Jamie Fraser from Outlander series

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The shipyard was busy lately, sawing and installing more hull planking. Began the process of cutting out the gun deck gunports. Sawing through the ribs and squaring up the ports. That wood is plenty tough when you are doing it by hand, but it really improves the look quickly. You have to have a steady...

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Beautiful job, love bunnies. Bob

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When I'm not laying planks on the ship model, I'm whittling away on a bust my wife asked me to do. We have been watching the Netflix series "Outlander", based on the book of the same name by Diana Gabaldon, and she likes one of the main characters, Jamie Fraser, played by a Scottish actor...

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Doing some more work on the planking today. Getting to the nitty gritty of fitting the planks, shaping them in the bow round. Fun, fun, fun.

Bob

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As you well know, I have a passion for all things nautical, ships and the sea is my thing! This week-end I got to enjoy my passion, in spades. Our city hosted a Tall Ship festival, not the first but worthy of it's name. We had five Tall Ships visit us for the week-end, with music and dancing, plenty...

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Wow Joe, I remember that photo. It was taken in San Francisco back in the time of the Gold Rush. That barque in the front of the photo may well have been built up here along the Miramichi River. At that time, many shipyards here were turning out vessels for the gold fields and for troop transports...

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Wow, this is a great thread and discussion. Your question is one that I am asked a lot, the part about patience. I believe that wood carvers are a breed apart from ordinary folks. They are the ones that actually take the time to sit down and try! They experiment at first, to see what they can accomplish,...

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Donna, I did a class of grade 5's a couple of years ago, and had them all carve a "ladybug", simple and easy to do. They had a ball, and there were some amazing creations, some of which actually resembled a ladybug. I did have one dad call me to complain: He couldn't keep a bar of soap in...

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Wow Donna, that is fantastic. Great job.

Bob

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Cottonwood, that is a real masterpiece of carving. Congratulations!

Bob

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Wow, that is a beautiful piece, well done. Great design and well executed....

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Making good progress today, have been planking the interior bulkwarks on the upperdeck, and installing the cap rail. This makes the hull look lore like it's suppose to look. Plenty of small adjustments here and there, but over all, I'm quite happy with how she is beginning to look.

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The shipyard is still in operation and every day sees a little more progress. While this yard doesn't have mates running around lugging timbers for the ship, new timbers are continuously being made to feed the hull of the ship. Each has to be exactly the same thickness as the other and the same width....

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Another day and a little more progress in the shipyard. Getting the bow section almost complete in the planking. Lots more yet to plank, just takes time. I think of how the original ship was built and can understand why it took so long to build, but what a marvel of engineering, using just simple...

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Another day at the shipyard, cutting and shaping planks and installing them. Spent a lot of time last evening cutting up a Pear board on the big bandsaw and then cutting the strips into smaller strips/planks for the model. Do some, take a break, do some more and another break. Then on to the sander/planer,...

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Not a jinx at all Joe. It will take as long as it takes. Sorry I can't be more specific, but that's how it works. It will all depend on how much detail I put into her. For example, I have 6 years work into a model of HMS SHANNON (38) and I'm still not finished. This model is a smaller scale, 1:96...

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I had seen that video of the canoe being made. Great video, love the method. Had planned on making myself a sea kayak in the same method, but the accident in 1998 shelved that idea. Gave the book I had on how to do it, away, and the plans too. Even had a supply of Cedar all lined up, for free. ...

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Another day of cutting and shaping and installing planks. She is beginning to look like a ship should. Also took some time to cut up a board ( 1" thick x 10" wide x 48" long) into plank size, Swiss Pear, on my big band saw, and will have to plane them some for final cutting. Swiss...