at least a new added on room/workshop. Just think you only have 90% of the instructions to translate...

Hope you hear news on parts soon.

Hello David

Glad to see your on your first build. Great to have a log to call your own isn't it? I see you everywhere on MSW.

On the bent keel. My old Swift kit was bent and either I didn't notice it or It bend after bulkhead attachment. Either way I righted it with one well placed block between 2 bulkheads. If the wetting and weighting/waiting doesnt work or the overbending like Augie suggested. My fix is in my log if you need a reference, of course the swift is much smaller.... but whatever the problem. It can be fixed.

Welcome to the Machine.

Nice yards. I like the wire idea, thats a real keeper of an idea.

On the older Swift the stern is quite different. On my kit there were no back bulkheads and the end of the keel was all I had.

Here are some pictures of the old kit solution I used.

Hey Brett

 Your rear bulkhead is quite different from the older swift. The bulkheads will need to be faired (beveled) so planks will lay flat. I know I've read that the laser burnt wood sometimes doesn't glue well so sanding it off may be a good thing. mine were press cut not lasered.

Here's a pic on fairing I cut from SIMPLE HULL PLANKING TECHNIQUES FOR BEGINNERS Written, illustrated & edited by: Dirk De Bakker (kelvin12) and Greg Brooker (gregb) With assistance from Dave Rogers (heliman41)

which is a planking PDF downloadable from MSW. Go here for lots of GREAT info: http://modelshipworldforum.com/ship-model-framing-and-planking-articles.php

You may have to putty those back bulkheads, but i'd probably try putting balsa in them but thats just me.

Here's my concerns.

So is under that panel where the captain keeps his stash of rum?

Nice work CaptainSteve, it is always sad when the layers cover beautiful detail, but thats why having a build log is nice. You could also put a photo album together to have with it displayed showing the build.

When I was at Schwans Ice Cream we had a Maple Walnut Ice Cream. I love real maple syrup our local university actually has a 1 day class in the spring. At the end you've seen the whole process of tapping collecting then cooking it down to syrup. You get a jar at the end. 

Maple syrup is actually high in minerals especially manganese and would be good for the immune system and healing.

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=115

Thanks for the answers. I just love details and your Vickys a great tutor. It really makes one appreciate the job of being the Bosun of the Vicky.

Looking at a good broadside view makes me glad I bought the cherry and am converting the Swift to the cherry over walnut. I really like the ebony against the cherry I may use that on the Swift also. She looks great, can't wait to see the verticals on her.