Done at last!  I finished building the Ship Chaboo for Evan B Harris.

The flag and crows nest are nice touches.  There are three different sizes of masts 3/4″, 7/8″ and 1″ diameter.  This project was very difficult but oh so fun.  Seriously, who gets to go to work and build toy ships?

I had Evan draw out the shapes he wanted for the sails on paper and I handled the rest.  The ship body and upper deck I came up with spontaneously as I built the thing.  It just didn’t look right with the original design. I made some little details where the masts meet the ship body. I spent a lot of time wrestling with the design, not compromising until I was satisfied.

This project reconfirmed to me how important it is to be able to make design decisions in full scale.  I made numerous adjustments to the templates Evan provided for me while I built the ship as I saw fit.

I CANNOT wait to see this thing painted by Evan!  He is such an amazing artist and I trust him completely to take this project into the finish line.  Ive learned through this project that we are similar in our masochistic tendencies to do crazy projects that no one else would ever want to do because it is too much work.

Go hard or go home!-  says Mr. Shark.

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