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I'm beside myself. I surely thought I had begun a build log for my open ocean diorama of the clipper Donald McKay. She was the last *Extreme* clipper build by shipwright Donald McKay. Like most of my builds, I prefer to display my models in some action or mounting that represents an...

15 years of research and 2 years of construction on Donald McKay's last medium clipper 1869.

Picking up on this build I have been working for nearly a year, that worldwide friends and I have been working with Michael Mjelde who has written several books on the subject and has chronicalled her for over 45 yuears. A bulkhead drawing was created and I POB'd this build. All we had was...

Before I found this particular build site I had already begun my scratch build of Donald McKay's last clipper. I will be entering this log during the rigging and sail installation. I will, when applicable, add images of her as she was being built. One key note to this build: I had the great...

I'm entering this log long after I have laid the keel....and am entering the sail install. I do apologize. I will refer back to other build aspects as I progress. This last week I set the mizzen mast. This build has taken me down another math of construction I have never traveled. I rigged...

Hello..being a Denturist and dental lab owner.....I use lots of dental tools in my model building. Like hand pieces...lathes....vacuum formers, a plethera of hand tools...etc. Ie..putty's, silicone, dental, wax's/stones. Does anyone else use dental tools in building your models? Rob

I just joined this forum and am quite pleased with the level of modeling found here. I have been building kits and scratch building for over 40 years..and am excited to see what you are all doing..along with posting my own build logs. I'm currently modifying the 1/96 Cutty Sark hull into the...