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  1. alde
    Nice progress Mick. She looks fantastic.
  2. alde
    Hey Bob, She looks great. I finally got my Halifax kit today and if it comes out half as nice as yours I would be thrilled. I got the full kit with cut frames in pear. It looks like a really nice kit.
  3. alde
    Wow Bob, she looks amazing.
  4. alde
    Your off to a great start. She looks really nice.
  5. alde
    Your sure making some progress. She looks great.
  6. alde
    That's a beautiful model. I enjoyed your build log.
  7. alde
    Bob, you continue to be an inspiration. My Halifax kit is supposed to ship late this week or early next. He said it was delayed because the laser cutter guy had to upgrade his machine or something and his thickness sander was down. I'm going to have to go through your posts word for word before I start it.
  8. alde
    Good plan. I looking forward to see how you do this.
  9. alde
    Frames look nice so far. Sometimes I think our primary hobby is sanding with a little ship modeling thrown in now and then.
  10. alde
    I have the Pinnace kit in the closet. I may wait until I scratch build a POF 74 gun Ship of the Line first for practice though.
  11. alde
    Thanks Steve. It seems like a lot of these things are little life lessons. I just have to remember it's a hobby and nobody depends on me getting it done at any certain time and all the parts can be remade. It's just more practice.
  12. alde
    Now that's funny. It was easier in some ways.
  13. alde
    One thing this little boat has taught me is to know when to walk away for the day. I spent more than 2 hours edge bending, shaping and trimming a single plank. I was getting to the point where it would just sit in place the whole length. I was trying to tweek the bend at the bow to lay into the rabbit nicely and the front half inch snapped off. Oh well, it will be there tomorrow
  14. alde
    That looks mighty fine.
  15. alde
    Nice progress so far. For a flat glueing surface I went to Lowes and picked up a 12" × 12" black marble tile. It's dead flat and less fragile than glass.
  16. alde
    I'm sure the kits are put together per order and not on the shelf. I'm in no hurry. I'm not really ready for it anyway. My skills are not quite there yet.
  17. alde
    I'll try not to disappoint. How long did it take Lumberyard to ship yours? I haven't heard anything since I paid 2 weeks ago. He did mention that he was waiting to finish getting his thickness sander rebuilt.
  18. alde
    She's coming together beautifully Bob. If mine goes half as well as yours I'll be thrilled.
  19. alde
    Nice clean work. She looks great.
  20. alde
    Great way of making the ladder rungs. I love to learn how people come up with ways to use their tools.
  21. alde
    Pretty darn amazing.
  22. alde
    Very nice. Now the fun begins.
  23. alde
    I love Hawaiian Koa. I used it for the binding on my acoustic guitar build. (See thread in my signature)
  24. alde
    Yep, I'm retired but I don't seem to get as much time working on my models as I would like. I'll keep an eye on the evenness of both sides and try to keep it as even as I can. I wish I had narrowed those second from the bottom plank's a bit more up forward but I'll make up for it as I go.
  25. alde
    Thank you. Will do. The planking fan sure makes it easy.

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