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bruce d
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Welcome to MSW from the UK.
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Watch this space. 🤐
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Spoiler alert: I recently got a BÖHLER saw which features a tilting blade. It seems solid and well built. So far I have only turned it on to see it works but once it passes the tests I will comment. It has potential.
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Agreed, that's not cheap and I suppose that is the price in the Proxxon catalogue. However, replacements are on ebay for €36 and as Wefalk pointed out it is basically a sewing machine motor: they are even cheaper. The FET is a serious saw for modelling and the KS230 is a lower spec tool for an entirely different budget.
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It's a lightweight motor and easy to overload. But it's also easy and cheap to replace the motor. The Proxxon saws are good tools for their intended jobs. I sold mine when I got a Byrnes and, as has been said before, the Byrnes is Number 1 but the Proxxon is pretty good.
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Hello Ian and welcome from Sussex. This thread should help: Hope this helps, look forward to seeing your pictures. Bruce
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Well done, that's a very impressive model. Simply gorgeous.- 510 replies
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Using a card-kit to ¨scratchbuild¨ a ship?
bruce d replied to ubjs's topic in RC Kits & Scratch building
The Society of Model Shipwrights has a video online discussing making a wooden model from a paper kit: -
Found it. I've been looking for this one-page article in MODEL CAR SCIENCE from 1963 on building the Tony Nancy roadster from available parts, guess Revell didn't confide in them about upcoming releases! Anyway, it's got a pretty good picture of the real thing.
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This painting is the best source for correct information about the appearance of Pickle. Dodd painted the battle with the guidance of Lt Lapenotiere who was in command of Pickle at the battle.
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I can jump in here with the results of a LOT of digging a few years ago: Pickle never had her lines taken off. All models are 'best guesses' and Adonis is my 'best guess' as to the source of the Caldercraft kit. The good news is that there is a very well researched book that untangles the confusion arising from there being two craft of the same name on the books at the same time and gives a good account of Pickle and her captain, Lt. Lapenotiere. I tried and failed to find fault with his research and conclusions (me failing to find fault is uncommon... sigh.) HMS Pickle: The Swiftest Ship in Nelson's Trafalgar Fleet by Peter Hore, published by The History Press.
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Me again. It is interesting that the term seems to refer to a specific pattern in some examples. In coachbuilding (see my comment in post #2) it covered the practice of painting a panel or area with a pattern/motif. The text below is closer to this usage. HTH
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EMCO commissioned Gerald to write a book on using the Unimat. He was a good advocate for the lathe and accessories and was brutally honest when discussing them. I heard that Elliott either merged or was taken over but don't know the story.
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Next to last paragraph. This definition is new to me. flother.pdf
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Unimat was the Austrian maker, 'EMCO' (Elliot Machine Company) was the UK distributor. They had their own badges but there was no difference in the product. The names are now intermingled in use. I love 'em, prefer the SL/DB over the Unimat 3 but that is just my point of view.
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I can help with 'flothered': it means the painted ornate fiddly bits. The term was still in use by coachbuilders up to 1900ish.
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Thanks Craig, you nailed it. No surprise, just sad.
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This figure is for sale through a few traders on Alibaba. It is 1/24, resin and has no manufacturer's name: does anyone recognise it as a copy? If so, who is the legitimate source please? Thanks, Bruce
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Hello Robert and welcome to MSW from Sussex.
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If I recall correctly, a caption in a contemporary magazine described the car as 'Corvette silver'.
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Now that really takes me back. The kit was a great source for parts and served as an organ donor for a couple of my altereds and rails. Good kit, mind if I watch?
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Welcome to MSW from the UK.
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Welcome to MSW from the UK.
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Hello Jölle and a warm welcome from the UK.
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