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    East Brunswick, New Jersey
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    All things Nautical but my primary interest is Sail between 1750 and 1815. Previous builds include Sloop of War Wasp, Screw Sloop USS Hartford, Training Ship Empire State (all scratch Built) as well as Destroyer Escort USS Camp (scratch built excepting the hull from an old Revell kit - Long Story). Current Build in HMF Liverpool built 1757 at 1:96.

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  1.    bartley reacted to a post in a topic: Sails for a Cutter Rigged Long Boat (Medway Longboat)
  2. TomShipModel
    I'd be interested is how they work. I've also smoothed out the wrinkles with a weight bristle brush. On first impression, the sponge may not be stiff enough smooth out the wrinkles. I think that these are intended to apply glue etc. If they work for you that's great. Tom
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  7. TomShipModel
    Good evening, John, The reduction in the height of the sail depends on how much you wish to furl; meaning completely furled or, as I did, partially lowered. 50% or so worked for the look I was working toward. If you wanted to lower the gaff more, 25 to 30%. Just keep in mind that the number of gromets and lacing line around the mast would be the same as for a raised sail. Regarding color, for some reason the brownish gray that I got gave me the look that I wanted. Rather than dying, some have used acrylics to gt different coloring and effects. I hope that this answers your question. Happy ship modeling, Tom
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    Excellent work Kevin. Tom
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  23. TomShipModel
    Welcome Nate!
  24. TomShipModel
    I use silk span for sails. At this scale, I use three plies of silk span with each plie 90 degrees to each other. My work surface is glass, and I use dilute white glue at approximately five to eight parts water to one part glue. Too much water defeats the process, too little water the glue is too stiff to spread. Hope that this helps.
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  26. TomShipModel
    Welcome back
  27. TomShipModel
    Excellent Mike, and very clean. Even the building jig is just perfect.
  28. TomShipModel
    I meant, a sales brochure for a full size boat. AN interesting fact with photography is that no matter how good your model looks at a comfortable viewing distance, the photograph shows all of the imperfections. The galley on your model looks like it was taken on actual boat. Fantastic!
  29. TomShipModel
    The photograph of the galley on a model looks like a photo in a sales brochure. Fantastic clean work Michael. Tom
  30. TomShipModel
    Welcome to MSW.
  31. TomShipModel
    Welcome to MSW.
  32. TomShipModel
    Welcome Herby, You will find great support here. I'm very interested in seeing your Mikassa build. Tom
  33. TomShipModel
    Welcome. You will find plenty of support on MSW.
  34. TomShipModel
    Welcome to Model Ship World. You will find plenty of support here.
  35. TomShipModel
    Welcome to MSW. You can build beautiful models as well. There are all levels represented here.

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