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  1. gjdale
    Illness and injury aside Chris, it sounds like a good problem to have! May you continue to have such problems for many years to come. 😊
  2. gjdale
    Just thinking out loud here Chuck, but since you have done all of the design work and presumably all of the laser cutting is a “file”, would it not be possible to produce the POF kits “to order”? That would mean that you wouldn’t need to keep an inventory of either kits or raw material in stock until someone placed an order - that order being on the understanding that there would be a certain lead time before the kit was ready for dispatch. And if the cost of materials goes up, then so does the kit price. Just seems to me to be low risk (for you) while providing a degree of certainty for the would-be buyer.
  3. gjdale
    Perhaps use a sanding sealer first? That should overcome the issue. A very light sand afterwards will give you a nice base to apply the paint.
  4. gjdale
    That was my thought too. I hope that is not the case though.
  5. gjdale
    Despite some obstacles to overcome Ian, this is still very cool!!!
  6. gjdale
    You’ll be on holiday Chris, but I’ll wager your mind won’t be! By the time you get back there will be ideas/plans for a whole raft of new Vanguard projects and/or tweaks to existing designs and methods.
  7. gjdale
    Congratulations on completing yet another outstanding build Glen. I can't wait to see what's next.
  8. gjdale
    I would not worry about that Glen. It simply shows the tidal range. My advice is to “embrace the creep”.
  9. gjdale
    Great job on the water and colour transition Glen. That looks superb.
  10. gjdale
    Amazing work Ian. Congratulations on achieving a successful first sea trial. I wonder if you really need to increase the oar blade size though - with an extra bank of oars, would the speed actually look about right for the scale?
  11. gjdale
    Don’t you mean “udderly” disgusting?
  12. gjdale
    Love the cows Glen. Now all you need is to add a BBQ on the grassed area and invite the cows over for dinner………
  13. gjdale
    Looking good Glen. The texture you added to the timber parts is very convincing. Love the cows - from their colouring, it looks like they may be distant cousins of your penguin colony…….
  14. gjdale
    Looks great. Congratulations on your retirement - you’ll soon find yourself so busy that you’ll wonder how you ever had time for work!
  15. gjdale
    Speaking of Penguins.... I'll get my coat and leave now....
  16. gjdale
    Further to Mustafa’s accurate conversions Sjors, I find that a handy approximation to remember is 1/16” = 1.6mm (approx) From there it is easy to work out any other fractional inch (bearing in mind that it is an approximation). So 1/8” is 2 x 1/16” or 2 x 1.6mm = 3.2mm and 1/32” is half of 1/16” or half of 1.6mm = 0.8mm and 1/64” is half of 1/32” or half of 0.8mm = 0.4mm and so on… Hope that is helpful.
  17. gjdale
    It seems that my modelling mojo has been having a little holiday of late, however there is some progress to report - albeit little more than "proof of life". I have completed the first band of four strakes of planking per side. Three more bands to go, each of three strakes. I will now move my attention to the Sheer strake and work down from there. The trickiest part will be the final band that contains the turn of the bilge.
  18. gjdale
    Yup, wot ‘e said!
  19. gjdale
    WOW! Just watched all the videos Glen. Either you did some serious editing, or the fight wasn’t as close as you say - looks to me like you had this under control pretty much all the way and had a counter move for everything the model tried! Well played Sir! My advice to you now is…..SDH (Start Drinking Heavily)….after all, you need more empty bottles for your next projects.
  20. gjdale
    Ingenious solution to joining the hull halves Glen, but then we’d expect no less from you! Can’t wait to see this go into the bottle.
  21. gjdale
    Very nicely done Jeff.
  22. gjdale
    You are indeed a very wise man Glen! And she clearly has good taste.
  23. gjdale
    Great work on the deckhouse Tim.
  24. gjdale
    And just to toss in another, one chain = 66ft = 22yds, which just happens to be the length of a cricket pitch.......
  25. gjdale
    I'm sure many of us would be interested Mike.

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