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Me too! I have Ed Tosti to guide me (he and I have all the same tools to work with). And I have a supply of boxwood.- 326 replies
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Keith, It's a single about 3' across plus 5" for 8 spokes. I agree with both you and Ian that buying would be the easy way to go and probably look just fine, but I've just ordered some 1/16" boxwood from Joe Volpe. I'm going to give it a try! Tom
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I'm reading Ed Tosti's book on Naiad for tips on wheel making. He's at a scale 1:60; I'm at 1:64 (close enough). The wheel is 4 mm wide, not a problem, but 2 mm thick, through which spokes protrude. This is going to be interesting! It means the spokes are 1 mm? Any thoughts? Tom
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Long time no write! Couple of things stymied me: first I could find no large (5mm) deadeyes included with my kit. A brief conversation with Chris Watton revealed that he had no record of my buying the kit from him (I can't imagine where else I might have bought it). Nevertheless, he shipped me a whole new package of deadeyes (classy guy!). Next was the bow timbers which in the kit are PE pieces that I thought looked too thin to be timbers, so I made my own: And the deadeyes are in: I know that Theodosius has followed the recommended color scheme at the bow (see his Speedy log), and I tried that, but didn't think it looked quite what I wanted. My next piece of deck furniture is the ship's wheel, and I notice that the kit does not include a binnacle for Speedy, so that needs fabricating as well. The wheel will be a challenge, so I may be a while! Tom
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handsome child. What will he call you?
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A lot of industry there!
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Blimey is right. Might even be Crikey!
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Looks great, but I thought you were going to do the razeed version. Also, would love to know how you built the ship’s wheel. Tom
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Long, slow process, but it looks excellent!
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Your English is excellent. Can you get along with that?
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I think “I love you” will get you a long way. How’s your German?
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Aleksandr, You may have digressed, but it’s fun to read. You have mastered the English language! Soap for practice is a great idea. Tom
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Interesting knot tying gizmo.
TBlack replied to Bob Cleek's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
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I love this; absolutely right! "looking a little bit like a swimming bath tub." "because my clamps were too small. Had to use some tweezers with the clamps to hold it tight." I've never thought of that solution; thank you, sir!
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ingenious use of elastics!
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Or try Cochrane by Robert Harvey. It's on kindle for $4.00
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We had 2 of these on our ship (LST). We always referred to them as papa boats
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TBlack replied to James H's topic in How to use the MSW forum - **NO MODELING CONTENT**
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2023 Donations drive
TBlack replied to James H's topic in How to use the MSW forum - **NO MODELING CONTENT**
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I'm looking at your painting at the bow rails and your gun tackle and thinking, "this guy has steady hands!". Remarkable! Tom
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