I am sure she will manage the cannons, but...I'd like to express my gratitude to her and thousands of others in uniform for their service! Also, for you as the fathers!Thanks Paul, I appreciate that but let's see how she does with the cannons first (joking).
Hi Paul, good on you for trying, I’ve not tried myself, always thought that it looked too difficult.I monkied around with some decorations. 1st method used for starboard was okay, port side method was much better. I didn't trim the wood first. I cut the pattern but left the delicate parts connected to the wood until I was finished. My youngest recommended gold so I went with it. Definitely need to invest in small wood working tools for my next boat.
Nice workaround with the paint work. There is an old saying in construction that a good painter can make a finish carpenter out of anyone. And with paint you can do that twice which you cannot redo if you cut it too short the first time. "I cut the board twice but it is still too short." Rich (PT-2)I ended up painting the window pains occre, I was too lazy to go get some blue paint so I talked myself into using the same color that was going to be used later on. I put aluminum foil to represent the windows.
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Hi Paul, Looks like it’s coming together pretty quickly. You must be spending quite a bit of time on it, haven’t you got a lawn to mow.I actually looked at the blueprints tonight. Found out that I had overlooked 4 sheaves and 2 chess trees. I should probably look at the blueprints more often...........
I'm going to start squaring up the oar ports and the inboard bulwarks next.
Paul,Hi Paul,
Nice detailing. Quarter deck looks really sharp.
In looking at these recent pictures I'm wondering what you think of the size/scale of the capstan?