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  1. MEDDO
    I also like the stub masts and the no rigging look. It certainly makes it a lot smaller and easier to fit on a bookshelf with hopefully many more. You might be able to pass by the wife a little bit easier. I know I could never have placed my Halifax upstairs in the “public“ part of the house if it was fully rigged. If you do rig the model, you might have to redo it multiple times before you get an acceptable result. You could end up spending the next 2 to 3 years doing it over and over again. All though on the other hand you could find out that you love rigging and you could learn great new techniques that make it the best part of any build.
  2. MEDDO
    I really like the multiple coats of paint. It comes out so nice clean with a very deep color.
  3. MEDDO
    Some part of me wants the companies to produce something that can be accomplished right out of the box. The other part of me loves to see how everyone personalizes the builds.
  4. MEDDO
    Looks great. It’s amazing what you can do with such a basic it.
  5. MEDDO
    Welcome Keith!
  6. MEDDO
    It's wonderful to see this progressing.
  7. MEDDO
    Just a guess but that looks like it twisted apart. As a guess maybe the piece was spinning too fast and or whatever you were using to shape it either the tool or sandpaper was putting to much pressure on the wood. Slowing down the speed and or going with a much lighter touch may help.
  8. MEDDO
    Always exciting to see another build from you.
  9. MEDDO
    From what I can see on the monitor here looks like you made the right choice. It’s gonna look great.
  10. MEDDO
    I also love all things sectioned. All types of pieces and parts where you can see and explore the architectural details. Cross sections, rigged or unrigged, half sections are particularly interesting. I even like the stand alone bits of the ship such as stand alone models of capstans, masts, dockyard shears, semaphore towers, of course figureheads, and the like. I think it all goes back to those books I had when I was a kid that showed the internal workings of how things are made. I have also shared those books and of course the TV show of the same name with my own kids.
  11. MEDDO
    Been wonderful seeing this come to life. A real beauty.
  12. MEDDO
    Coming along beautifully. Much faster than I was expecting with all the other projects in the works.
  13. MEDDO
    If you used regular PVA type (titebond/weld bond/Elmer’s glue) it should come apart quite easily with soaking the joint in isopropyl alcohol. If you used superglue/CA then I have no idea.
  14. MEDDO
    That stack of wood is sweet.
  15. MEDDO
    I like the color and the pre-painting seems like a good idea at this stage to avoid the inevitable slop/bleed onto the thwarts and seats.
  16. MEDDO
    Fantastic! This is what Halifax should be!
  17. MEDDO
    Dave this looks great. I like Toni's suggestion about practicing with the "hidden" side.
  18. MEDDO
    Looks great. For some reason I thought that leaving a "temporary" strip to place the permanent wales on was normal practice for modeling. Then removing it prior to any lower planking.
  19. MEDDO
    The flip the piece to account for the angle is so simple its brilliant!
  20. MEDDO
    very nice way to build up a frame.
  21. MEDDO
    Looking real nice. Any particular reason switching to basswood at this time?
  22. MEDDO
    Welcome!
  23. MEDDO
    Wonderful figurehead! I’ll be following along as it will be interesting to see a non-fully framed build from a NMM plan from the beginning.
  24. MEDDO
    Excellent work as always B.E. When you said ports, I thought you had meant gun ports. When I was looking at them I started to wonder how they would get a gun all the way up to that area because that large curve up from the deck. Then I went and looked at the reference pictures on the Syren site and realize that there were no guns in that area.
  25. MEDDO
    Mr Rakaric’s work is amazing. Wonderful addition to this long term project.

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