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Your a true craftsman your work is just stunning  “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
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Beautiful work willz.
John
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Thanks lads much appreciated Whilst doing the stern I've been working on the barge, bit here bit there, so here`s an update on the progress, at the mo putting in the oar hole supports, I do these one at a time and let them dry before I cut them down and sand, this method is slow but gives you more control over the positioning of these tiny bliters willz attached the following image(s):
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TERRIFIC!! you are a craftsman  All the best Mike MWG BUILD DIARIES: HMS VICTORY, SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, SAN FRANCISCO II, HMS HOOD, HMS ENDEAVOUR LONGBOAT, HMS VICTORY X-SECTION, 007 DB5, NISSAN GTR, CUTTY SARK, RB7, AKAGI, BARK HMS ENDEAVOUR, HUMMER H1, MITSUBISHI ZERO.
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Truly sublime modelling skills on show here Willie and I love watching you work - fantastic stuff sir, we are lucky indeed to have such a talent as yours on this forum and it is very much appreciated!!  
Well done!! 
Kev
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Cheers for the comments lads,. OK jumped onto the sterns coat of arms (seem to be doing a lot of hopping about at the moment) must say I'm not happy with it at this stage, thought it would be easier the second time round, the problem lies in the smaller scale? although its not that much smaller it is certainly pushing the limits of my experience, I'm happy with the prince of Whales feathers which is the main eye catcher so if I can get the rest of it to a reasonable quality it will have to do, anyhow heres a pic and as you can see still lots of work to do willz attached the following image(s):
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Have you tried using a microscope?
Amazing work.
John
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Hi willz Amazing detail,you must have lots of patience and a steady hand Regards Taz “Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
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Beautiful work there Willz. Absolutely beautiful. Rgds, Hans
"It's okay to make mistakes. mistakes are our teachers - they help us to to learn, even if it is painfully"
Current Build:
Endeavour Cross section,D51
Completed: HMS Victory
Under the bench: Endeavour x 2,Sovereign of the Seas, Akagi and The Black Pearl!HMS Victory Cross Section
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dandilion and burdock, The tiny little things that keep the oars in place  Fantastic build by the way Roger the Cabin Boy
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Hi Wilz You are doing a fantastic job on your build the Victory, love the way you have worked out the stearn windows.
Regards Lawrence
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Some unbelievable craftsmanship there Willz Regards Alan England expects that every man will do his duty.
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Hi Willz, would be interested to know what kind of tools you use to create such stunning artistic work..... simply beautiful.... Regards Alan
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Thanks for the comments lads, much appreciated. OK , the tools I use for carving, first of all I would like to point out that I am a complete novice at carving and my original over scale Victory stern emblem was the first thing I ever carved, so over the next day or so I will print a tutorial on how I tackled the dagger that is to the left of the prince of Whales feathers, and for now heres a pic of the tools I will use in that process willz attached the following image(s):
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WOW Willz, If you're a complete novice, you should take it up professionally, just think what you could do at a larger scale.  As for the tools, I expected something more elaborate, and you even had time to clean your teeth Great stuff. Regards Alan England expects that every man will do his duty.
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NOVICE  thats stunning work for somebody with experience Looking forward to the tutorial “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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OK lads on with the tutorial. First I drew the dagger where it lives on the piece, no need to be flamboyant just a rough sketch, then very lightly I go round it with an ordinary stanley blade slightly oversize, this is done very lightly and repeated till I get the depth required, only put slight pressure on the blade. The next stage still with the stanley blade I scrape away the material from the corners outwards willz attached the following image(s):
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The next process is to get the shape a little nearer, the finger guard on this dagger has a snake like curve (just to make it easier) so to achieve this I first cut a z shape using a safety razor these are thinner and sharper than stanley blades, so less chance of the finger guard splitting and popping off, never the less you still have to nibble it out a bit at a time  willz attached the following image(s):
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