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As I have been working, and doing this hobby I noticed I was reading a bit about ships. Not the war ships, but more about merchant ships, yachts, and such. Indeed, maybe because I served on warships, or that I am not a fan of gun ports and painting everything; but, I found myself not enjoying...

We are going to Quebec for our summer vacation this year, I think the admiral picked as a Korean drama she watched filmed many scenes in Quebec. We will be there for a bit over a week. Any recommendations? Anyone there what to say hello too?

Why I Chose the Bluenose My first introduction to the Bluenose was from Frank Mastini's book (Ship Modeling Simplified). To me, the ship had great lines and I really like the look of the rigging. In addition, having built 2 ships of war, and one currently being built, oddly I found myself...

Anyone else only have one eye, or like me have diabetic eye palsy so have to cover one eye (else I see double). Depth perception is an issue; however, for some reason I have been staying away from CT on this build, so no issues with CT everywhere. Also, cannot work as long as my good eye likes...

I have been reading though Harold Underhill (Plank On Frame Models), and was wondering if anyone ever build the Leon based on his book?

Maybe this is the old sailor in me, but can the ratings be changed to anything but a BM (well, a working rating not a YN or ST)? I mean no offense to BMs (maybe a little) or to seaman strikers, but I was a MM and a fireman before I made it up the the most petty of officers. It would be nice to...

I started this build in August of 2017 and had a build log on Blogger, but the app I used no longer works so I am transferring the log here--plus seems like a nice community:). I have a few post to catch up with, so I will add a post or two a day until I catch up. I lost some pics of my phone...

As my son no spends more time reading car magazines then legos, I have acquired some of his legos for use. Recenlty I used some to make a watereline marking jig for my Hermione La Fayette build. Used some wire to hold the pencil tight, the nubs in the legos held the pencil nice and square.