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  1. Jack12477
    No, I checked it carefully. Only the one corner delaminated, taking a few of the ribs with it. Once I reglued them and let them set overnight clamped, they were fine. They withstood the fairing with no problems.
  2. Jack12477
    Carl, Lee Valley makes one Veritas plow plane I have one
  3. Jack12477
    After cutting out the ribs, false keel, etc I started putting the parts together but first I had to reglue some of the ribs. Then started assembling the skeleton Added the reinforcing pieces to the bow and stern, then faired the sibs.
  4. Jack12477
    Decided to get back into wood after a side venture in plastic. My next wood kit is the Titanic Lifeboat by Artesania Latina in 1:35 scale. Purchased the kit through Tower Hobbies in Chicago when I heard that AL was in bankruptcy. Had this kit on my wish list for some time. Well here's the obligatory box photos. Interestingly the entire box was shrink wrapped in plastic, and the contents were likewise shrink wrapped in plastic over a large piece of cardboard. In addition each of the bundles were also shrink wrapped. Don't know if this is to prevent moisture; or sticky fingers absconding with spare parts or to prevent parts from getting lost if the box itself is damaged. At any rate it was a lot of plastic wrap to cut thru. One piece of laser cut ply had delaminated at one end caused 4 or 5 of the ribs to also delaminate, since the ply was 3 ply and only 1 ply came loose it was easy to reglue. First time I have encountered this with an AL kit. The part in the upper right corner of the next photo is the piece that delaminated. T
  5. Jack12477
    Yes Bob, I was thinking the same thing. I have the miniature Veritas shoulder plane and was thinking I could fabricate something similar that would work with the miniature plane.
  6. Jack12477
    From the photo above looks like it could be used to taper or thickness plane small stock as well as square off stock.
  7. Jack12477
    Received the latest catalog from Lee Valley the other day and came across this interesting hand joiner jig for their medium shoulder play which might be useful for us ship modelers. Veritas Hand Joinery
  8. Jack12477
    Rich, cut them free first, then apply some thin CA only to the area where you want to drill, let dry, then drill. The thin CA will hold the wood fibers together. I have used this trick in wood carving when I have to carve something like deer antlers on a figure.
  9. Jack12477
    Gee, Denis, I wonder how they would classify the bi-planes at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome across the Hudson River from me. Most are 1916 vintage , Nieuwport, Sopwith Camel, Bleriot, etc -all flyable
  10. Jack12477
    I believe that is the Nine O Nine B17, from photos it appears to be destroyed.
  11. Jack12477
    In September 2008 the Collings Foundation flew their B17, B24, and B25 aircraft into Stewart Airport in Newburgh N, here's photos from that day. B17 nose art and cockpit instrument closture
  12. Jack12477
    Here you go Denis. One B36 Stratofortress model- Sorry for the angle but I am afraid to remove it for fear of something else falling off.
  13. Jack12477
    Denis, have you checked out the Collings Foundation Nine O Nine B 17. It was in Nashua two days ago.
  14. Jack12477
    Do you mean the Monogram B-36 Stratofortress kit? For its time it was the largest aircraft model with a wingspan of about 36-39 inches. I built one from that kit, it hangs from the rafters in my cellar model shop. I'll see if I can find some photos of it. It has gotten pretty dirty and dusty over the eons. And the decals are starting to fall off.
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    They were the B-25
  16. Jack12477
    They are the same. See following https://forum.woodcarvingillustrated.com/forum/woodcarving-illustrated/woodcarving/carving-wood-materials/26746-limewood-vs-basswood https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilia#Romantic_symbol
  17. Jack12477
    Doesn't matter, you can still use it, just be careful to keep your antivirus up to date. I'm still running XP with no issues including no security issues. My wife's Win 7 system has not received any updates since MS tricked the world into installing the Win 10 upgrade. Backing the upgrade off screwed up the update installer and now you cannot even manually install updates. Nor can we restore it to the last backup point. So her laptop will remain Win 7 and mine will remain XP until the hardware becomes unrepairable. Then I will replace both of them with an Abacus
  18. Jack12477
    There probably are a few parcels left on Monadnock ! Not quite so far away ! Great mountains views too !
  19. Jack12477
    The bridge in Brooklyn !?!!!
  20. Jack12477
    There is a way to preview a post. In the reply window, top row of window, on the extreme right side there is an icon that looks like a page with the top right corner folded over. Click this icon to preview the post, to close the preview click the black circle with the X in upper right corner. Kevin, to see if someone got your PM, at the top of the page there is a header with a world globe and two conversation icons next to it. Click on the conversation icons to see your PMs.
  21. Jack12477
    I have had good results using the rubber plumbing connectors shown below to adapt different diameters to my vacuum cleaner
  22. Jack12477
    It got stuck in an atmospheric traffic jam between two High's.
  23. Jack12477
    Must be down at shore enjoying all them lobsta's. Lucky him ! I did get to Maryland last week to enjoy some of their Blue Crabs. BTW the Jet Pack does deccelerate and lands at a gentle speed.
  24. Jack12477
    A nice Jet Pack works, Lou. You could be "at altitude" in under 10 seconds
  25. Jack12477
    Lou, they do make ear phones so you don't disturb the Admiral

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