Jack12477
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Great job Denis !
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Nice job Denis ! Looks very realistic. Great addition to your model collection. Just an FYI: the area with the light in it is called "the lantern room", the floor immediately blow that is called "the watch room". If you ever get to Baltimore, go tour the Seven Foot Knoll screwpile lighthouse they have displayed on one of the piers in their Inner Harbor tourist area.
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Thanks Michael ! I will keep that in mind. Your jigs are quite helpful . I have been learning a lot from following your builds.
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Decided to start cutting out the gun ports before I go any further. Not proving to be an easy go of it. So far I have not screwed it up too badly. I'm following @JDDouglass example and prefabricated the liners from 1/16 basswood sheets. My Veritas miniature carpenters square Measuring guage @michael mott inspired thickness planer jig for my Veritas miniature Bench plan (still fine tuning this one, Michael, if you are looking in, critiques welcome.) Stay tuned ! 😉
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That is a one way lane, every 1/2 mile they widen it so cars in opposing directions can pass, if you get caught between passing section one of them has to back up to the previous passing zone..........
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This should give you perspective Tug Hill Plateau region of NY [this is what my uncle described encountering on his drives to Massena]
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Yes ! Plus the snow compressed making it firmer than fresh snow
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My uncle had one of those when he lived in Watertown NY, east of the infamous Tug Hill Plateau, back when they were building the St Lawrence Seaway. His company, Atlantic-Richfield Oil, was a major lubricant supplier for the construction equipment. They sent him up there to oversee their contracts; 2nd year he lived there he had to use that 2nd story exit. He had some wild stories to tell about the drive from Watertown to Massena NY during winter, in the days before "climate change". And cars didn't rust up there either, no road salt, at least not until they hosted the Winter Olympics in the 1980. Don't have any of those down here in the Valley.
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The official amount for my town was 25.6 inches. Another snow event coming Friday then another nor'easter possible on Sunday.
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Thanks Tom, I was thinking the same.
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@toms10 When you did yours, did you cut the gun ports in before or after you did the 2nd planking with the Clear and Walnut veneer planking ? Right now the decks are just tacked down with 4-5 nails just to hold them in place. Next step calls for adding 5 rows of Clear below the bulwark then continuing to keel with the Walnut.
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Finally, after much pushing, pulling heating, clamping I got the bulwark installed, then I had to use the heat gun to mold them to the fore and aft deck curvature.
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The Ouray to Silverton leg is over an 11,000 ft pass, then downhill into Silverton, back up another 10,000 ft something pass, then downhill into Durango, total distance is 100 miles but takes about 4 hours to drive. Then there is Wolf Creek Pass coming into Durango from East. My Admiral was almost catatonic, looking out the passenger window, no shoulder, no guard rail, just straight down 2,000-3,000 ft maybe more.
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Have not driven US 1 in California but I have taken a few white knuckle drives over the Colorado Rockies, e.g., Loveland Pass, "million dollar highway" from Ouray to Durango, and Rocky Mountain National Park. No guard rails on those roads.
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Gee ! I heard it took out a whole section of US 1 in Central California before departing 😟 I mean Grand Canyon style cleavage of the highway. of saying "are we there yet? " 🤭
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Oh yea ! It's 2.54 cm per inch not 25.4 (mm) . Metric was never my strong suit. Surprised nobody in Metric- land caught it. Thanks, Tom ! 😉
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Yea, but you guys get those 150 mph winds, forest fires, torrential rains, all coming in off the Pacific. And we won't even mention those mountain passes, will we!!! 😄😄😄 Our east coast nightly news always has some piece about PNW weather / storms. In fact this nor'easter we are about to get is a " gift" from out west.
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Good use for an old glove, Patrick. Tank looks fabulous. Great job on it. I like your idea of storing decals in old match boxes, unfortunately I don't have a need for matches, but I think I can find a suitable small substitute for my extra decals.
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If memory serves the Gulf Stream terminates near England keeping your weather milder but maybe a tad wetter and foggier. 😃 We have a contest here in NY called the Golden Snowball Award between 5 NY cities with populations over 100,000, namely, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Binghamton and Albany to see who gets the most snow between November 1st and May 1st. Syracuse usually wins, but Buffalo and Rochester dominate also. This season, thanks to a previous nor'easter dumping 4 ft of snow on them, Binghamton is leading with Buffalo right behind them. Of course, the Grand Daddy of all NY is the Tug Hill Plateau area at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, record snowfall for one season was 499 inches (126 meters??). Lowest temperature −52 °F (−46.7 °C) February 18, 1979 Old Forge Herkimer County NY Lowest temperature −52 °F (−46.7 °C) February 9, 1934 Stillwater Reservoir Herkimer County
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Well, definitely cold here 5 F (-15 C) this morning at 0630, up north in Adirondack Mtns -17 F (-27 C). "Monster" snow storm (nor'easter) heading up coast, snow arrives tonight continues thru Wednesday morning, 12+ inches of snow forecast for my area. Snowblower gassed up and ready to rock n roll, larder well stocked, kegs tapped. Plenty of hot cocoa mix. 🙂🙃😉😁🥶⛷
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Moving along with the bending of the fore and aft bulwark. I immersed the wood in water for about 15 minutes, then using a heat gun I borrowed from my son, using the lowest heat setting I slowly bent the piece around a form, clamped in place overnight, then temporarily clamped to model applying a bit more heat to get it to fit better. I will let it sit for a day or two to let the wood dry then will glue to model. Don't have enough clamps or fingers !
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Patrick, to protect my thumb while wood carving, I wear this leather thumb protector Great job on the tank. Impressive model .
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Likewise from me OC.
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