Jack12477
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Hi Sal, yes it has been a while. Sorry to hear you weren't well but glad to hear you have recovered. Congrats to your daughter on her graduation. We both had a milestone to celebrate, my youngest daughter received her Doctorate in Education (EdD) this past April. Point of interest on your Steamboats research - the Great Lakes steamboat SS Columbia is headed our way for restoration at the Hudson River Maritime Museum (https://hudsonvalleyone.com/2017/04/30/s-s-columbia-projects-steamy-dreams/ ) and Columbia Project . I'll let you know when she arrives. -
I'm joining the gallery also, Sal.
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Open a build log in Shore Leave for the airplane build, Steve. I'm sure members would like to follow along.
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Nice, Chuck. I like the color and her lines.
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Trying to decide. Choices are AL Constellation, MS Picketboat or maybe go real crazy and scratch build an ice yacht. Haven't decided but summer projects are distracting me at the moment plus I need to rearrange the basement workspace first.
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My condolences to your wife, yourself and your family, Jesse.
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Soldering dangerously close to the hull
Jack12477 replied to popeye2sea's topic in Metal Work, Soldering and Metal Fittings
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Welcome to MSW Frank. I have to concur with Dan. Your work is impressive and beautiful. What scale are you working from ?
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Thank you, Lawrence for the birthday wishes and your very kind compliments on the skipjack build. I have been following your own build (silently), enjoying your work and commentary. I try to click the Like button to let you know I've been "lurking" in the background. Yes I do understand the distractions getting in the way of browsing MSW, I have trouble keeping up myself. Again thanks for looking in and your very kind words.
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The miter box is also available from Micro-Mark for about $15 USD. I have the saw and the miter box, the stop is part of the box.
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Tools You Can't Live Without
Jack12477 replied to Justin P.'s topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
I concur ! But my personal favorite is Connemara Peated Single Malt Irish Whiskey. -
Pulling up a barrel to follow along, Per.
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Old Floquil paints?
Jack12477 replied to MEDDO's topic in Painting, finishing and weathering products and techniques
Joe, search for this mrh-acrylic-painting-guide-post-floquil-landscape.pdf You might have to drop off the .PDF from the search argument. I was able to find it. -
Pulling up a chair to follow along. That Co-Op Creamery looks like a nice HO scale building kit
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Very beautiful model, Chuck. Enjoyed following along and I learned a lot.
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Tools You Can't Live Without
Jack12477 replied to Justin P.'s topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
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Jud, the USS The Sullivans is at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park on Lake Erie in Buffalo NY . It's been there since 1977 along with the Cleveland-class cruiser USS Little Rock and submarine USS Croaker. All three ships are open for tours. She's also listed as a National Historic Landmark, and is on the National Historic Register of Historic Places.
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Oh I thought you were sanding the planks on the hull, not the bulkheads themselves. Yea, the sanding sticks would work better on those than a plane.
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Dave, when I have to do a lot of sanding I start first with my Lee Valley miniature low angle block plane, set the blade to remove the thinnest strip of material, and use it to remove the bulk of the material before switching to sanding blocks/sticks to finish. When I first saw the plane I thought it was a toy but it is not. I also use if for tapering masts/spars. It sure beats sanding for hours (or days) on end. And it is small enough that I still have plenty of hand control over it. Pictured below next to its big brother.
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Yea, I thought they were a "cutesy" toy too until on a whim I bought the low angle block plane and tried using it on one of my models. That's when I decided it wasn't a "cutesy" toy but a real functioning miniature plane that could get into small areas where even the smallest of the "full sized" planes couldn't. Now it sits on my workbench right alongside all my micro-chisel, files, and assorted modeling tools. In my case, I prefer to use hand tools powered by my hand/arm over powered tools; I just have a better feel for what I'm doing with a good hand tool. Not to say I don't have any power tools; I do, but I use them sparingly.
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