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bruce d

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  1. Danish frigate Faroe 1767:
  2. From NMM Collections, cropped: "... figurehead for Imperieuse (captured 1804), a captured Spanish 40-gun frigate. The bust figurehead is a female facing forward wearing a tiara and pearls in her long hair. A double pearl necklace sits around her neck above the top-line of a flowing gown. ..." NMM id = J5366 As HMS Imperieuse she was Cochrane's ship during the attack on Basque Roads.
  3. Hello Colin and welcome to MSW from another Sussex resident. Nice models and nice to see that some of them even got wet. (I am sure mods will answer question about 'morals') Regards, Bruce
  4. The joker in the deck is the carrier's admin charges on top. If it is sent via post, the RM Post Office will collect any duty + a couple of £ 'admin'. However, if the package is sent via a commercial carrir you will almost certainly get charged the duty + their admin fees, usually £20 to £40. There is little hope of arguing the point with the carrier, it just goes to a collection agency and gets nasty. So, from experience, ask before placing the order.
  5. Thanks, I wondered if it was CNC milled but I hoped there was a secret method. It is perfect, isn't it?
  6. Vlad, well done. This is looking great. Maybe I missed something but I have a question. The cap rail in this photo ... ... is beautiful. Previously in post #60 it looks like this ... Do you mind telling us how you achieved that perfect spiral? Thanks, Bruce
  7. Hello Mark. well that is interesting. The plans and translation look inviting, I found I was being drawn in to the project just by reading and studying. In the end I chose Mediator but the attraction is still there. Mind if I watch? Bruce
  8. Remain optomistic. You are not alone. I was two years into a 5-inch gauge live steam loco build (a Sweet Pea) when Ibegan to realise that I was having too much trouble just manhandling the rolling frame and cylinder assembly and would never be able to deal with the finished loco. I decided to think again and only after a decent interval came off the fence. Whatever you decide, don't rush into it. Just take care of yourself and see what fits best.
  9. Hello Paul and welcome to MSW. Those models look good, you know what you are doing. The weathering and toning on the subs is excellent, I hope you will talk us through your processes sometime. Bruce
  10. Hello, Henry Wombat, welcome aboard MSW. It sounds like your interests are spread across all the key subjects here, I am sure you will find a lot of interest if you decide to add a build log (or two or three...) especially as you are a 'proper sailor'. Bruce
  11. Perhaps post #16 here will help. If Jolly roger isn't based on a real original then you have a free hand.
  12. Hello Bernie and welcome to MSW. It is a great place. I am curious. The Lindberg Jolly Roger was the English HMS Flora? Which one, and what do we know about accuracy? Bruce
  13. Hello Blunty, as you can see your statement has caused some confusion among the members. Perhaps it is down to more than one vessel with the same name, and perhaps shifting rules and norms at different times in the same century. Can you add a bit of detail for context? Regards, Bruce
  14. Phil: what George said. Oh wow, thanks for that, I am printing it off and nailing it to the wall. Bruce
  15. Commiserations. Broke mine too but yours looks trickier. I am about to do some tests with UV curing glue on wood, will let you know if it proves useful.
  16. Thanks, I will gladly accept that compliment with a straight face. I want the boat finished, in a case and on one of my shelves: just a bit later than I planned.
  17. UPDATE - I snapped off the stem. It became clear that I had missed something that might have been blinking obvious to a more experienced builder. I had assumed that after bending the pre-shaped wales and planks I would be able to get a good butt-joint where the individual hull planks meet the stem. Well, that didn't turn out well. I should have cut a rabbet, even a shallow one, into the stem. Fiddling around trying to improvise a clamp to hold the wale in the correct position edge-on to the stem nearly worked. The first attempt looked good but while removing the clamp the stem snapped just below the scarf. I will take the opportunity to put a rabbet on the stem, now that it is available to hold, and figure out how I will re-attach it. I have called a time-out before tackling this as I was no longer feeling the childish glee of anticipation when seeing the model. I will return, as Custer said at the Alamo, but for the moment this build is on hold.
  18. Bark Enterprise:
  19. Dgerth, ignore the grumbling moderator: he will get over it 😆 and probably make a great model. Your log has helped me with that 'get-on-with-it' moment as I have had this on the shelf for a few months. Time to sweep off the only warm work bench and exdigitate. Thanks for the insight into the rabbet-line. Bruce
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