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- Birthday 05/06/1950
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Building wooden model ships, yacht racing, radio control planes, tourism, Vimeo series on building the HMS Granado
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5:1 Maybe thats my issue GREG as i only diluted mine 1:1. Never got good results. Someone recommended these products to me, i cant remember who. Both bottles say they will blacken brass but no instruction on the label on how to apply the solution or any suggested dilution rate. In terms of heating i use a baby bottle warmer for cleaning brass. It took a while to get Pyrex cups as all my drinking glasses kept breaking. The Pyrex works great. kevin
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Hi Henry i use Jax pewter black and had the same issue as I applied it full strength. Then someone commented that I needed to dilute it with 50% water and it retained the blackness much better. It never made sense to me but it worked better when diluted . Having said that I just took them out and they are no longer as black as I remember so hopefully some experienced person will respond.
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Research in the HMS Ulysses 1797, a Roebuck class ship
Kevin Kenny replied to Kevin Kenny's topic in Nautical/Naval History
I have not printed all the scantlings yet . I had to look up scantlings. Humm. I will one day get all these terms under my belt. The larger frame does look double the size of the smaller frame and the measurement are all double. -
Research in the HMS Ulysses 1797, a Roebuck class ship
Kevin Kenny replied to Kevin Kenny's topic in Nautical/Naval History
This is like with like. The smaller frame above was a rejected frame from the Thorn just to give a comparison. This is frame 33 and all the measurement are double the 1/8” scale. The inside drawing is at 1/8 scale. -
Research in the HMS Ulysses 1797, a Roebuck class ship
Kevin Kenny replied to Kevin Kenny's topic in Nautical/Naval History
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Research in the HMS Ulysses 1797, a Roebuck class ship
Kevin Kenny replied to Kevin Kenny's topic in Nautical/Naval History
No but its its correct. It looks bigger than it is because of the way Hahn constructs the model. 2” off the top is removed. -
Research in the HMS Ulysses 1797, a Roebuck class ship
Kevin Kenny replied to Kevin Kenny's topic in Nautical/Naval History
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Research in the HMS Ulysses 1797, a Roebuck class ship
Kevin Kenny replied to Kevin Kenny's topic in Nautical/Naval History
Wonderful words Adam. Thanks -
Research in the HMS Ulysses 1797, a Roebuck class ship
Kevin Kenny replied to Kevin Kenny's topic in Nautical/Naval History
Hi Greg the CD’s may have been done by Bob Hunt, the owner of Lauck Street Shipyard (https://www.lauckstreetshipyard.com). -
Research in the HMS Ulysses 1797, a Roebuck class ship
Kevin Kenny replied to Kevin Kenny's topic in Nautical/Naval History
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Research in the HMS Ulysses 1797, a Roebuck class ship
Kevin Kenny replied to Kevin Kenny's topic in Nautical/Naval History
Hi Greg thanks for the response. There is no way i will be rigging a model of that size. It may be Dave Stevens CD’s i am not home to check it but will do so in a week as i noticed a lot of copywrite notices . I am sure Hahn did not do them, they were supplied when i purchase the plans from the family. It was a while ago and cant remember the details of how i got everything. The most important thing is all the plans are available in CAD. With reference to scale i have a friend who owns a high end copy center. I was pleasantly surprised that he was able to print perfectly scaled up drawings from the CAD drawings supplied in the CD’s. And more importantly he has agreed to do it for me at no cost. Thats always encouraging. I am at the point of just trying to put every thing in place to start the build some time next year when Thorn is complete. And Thorn will be fully rigged. Not sure i will use his jig to make the frames other than to experiment with it. Its the same jig i saw in Rev Remaro practium for the Warrior. Your methods of frame construction have convinced me that this is the preferred method. I am in Tobago for a week but will produce 4 frames when i get back just to get a feel of the width of the finished model. I am almost convinced to build her in 1/4” scale but was interested in hearing of the experience of people who made large models which they kept at home. If it becomes a problem i can always put it in our cottage where i already have a few of my finished models. again thanks for the feedback. kevin -
Research in the HMS Ulysses 1797, a Roebuck class ship
Kevin Kenny replied to Kevin Kenny's topic in Nautical/Naval History
The Janus which was renamed Dromedary sank when she hit Parasol rock, but they did not change the name of the rock
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