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Canute

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  1. I would think rectangular bricks mortared in the pan would be appropriate. The brick would insulate the stove from the pan and hence the ship's decking.
  2. I'll second Mark's recommendation. The CA will make the clear plastic craze. The canopy cement is white as applied; it will dry clear. I think this canopy cement is a thickened white glue; just don't mess with it until it dries.
  3. The PE makes those davits pop, Greg. Time consuming work, but with what you've already done, you have to keep it up. Great build.
  4. Pat, I've got Choctaw on hold until I can cut the cardstock into cleaner circles. Right now they look like stop signs and such. The rounded casements will look good, if I can cut them out better. The paddle wheel boxes are too jagged, so I have to redo them.
  5. Dings and splits would be appropriate in the wood. Just don't get too carried away. Check out this Pan Pastels link: http://www.modelingcolors.com/ I like them because when you over-spray, they remain in place and don't fade. Most other chalks & powders do.
  6. Jack, I've made this solution, but don't remember how long it took to turn into a staining mixture. No more than a week, I seem to remember.
  7. Stain the wood a weathered light gray and let dry. Dab rubber cement in spots on the hull and then paint over the whole hull in your next color. When that dries pop the rubber cement off the hull and you should have bare spots and peeling paint. Used it on some structures; works good.
  8. Try replacing the battery? Some of us need the bigger numbers.
  9. Brian, I'd go hide under the bed until tomorrow or maybe Friday. You're burning up all your good stuff at an alarming rate. As an old squadron CO of mine used to say, one "aw, s***" wipes out all previous good stuff. You do'd it, bud.
  10. Looks good, Mark. The cloth weave looks like a used clothes dryer sheet. I knew you'd do it! :)
  11. Maybe back in Elizabethan times the barrels were out on deck. Later on the gunner loaded cartridges, usually cloth, with powder, way down in the powder magazines. They worked in cloth slippers, no shoes with metal on them.
  12. Dave, I've read in some journals that the powder barrels were stored on their sides. I suppose they used gravity to interlock the barrels. And the barrels were bound with copper bands; no sparks in magazines.
  13. Thanks, Steve. The pipettes I've used in the past weren't working so well. I'll give these a shot.
  14. Nicely done, Frank. And a nice catch on that wood bar to keep the frames in line.
  15. Gerhard, this is a ship and era I am deeply interested in. I'll follow along, too. Best of luck in this endeavor.
  16. Hornet, what size needles on those syringes?
  17. WOW, Jack, cutting it close on your deck. Overall, it looks good. Bury, cover, hide - we all make little oopsies, so we have to obscure them. Can't have them sticking out like a sore thumb, eh Jack? Or we'd be forever remodeling them.
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