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Great work Elijah. She looks great so far. I look forward to watching your progress right to the end.

She's sure looking ship shape Tom. Wonderful work.

She looks great Bruce. I'm reading the book Valliant Ambition by Nathaniel Philbrook right now and it talks about the gunboats on Lake Champlain and Lake George and goes into pretty good detail. Reading the book had me thinking about building the Philadelphia and now that I am watching your build come together I plan to order the kit.

Welcome aboard Eric. This is a great place to make friends and learn from people who are willing to go out of their way to help. By the way, I'm just up I-5 in Bremerton.

6 hours ago, Elijah said:

She looks nice! Good work! Is the waterway laser cut?

Thanks Elijah. Yes it's laser cut. It's a really nice kit and goes together well so far.

10 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Looking really great Al.  Love your guitar too by the way, it's a real beauty.  You're very talented!

Thanks Mike, it feels really good to be back at it. I didn't realize how much I missed it. It's also great to be spending more time here with my friends.

Looks like I'm late to the show as usual but what a beautiful build Bob.

I have been trying to keep up with everybody's builds but I have not worked on mine for quite some time. Between family issues and getting my guitar done the shipyard has been neglected. Well not any more. I'm back at my Glad Tidings and have been working on the deck. It's going pretty smoothly and is looking ok. I painted the hull green but I think I have changed my mind and will go with the yellow hull like the original. The other builds I have seen sure look nice in yellow. I should be spending some good time at the workbench and will do my best to keep my log up to date. 

She's looking really nice. That sure is a long bow sprit.

Welcome aboard. You will find some great people here that are very willing to help. I have made some good friends and expect you will too.

That sure is a beautiful model.

Those are nice looking barrels. What are they about 4 inches long? Your frames look great. That's going to to be one heck of a model.

You do raise the bar Ken. Great work.

They look to have plenty of detail to my eye Chuck. They are beautiful. 

Modelers art at its best Ed. Thank you for sharing your build.

She sure is a beauty Ken.

I agree with the higher water line. It does look better to the eye. The green patina looks great too. I hope when I get to the point of plating a hull I can replicate that look. I'm looking forward to seeing your progress and learning from it.

Great work Chuck. I assume those are the weathering powders used by armor modelers. They has bunches of colors.

Wow Jesse, that's a great looking boat.

I finally get a front row seat. I'll get the popcorn going. Enjoy the build.

Wow Mike, the ebony work looks great. She coming along really nicely. 

It has a real period look. I like it just as is.

That is way cool Chuck.

Welcome to MSW. It will be a fun project. With any luck it will spark an interest in the hobby. You might find it a relaxing and rewarding pursuit. 

Very nice Ken.