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  1. Canute
    Here you go, Jesse: The notes are mine, sizing the blocks. This plan is part of a practicum over on the MSB site as a Battle Station practicum. It's done in 1/32 scale.
  2. Canute
    Wise man, Mark. As somebody said "Happy wife, happy life"!
  3. Canute
    I'd like to follow along, too. Gonna hang with Mark, Grant and the rest of the gang.
  4. Canute
    I used to paint brass model railroad engines with a brand called Scale-Coat. The metal had to be clean; even had to strip the clear coat from some engines, since they had bubbles in the clear coating. The Scale-coat worked great, since it was a lacquer and dried glossy. Easier to decal over than flat paints. It didn't need a primer, but if you're painting yellows or reds, you better prime first.
  5. Canute
    They may have had some tackle and a tie off cleat in the overhead, between the deck beams and carlines. I have battle station plans and that's where the gunport door operating mechanism "resides". A couple of single sheave blocks is all.
  6. Canute
    You should clean and prep the metal (brass?), either dunk it in some vinegar for brass or apply a primer paint for other metals. The vinegar is acid, so it etches the brass and gives some tooth to the part for the paint to stick to. Let the primer, then paint your color.
  7. Canute
    Looks good, Jack. Transom is blended in nicely. The hull planking looks smooth. Since this is double planked, the second layer will lay down nicely.
  8. Canute
    Well done Dave! The good doctor was suitably wowed.
  9. Canute
    Great way to recharge the batteries, Jay.
  10. Canute
    I'd like to follow along, too.
  11. Canute
    Greg, I'll follow long, too.
  12. Canute
    Grant, I'll join you in the front row. Looking forward to another build by Clare.
  13. Canute
    Very interesting boat, Clare. Will be following your build. The masking tape looks like the same tape Tamiya sells. Excellent masking tape!.
  14. Canute
    How will you keep it level? Guess you could pin the wheels and put one under the trunnion point.
  15. Canute
    Mick, the first few and the ones showing the overall acrylic supports for the cant frames on top of your build board. Wasn't visualizing the supports until I looked at the overall ones. Takes a while to get stuff drilled into this Irish-Sicilian skull.
  16. Canute
    Click! Light bulb on now. One picture (or in this case a series) does the trick. Thanks, Mick!
  17. Canute
    That boat's a beauty, Sal. As are the sweeps and oars.
  18. Canute
    Thank you Mike and Dimitris. And the likes from the posse, Matt, George and Cap'n Steve. I hope to jump back into this soon. Cutting paper and card is beginning to pale in comparison to the feel of working in wood. I may end up moving back and forth.
  19. Canute
    Sharp blades and a cutting mat work well. But, balsa is a very soft wood; really only useful as filler for a hull, between the bulkheads. Trying to shape items, like deck furniture, is difficult because the wood is so soft. The edges don't hold up if much pressure is applied, so fine detail is hard to achieve. You may want to try some basswood. It's still soft, but it doesn't have the issues of balsa.
  20. Canute
    Very work on the gun carriages, Grant. Worth a bookmark!
  21. Canute
    You could include sounds via sound decoders. Several roads did have steamboat whistles on their locos. But sound decoders, speakers and a good enclosure aren't cheap. I just put sound in an Alco B unit and that was over $100. Smoke, on the other hand, won't look too good. The wispy smoke these generators put out won't look even close.
  22. Canute
    For those of you interested in bigger scales, check out Flagship Models, a purveyor of 1/192 scale ships and some bigger scales. All resin and photo-etch brass, primarily American Civil War era, but he does has an 1890s US torpedo boat aka destroyer. His address: http://www.flagshipmodels.com
  23. Canute
    Check out the folks at Kombrig, a Russian maker of resin ships in 1/350 and 1/700. They have a number of pre-dreadnoughts in their catalog. Here's their site: http://www.steelnavy.com/CombrigPage.htm
  24. Canute
    A belated Happy Birthday wish, Grant.
  25. Canute
    Well done, Greg. Didn't realize the scale of the barky was that small. It's about the size of a WW II Destroyer. That's for sharing your build.

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