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    Time keeps just slipping by, I received the Silkspan last week and so will be able to see how it works with both the printing method and the watercolor this week. I ordered all three thicknesses, so now I will be able to make a choice regarding the best thickness for this scale and for any flags in the future. I likely have enough now for the foreseeable future. michael
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    Good morning Ed, Always a feast catching up with your progress, one of these days I shall have to spend some time playing with some copper, you make it look so easy, and the results are exquisite. Michael
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    Amazing work Dan, I am really enjoying following this build. Michael
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    Colin, thanks for the information, looks like you did a fantastic job. Michael
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    Luxury, At bottom of lake all we got was 10 cents per hour! Hi Colin I couldn't resist the Monty Python allusion. I hear what you are saying, I did not have any doubts that this was basically going to be a labour of love and not a commercial endeavour. the model in your picture looks like the Princess Marguerite? is this a new project or an older one? Michael
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    Nice shots of the family great to be able to put a face to the name Ken. Michael
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    Knot having made ratlines for a model looking at the jig leads me to my first question which relates to the sequence of placing the shrouds on the mast. I am given to understand that these are placed over the mast working alternately from port to starboard (maybe the other way round) which this jig doesn't seem to account for, unless I am not understanding something. Michael
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    Mike I think you are being a bit to hard on yourself. The case looks like the right proportion to the hull width to my eye. Michael
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    Hello Ben I have recommended to the client that they display the Model in a way that prevents the patrons from being able to move the cabinetry in any way. Michael
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    Mark thank you for your comment and for the visit, I am waiting for the Silkspan which I understand will not fall apart when treated with the acrylic medium. Michael
  11. michael mott
    An interesting scene I like the way the figures animate it. Michael
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    Håkan I look forward to your build and will enjoy following along. Michael
  13. michael mott
    And I would be inclined to cut it out with a jewelers saw then file it. Michael
  14. michael mott
    A very well executed solution Mark, The design of the former block with the clamp holes looks very good. Michael
  15. michael mott
    Very Nice Thanks for the detailed description of the process Your humility is one of the reasons your model looks so good. michael
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    Thanks John. Michael
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    Druxey that makes sense. As the ship is depicted in a static mode and the Albertic, and not the Ohio coming into a specific country. It would seem correct then to show the white star house flag at the masthead of the aft mast and the red ensign on the stern post. I would be comfortable doing that. Michael
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    Your thoughts remind me of the philosophies of two very different people John Ruskin was of the opinion that just because an element was not seen was no excuse for not doing a good a quality on the work as that on work that was visible. versus McNally who built miniature ship models for paying customers and noted that it was not right to do work and charge customers for work that could not be seen even if is was correct. I know that both of these ways are heresy to some and not to others that said.... we make our choices, and the important notion here I suppose is for what purpose is the work being carried out, once we answer that question the next step is likely easier. Happy New Year Mark Michael
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    Wefalk according to the technical data original HP ink Cartridges are permanent. I like the principle of the clamp that you show. michael
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    John, thanks for your thoughts on this and for the link. I just found this image from the digital museum and checking it is in the public domain At the link it is possible to blow up the picture and the flag at the foremast is a US flag the one at the masthead of the aft mast is the flag of the R.M.S.P. I cannot make out what the flag on the short staff off the aft mast is. There are a few others of the same image one claims to be the Albertic which we know is the same ship. I wonder if this image was used by Bassett Lowke when making the model this ship was photograph was taken in 1923. Michael
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    Hi Colin Happy new year to you Sir. Colin I have just finished reading a a fair bit of information regarding the ship and shipping lines that are associated with this model. Turns out that it was a rather interesting. source information from Wikipedia 1. keel laid in Germany in 1914 2. halted construction during WW1 3. launched in 1920 as München 4. handed over to the British as a war reparation before entering service 5. she was immediately sold to the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company 6. She was renamed the Ohio and began service in 1923 7. in 1927 she was sold to the White Star Line , and renamed the Albertic 8. she served the north Atlantic route between Britain and Canada from 1927 until 1930 9. The Albertic was laid up in the River Clyde 10. she was eventually broken up for scrap in japan in 1934 One of the things i am curious about are the flags that were on the model, the masthead flag on the foremast although almost completely faded to white appears to have been an American flag the one at the masthead of the aft mast was the disintegrating blue flak of the white stare line, although the white star lines official flag appears to have been red The flag on the small staff off the aft mast was a very faded blue ensign and the flag on the stern flag post is a red ensign that does not appear to be of the correct proportions My guess is that all these flags have been put on this model during various repairs by well meaning people to make it look "good" I somehow doubt that this combination would have been carried out by Bassett Lowke, but I could be completely wrong in my hypothesis. What to Do? Michael
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    It was not rocket science to sort this out the ensigns are listed here Michael
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    John, one of the things that occurred to me is that I made a new flag, I need to make one that looks like it was made a long time ago but not so rough that it looks bad. I think it needs to be just a little faded. I will see how I get on with the ensign which turned out to be a blue one not a red one. And I am not sure about the flag protocol I thought that the blue ensign was a navy one. Michael
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    Albert, the carving is absolutely wonderful. Any Pictures of earlier stages of the figurehead? Michael
  25. michael mott
    A little more work on the rigging, After seeing the small clip clamps I cannot remember where I thought that I would make myself one out of the scrap box This clamp was very useful in holding the soft rigging lines which have all been repaired now on the two masts and the associated derricks. Michael

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