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[SteveNeill]

Glad to hear you are still kicking hard!

[SteveNeill]

Thanks Rob! I hope David is OK you can hear a pin drop in this thread.

[SteveNeill]

We are but the virus was a bear. I hadn't had the flu or a cold since 2007. The flu back then nearly killed me. I changed how I did things, like washing...

[SteveNeill]

Rick it has already affected me, Mary and her family. Her brother is in the hospital right now. We have had deaths too. I'm staying locked up in my shop...

[SteveNeill]

Video from yesterdays trials....

[SteveNeill]

Outstanding. Keep it up sailor!

[SteveNeill]

Thanks Rob here's a teaser.

Long day in the pool

I guess you noticed there was no video today and this is why. I needed to...

[SteveNeill]

I spent the better part of yesterday testing the new modular subdriver cylinder. I filled up the studio test tank and got her wet. No leaks but I did...

[SteveNeill]

Rob what nice eye candy. One day I'll be able to build my type 23 but customers come first.

[SteveNeill]

As hard as I work, and as many things as I have going on, watching your pace sometime makes me feel like I have it easy. Manufacturing kits and parts...

[SteveNeill]

Rob thank you so much. This video shows it all working. Thanks to Bob Martin for all the help, time, and telephone conversions !!

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[SteveNeill]

Well the hull is done. I spent the last two days working on it alone. I got in all the duck decoy weights nice and clean with Propoxy. About 4 pounds...

[SteveNeill]

My effort yesterday was to make those pesky NAV light covers again. I tried everything before I arrived at the plan I ended up using. I later looked at...

[SteveNeill]

BTW I found this picture of the boat that demonstrates a few things. The retracted moorings and the all black array of antennas and scopes. I ordered...

[SteveNeill]

Further work on the 214 yesterday. This is a finish this boat week. I'm getting all my customer jobs done this week and for the first time in months will...

[SteveNeill]

Thanks Rob. That's very kind of you to say. I have to say though if it were not for my friendship with David Merriman back all those years ago I wouldn't...

[SteveNeill]

Did some weathering to here using oil paints and some airbrushing to give her a bit of scale and life in the sea. Scum line all subdued for me but these...