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Wow...stunningly beautiful...perfection! Be sure to post some video when she makes her first voyage. I would love to build a steam powered boat at some point. Did you get the steam engine from Krick? Also, did the Krick instructions give you the necessary information for setting your boat up with RC capability? Bob
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Speedwell 1752 by druxey - a work in progress
BobG replied to druxey's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
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I have just begun to look over your build log. Lovely boat and superb craftsmanship! Bob
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My wife just bought me a complete Grex airbrush set with a compressor for Christmas. So since I've never used and airbrush and haven't used this one yet, who am I to make recommendations though...? However, this airbrush kit was highly recommended by a friend who does use airbrushes. He liked it because it is a double-action, pistol style airbrush with a trigger. He feels it paints as well as the typical, single finger, toggle style airbrushes but is much easier to learn to use and comes with an instructional DVD. I bought a couple of fan nozzles for it also for spraying a wider pattern when needed like on the hull of a large boat. I'm looking forward to learning to use it once I complete my Medway Longboat. Bob
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I'll be interested to hear how you like this glue. Bob
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These dory boats are wonderful. Enjoy the build! Bob
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Thanks, Chuck. I haven't figured out how to use the search function to narrow the search down to something very specific. When I search for something I invariably end up with every word being searched for which results in tons of posts that are irrelevant. I know that when I've sailed on my brother-in-laws boat we have to duck under the boom when coming about but the main sheet attaches to the boom much further towards the mast. It's hard to imagine why they did it the way they did on these longboats. Bob
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Awesome! I absolutely love the paint job on the canons. Bob
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Chuck, I have a question about the actual operation of the horse and the main sheet. It looks like the main sheet and block would get in the way of the rudder handle when the boom was sheeted in or out and the boom moved from one side to the other because of where the traveler is located with the main sheet and block attached to it. How did the sailor steering the boat with the rudder avoid having the main sheet and block get in the way of the rudder handle? Bob
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Kurt, I joined the NRG recently. Are any of the digital issues previous to the date that I joined available for me to access? Thanks, Bob
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When you say "scale drawings," does that mean they are 1:1 drawings? Also, are the drawings relatively easy to understand? I've seen some drawings that were so "cluttered" with detail that it was actually difficult to determine what I was actually looking at and to get accurate measurements. Bob
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Simply stunning work! Congratulations on a beautiful planking job. Bob
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I forgot to add that I also use Chuck's method of using a small iron like a travel iron to bend wood too. If the bend has a curve with and a twist in it, I like to use the hair dryer method. If it's a more straight forward bend, I like to use the travel iron method which also requires wetting the wood slightly with your fingers before heating it up with the iron. Sometimes I use both methods on a single piece of wood that I'm bending. Whatever it takes to get the job done! Bob
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One of the things I finding out about building model boats is that there are many good ways to do things. Modelers seem to find their favorite means of doing something through trial and error. Dave has found, at least on this particular model, that soaking the wood frames and clamping them until it dries works well for him in bending the frames. Many modelers use soaking and clamping successfully to bend wood. I used an Amati plank bending tool to bend the frames on my Indian Girl Canoe. It's one of those tools that looks like a soldering iron with a big, piece of curved metal on the end. I would take a frame and moisten it with a dab of water with my fingers and then gently began to apply heat with the tool while a frame was laying in the curved section of the wood block that comes with the plank bending tool. I would continue to dab it frequently with a little water and rubbing the heating element over the frame while checking the fit of the curve frequently in the canoe. I used medium viscosity CA to glue the frame into place once the fit was close to the correct contour. You need to take care not to scorch the wood. Keeping the heating element moving over a slightly moist surface pretty much prevented any scorching for me. My preferred way to bend wood, however, is Chuck's method of using a hair dryer for dry heat while twisting and bending the wood. This method worked well for me on the Medway Longboat. However, the canoe frames were too small with sharp bends for me to be able to hold them and bend them using dry heat. I preferred the using the plank bending tool method. Bob
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I'm a long ways away from being able to scratch build a model from the architectural drawings but I would like to be able to substitute better quality wood for the wood supplied in some of the kits that I'm interested in building. So many kits have mediocre or even poor quality wood in them that it's difficult to get the kind of sharp edges and smoothly sanded surfaces that I want on the model. So maybe a Byrnes saw will be the first tabletop machine that I buy. Bob
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You're building a wonderful model, Andrew. Great to see her coming along so nicely. Bob
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The repetition in model ship building can test just about anyone's patience except maybe the Dali Lama! Drilling around 700 little holes and putting a sliver of fishing line in them to simulate nails on the Medway Longboat nearly sent me to the looney house! Hang in there,Dave, she's coming along! Bob
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I just reread your log from where you began the rigging and your photos are helping me a lot in understanding how to do the rigging. I've said it before but I'll say it again, your Medway Longboat is simply beautifully done. Bob
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Great to see this build coming along. How have you found the quality of the wood supplied by Soclaine? It looks pretty good to me in your photos. There is a Soclaine model that I'm interested in but I can't find much information about the quality of their kits. Bob
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I've been there and done that! I swear that my tools find the glue on my work desk like a moth to the flame! If you are going to use CA make sure to have some Debonder ready at hand. I've glued up to 3 fingers to a piece of wood and, believe me, never just try to pry your fingers loose unless you don't mind losing a patch of skin. Regardless of these pitfalls, I still find that CA has it's place and can be very useful. Bob
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I use medium viscosity CA frequently and have had good results with it. The main thing for me is work with the wooden part, like a plank for example, until it fits almost perfectly and then be very careful applying the glue in a tiny amount so it won't bleed and stain. You need to position the piece rather quickly since you only have 15 seconds or so to adjust the placement before the CA grabs tightly. The thinner the dab of CA, the quicker it sets. A slightly thicker dab of CA will alIow you to move the piece around a little longer but you may get some squeeze out. I have a dry cloth ready to dab up any bleed quickly before it dries. If I end up with some staining I sand it lightly and then apply a finish like Wipe-on-Poly. I also use Titebond Thick and Quick white, carpenter's glue. I like it because it dries faster than regular Titebond glue and it doesn't run much at all. I use it when I think a need a bit more time to adjust the placement of a piece. I generally just use finger pressure to hold the piece in place while the glue sets up without a lot of clamping. Once it's pretty firmly set, I let it dry for 10 minutes or so before doing anything which would apply pressure to the piece.
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Chuck, I ordered one of your serving machines and it should arrive within a week or so. I've never done any rigging or serving but I'm looking forward to learning to do it. Can you recommend a brand and size of thread to use with your serving machine? Also, does the size of the serving thread change with the size of the rope being served? As always, many thanks, Bob
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