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Thanks. The larger the scale, and the closer to actual construction techniques and materials you get, the easier it is to get that effect. It's handy that the plan shows a retractable bowsprit. This makes it easier to build it removable . That is important as it sticks out very...

I'm four months into this build, making exceptional progress for This kind of work I have the bulwarks in position , and got the scuppers in quire satisfactorily. I have some leftover mahogany I can use for the railing, that should really pop. Below are the chain plates , that will...

Last night I masked the bulwark posts , the transom, bow post , control line tubes , and upper hull. This morning I sprayed the deck with several coats of a clear satin finish , sanding in between. The aspen deck sanded in a much more civilized manner after a couple coats of clear finish...

My last effort had a removable extension for the rudder . This rudder has about 160% the effective surface of the one in the scale plans . I will evaluate it's sailing , many Model sailboats are ridiculously manouverable. Necessary, if one has limited sailing area , I'll sail...

The plan was for this to be a getaway, and for us to split our time between our farm, and hour away, and the lake. My Wife had to relocate to Texas to care for her folks, and we got a place there. We have both retired since then . It seems we are living primarily at the lake house...

The previous post had photos of the progress with the deck some scratch built pulleys , and a photo showing off some of the fancy carpentry On the deck planks around the support posts for the Bullwarks. At the bottom is a file showing the sailing room on white oak creek bay of...

Much of the work is being done on my dad's old workbench . My grandfather was a Chicago area patent lawyer, and liked to buy top end stuff from firms he represented. I have been building stuff on this bench since the 1960's.

Here are the deck beams , cut out of plaster lath removed from the farmhouse's kitchen years ago. This gives you an idea of the size of the model. The extra wide , extra deep hollow keel has lead chunks cut from a scuba diving weight belt weights. Some old automotive wheel weights. And...

As promised , here are more progress photos . In this first photo I'm attaching the first plank on each side , my bulkheads, frames , or whatever were a bit wonky , due to errors in transferring the shape from the plans , errors introduced adjusting the shapes to accommodate the fatter and...

I have some narrow gauge trains rolling in Texas. But when in TN. I'm mainly at the lake; and I don't have dedicated space for a layout there yet. I figured my project this summer would be to work on an R/C sailboat. My last two efforts were home designed; and both had insufficient...

The pelican was unstable, and it's displacement would not support a heavier keel, so it is on the mantle at the lake house. I have started a narrow gauge train layout in Texas, but have no space at the lake yet . Have started a sailboat built with a hull that is much wider , and deeper...

I kit bashed a station , using parts of two of those stations , to make a station , and company headquarters for a layout I built when I was in high school in the early 1970s. I think I still have the box one of the kits came in. I looked in my bungalow workshop, and it's not there. I will be...

Slow going , Have been insulating and sheetrocking the workshop/railroad room mat my Texas winter residence, soon, I will make my anual pilgrimage to Tennessee. The benchwork for the narrow gauge is sheet rocked as well for neatness. Likely painting the room will have to wait till I...

craftsman kits , or kitbashes. The RTR stuff available at times, from Backstone are pricy; and they are having issues with their Chinese builder.

Worked today on profile boards , to begin the land forms on the gorge east of Bugtussel. Experimenting with building placement. The two story blue building is a stand in, it belongs in Bumpass The entire east wall is insulated . , And sheetrocked . Still need to md the joints...

I've got the east wall insulated., and hopefully can get the Sheetrock up on the east wall. Ans D above the windows on the north wall. Need more insulation to do the south Have the subroadbed in for the bottom of the switch back and the siding for a mine. Am planning on yet another...

where were you in Mississippi? I'm from Meridian originally. Moved away when I was 3, but my folks moved back when I was in college. My sisters and I sold my dad's tree farm just this year.