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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. James H
    Very nice work indeed. That looks so clean.
  4. James H
    Neat and shiny!
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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:
  8. James H
    I use a fine sanding sponge. This is similar to the type I use.
  9. 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!
  10. James H
    Lovely progress. That's a decent base for the second layer.
  11. 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.
  12. James H
    I’m sure @chris wattonasked me to leave the booms in natural 😆
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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 😔
  17. James H
    Nice solution to cutting those sections evenly.
  18. James H
    I know what you mean by clamps!
  19. James H
    I use the broad, flat stick for pairing down dowel to make mast lower sections. Been doing that tonight.
  20. James H
    Strap you to a plank for a week and be spoon-fed your meals. You'll be right in no time! Hope it's fixed up soon.
  21. James H
    I don't doubt there's probably a few more anomalies on my rigging, but don't tell anyone if you see them 😆 I figured Chris didn't need me hassling him any more than I normally do during a prototype build, so I go into 'get it done' mode more often than not.
  22. James H
    More likely me not knowing anything about rigging and just wanting to get the job done. Do it the way Chris explains. This is also a reason I hate doing rig for instructions as I am clueless with it.
  23. James H
    And cows only have two feet.
  24. James H
    Some work has started on making mast parts. At the moment, it's anything but tapering! I've just set up my lathe to make a start on the various dowel sections. In the meantime...
  25. James H
    No, this is an entirely different thing. The site's security certificate has expired and I'm dealing with the host in getting it sorted. It really is nothing to worry about.

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