USS Tennessee 1869 by Keith Black - scale 1:120 - Wood Hull Screw Frigate - ex Madawaska 1865

[Rick310]

Beautiful result Keith!!

Rick

[Keith Black]

 Thank you to all for the comments and likes.

 

 Tom, the 6X glasses make a huge difference. 

 

 The starboard side ratlines are woven in.

 

 

 Next up is CAing the main's main yard in place and then running the  rigging. Before I'm able to run the main yard braces I need to place what figures will be going on the flying bridge. Once the main is completed I need to strop the deadeyes for the fore's lower shrouds.  It's going to be awhile before I can get to those lower shrouds. 

 

 and thank you to everyone for following along,

 

  Keith

[tmj]

Very nice, indeed!

[Rick310]

Keith, truly magnificent!!

Rick

[BANYAN]

Niiiice!!!  That 'rattlin' looks great Keith

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Javelin]

Great job on those ratlines Keith. You're getting there, piece by piece. 

[KeithAug]

Keith - As they say "there is many a good tune played on an old fiddle" your rigging skills are exemplary.

Edited July 6 by KeithAug

[FriedClams]

Sweet work, Keith.  Thanks for the tutorial - it certainly produces an excellent result.

 

Gary

[Jay 1]

Excellent work, Keith! 

 

Cheers,

Jay

[Keith Black]

 Tom@tmj, Rick@Rick310, Pat@BANYAN, Roel@Javelin, Keith@KeithAug, Gary @FriedClams, and Jay @Jay 1, thank you for your kind comments.

 

 Current work is painting the figures to be placed in those areas that will no longer be accessible once the main's main yard is in place and the brace lines run.

 

 Ole Bob' was recently found redundant with the addition of the Shapeways figures. I found a special place for him in my glassed bookcase as we fought a lot of sizing battles together over the years. I miss ole Bob.  

 

 

 Thank you to all for the comments, the likes, and for following along.

 

  Keith

[KeithAug]

43 minutes ago, Keith Black said:

I miss ole Bob. 

I hope Bob has a long and rewarding retirement. Does he have a bucket list? Maybe he would like a world cruise or a trip across the   Great Lakes and down the St Lawrence to the sea. Does he have a canoe?

[Keith Black]

8 minutes ago, KeithAug said:

I hope Bob has a long and rewarding retirement. Does he have a bucket list? Maybe he would like a world cruise or a trip across the   Great Lakes and down the St Lawrence to the sea. Does he have a canoe?

 I think he wants to try getting a job on some kind of a barge? At least that's what he told me. I tried getting more details but he just stared at me with that wooden expression of his.   

[tmj]

 Bob noticed that I was following this log. He sent me a message!

 

Bob told me about your thinking he might want a job on a barge... something he said in reference to barges, but he was actually only repeating something that someone else had said to him. He didn't want to hurt your feelings, nor did he know exactly how to respond. That wooden expression was just a pause, in confusion, while mentally searching for something proper to say. He told me that for decades he had navigated familiar waters, his hands as steady as the currents that he had once mastered. Now, with retirement looming and certain 'drudgery' weighing heavy on his soul, he was feeling restless and not ready to be put on the proverbial ol' shelf, nor interested in the lackluster opportunities afforded via a mundane job on a barge. Bob told me that his mind had begun to wander back to tall tales that he had often heard from seagoing sailors. Tales of exotic ports, uncharted islands and the vast expanse of an open sea. He told me that his heart was aching for one last, 'GREAT' adventure before finally hanging it up and considering a barge. I think Bob is looking for a seagoing ship to sail upon...            

 

 

[Keith Black]

8 minutes ago, tmj said:

I think Bob is looking for a seagoing ship to sail upon... 

 Tom, I know ole Bob lots better that you. Bob's full of beans!

[KeithAug]

Ole Bob seems to be on the brink of taking over a certain build log and becoming a valued mentor for a lot of builders. Go go Bob.

[tmj]

20 hours ago, Keith Black said:

 Tom, I know ole Bob lots better that you. Bob's full of beans!

Hmm? Perhaps it was a 'different' Bob who messaged me, and I confused him with 'your' Bob!