Looking really nice, Aaron!

Some very intricate and detailed work Aaron. Admire your patience and your eyesight.

I'll do some final profiling before I call it good but I have me a false stem fashioned and attached. I used some apoxie sculpt to get a nice fit and also wood glue for securement.  I think its a bit bulky but I'll take it, My breast hook wasn't fitting great so I used the original for a pattern and just enlarged the size. I finished shaping it this evening.

 

 

 

 

Awesome Aaron; steady as she goes.

Notched out the top of the frames for frame head irons. Not sure what I will use yet for material, but I'll find something. Some decent reference was found in the Dory book. 

I thought it was a good time to apply a thin coat of primer.

 

 

54 minutes ago, aaronc said:

Notched out the top of the frames for frame head irons. Not sure what I will use yet for material, but I'll find something. Some decent reference was found in the Dory book. 

I thought it was a good time to apply a thin coat of primer.

 

 

 

That is looking awesome!

 

Hey, we've got those same bowls Boat looks awesome.

5 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

 

Hey, we've got those same bowls Boat looks awesome.

 

 

Thanks, I'm a paper plate man around the house about 99% of the time 😁

 

 

 

While I had some staining going this evening I hit my oars for some color. I had rounded out the handle end a little yesterday with a needle file for final shaping. Topped them off with some home brew finish. 

 

 

 

I've been working on color on the inside of the boat. I used a variety of stains. They are a little more shiny than I like but have been working on trying to dry that up a bit with turpentine and sunlight today. I'll be giving it it's first coat of oil paint hopefully one day this week. As per previous posts I'm making a shelf to for it to ride on to hang in my shop. I did a little mock up while ago of what I have going. My base is now stained, I'm going to attach it to the shelf at some point. The cradles I plan to make out of bone or antler using the kit cradles for a pattern.

A real fooler. It could easily be mistaken for a full scale build with a bit of photography illusion.

8 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

A real fooler. It could easily be mistaken for a full scale build with a bit of photography illusion.

Thanks, ,,,,,,,I guess that is a good thing 😄

cool!!!!

Glad to see you post Mike. I hadn't seen you for some time.

10 hours ago, DRAGON1 said:

cool!!!!

5 hours ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

Glad to see you post Mike. I hadn't seen you for some time.

What Fred said. Good to have you back Mike. Hope all is well.