HM Armed Cutter Alert (1777) - Vanguard Models - 1/64

Hello Smithy,
For some reason I have not been getting updates of your build even though I am following it. I just caught up and your work is looking great.

Bill
 
Bill-R said:
Hello Smithy,
For some reason I have not been getting updates of your build even though I am following it. I just caught up and your work is looking great.

Bill
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Well thanks Bill.

When I first came here I followed almost everything and got so many notifications that I’d often neglect to read the updates. As the novelty wore off I became a lot more selective. Subsequently, as my interest in the hobby declined, I’ve stopped automatically following/watching anything and simply glance at the What’s New tabs when it takes my fancy.

There really aren’t that many active threads here so there’s usually only a few posts of interest per day to glance at while sitting with my early morning tea. In a way, of course, I’m still following everything. :)
 
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Smithy said:
Did you enjoy those huge Dickensian sentences? One per photograph was the aim. The style of the next update may be Hemingway or possibly semi-literate millennial if I can manage that. :D
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Quite impressed with your huge Dickensian, and I’m sure you could absolutely pull off any of those, but I’d love to see what you could manage with Douglas Adams. ROTF
 
Smithy said:
to catch the wind (interesting phrase, someone should write a song about that - oh, they already did)
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Good thing Donavan ducked.
It could of been;
Boom!
There goes a noggin' clear Starboard
From the shoulders that it was once harbored,
From ill-fated luck
I didn't hear Duck
And my torso became outmaneuvered.
Tra-La
 
The Ships Cat said:
Good thing Donavan ducked.
It could of been;
Boom!
There goes a noggin' clear Starboard
From the shoulders that it was once harbored,
From ill-fated luck
I didn't hear Duck
And my torso became outmaneuvered.
Tra-La
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Did you just write that?

If you did then, “boom boom boom boom, I’m goanna shoot you right down.”

See what I did there and there?
 
I rigged the boom today. It was mostly easy. It had some tough parts. There are now many ropes in the way. It is hard for me to tell which ropes are in front and which ropes are behind. This makes my eyes go funny. I feel a bit sick. It is bad being sick in the eyes.

Making pictures is hard now. The new lines hide in the jungle of ropes. Today I made pictures only of the interesting parts .

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This is the rope system that pulls the boom up and down at the back of the boat. This part next to the mast stays at this level. It rests on the shelf on the mast. The rope goes out of the top of the picture and up to the masthead. Then the rope goes through a block . At last it goes back down to the far end of the boom. The boom is a long and heavy thing. The blocks in the photo make the men who pull on the rope three times stronger. This is the magic of the ropes.

I cheated. The block at the bottom should not be there. It should be out on the channel but that was too hard for me today. I do not feel guilty. No one will know. No-one will care.

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This tackle is used to hold the boom and sail against the force of the wind. It lets the helmsmen pull the boom in or let it go out to meet the wind in the best way.

Again I cheated. Today I could not fit a cleat. That was too hard for me. I made the rope's end go to an eyebolt. I do not feel guilty. People will only notice the coiled rope end. They will not know of the missing cleat.

I do not know if these things matter to me. Perhaps it matters to you when I cheat. You will judge me.

(with love for EH)
 
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The Ships Cat said:
It looks fantastic Smithy mate, extremely impressive.
And to be honest, no one would ever know of your "alternative embellishments" if you didn't keep telling everyone ;)ROTF
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That’s the point really, said Smithy, none of this matters. Here I am, brain the size of a planet, spending my valuable time building a boat that won’t float. The most intelligent being within thirty parsecs of me is me and still I have to put blocks together upside down and do request appearances. Really I don’t know why I bother….
 
Smithy said:
That’s the point really, said Smithy, none of this matters. Here I am, brain the size of a planet, spending my valuable time building a boat that won’t float. The most intelligent being within thirty parsecs of me is me and still I have to put blocks together upside down and do request appearances. Really I don’t know why I bother….
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He doesn't do requests, but he DOES do Douglas Adams ROTF
 
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