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I thought I would get back to the Satisfaction sooner but I had some other projects as well as school get in the way. I decided to take on a much smaller and much shorter build before I get back to it. Mostly this is because of time. I'm working and in school now so I don't have much of it. I have a week or so between semesters so I'm going to try and put a ship in bottle together in that time. Here's my photo's so far. I started with what's called a wood plug. This is kind of a mold for the actual ship. It's sealed with clear nail polish and coated in wax. I then stain paper with a wood stain and cut it in 1mm strips. I glue the top ones to the plug and the rest to each lapped one over the other. Once it's dry I coat it with clear nail polish to seal it and stiffen the paper. I then can cut the bow to shape. Once the polish is dry I pull it out of the plug. I then took another piece of the stained paper drew on the planks and cut out the deck. I tried to drill through the bulwarks to add the cannons but it tore them up so I cut them off and cut 1mm by 2mm pieces and glued them in with a space between them for the gun ports. I added the cap rail and channels after that. Still need to do the port side. That's all I have for now. More to come.

Anything pertaining to the ship most likely to be QAR and her recovery or research

Saw this on yahoo: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110527/ap_on_sc/us_blackbeard_s_ship