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    I am really putting off starting the work boats! I know, I know, I'm a coward!!!! I worked on the davits first. There isn't a lot of...
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    J.S. Elcano Build Log 7 Painted the cleats and bollards black because a ship model that doesn't have any black seems like a toy...and...
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    AllanKP69 replied to the thread rope walk.
    The machine in the picture is not a rope walk. If you are looking to make rope, this will not do it, but if you are looking for...
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    Norway reacted to BradNSW's post in the thread Bomb Ketch Salamandre 1:48 with Like Like.
    PO Brutis showed the shipyard inspector how he plans to simulate the small nails on these below deck planks. Simple pin-pricks to...
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    From the book I mentioned details of bumpkins. The last picture is of the studing sail shown extended. I didnt do it this way as...
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    Norway reacted to RickNoyes's post in the thread Bumpkins with Like Like.
    sorry forgot the picture.
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    Norway reacted to alpayed's post in the thread Bumpkins with Like Like.
    The evidence of Endeavour carrying boomkins is here in Parkinson's sketch. Regards Allan Tyler. Although Karl and I agreed the boomkins...
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    Norway reacted to RickNoyes's post in the thread Bumpkins with Like Like.
    I added them on the Endevour I made soame years ago based onthe book anatomy of a ship Endevour. It really is a matter for you to add...
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    Norway reacted to bluenos2's post in the thread Bumpkins with Like Like.
    I hope my photos get through. This is the model built by Alan Tyler based on Marquards book. As you can see the cat heads appear to be...
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    BigBad replied to the thread Sail-making.
    YT, I said that I didn’t like the idea of just setting and blow drying the sails because I feel that they wouldn’t keep their shape but...
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    Maarten reacted to GrantTyler's post in the thread HMS Enterprise 1774 POF 1:48. with Love Love.
    Good morning my shipbuild friends from around the world. Time for a little detail. Treenails…. I don’t have a drawplate and after...
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    Beautiful work!! Love the dry dock dunnage/bracing you made! I served as the Dry Deck Dept Head on three 637s (Tunny, Cavala, and...
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    Maarten reacted to GrantTyler's post in the thread HMS Enterprise 1774 POF 1:48. with Love Love.
    Good morning everyone. Some more progress with my wales. I completed the cutting and making of the top butt pattern wales - Nailing...
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    Norway reacted to DARIVS ARCHITECTVS's post in the thread Sail-making with Like Like.
    I can help with that since I make 17th century models and the sails of that period were more billowed than the flatter, 19th century...
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    Norway reacted to John McQuaid's post in the thread Sail-making with Like Like.
    I am rebuilding a Swift pilot schooner, decided to add sails as part of the rebuild. I purchased a product recommended by a guy on utube...
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