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Jack12477
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Completed the ice yacht last night. Could not find any scale grommets and attempts to make the from KS brass tubing proved to be beyond my skill level, so I opted to use a bolt rope instead of the more modern grommets used on the current real 1:1 ice yacht. Photos of the model are attached below. Sorry for the picture quality, can't get outdoors for better lighting due to the severe wet weather we're having. And yes that is a "little person" sitting in the cockpit with their video camera ready to take a wild ride.
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Tools, tools and more tools....
Jack12477 replied to CPDDET's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
I hope you are joking. Lee Valley has an incredible collection of miniature planes and chisels that are perfect for model work. -
It's a new sub-forum of Shore Leave, Dave. Lots of interesting non-ship modeling.
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Maketh that a second Mead and a portion of black puddin, kind sir !
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Yea, I just got the same warning message myself a few minutes ago
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Guess I will pull up a stool also Denis.
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I'm here too. Brought the Corgi (dog) along; she'll bark loudly if anyone tries to raid the popcorn machine.
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Ok, Mark, Kevin, Carl, Ken, slide over so I can join too.
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Sounds like a good compromise, Robert. Yes, information on the lightships is hard to come by, especially the early years. When I was restoring our local lighthouse, I did a lot of research and found there's a lot of information on the lighthouses themselves but not much on the lightships. Another good organization, in addition to the USCG Historian's Office, that might have some useful historic information is the United States Lighthouse Society formerly in San Francisco now in Washington State. They have a section on their website which contains a list of downloadable books on lighthouses Your model is looking good BTW !
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I guess the little mouse up in the last row of the bleachers should chime in too and say nice job on the colour Carl. I like the camo effect.
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Robert, you could make them a fixed white light, as some early lighthouses were configured that way before the advent of "occulting devices" which were used to "hide" the light for a period of time making it appear to flash (in the days before electric lights). I haven't been able to find a reference that lists the patterns for Lightships - plenty of references for stationary lighthouse tho.
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Robert, don't forget to check the USCG Historian's Office for records of the light list for these Lightships - each Lightship (as well as each Lighthouse) has their own unique light flash pattern. That is, if you plan to actually light the tower lights as well.
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