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Absolutely against the National Building Code - Residential and Commercial.

In box review of the Model Shipways Nonsuch 30 Scale 1:24 - Length: 16" Width: 6" Height: 30" Kit #MS 1475 and Kit #MS 1475CBT This is another excellent kit designed by David Antscherl with the support of Mark Ellis, the designer of the Nonsuch 30 and the other boats developed for the Nonsuch line of Fibreglass hulled yachts that were manufactured in Ontario, Canada. The Nonsuch 30 was the first of the series built in 1978. The series grew to included boats of 22, 26, 33 and 40 feet, all derived from the original Nonsuch 30 design. The Nonsuch series of boats were manufactured until the mid-90’s. MODEL & PHOTOGRAPHS ( directly above & below) by David Antscherl When I first picked up the box it felt as heavy as most Model Shipway kits. However, when I opened the blue box from Model Shipways, my immediate thought was that half of the kit had to be missing. I was surprised to see a single bag with a stack of laser cut sheets of Basswood and a long plastic bag with a single piece of strip wood and a wooden dowel and another bag of cast metal parts. The instructions, plan sheets and sail cloth completed the contents. I immediately found the parts list to check on what was missing. The contents of the box checked out to be 100% complete. Box with plans and instructions removed The heft of the contents is mostly in the sixteen (16) sheets of Basswood. Thicknesses of the sheets are 1/32” – 6, 1/16” – 1, 3/32” – 3, 1/8” – 2, 3/16” – 1 and 1/4" – 3. Laser cut sheets The wooden dowel, wood strip & brass rod The cast pieces and brass pieces are in plastic bags. The castings all appear to be new castings for this model – except for the cleats. The castings are very crisp and mostly flash free with only minor seam lines. None have any offset to the casting halves. There are two sheets of plans. The plan sheet is used to identify parts of the assembly with the details of construction covered in the twenty-seven pages of the instruction manual that includes 126 full color photographs and 4-line drawings. While the plans are meant for overall identification and location of parts and rigging there are eight detail drawings on the main sheet. All rigging lines are identified as well as routing of the rigging. I was impressed by the overall quality of the kit components. The plans are well done, and the instruction manual is exceptionally good with clear full-color photographs and precise step-by-step directions. Tips are provided on construction techniques and super detailing tips are provided. I highly recommend this kit for modelers with a few kits under their belts as there are advanced skills needed to complete the kit. Model & Photograph by David Antscherl Thanks to Marc Mosko, owner of Model Expo for providing the kit for review. Thanks to David Antscherl for providing the photographs of the completed model. Thanks to both for bringing another model accurate to the original boat, by enlisting the aid of the designer of the Nonsuch 30, to assure the kit is accurate to the original. Thanks for adding another great kit to the hobby. Two kit numbers are shown at the beginning of this review. The 1475 designation is the complete kit and instructions for the kit as reviewed. The 1475CBT is the kit plus a set of seven bottles of their acrylic house brand paint set specific to this model, three paint brushes, C/A glue, wood glue, hobby knife, extra blades – 2 types, pin vise, and two grades of sandpaper. The tools, glue and paints provided are good quality and the additional cost difference between the two kits is only $30. The paint set’s list price of $34.99 by itself is more than the $30 price difference between the kits, making it a great deal if the paint and tools are needed. Even if you have all the tools and just need the paints why not order the 1475CBT kit and give the tools to a starting modeler in your club?

Between the MSW members here and the NRG Members (notified by a mass email) Gery tells me she's been quite busy shipping books. Mary bought me the 4 Swan Series books by Antscherl and Herbert and two others - early Christmas present. I am sure there will be few left when everybody gets their orders in.

The radar looks right for the scale of the boat. No idea on the anchor. Great build!

The name brand airbrushes have high quality control standards and a name to uphold while the no name or rip offs have zero to very little QC and are usually using cheap components. Good luck getting some help from them. Needle bushings are probably too tight if the needle isn't moving on a new brush. If it's a used brush it might be bushings but more likely dried paint.

Roger: They have been m ailed but not until Thursday the 21st. Paper shortages and equipment issues contributed to the lateness of this issue. The paper shortages will probably continue for several more months - but our printer has been doing his best to get us good paper - within a system that has severe supply chain issues from production to shipping & delivery.

NRG VIRTUAL WORKSHOP STRATEGIC DETAILING – PART TWO Saturday, July 23, 2021 10:30 AM CST. If you saw Part One, you don’t want to miss Part Two. Part One is currently available for viewing on the website PREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. REMEMBER YOU MUST BE LOGGED IN TO REGISTER OR VIEW VIDEOS Click HERE to register. Please do not call or email the office – we have automated the registration process. If you plan to attend you must register no later than 5:00 PM CST on July 22, 2021. All registrants will get an emailed invitation with the required link to attend on or about July 22. Please join the event with your video camera off and your microphone muted.

Yes, that's a great video. Shows exactly how it works. I will keep the link so when I get asked how it works I can give the link to our members. Thanks for providing the link. Leave it to Woodpecker though to over engineer yet another tool to make it un-affordable to 90% of the population. I drool over how well made their stuff is and if money were no object would probably have a couple of their tools. The local Woodcraft store will order them for you but they don't stock any of their products because 90% of their customers look at them the same way I do - admire from a distance.

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Thanks Bruce.

Very nice model. Congratulations on a job well done.

Your hobby shop doesn't rebrand it. Smith does that for any store or business when they order the second time - they ask and if you want it the do it from then on. You will see that Model Expo and others use it too.

You picked the absolute best brand of epoxy. I use only Bob Smith epoxies. I use 5, 15 and 30 minute. Bob Smith is the only brand of C/A that I use.

It was actually posted on MSW and was moved to the NRG's website with other articles. When it was reviewed by staff it was deleted due to some inaccurate information and formatting issues. It will not be re-posted. There is a paper on planking now in progress that will be posted shortly.

Thanks.

The Byrnes table saw and the old Preac table saw both have 1/2-inch wide slots. I would greatly appreciate it if anybody with other bands of small table saws would take the time to measure your saw's slots and reply to this with the width, depth and brand and model of the saw. I would like to add this information to our Thin Strip Jig ads and information in the NRG Store description of the Jig. Thanks, Kurt

The video is posted now on the members side. Dave got to it quickly this time. It runs 1 hour and 37 minutes. Enjoy - I will be sending a group email to all NRG members tonight.

It will be posted but not immediately. The video needs to be edited as it starts when the zoom event starts - 45 minutes of people joining, etc before the speaker starts and putting it ontno the website can only be done by the one person so we work around his schedule (none of us gets paid). The last one got posted within 2 weeks.

I am checking on this now. I have no idea why it was deleted unless the copy provided by markjay is what had been posted. Maybe a matter of having a clean copy. Anyway I am checking.

THE NRG THIN STRIP SAW JIG The Thin Strip Saw Jig shown in our December 2021 Virtual Workshop on Table Saw Use & Safety by Kurt Van Dahm is now available for purchase. This jig is usable on the Byrnes and Preac saws as well as any small table saw with a 1/2-inch-wide miter slot that is at least 1/8-inch-deep. EASY TO USE WHILE INCREASING SAFETY AND SAVING TIME The jig is designed to make cutting identical strips from a sheet of wood. Measure once and cut as many as needed without resetting the jig. Cutting the strips to the outside of the blade eliminates the risk of the strip being trapped between the blade and the fence and shot back at the saw operator. The jig saves time when making repeated cuts such as for deck planking and cutting your own strip wood from sheets. Once set the accuracy of the Thin Strip Jig cannot be equaled. JIG IN USE LEFTIES - PLEASE READ THIS If you are left-handed, please contact the NRG Office before you order your Thin Strip Saw Jig and let us know you are left-handed, we will install the logo on your jig, so it is right side up when in use. LIST PRICE IS ONLY $15.00 (US) DON'T FORGET NRG MEMBERS GET 20% OFF ON THIS AND MOST ITEMS SOLD IN OUR IN-LINE STORE – BUT YOU MUST USE THE DISCOUNT CODE. We are unable to refund the difference between the list price and the Member's price. ORDER HERE Type this in if link does not work https://thenrgstore.org/collections/guild-products/products/thin-strip-saw-jig

THE NRG THIN STRIP SAW JIG The Thin Strip Saw Jig shown in our December 2021 Virtual Workshop on Table Saw Use & Safety by Kurt Van Dahm is now available for purchase. This jig is usable on the Byrnes and Preac saws as well as any small table saw with a 1/2-inch-wide miter slot that is at least 1/8-inch-deep. EASY TO USE WHILE INCREASING SAFETY AND SAVING TIME The jig is designed to make cutting identical strips from a sheet of wood. Measure once and cut as many as needed without resetting the jig. Cutting the strips to the outside of the blade eliminates the risk of the strip being trapped between the blade and the fence and shot back at the saw operator. The jig saves time when making repeated cuts such as for deck planking and cutting your own strip wood from sheets. Once set the accuracy of the Thin Strip Jig cannot be equaled. JIG IN USE LEFTIES - PLEASE READ THIS If you are left-handed, please contact the NRG Office before you order your Thin Strip Saw Jig and let us know you are left-handed, we will install the logo on your jig, so it is right side up when in use. LIST PRICE IS ONLY $15.00 (US) DON'T FORGET NRG MEMBERS GET 20% OFF ON THIS AND MOST ITEMS SOLD IN OUR IN-LINE STORE – BUT YOU MUST USE THE DISCOUNT CODE. We are unable to refund the difference between the list price and the Member's price. ORDER HERE Type this in if link does not work https://thenrgstore.org/collections/guild-products/products/thin-strip-saw-jig

I was going to recommend Badger's Anti-Fouling Red Oxide (#16-401) in the Marine series or #16-14 in their Rail Road Colors - exact same paint. It comes from the same 5 gallon pail - they put one or the other label on it after bottling. I usually apply it over a black undercoat - STYNYLREZ works great for the this. You can use the black Stynylrez for the entire hull like I do since it's release. I like the black under the oxide red as it makes the red a bit more subdued.

The new Director of the Channel Islands Museum has said the museum is too small for us to have our conference there so there will not be a conference there. The date/location of the next conference is unknown at this time.

The belt on my kit was great - smooth and flexible. Love the saw now - had it since 1994 and I feel it finally works as it should.

Having replaced several of these bearings over the years (had 6 sanders operating 5 days a week in a model shop in Manila) I can assure all that they are standard bearing sets available at McMaster-Carr and other places. Take the bad one out, measure it and match it up to a catalog listing - and by two the other one will go soon unless you caught the bad on soon after going bad. Kurt