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mtdoramike

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  1. After the first build under your belt, the world is your oyster. You can pick which ever fancies you.
  2. I hated those little thin deck planking strips, what a pain they were and tedious
  3. Absolutely stunning work on the Victory with only one criticism: Why have such a magnificent ship as the Victory with all those 100 plus cannon and not have them all showing loud and proud? To me, that is the best part of building the victory.
  4. Gregory is right, I usually chunk the dowels from the kits because they are usually warped and go to Hobby Lobby and buy some cheap dowels and make my own.
  5. Where are you located? This could have something to do with the tariffs between the EU and the U.S.
  6. Thanks, I use 2oz cloth on all my RC boats, with three coats of resin. I sand between each coat with 120 grit, 220 grit finishing with 400 grit sand paper. I use a long curing resin, which takes 24 hours to cure, which allows the resin flow and flatten for little to no sanding on the final coat.
  7. I donated a built Victory to my local Library and also another large ship model to my local Hospital, which holds an auction once a year to raise funds. Now, my question to you is, is your Model Victory in a display case? If not, then most places will not accept it due to possible damage and becoming a giant dust collector. Both my model donations came with display cases.
  8. I see nothing wrong with the quality of this kit at least as far as the photos show. The build quality seems to be exceptional. Price is a might steep. No doubt in my mind once built, this model would appraise at better than $5000.00-$6000.00 depending on the quality of the build.
  9. I used a Harbor freight scroll saw for years, bought it new for $89.00 back then and sold it for $50.00 when I ran across a project that required a deep throat than the smaller Harbor Freight saw. I bought a Craftsman for $150.00. I never had an issue with the harbor Freight saw and never regretted buying it.
  10. I tell myself that same thing every morning when I crawl out of bed "I'm really still a kid". But then as the day grows older, so do I, to the point I believe that being young and feeling like a kid is a figment of my imagination especially when my mind is saying go and my body is saying hell no.
  11. Why do you think you are writing a thesis? To explain to old goats like us why we do what we do.
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