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  1. James H
    And that's actually how we suggest to do it in the manual. The curve is so subtle in many areas as not to be noticeable.
  2. James H
    A quick footnote to Nisha's log. I'm currently on holiday in Devon, UK, and had arranged to return Nisha to her real home....so to speak. Whilst here, I've met with Mitch Tonks who is the CEO of the Rockfish chain of seafood restaurants. Our meet was in Brixham, so before lunch, I handed over Nisha to him and he was delighted with it. She's now on display in the restaurant, behind the bar area, for visitors to see. Mitch gave me a signed copy of his 6th cookbook and a rather nice pack of locally caught and tinned specialities. What a lovely bloke!
  3. James H
    You're doing a great job!
  4. James H
    I'm currently on holiday, about 3 miles from where HMS Terror was built.
  5. James H
    Sweet 😍
  6. James H
    Yes, the plans have this detail, should the modeller wish to do it. It would be up to them.
  7. James H
    It took me about 3 evening bench sessions (about 3hrs each) to make enough plates. I don't think any lack of nail detail on the tape takes away from the appearance. They are so much easier to get a waterline with too as you just add the waterline mark to the tape and then score along the length before peeling away the excess. Any plates that are damaged are also a cinch to replace.
  8. James H
    Hi Allan, I’ve seen you pass this info on it several kit build logs recently. This can and will eventually get lost in the pages. I think it’s a better idea to start a topic about this separately , so it’s easily referred to.
  9. James H
    That looks a ton better.
  10. James H
    You're still better giving it an initial polish with 0000 steel wool before allowing to age so that it ages evenly. If you leave greasy fingerprints, they will be seen in the final finish as the acidic residues leave actual fingerprints on the thin copper tape.
  11. James H
    I know what Allan means here. There is no provision in the manual for this, but a modeller can do this if they see fit. I admit I’ve also never tapered there either, so o can’t offer up a model to show this. @allanyed maybe you can show where you’ve done this on your builds? It could be useful for reference in case anyone wants to add that feature.
  12. James H
    Very nice work indeed. That looks so clean.
  13. James H
    Neat and shiny!
  14. James H
    Foudroyant was wrecked about 30 miles from where I live. She was tethered to a pier when she broke loose in a storm and wrecked her.
  15. James H
    There really should be zero bowing. Before you glued, I'd have suggested every bulkhead was fully seated and the deck located exactly into each ear. The deck is designed to lie absolutely flat onto the frames, with zero elevation anywhere.
  16. James H
    Just a quick note about the orientation of your photos. Check this out so you can post pictures so they are the right way around:
  17. James H
    I use a fine sanding sponge. This is similar to the type I use.
  18. James H
    I seriously would love to see you tackle her sometime. The hull is sat here in front of me, and it's monumental!
  19. James H
    Lovely progress. That's a decent base for the second layer.
  20. James H
    Apart from the buckled MDF part, I also banged the back side bulwarks and split one as you did. Annoying (especially in this heat!) but nothing major.
  21. James H
    I’m sure @chris wattonasked me to leave the booms in natural 😆
  22. James H
    Minor update but a massive milestone. Indy's masts are now complete except for a few small details like eyelets. Of course, I'll need to use some ochre and black paint on these before fitting to the hull. Eyeing up the alignment shows that NOTHING needs to be adjusted whatsoever, which pleases me totally! Even the bowsprit slots neatly into the bow and locks into the support post on the deck below. These masts are LARGE, well, certainly to me as I've never brought a model this size towards completion. After Grecian, this seems gigantic. Anyway, here are the pics. Oh, I'll need a larger white area when it comes to the finals, as you can see here.
  23. James H
    Changing it is VERY easy and is designed to be so. Go to the top right of screen, click on your username and you'll see this: Click settings, and you'll see this. That's really all there is to this.
  24. James H
    Ok, that has always been turned off by default, but I've now activated it so you should see signatures. The key reason for them originally being turned off was to reduce page download times over a mobile connection. We generally have fast mobile connections these days. See how that goes.
  25. James H
    Thank you very much for letting us all know. That is so terribly sad. Please pass on MSW's heartfelt condolences to his family. I'll change his MSW status 😔

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