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Those holes in the pin rails seem pretty equidistant and straight to my eye. For doing them free-hand, they turned out great.

Thanks for the info Marc. Happens there's a Dick Blick Art Supply 1/2 mi from here. Those cabins are just beautiful Mark, and wow, she's a big model. Has to be well over 4 feet when she's done. The Revell I did years ago was only 3 ft., and I thought that was big then.

Very nice jig you made there Ken! I was thinking something similar could be tooled up for any holes that need to be equidistant to each other---like pin-rails as well.

She looks great Sal! Nice job on those cat heads.  Have a safe and happy trip! 

That's a bummer Jay. Those evil gremlins have been gumming up the works.   I hope it all works out for you.

Marc, where did you pick up those large cutting mats? The only ones I've spotted are small and priced higher than a giraffe's rear-end.

Glad they came apart and back together alright Marc! She's looking sweet at the bow too!  

Well I'm glad the boys are working good together Matt.    They did a great job and deserved the extra ration of grog.    Hope they feel alright tomorrow. 

With all of the thought and planning you're putting into this phase Vince, I'm sure it'll turn out beautiful! 

Cheers

I was living up in Marquette when the "Fitz" went down, and I can tell you the whole UP area was in a grieving state for months after that. Superior's a cold and merciless lake all year 'round. +45 degrees is all it gets, even during the hottest part of the summer.

She turned out marvelous Bob!  Very nice! 

This will be a future build for me as well Bob! Hope you don't mind if I pull up a stool. 

Might have something you can try Boyd.  If you have any spare speaker wire laying around, the single strands from that might be a small enough scale to work for those lids. 

Looks like you have a good handle on the cannon rigging Ken. You have to wonder id anybody at ME's quality-control bothers counting all those tiny little parts in their kits. Probably not by the looks of it. I'll be doing a more thorough review of mine before getting started for sure.

   I think it's a rotten shame their tech-support is non-existent, and after spending that much money on an item that you have to spend hours to get to work right? Sorry, but I'd be really tempted to take it back, and personally feed it to the sales-rep. Well, probably not, because I'd still want my money back at that point, but it's fun to fantasize. 

   I hope you get things tweaked so it functions alright for you Mark. Still I'd mark the "too late to send back day" on the calendar, just in case. Thanks for the review. I know I won't be getting any tech items, or power-tools from them for sure.

Great looking C-knee you've made Jay. I like that method you used. Thanks for explaining. 

Nice work Robb! It would seem to me that one side or the would have a little slack in the line anyway. Tight on one side would slacken the other side. In respect to planning ahead, I've been reading posts here on the site for over a year and a half, and if there's one thing to remember from that, it would be when you're planning steps, it's good to look ahead about 4 or 5 steps, or even on ahead to the next chapter, so what you're doing now, doesn't get in the way of what you need to do later. If that makes any sense. 

The deck looks lovely John, and I'm with Augie on the center picture. Nice lines. 

What they did looks great Matt!  I know what you mean about brain-block.  In times like that try adding Red Bull instead of water in their morning coffee, and watch 'em go!!  

Don't know what to say Frank! Truly an outstanding and lovely job on her! 

There isn't a tool manufacturer out there that can build a "fool-proof" tool. It's a "buyer use at your own risk" type of thing if you hurt yourself. Provided, of course, the tool doesn't fly apart and works as it was designed to. 

Used all different types and sizes of power tools all my life, and knock on wood, only got wounded from one once. A nail-gun double-tapped on me while I was on a ladder and reaching up to nail an up-right 2 x 4 to the top header of a wall. Run the nail into the side of my finger just missing the bone. Never had a problem with any other tool. You just have to maintain the appropriate amount of respect and caution when using them. H--l, a car will kill you if you don't use your head, just like anything else.

It looks like it's exactly what you're thinking Ken. Don't know for sure though, but it does look like it's meant to be pushed into the lower notches and used as a stop.

I'm with Nigel on this as well Ken. Very nice! 

I like your solution for clamping those planks Jay!  Ingenious clamps you made. Gonna have to log that one into my list as well.