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  1. Disaster, while working the royal yard I broke the cross arm off the top mast crosstree. I thought about trying to repair it, but it is the base of the top gallant shrouds so I had to replace it. I really felt bad cutting most of the rigging off, but it had to be done. Mike
  2. Rob I still have to add on the fancy carved corner knees for the roof. I never tried carving before so that is what the holdup is. I did have a scalloped molding that went under the roof line, but I did not liked the way it looked so I removed it. I am still plan on trying a different design. I have been working on the iron work for the lower yard, topsail yard and the top gallant yard. These were silver soldered , then placed in an acid bath to clean them. I used liver of sulfur to blacken them. Mike R
  3. Mike I use a digital caliper. Measure the width of the strip, say .250 divide it in half and set the caliper to .125 and lock it in place. Then scribe the line, to be super accurate scribe from both sides. You could also use the caliper to just center punch the piece and drill a hole. I use this method to find the center of 1/16 brass strips. Mike R
  4. It has been nearly a year since I stopped working on the Flying Fish, well 10 1/2 months. Today I installed the Fore topmast shrouds and back stays. The inner and out stay is terminated under the fore deck. To any Flying Fish builders, how did you accomplish this? Any help would be appreciated. Mike R
  5. In the YOUTUBE video "THE FLYING FISH model clipper PLANS & PHOTOS by Funniest Super Heroes" the photos starting at 7:05 and ending at 15:44 are mine. I was not asked or gave permission that photos of my model of the Flying Fish 3/16 scale were used. Mike R
  6. Hi Rick I purchased a 4 oz.bottle of Liver of Sulphur Extended Life Gel from "The Contenti Company". I mix 1/4 teaspoon of liver of sulfur with 3 oz of hot water. After I clean the copper with acetone I dip the piece in the solution or use a paint brush. It does not rub off very easily. It works great on copper and not well on brass. Mike R
  7. I replaced the modern day hex head nuts with square nuts which were made out of 1/16" brass strips and drilled and tapped for 1.4mm threads
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