davyboy
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- Birthday 12/03/1940
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British naval warships 17th and 18th centuries. Travel in S.E Asia. Reading.
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Lovely job on the Q' Deck bulkhead Chuck. I spent quite a number of hours and bad language making mine for my POB Speedwell. I built mine in 3 separate sections on a piece of 1/64th ply,looks pretty good but not in your league unfortunately. Several dozen separate items were needed to accomplish this. Dave
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Blades for Artesania Latina Cutter
davyboy replied to brunnels's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
HI brunnels, I have a pack of identical looking blades which I inherited about 20 years ago. They are called Balsa hobel klingen (plane blades) manufactured by a German firm called Martor in Solingen. I've only ever used them for scraping decks etc,they're good steel and hold an edge. I suspect your blades are likely a product of the PRC. Dave -
Very nice Job on the square tuck fashion pieces Mike,not the easiest items to make. I wasn't happy with my first (stbd) one,binned it and had no problem with them after,a lesson learned I'll bet yours are just as good as the computer generated laser cut versions with the added satisfaction that you made them yourself. Dave
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Hi, There is nothing wrong with the Proxxon FET saw whatsoever. I have had one for several years which does excellent work with no problems,I really like the fact you can tilt the blade for angled cuts. Something which the Byrnes saw cannot do as far as I´m aware. I can´t speak for Micro Mark,however I´ve heard their saw may be a Chinese made copy of the Proxxon saw. I´m fairly certain´that Mr Byrnes business will be open again soon. Patience is a virtue Dave
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Dick,you missed out what I wrote,I was replying to Ferrus Manus's comment there. Sorry I didn't mention your build. As you say there is nothing new under the sun. Dave
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It was done by the Dutch on a regular basis. There was a build by a Belgian (?) member doing it this way on MSW 1 back in the day.. There is also currently a build doing this in the Ships of Scale forum successfully it would appear. Dave
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Hi Turil, Cornwall model boats sell Model Shipways kits. They appear to have a good selection on their website,and also have a very large selection of Ship/Boat modelling items and tools . I have been buying items from them for years,they have excellent and fast service. My last order took only 5 days from ordering to arriving in my Briefkasten in Switzerland. Postal cost is about 20% of what the American post charges. Please dont waste your money on items like you have underlined. Welcome on board to MSW. Dave
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Thanks Wayne,no need to be sorry and thanks for your answer. I get this all the time with foreign press articles,I just ignore and move on. Dave
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Could have been an interesting read but I only got a message telling me to turn off my ad blocker if I wished to read the article. Not going to happen. Dave
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Give it a rest,Siggi knows what he is doing by following the original draft of HMS Tiger. He doesn't need your sniping about trivia. Dave
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Thank you for the explanation Maurice,a kit modification,makes sense I guess. Epoxy will be a must then when fitting guns through the ports. The words "tweak matters"intrigue me. I'm fitting Speedwells' guns just now,5 port guns fitted and pinned to deck,stbd 5 in progress. No guns being fitted in ports #3. Twice I've knocked off the break (sp) pumps trying to fit guns there,end of story empty ports. Rgds, Dave
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Hello from Switzerland! Mystery model identification
davyboy replied to Nix's topic in New member Introductions
Hi Nix, I can confirm what Allan says. However although it's of little or any value it's a nice example and certainly worth keeping. Dave
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