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  1. TBlack
    Kevin, the Turbo Carver looks great, but is quite expensive and requires an air compressor besides. Do you think the Foredom could do the same job as well? Tom
  2. TBlack
    Are the oars different lengths depending on where used on the boat? Tom
  3. TBlack
    Patina is a word used to describe the finish on copper or bronze exposed to air, but I think that word also works well in describing the finish on that maple. Most attractive! Tom
  4. TBlack
    Allen, Yes it’s minutiae, but also important. Thanks for your attention! I will be more attentive to this in the future! Keith, I use pear. It seems to match pretty closely. TB
  5. TBlack
    Moving right along: I think I mentioned previously that I didn't use the metal etched grates supplied in the kit, but made my own. Has a little more depth. Also, finished rigging the cannons and installed the pumps. Again. The kit supplies a dowel for the pumps, but my understanding is they are octagonal in cross section. So I built them that way. Also, the kit pumps have no discharge; easily remedied. There will be a month's hiatus now as I'm going to Maine for July and away from the shop.
  6. TBlack
    Hard to believe it's a model! Tom
  7. TBlack
    The back problem is solvable with Diclofenac and sitting down. I've gotten this far and am finishing up the rigging on the guns. I'm sorry that I painted the capstan, according to the instructions in red; I think the bulwarks in red is sufficient
  8. TBlack
    Boy, have I been absent? I've had a sciatica problem which makes it difficult to stand at the workbench. Other life events, as well, have taken priority. Consequently, progress has been on hold. I'm coming back, working on the final deck details. Stay tuned! Tom
  9. TBlack
    Nicely done! Looks good on the water.
  10. TBlack
    Maybe not your technique, but you do it so well!
  11. TBlack
    T.S., Nicely done. gotta remember your technique! T.B.
  12. TBlack
    Dan, Every once in a while I have a good idea. But that's it for this year! Tom
  13. TBlack
    If you go the styrene way, check out Evergreen Scale Models. Their site shows rod at .75 mm.
  14. TBlack
    Tom, pictures are all there. Thanks. Harbor Freight? Probably not too expensive and doesn’t take up any work space!
  15. TBlack
    Tom, what kind of “pencil like hand engraving tool” are you using? BTW, the pictures didn't seem to come out on my computer. Am I alone?
  16. TBlack
    Yes, dear Keith, photographs can be our boon or Bain!
  17. TBlack
    Do you apply it side to side or longitudinally?
  18. TBlack
    Maybe after I take Greg and David’s class this October?
  19. TBlack
    Gary, we used to keep our schooner at D.N.Kelley & Sons in Fairhaven with many of these draggers as our neighbors. Will this model be “weathered”, or as newly launched? Tom
  20. TBlack
    Really clever. This log keeps getting more and more amazing!
  21. TBlack
    Seamless. Beautiful!
  22. TBlack
    beautiful result. I wish these were in 1:48 scale. As it is not, I'll have to figure out how to carve them myself!
  23. TBlack
    Davits in, according to the book cover painting. They look very far apart for a small ship's boat. BTW, if there is a boat on the davits, would there also be a boat amidships? You'll notice, also, that I've started installing rigged cannons. No training tackle. As Ron Neilson (hollowneck) points out: too small and finnicky.
  24. TBlack
    From stern lanterns to ships’ boats to huge frigates, you certainly succeed at your goal. When you have a vision, you are unstoppable!
  25. TBlack
    I believe Greg has used mica on his model. Thoughts? Tom

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