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    Ice Boating, Photography, Woodcarving, Hiking, Jazz music

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  1.    Jack12477 reacted to a post in a topic: BR-18 Locomotive by Greg Davis - OcCre - 1/32
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    Amazing model ! Fantastic detail ! Especially that California license plate. Nice touch.
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  21. Jack12477
    I'm curious Eric. How do you "sculpt" your rock faces/outcroppings? Carve by hand ? Use rubber molds like those available from Woodland Scenics? Will you be covering this in more detail in subsequent posts?
  22. Jack12477
    Looking really good Eric! And I do remember the paper towels in runny plaster, very very messy. The plaster cloth is a great n improvement.
  23. Jack12477
    I sort of deduced that from their appearance in your photos. They did look like L-girders. When I built mine I was surprised at how strong they were in terms of how much weight they can carry, yet be light enough to move the table around when needed. Your discussion of the history is most interesting.
  24. Jack12477
    When I built my N scale layout, I used the L-girder design for the framework (you could screw everything, into the inverted leg of the L from below, such as the 1x3 cross members). For the top we used 3/8 inch plywood or sometimes 1/4 inch, glued to 3/4 (5/8 ??) Inch thick Homasote then the cork roadbed was tacked to the Homasote. Build a simple L-Girder
  25. Jack12477
    Copy arrived in today’s mail. Thanks !
  26. Jack12477
    Wow! Two years since I posted any work updates. Bet you all thought I quit. Almost did !😉 Got really bored and frustrated so I m stepped away for awhile 🙃 and of course life got in the way also. I built a few none ship models as a distraction during my hiatus. Now it's back to building the masts and doing the rigging. I finished the bowsprit. Photos follow. Next up is the 3 masts, I'm trying to decipher the vague and very sparse instructions. Everything is in 4 languages. The mast, spars, trees,, etc are a nice walnut wood. I swapping out the AL rope and most blocks for the @ChuckSyren rope and pear blocks I have in my stash. It looks so much better. Progress photos to date :
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    Welcome, Steve ! I'm originally from Brighton, near Twelve Corners. I also got hooked on Tamiya 1:35 armour kits, have about 40 completed tanks.
  29. Jack12477
    I think you can get a USB attachable external CD drive, Chris. I have a USB attachable 3.5 inch floppy drive for all my old floppy disk, also one to attach an old hard drive.
  30. Jack12477
    Creepy looking owl! What species is it ?
  31. Jack12477
    Yea, I hate it when the software developers send out updates which change default settings and don't tell anyone. That's why my ThinkPad is still running Windows XP 😜 I got tired of replacing my flatbed photo scanners and Canon inkjet printers just because Gates decided to declare them obsolete and unsupported in his newest version of Windows.
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    Craig, check your iPhone photo settings. You may be defaulting to HEIC instead of JPEG/JPG. I suspect this is your problem since you said it works after renaming. P.S. I don’t use i-anything. Just Android . Update: after some Googling Apple changed the default to HEIC without telling anyone. Since iOS 11, iPhone 7 and later can take photos in HEIC format - new file container for photos that reduces file size but keeps high quality. You can set if your photos are taken in HEIC or in old JPEG format with Settings > Camera > Formats: ‘High efficiency’ is for HEIC format. ‘Most compatible’ is for JPEG.
  33. Jack12477
    One of my favorite albums. His drummer, Jimmy Cobb, maintained a residence here in the valley and was often seen performing here. On one occasion closed all the streets in the Village of Saugerties for a Jazz in Saugerties weekend, Jimmy was center stage in the middle of the major intersection in the village. Beautiful shade of blue on the Cobra.
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    I'm in
  35. Jack12477
    Several decades ago I built the HO scale Class "C" 2-truck 3-cylinder SHAY locomotive by Roundhouse. It's fully operational. I added Kadee brand knuckle couplers instead of the kit supplied. Photos below (of a slightly dusty model):

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