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  1. Canute
    Go Speed Racer Go! Wait a minute, better start a new log, Matey! I do like cutters, though. Sleekness. Better get an Italian English dictionary, while you're at it. Although, in looking at the Mamoli instructions for my Connie section, you may just stick with the drawings.
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    Hornet, I've used a cutting mat for years. Cut wood, plastic, card stock on it. And they're a little insurance, too. Spilled glues and paints on it. Cleaned up OK. I think the mat will protect your blades better than the melamine. Try out a half page or page size. They're not too dear.
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    I checked the configurations of 4 of my knives (3 Xacto, 1?). All my Xactos are single slot and hold blades well. The mystery handle is an X config., but I use it for chisel blades (#17s, I believe).
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    Phil, almost any wood or plastic I cut over a 1/16 thick, I saw cut, usually in a miter box. I own 2 choppers (One a NWSL , the other, some knock-off ) and they're great for thin stock. Cutting anything over that 16th, I find the blade deflects and the cuts get out of wack. Hence the saw/miter box combo. It's essentially a hand powered chop saw. Might save you a few trips to the True Sander. And balsa is very tough to cut, way too soft. I might use it internally to hold a structural shape, but it's too weak to use anyplace else.
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    Gimo, I like the way you've bent up the deck beams. This seems a more positive way of imparting the required curvature to the beams. Bravo.
  6. Canute
    Well, as I was looking over the frames last night, I saw that I had to redo one, due to a crack right in the bend. No way I could sand it up and make it work. Redid that frame and began transferring the plank lines from the mold bulkheads onto the outer faces of the frames.Skinny marking square works well for that. This morning, I boiled up my port garboard and sheet planks. I think I have a good bend on the garboard; lines up with my pencil lines on the stem. I had a little problem holding the sheer plank to the stem. Seems the clamp I was trying to use had a taper on the tip, so I grabbed a metal binder clip to hold the plank. Bending the garboard and sheer. Faulty clamp. It has a taper reversed to what I needed. Not really a bad clamp. The fix. You can see the pencil ticks for the hood ends in the rabbet on the stem. I think I'm going to get and make up more of those little binder clips before I launch off into actually gluing my planks up. My driveway may defrost by Sunday night and I won't have to do a slalom course to get down.
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    Tuff, Tadeusz showed some pictures of HMS Victory's copper plating in a log: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9520-decision-timeto-copper-or-not-to-copper/?hl=%2Bcoppering+%2Bhulls#entry282136. It's the 8th entry.
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    Squirrel Whisperer, outstanding look for those tools! I'll have to pop over to my local gun shop and "git me sum". And which black paint? I have some Floquil Weathered Black, but that will get used up or dried out one of these days. You continue to amaze me, every time I open your log. Well Done!
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    Jack, very nice work. Looks very good.
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    Gimo, very nice joinery.
  11. Canute
    The Grando, according to the AOTS by Goodwin, carried 1/2 lb antipersonnel swivels. Have to have something to protect the crew. Numbers range from 12 to 18. See page15 in that book. They had pedestals arrayed along the rails. The General Arrangement drawings show 4 each side of the quarterdeck and 4 arrayed around the forecastle. May want to beef up a few of your railings.
  12. Canute
    Might toss 'em some acorns or whatever nut trees grow around Portland. Here we have hickorys and walnuts. Careful driving.
  13. Canute
    Is that stainable? I've used the red stuff on plastic, works well. But, it was getting painted after it dried and sanded. Painted up well..
  14. Canute
    I'd recommend adding a water trap on any compressor. I read about them years ago, added one to my Craftsman compressor and haven't had any issues with moisture since. It's good insurance.
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    Don, you can look for Testors Model Master Metalizer Brass lacquer paint; bottle, no spray cans. Its non buffing, so it may not be very shiny. Also, Alclad2 has a shiny brass airbrush only lacquer. For Alclad, surface prep is key. That may be a route for shiny ship-board brass.
  16. Canute
    Matt, you're a renaissance man! Or Jeffersonian. Whatever, such talents. The netting is a great idea. Two-timing, nah! Just preplanning. Ranger as pirate sounds interesting. Go for it. But save the instructions for the pictures. There are some translations required, but after the Italian to English translation, you'll also need to translate that into squirrel-speak. I'm debating whether to work on the Connie section or the MS Picket Boat. I'm an ACW buff, so the Picket boat may win. And as the Cap'n suggests, consult with the good Dr Per, too
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    Cap'n, I marked up some pencil lines on the stem using the plans. I've double checked the placement against the instruction pictures. And I'll do it all over again,since you so kindly reminded me. I have to keep telling myself this is not a race. Feels good when stuff fits and looks good.
  18. Canute
    Well, the frames are shaped, dried, sanded and spot glued to the mold. I expect to fair the transom tomorrow. Starting to look like a boat. I looked at fitting the larboard garboard plank, (say that 3 times fast!) since I had previously marked up the stem for fitting the hood ends. More boiled wood.
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    Mobbsie, can do easy, checking up on that build. Looking forward to it. I had a buddy where I worked who built a model trebuchet. Said it was the heavy artillery of the Middle Ages. I thought it was pretty interesting. He wanted to build a real working one on my farm. The Admiral said no, might scare the horses.
  20. Canute
    So many good ideas to make notes on. I hope to hold up the standard you've all set. I don't know yet what the Admiral has in mind with respect to the sails. She did say the kit's colors would look good, up on the fireplace mantle. Sounds like I'm painting the hull in gray and white. I hope she let's me weather the jewel.
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    Mobbsie, could I be so bold as to ask what the secondary build might be? Inquiring minds want to know (OK, we're nosy).
  22. Canute
    here's a few pics of the frame mold: Frames on the molds. Got a couple that cracked. Matt, here's the transom stained and reversed. With some wintry weather rolling in this afternoon, looks like a fine time to finish off the frames. I should twist a few of the frames towards the stern to get them to lay on the molds where they have been faired. There's something almost Zen like, bending these frames.
  23. Canute
    My Admiral, the Chief Cook, steels her Henkels knives when she uses them. I think I could shave with some of them. And a master doll house furniture builder friend of mine (his stuff is very high end) uses Excel knife blades. Says the Xacto ones are brittle (true) and so are the scalpel blades. And he hones his blades to a razor edge.
  24. Canute
    Thanks, lads. I was attempting to further answer last night, but we lost power due to the gale force winds. Sounded like I had a freight train outside my window. The interweb connection crashed. Anyway, the initial frames soaked in hot water, just under a full boil, for 15-20 min. Guess I'll add a wee bit more soak time. Looks like I need to do 4 frames over. I did flex the frames to see which was the best flex direction, but admit I was rushing things. Must remember "Patience, grasshopper".
  25. Canute
    Bent the frames on the mold. Tried the one piece frames;first one bent OK, broke two. Went back to doing one side at a time. Looks like I'll have to redo a couple. They cracked when they dried. And a question, can I re-soak the frames to make them lay on the molds better?

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