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  1. Ian_Grant
    Great trip but back to reality. Bonaire is for scuba/snorkeling on its 1st class reef; there isn't a lot else to do there. There may be a night club in Kralendijk but we're too old and tired for that stuff. Lots of tasty seafood dinners. I'm very pleased with my underwater camera (Olympus TG-6) except that it doesn't have much zoom power. For example here are a few shots I took: Anyway, back to our regular programming. Wednesday afternoon I will be rowing the galley in a local pool which will be its debut to the RC boat club members. I've been slowly painting it but must stop now to let the paint cure. I haven't painted anything that will be in the water; after Wednesday I have another month to finish painting and to clearcoat it for protection before the last winter indoor pool session. I will spend tomorrow improving the oar mechanisms (according to findings of the September trial in our pool) then reinstalling to make all ready. Below the red and above the main wale will be "natural", the same colour as the inner bulwark panels to represent unpainted wood. Below w/l will be not-quite-black including the quadrilaterals at the bow. The black will extend up the stem and stern posts and also be on the cap rails. The decorative bits between the colours will be yellow. Some stem decorations will be gold. I still need to add the shield motifs in the outer bulwark panels. Still need to make rudders, scorpion artillery, fantail decorations, deck ventilation hatches, two fake access ladders to belowdecks, mast and yard, artemon and yard, aft flagstaff with eagle atop, and of course a crew. Oh and I still need to shorten the upper oars by 1/2" as discussed previously. Will try to make a video at the pool. Planning to take my bathing suit, just in case. 😐
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    Too-cool summer down there, too-warm winter up here. Outdoor skating and skiing haven't been memorable.
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    This article happened to come out today. Our GP is herself nearing retirement just as we enter our elder years. 😒 Have your politicians read this ..... https://nationalpost.com/health/canada-family-doctor-shortage
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    Michael, as you know I have this in my stash and know how tiny it is. Otherwise I might assume from the above pics that it is a 1/100 scale model. Looks fantastic! I noticed that the actual molds have fewer decorations at the bow than the box art; will you be casting more to add?
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    Grass is always greener across the fence. Our drugs are cheaper though.
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    Thank you Bill. It was a nice birthday as we were in Bonaire last week with lots of very nice seafood places. Had barracuda for the first time - it is delicious! Canada has "lifelong" publicly-funded i.e. socialist medical coverage although for years now they have been overwhelmed by aging population and wait times for common surgeries are very long; getting an MRI or even a referral appointment to a specialist can take months and months or even over a year. People go the States or even overseas now to bypass the wait at their own expense. Yet the gov't broadly refuses to allow "private" medical clinics; did you know your American system is held up as the "bogeyman" in Canada, a system Canada just cannot and must not emulate? Even if we cannot get the services as it is. On the plus side I now qualify for the "senior discount" at stores. 😊
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    Yes, but I have the galley and Preussen to finish first, and I'm also itching do to an RC square rigger at least ship-rigged but maybe even a four-poster barque like Neville Wade does. This despite just turning 65 last week....do I have the time before fingers and eyesight fail? I've been bitten by the RC bug again after decades away.
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    If I ever build my SR the waterline will touch the wale if I keep the whole hull "dry" on a stand, but this oddly-shaped hull begs for a sea display like you plan Bill in which case I agree with Henry and Mark.
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    Wow those windows are gorgeous!
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    Bill, I think your waterline's too low. Just IMHO.
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    Fantastic display again, Glen! Each build more amazing than the last .... you've inspired me to definitely do an on-water presentation for my next static build.
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    I went to the library to pick up a book on hold (one of Ian Ross's excellent "Twilight of Empire" series) and took a memory stick with the 3D file for stern medallions, in the event that the printers were available. They were so I whipped off the pair (33 minutes, 70 cents). One has a notch for the stern flagstaff to pass through, enabling the crew to lower the staff if required. Here they are with some primer on them. I had to use black PLA this time. And here in place: I've been applying primer to the ship too. Some parts are at two coats, some at one, all around the lower ports at zero. I can now see it's going to be quite a chore to mask and paint it all. Amazing how a little paint highlights the flaws. Some filling and sanding will be needed. Tomorrow we're off (at 4am 😭) to fly to Bonaire for a week of snorkelling/scuba/hiking. The boat will await my return.
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    "des res" ??
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    Nice! I have a 6" Newtonian as well, though not on a motorized mount which you need for photography. It delivers spectacular views of the moon, best viewed when it is partial and cratering is picked out by low-angle sunlight. But with a 6" you can also view Jupiter and four of its moons. I can make out that Jupiter is striped, but it's all "orangish-y" as the eye cannot integrate enough light to see different hues. Looking through an 8" Newtonian the striping is better defined and those four moons become very small orbs as opposed to points of light. Aperture envy is a thing. It's fun to view on successive evenings and see the moons move. When I first bought the scope, I wondered why the 6" protective "lid" had a smaller capped opening; it was only after an eye-watering session of moon viewing that I realized that one leaves the lid in place and removes the small cap to look at the moon with smaller aperture thus reduced light intensity. 😬
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    If you rent a car in Whitehorse now and propose to take it on the Dempster Highway, there is an extra charge. Presumably the highway is much better now than in 1978 but they say you **will** have a stone hit your windshield. In fact, when we did the pre-rental walk-around I pointed out a crack in the windshield; the guy just shrugged and said every car here has a cracked windshield LOL. Our neighbour drove across the country to the Yukon last summer, went along the Dempster, and sure enough a stone came from nowhere and cracked his Tacoma's windshield.
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    Wish I'd thought of that!
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    Mike, .... -38C !!!!!! It just occurred to me to check back here since I hadn't had any notifications....turns out I had forgotten to "follow" my own thread. Wow those drawings are highly detailed!! Right down to hole locations in decks for cabin sink drains, and size/measured location for the china cabinet ... 🙃 There doesn't seem to be a drawing of the china cabinet itself, though. 😏 An incredible resource for potential Klondike modellers. Thank you so much for obtaining all these drawing sheets! I will email Richard and Terry to thank them too. Wonder who will be the first to start a build? My money is on John Ruy ....
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    Steven, I'm constantly amazed at all these pictures you dig up .... impressive research.
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    Concur. I gradually poured the resin and stirred the shot around, my theory being that if a solid gelled mass was formed between the frames it would take some of the stress off the thin skin.
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    I decided to CA the decorative bits on before painting, so the glue can get a "bite" on the sanded epoxy resin hull instead of a paint surface. It will however be quite tedious to paint these details later. On the other hand if I had pre-painted them the paint probably would have cracked off as I bent the brass to follow the required contours. At the bow: At the stern: In other news, the Roman navy recruiters sent a new crew member over to help Marcus guard the ship while in the builder's yard. What a lookout team! I really must give Marcus back his javelin (pilum).
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    I bought lead shot and poured into the bilge compartments formed by the framing, afterwards sealing with epoxy resin.
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    Yes, I thought of using brass too but I don't have much experience in soldering multi-part assemblies.
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    Richard, this tabernacle is very interesting ... I've been wondering what to put on my galley's deck to hold the mast and allow it to be pivoted down. I have watched the "Nave Roman" video many times but other than something big and dark holding the mast no details can be made out. So they tilt the mast up, its square foot settles into the recess, then they lash it higher up on the tabernacle?
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    Build commenced: Oct 2022 Build completed: Jan 2024 Duration: 15 months Bill, you have to have set a record for this ship model build! She looks wonderful ... I love the sails partly brailed up ... excellent work. You are now a master. Congrats! What's next? A Roman galley perhaps? 😏
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    Pardon my ignorance .... what is a hunting port? For a stern chase? Helping with fishing the anchor?

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