At the blog I maintain about playing Eve Online, I just posted about character skill training: specifically, about the ever-increasing time to progress the higher up you go. It's roughly a logarithmic scale; the simplest skill takes about a day to train up to the penultimate level, but another three-and-a-half days for the final step. Hmm: more time to wrap things up the closer you get to the goal?
After a few hours Saturday, there is now only one bow-to-stern length that is unlined on Albatros, and the others are small patches. But it'll still another afternoon or two to knock those out. Probably will finalize things this evening and tomorrow or Thursday.
But, I got far enough along this weekend that I test-fitted the (false) keel pieces. The bottom of the ship should be just fine. At the bow and stern, though, I'll need to carve and sand away some of the lining strakes I've so carefully put down. I think, though, this will yield a better-looking ship, since the linings will terminate at the keel pieces such that the keel looks embedded in their structure, rather than just attached on top.
The stern, I know already, will be difficult: I did a poor job planking the hull in those portions, and I whipped out the large knife Saturday to whittle things down. That'll be ongoing. But, that's okay. I ended my Eve post on this same note: there is no deadline.
