…a poor sleeper, rather than a none sleeper…

It must be an age thing!

I hope Andy will not mind me saying this but Andy is not like us! He never sleeps!
kind regards
Roy😊

Good choice.

Good to hear that Jon.

Chris

Also I would like to thank all the members for the encouragement they have given me with building Katie, I probably will keep her and build her along side other builds I have in mind.

Cheers Jon.

Please Andy I hope you did not take my comments the wrong way, I really enjoyed your build of Katie it turned out to be a beautiful boat and looked great on the water. I think the main problem i have with the build is the finding of parts for it as I have never built anything like this before but I will probably end up keeping Her and building it along side the Tamar Lifeboat I am now building which came as a complete kit.

Kindest Regards Jon.

Hi

I’d really encourage you to continue building your Katie, it does make a great model and you’d made such a good start. Including an auxiliary motor which was looking good. I’m sorry that my posting has had a negative influence, as I’m far from an experienced model maker.

My model is far from “display” quality and is made to sail, which i feel is the important aspect to any model. The conditions at Fleetwood can get “lumpy”.

There is considerable pleasure is making and then actually sailing a boat. Please keep going, there is a need for more sailing boats being built. It’s an aspect that seems to be ignored by Model Boats magazine.

Maybe like me you like starting new projects?

Must admit a lot of the enjoyment for me is producing the drawings - I have another two Faireys on the drawing board (computer) which I have never seen built before and a non-Fairey project. Must resist starting another build though as I really want to see some of my current builds on the water in the near future!

Some good points ChrisF. However how do you explain the 4 boats and one yacht I am working on?
Roy

Hi Muskrat

I agree with the comments made.

Another idea is to start building something else to renew your enthusiasm that is within your comfort zone and to hone your skills and then do a bit on the pilot cutter now and then.

I started building my first Fairey about 4 years ago when I got into the hobby (yet to finish one!) and started building another one when I reached the point where I didn't really fancy doing something or wanted to just start building something else. One example was planking the deck. In the end I did it and did a reasonable job so did another two! My next delayed challenge was painting and I've got five to do now! Just about to start.

Even at shows you see differences in standards. Go for it!

Chris

Hi John remember you may know well the short comings in your own models but a friend of mine does the following.

When someone criticizes something on his models he listens them out and then says "Oh! What did you do on your model"?

The reply is very often that they have not built one and frequently not built any models at all! "Oh Really come and talk to me when you have"
Anyone who has built a similar model will be interested to talk about the problems and issues he / she had during building.

Personally I would not dream of critisizing another one's efforts.
We used to have competitions at our club exhibition and the Judges would come in and do the honours. (You really need a third party for this).

It fell to me as Secretary to listen to 'comments' (including my own efforts), and keep some notes and give feedback only if requested. Then I would look at the good points and suggest some more attention to an obvious part of the model that was the let down.

However these were models entered for competition and not just being exhibited.

Competition is unpopular now but for me I did start to look more carefully at my models. Best bit I can pass on is that all parts of the model should stand alone as a good representation of the prototype.

Judges used to love having prototype notes as it made it easier for them to see what the modeller was trying to do.

However if dealing with working sailing craft then there are practical issues as well. For instance on one of my models the man on the wheel is frequently garrotted by the main sail sheet, (still working on that one)!

The hull is often discretely increased in displacement but the model is best judged on the water and sailing, if she looks good, what more can you ask?

Regards

Roy

Give it a crack Jon, don't worry, no matter what you buy or do in life, someone will always better it, and someone will better them etc. You will get the enjoyment from it when you finish it.

JB

Hey mate! Don't give up on her, it doesn't matter what anyone else's boat looks like, it's yours be proud of what you have made. 👍

Never give up when you are getting on, it's your boat and as long as you know you've done your best, then it's a great boat.
If I cared what other people think of my meagre attempts then I would never be able to enjoy my hobby.
Cheers Colin.

So right Roy. I believe no matter how good the builder he or she will see someone elses build and like the work done.
Jon do keep on building the boat do the best job on the build you can. In the end you will be happy with how it turns out.
Rick

Hi Muskrat, go back to why you wanted to build it in the first place.
Whatever, you were never going to have the only one!
My experience is that someone always builds a better one, but unless you build it you will never have one!
Just ignore the blog and get on with it!
QED
Roy