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    The two drawings below show how ash and slag was disposed of on riverboats of the era and why wouldn't they have followed what I believe was a routine way of handling the hot ash, etc. The dumping of the hot ash, slag overboard was done w/o wheelbarrows or buckets. I have permission from Alan Bates prior to his death to use his copyrighted information for educational purposes. Fig 60 is from his Western Rivers Steamboat Cyclopedium. The other drawing is from his Western Rivers Engine Room Cyclopedium.
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    Artesania Latina is the newest sponsor of MSW. Please welcome them on joining the NRG/MSW family. Check out their banner ad to see all they carry - many more products than I thought.
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    Not sure but Denatured Alcohol will do the job. Dampen a clean WHITE cloth and wipe the area and the pencil marks will be gone. Use a white rag because the coloring of the rag may be affected by the Alcohol. The Alcohol shouldn't affect the primer or paint as long as the paint is dry and the rag isn't saturated and rubbed too hard. This works well for pencil marks on bare wood too.
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    Donald: I am sure you are up to the challenge. Kurt
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    Don't make a real dark pencil line and the paint should cover it with no problem. Just able to see the line is adequate and you don't want to disturb/scratch the primer or underlying paint.
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    John: As to research all such articles printed in the Journal are peer reviewed. The names in the masthead of the Journal shown as the EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD are experts in the world of maritime research and education - the majority are PhD's. How to build and tech tips are not subjected to peer review by this board but the NRG membership as you noted are the experts who review the printed Journal and let us know if and when they find errors - or better ways to do things. We appreciate and welcome the feedback and want more writers to publish articles on modeling and shop notes. Kurt
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    Absolutely can be planked with any material you want. The laser cut planks can serve as templates for cutting you own planks. Note the shape of the planks in the kit - you will be best able to replicate them using sheet wood rather than strips - but if using strips they will need to be much wider to accommodate the bends. Easy to check the widths needed once you have the kit in hand with the planking pieces shown in full size. Noting that you are in the UK, I believe that the Basswood in the kit might be the same wood you refer to as Lime.
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    Donald: For what the kit provides it isn't overpriced. However if it appeals to you and you are not rushed keep looking at it as the models from Model Expo are often on sale at good prices... The list price is irrelevant as they are never sold for list price. Being new it might be a bit before it goes on sale but it will go on sale. When you see a sale of this kit grab it then. Kurt
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    NO
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    Congrats Ryland. A well deserved reward.
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    YES. When you compose a message there is a tool bar at the top - directly above your text. Size is for the size of the font. Font can change the font. Just highlight the text you imported and click Size and then pick the size you want. You can also do this when you start to type and the new font and/or size will be used for the message.
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    I asked Toni about this - her answer is below: The width of the wale is constant, so only the top or bottom of the wale needs marking and the other mark can be derived from it. Hope this helps you.
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    Congratulations on finishing the project Eric. I am especially pleased to read your evaluation of the Guild's efforts in developing this project and your opinion that we achieved our goal of getting members to try scratch building and you confirmed our opinion that this project would be satisfying the those who undertake the project. Take care.
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    You might have a tracking number with you acknowledgement of order.
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    USPS. If hasn't arrived by Monday contact the office and Mary can check the tracking. Kurt
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    I just attended my local IPMS club meeting - virtual yet - and a guy showed a figure of a Scottish warrior who had plaid pants on - what a paint job it was just on the pants. Hand painted of course and he said it took three tries to do them. The rest was just as impressive.
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    Eric: Don't worry about it. I agree with both Randy and you. But I don't consider my time wasted at all. I know I will need to take things he said with a bit of skepticism but I found several things I found interesting and will do some checking into them as time permits. Those who had little to no knowledge might have been inspired to check things out further and the stuff he got wrong will be discovered if they check things out further. And for those who just enjoyed it as alternative to the Olympics on TV they were better entertained.
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    SeaWatch Books announces the business is for sale. If interested contact Bob Friedman at bobcat45@charter.net Please use the email provided - questions will not be answered here. I was asked to post this by Bob
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    I belong to a local IPMS chapter though I seldom build plastic models. We just had one of the founding members of our chapter pass away. He built airplanes and never used an airbrush. He won many awards at IPMS contests and when people found out he didn't use an airbrush they didn't believe it. His models stood up under close scrutiny at these contests so he was competing against expert airbrush users. A brush in the hands of an expert can produce a great finish just as an airbrush can produce a bad paint job in the hands of somebody who never practices. Both depend on the skill of the user to produce a great paint job. In my opinion it is easier to accomplish with an airbrush but only after a lot of practice - but a lot less than with a brush.
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    Thanks Eric I will attend
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    Jeff: Is the rigging line supplied still from Morope? That was what was originally supplied with the kit. Until Chuck made his rope available the Morope was the best on the market in my opinion. Kurt
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    Three inches is the rule for shop table saws. But I mention it so people will think about it. How do I keep 3 inches away? I can't. So I will keep my fingers as far away as possible. The need to keep a good distance away is for when the saw is running. The adjusting screw is closer than 3 inches - I sure hope you don't try to adjust the blade height with the Preac running.😎 There is a tape sold by FastCap meant for Miter Saws that is put in place and the blade is turned on and to cut through the tape It's sturdier than the blue tape and is 16" long - 5 pieces for $6.66. Fastcap.com made for the big saws, but if it can be done with a big saw we can do it with our small saws - ,just scale things down. This looks like it will be usable on our saws - I am going to order some to test it.
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    I am working on incorporating video into power points for the next workshop on the use of saws. Will hopefully be incorporating video into the next workshop - not saws.
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    The video was posted on Tuesday. All members got the link in an email - check your spam folder in case it wound up there.
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    Sorry, but we only have one guy who can do the editing and then posting to the website. He's got a full time job and has had some critical work to finish before posting the video. I think it will be posted very soon.

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