I like Mr. Bean! ... and Sean Bean, too. They're father & son, right?! Or brothers; or ... somehow related.

Or not ...

Anyway ... that's a great photo of you & David Mills! I had to laugh, though. I never named "MY" Davis guy - but he sure ran up a few Amazon purchases! It's a dirty job, but SOMEBODY has to do it - like buying those "absolutely necessary" parts! Davis must have relatives here across the pond.

Seriously, I've been watching but not commenting much and your Orca is absolutely wonderful. Great work-arounds as needed, ie: making the needed and working block-&-tackle. The rigging looks great, too.

Jeff, ‘Davis’ actually has his OWN Amazon account. I’ll come back from work and one of the kids will say, “uh, Dad, package from Davis in the kitchen...again”. Next time he sends me something I’ll post a photo. Generous guy.

@mikegolf

Ah, ‘The Sandlot’ - right up there with ‘Stand By Me’. Set me out the door with a smile this morning, James. Thank you.

@jamesb

Aye, Aleks. Valar Morghulis.

@asekular.

(Ah. Mr. Robinson. Please don’t encourage him, the mental framework is feeble enough as it is and I resort to sending him the odd gift here and there to distract him from ‘reality’. He won’t see this message, as David has a peculiar blind spot for anything in brackets; it comes from being traumatised some some years ago during a lawsuit where he was blindsided by a particularly nasty clause. If you think it’ll keep him ‘happy’ then I shall purchase the item photographed above. I thank you for the inspiring, if somewhat juvenile, idea. I am sure it is perfect for his ‘tastes’. @jamesb )

I need it now, its kind of a haiku for my stage of life!
Love it James @jamesb

I just have to say - this thread makes my lunch-time a real treat! Sitting at my desk, eating my salad, and joining in the frolic! (ps. Davis has a cousin here in Tulsa...)

This evening I put together a little jig to get the flying bridge ladders nice and square.

The ladders turned out well, getting all the angles straight and, quite amazingly, they went together first time! Made from styrene tubing.

Gives me confidence for the next part, which is the rails for the pulpit - a defining part of the build as it’s very prominent throughout the last act of the movie. Lot of interesting angles and shapes in that assembly.