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Dwaing

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  • Birthday 09/05/1933

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  1. Kurt Thank you for the information. I was almost your neighbor in Clarendon Hills a long time ago. Wain If you can read you can learn anything for here are those who can write, however not everyone who can write has correct information.
  2. My Christmas present is a Lexington kit from The Lumberyard. Feldman's practicum is no longer available from SeaWatch Books . Does anyone know if there is a copy, book or DVD, available? Would any one be willing to share with me or sell to me a copy? Thanks for any help.
  3. At our Guild meeting this am, there was general agreement that a beginner's kit was which ever the beginner first purchases and builds. My beginners kit over 50 years ago was Bounty, but then I knew nothing about ships beyond how to build a model airplane. I had read Mutiny On The Bounty.
  4. To avoid the blade following the curve of the grain, I use a rolling cutter, small diameter blade for tight curves and a larger diameter for more gentle curves. For small I mean 10 mm and for large I mean 100 mm diameter. These cutters can be found at fabric stores like Joann's, Michaels,,etc. They a as sharp as any razor blade and do not dull rapidly. Replacement blades are also available.
  5. You can find Ponce Wheels at any sewing store like Hobby Lobby , Michaels or Joann.
  6. If you could find a source for some "architect or draftsman's linen", it might give the appearance of canvas for deck covering, However I have not seen any for sale in decades. Drafting seems to only be done on the computer these days. My kid brother was a design engineer and I remember seeing him use it many moons ago.
  7. I think what you need is a surfactant to make the water wetter so it penetrates more deeply into the wood (xylem cells). I use a common household product call "clean shower" as a 1:10 solution dissolved in distilled water.
  8. When I make sails, I use D. Steel's book and make a simple ratio and Proportion between the engravings and the length of the spars of the model and measure the angles of the engravings with as protractor and draft each sail on silkspan and add a hem to each outside edge. There are more details on a PDF I will send if you PM me.
  9. The quality of the wood I received in the Hannah Kit from Dave was superior. :DYour Kit will be well worth any wait for it.
  10. Miloman I use Alene's sticky with good results.
  11. I used a scotch brand glue stick. Comes in permanent and in repositionable. Worked well for me on my Hannah. That was a Hahn method.
  12. Cap'n'Bob. I would use the free program INFANVIEW. One of its commands is to reverse colors so you can print white letters on a black background.
  13. Ferric chloride solution works well I you, like I by mistake did, have tried filing white or Britannia metal and clogged up the file.
  14. I used Birds' eye maple veneer which I cut into planks. The results with the appearance of knots if the wood is fully figured is pleasing to me. I placed it on a sub decking of 1/23 inch birch plywood.
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