A big shame about losing all the build logs. Can't do much but start a new log and help rebuild the community This new website seems to have lots of cool features though.
I have been working on my Badger, my first wooden ship model, since November 2008. It's been a lot of off and on time, with the birth of my daughter, various honey-dos from the Admiral and other hobbies. I'm on the home stretch, with the standing rigging almost completed. Next up will be adding furled sails
Well I had a little time the last few days, so thought I would ease back into the build by building the anchor buoys. Let's just say they took me probably four or five times longer than I thought they would I have to clean them up a bit, but here they are. I was fairly pleased for the first attempt at making them.
To build the buoy, most people I see use wooden dowels. I started down that road, but ended up switching the black sculpey clay. I used that clay earlier on the build for t