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  1. Canute
    UMM-USA carries this stuff here in the US, too. http://www.umm-usa.com/
  2. Canute
    They have a very nice micro saw: http://umm-usa.com/onlinestore/product_info.php?cPath=21_28&products_id=35 I've had one for years and it works well.
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    My condolences to the Admiral for her loss. Tiny will be waiting for her across the "Rainbow Bridge" one day. Nice back story with your diorama, Jonny. The ship and setting are excellent! Well done.
  4. Canute
    WOW. Beautiful work! Kudoes, mate.
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    Richard, same here. My condolences, mate.
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    Jay, it's etched permanently in my being. I watched the Twin Towers being built in the late 60s, while in college. And as an Emergency Manager for the the state of New Jersey, I watched them fall. The heroic 343 firemen and medics who ran into the buildings, along with NYPD and Port Authority police were true heroes that day. We continue to mourn the 3,000 plus folks who died that day. We must never forget this dastardly act.
  7. Canute
    Carl, you're right! make sure you use Catopower's Yakatabune build. He has translated a lot of the early instructions for us Japanese language challenged folks.
  8. Canute
    Well done there, Matt.
  9. Canute
    Picked up a set of cool grays and black Faber Castell Pitt pens and promptly went to my shipyard to color some edges. Thanks for the steer, Slog. They look good. I touched up all the parts I had previously used the Chartpak pens on. Continued gluing up the hull skins and still puzzling over the stern pieces. I think I have a fix, but I'm going to try it with some re-positional glue first. Also began the paddle wheel housings. Paddle housing support Paddle wheel attachment point, bottom of support Exterior paddle housing. The white semi-circle gets another overlay, but its both an inside and outside cut. I'm looking for a good, smooth semicircle here, with a flat at the top of the paddle. There will be an observation platform perched on top of each paddle wheel housing. The red 52 on the housing is the location for a 3 piece bump-out, glued over that spot. The instructions aren't text, just pictures with numbers and arrows pointing in approximate locations. Thanks for reading.
  10. Canute
    Nice metallurgy primer. Thanks.
  11. Canute
    Well done, Mick!
  12. Canute
    I'll vote for that too.
  13. Canute
    Check a model railroad shop that stock garden railway items. They may have people in 1/24 scale. The garden RRs are anything from 1/32 to 1/20 scale cars & locos. They use the same track gauge. Very confusing to us more conventional model railroaders.
  14. Canute
    Nice frames, Mick. And a smart move to go for the optivisor; can't have too much light and adequate magnification.
  15. Canute
    Kowabunga, dude. That's small.
  16. Canute
    Might try a sepia tone. Different colors will look interesting.
  17. Canute
    Me three! get in on the ground floor of a master work.
  18. Canute
    Nice touches all around, Clare. Well done. The b&w shots look period perfect.
  19. Canute
    Slog, thanks for that great tip. I'll have to get some.
  20. Canute
    George, I think so. The edge coloring subject is one often discussed on paper-modeling forums, from what I've been reading. Probably will need more coats. I'm applying color with an alcohol based marker, not paint. Not much pigment applied there. I've used these markers to color basswood structures, and end up doing several applications. But it does work. The coloring is more like a wash than a coat of pigment.
  21. Canute
    Really nice cutting going on. Excellent joinery.
  22. Canute
    I colored the edges of the hull skins with a Cool Gray #5 I have. There are 10 different cool grays (bluish tint) and 10 warm grays (brownish tint). They get darker with higher numbers. Looked OK when I first did it, but after it dried it looked too light. The edge stands out, though not as bad as a white edge. Glued up the first 4 hull skins, on the bottom only. I'll glue up the sides when it's all one piece. You can see how the marker, which is alcohol based, bled into the paper. On the printed side it's not obvious, but it is too light. I think I need a #10 cool gray or a black marker. Also started gluing up the compartments that sit between the paddle wheels. They even have five separate doors. Only the far, inside, end is glued, so far (the visible 17c end). Still studying the stern parts; not yet ready to apply any glue to those 2 parts.
  23. Canute
    Really like the diorama, Jonny. And the Lily pics are nice. Sounds like she's fitting right in.
  24. Canute
    Jack, I like that rotary! N-scale is tough. I have an HO one, unbuilt. Thanks for the support.
  25. Canute
    Reflections, Jerry. Simple physics. Shiny stainless acts as a mirror. "Taint turning transparent. Capeesh?

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