HMS Beagle by usedtosail - OcCre - 1:60

[Mowzer]

You've made a beautiful job of that pinrail, you'll be glad of all those pins later on.  To be fair, when the rest of the deck parts and rigging are in place- it's quite hard to see that rail.  However, with only the recommended 6 belaying pins, my Beagle's "Captain's Choice" ended up being fixing the ropes wherever he could find a fixing, and maybe just glueing some excess ropes onto the belaying pins. 

I took a photo which was intended to show that you can't really see that pinrail once you've added the mast and sails, but, in fact, a bit of macro photography with a flash clearly shows my Captain's Bodge Choice of CA glue- along with the remaining fuzz on the Occre ropes (which beeswax didn't fully resolve) and an unexpected number of cat hairs on board too. 

[Mowzer]

In my defence, I think this next photo puts the pinrail more into context (ie it can't really be seen).  I still wish I'd been able to belay all my ropes properly though. I'll keep avidly following your build log here, so I can see how it should have been done. Still more work to do on mine, however. 

 

 

[RossR]

I was just looking at my Beagle, and with the boat mounted on the deck you can barely see the windlass.  Your work looks so good you may want to consider not mounting the boat so you can see the other features better.  

[Tomculb]

Tom, you're doing great work on your Beagle. I have bookmarked your build log. Beagle has been in my "I wanna build it someday" category for some time now, but probably a year or two away at best.  I'm just finishing OcCre's Endurance, and as I did with that build, I would want to kit bash a Beagle build enough that it doesn't look like, and is more accurate than, a typical OcCre kit. My next build is Vanguard's Grecian Baltimore clipper, and I may try to talk Chris into putting out a Vanguard kit for Beagle. I might even offer to buy your AOS book when you're finished, but to be honest, if I got a similar request I'd probably be inclined to say "I'm not interested in selling." 

In any event, I hope you enjoy your Beagle as much as I have enjoyed my Endurance.