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  1. GLakie
    Gotta agree Bob. The planking looks fine.
  2. GLakie
    That's a fine looking whaleboat John. Are you planning to leave them "bright" with just stain, and/or varnish, or painting the interior? Side note: made the decision to commit and start saving for that mill. I'll have it by the first week in Nov. Proxxon doesn't make a tilt-table for their divider do they? Might have to make one.
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    Since paper is wood, just thinner, does paper absorb paints differently than regular wood, making colors harder to match?
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    Congrats Ed. Just added this one along side the Naiad Vols. on my list of reading material to get.
  5. GLakie
    I'm glad things are going better for you Nenad! Nice job on those drawings.
  6. GLakie
    Looking good Tom! It won't be long before you're crossing over to the "Dark Side", and scratch-building.
  7. GLakie
    Glad you're out of the hospital Dave. Do what the Doc says and take her easy until you're better.
  8. GLakie
    The table and mats look good Clare. Good luck with the shamisen!
  9. GLakie
    That was some good "out-of-the-box" thinking in making the rings Robb. I think cleats or bolts would depend on whether or not the lines being attached to them are "tarred" standing rigging, or running rigging. Cleats would be for the running or working lines. Bolts would be for standing rigging or a place where a hook would go, like for train-tackle on the cannon carriages.
  10. GLakie
    Wow Jesse!! Coming in to this just a little late but------That's what I call micro-modeling. My eyes ache just from watching you work on this. Very nice man. She'll look great in the bottle. Cheers
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    Lovely work Michael!
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    Interesting and informative as always Ed. Thanks for sharing.
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    I know you'll keep plugging away until they come out to your approval Piet! I can foresee a lot of that same "trial and error" in my future. Cheers
  14. GLakie
    I think you'll figure it all out pretty quickly Ken. I'd hate to see you damage anything vital! Patrick, Ken's a braver man than me. I've never even done a wooden build yet, so there'll be a learning curve, until I get that down, let alone trying to figure out how to do card models right now. And that's because I don't want to damage anything vital either.
  15. GLakie
    Pretty sweet Boyd! Hey, - having fun is what it's all about!
  16. GLakie
    If you have a lathe or some way to center the drill on a home-made dowel ( reason for home-made is the grain on a regular dowel goes the wrong way), you could just drill out a dowel and shape it for rings.
  17. GLakie
    Brian, I've been following Ken's (xken) build of the Niagara, and he came up with a pretty efficient way of rigging cannon and carriages. Starts here: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/10038-us-brig-niagara-by-xken-model-shipways-scale-164/page-11#entry325043 and continues here with the jig he used: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/10038-us-brig-niagara-by-xken-model-shipways-scale-164/page-12#entry327833 Cheers
  18. GLakie
    Nice work furling the sail. It looks great. That's an interesting approach Frank, doing the yard and rigging for the sail first, before doing shrouds and ratlines. I'd be worried about the yard and running rigging getting in the way. Unless of course, you haven't placed it permanently.
  19. GLakie
    You weren't kidding about honing up your origami skills Ken. It looks like the difficulty levels are up there with wood builds.
  20. GLakie
    I like that jig you're using to hold those small parts! Looks pretty versatile with the adjustment for different size parts.
  21. GLakie
    Those are some really nice carronades Sal, and they look splendid setting in place.
  22. GLakie
    They were on yesterday Dennis. Sorry man. Was hoping you might have found it yesterday. It was like a 7-hour Titanic marathon.
  23. GLakie
    They say there's no such thing as perfect, but if that hull and deck planking isn't perfect, it's so close to it, it ain't funny. Very nice John!!
  24. GLakie
    Happy Birthday Dennis! Yeah! Cake? Ice cream?
  25. GLakie
    Nice work on the planking Bob! Looks great.

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