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BenD

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  1. People get confused about cable-laid ropes quite a lot. That 3.8mm cable-laid is three 1.8mm ropes laid together. Each 1.8mm rope has 39 yarns, which means the cable has 117 yarns.
  2. Back at it! I like how the ship's wheel turned out. You'll be done with your Wolf before I even take mine off the shelf.
  3. This is totally how polyester behaves. One thing I've found about rope made with Gutermann E thread is it takes CA glue really well. Some polyester threads I've tried end up weak and crusty after being glued with CA but this stuff gets super strong. Another way to shape this rope is to use "super thin" CA, it goes right into the rope and then holds whatever shape you want. You will need a good applicator to pull this off. Every type of thread I've used for making rope has problems. I'm always looking for new threads to try.
  4. Absolutely beautiful ship. Estimating 2,500 hours of work involved... sounds about right for this level of kit bashing. Looking forward to the photo shoot. What's next up in the shipyard?
  5. I have an article about pine tar that might interest you https://maritime.org/conf/conf-kaye-tar.php It states that the production went on well into the 1900s. I'm pretty certain the industrial process for coal tar didn't pick up until the 1850s (Can't seem to find my article on it). The Grecian being an American vessel I'm not sure about what tar would be used. The Royal Navy would have used Pine tar to the bitter end no doubt. On tall ships today they use pine tar and coal tar mixed together from what I've read.
  6. A common brass and copper cleaner from the grocery store should do it. I used a product called Brasso. Your coppering looks pretty good, just needs a good pollish.👍 Before. After.
  7. I've been working on the HMS Snake for years on and off. I'm not saying it's a bad kit, it's just a lot is expected from the modeler to just figure out. Who knows maybe it's right up your alley. Some day I'll finish that damned thing! I'm with the rest of the group on recommending The HMS Speedy or Flirt from Vanguard. Good quality laser cut parts and excellent instructions.
  8. The way you are doing it on your build is just fine. I will add some pictures of the ways I know. There is the "cut splice" way. which is a bit difficult to do for a model. Wrap around the cascabel like The way you have done on your build log. The next one only works if there is a ring on the gun. There is another way with a four-strand rope but I don't have any pictures. I've also seen some breach ropes that run through the carriage itself and not even touching the gun.
  9. I was asking what word processor are you using to open the spreadsheet. If you said Microsoft is blocking it I'm assuming you are using Microsoft Word. I have not been able to get it working on that program. I've been using a free word processor called Open Office to open the spreadsheet. I'll add a download link. https://www.openoffice.org/
  10. I have no problem opening it. I'm using Open Office 4.1.7. What are you using?
  11. I think I found what you are looking for. They are not cheap, but they are well made. They might also take 2-4 weeks to arrive as they are made to order. https://www.hismodel.com/articles-detail-414
  12. The closeups look incredible! The Ramshead block you scratch-built just fits right in. 👍
  13. Oh wow, they just updated their website. Look's pretty good and is working on my Chrome browser.
  14. I've been watching that build as well. I have the HMS Wolf on the shelf and keep looking in the box at the perfectly cut laser parts, drooling a bit.. then eventually putting it back. Need to finish other projects first. The 1/72 card kits are more expensive but you get so much more. I'd say do as much as you can with this one then try out laser-cut ones. They even have the Le Coureur in 1/72. I'll be watching your progress, good luck.
  15. Welcome to MSW! I've seen people use the card stock from cereal boxes. It's usually about 0.5mm thick so you would need to laminate two pieces together. Craft stores usually have all types of thicknesses, but you will pay an extortionate price. The Shipyard laser-cut kits come with everything to make the kit. They are not nearly as affordable as the 1.96 booklet kits though.
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