Black Pearl 2021 Golden Version

Peter Gutterman · Apr 30, 2025

Wow! She's coming down to the finish line nicely. Great work! Thumbsup

CaptainJ · May 19, 2025

Yards going up. In uncharted waters but navigating through. Were closer to the finish than the beginning. Still some way to go. But I'm happy with the progress.

Kurt Konrath · May 20, 2025

Looking great on the workbench, will you display in case or sit on open display.

CaptainJ · May 20, 2025

Kurt Konrath said:
Looking great on the workbench, will you display in case or sit on open display.

I think I will take a shot at building a case. I thought about a mirror back on the case so you can see both sides. Any thoughts?

CaptainJ · Saturday at 10:26 PM

Wow I feel close. This has been a great experience so far. I am going to finish it, not perfect or even close. It's like a car going 60 mph on the freeway, looks pretty good. But the first one is getting done. Working on sails and some dying stuff. The detail rigging is hard to get pics of. Finish line to come.

Kurt Konrath · Saturday at 10:37 PM

Looks great, are you planning on dying the sails to a darker color, and what do you plan to use if so.

Swiftie · Sunday at 7:37 AM

Really great job

Peter Gutterman · Sunday at 9:48 PM

Looking great! Thumbsup

CaptainJ · Monday at 12:28 PM

Kurt Konrath said:
Looks great, are you planning on dying the sails to a darker color, and what do you plan to use

CaptainJ · Monday at 12:35 PM

Yes I am. Here is what I'm using. I did a couple of samples. Going for dark as I can get. Black pearl you know. I thought I would sew first so I can see the material better. It's a little harder when you haven't done it before. The samples I did seem to be going for the color I'm looking for. After I get the sails sewed I plan on dying them all at once and try to keep the color uniform.

Kurt Konrath · Monday at 1:43 PM

Sounds like a great plan!