Keith Black
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Peter, the best way to replicate a hull surface would be to paint the hull with a color you think best portrays the combinations mentioned in there below paragraph, IMHO. Paragraph from the below link on page 212....... "In the 18th century, after lead, with which" it apparently alternated, had been pro- nounced a failure, wood sheathing was again in general use (12, 49). It was sometimes filed with iron or copper nails having large heads, put in so closely that the heads were touching and formed a kind of metallc sheathing (38, 69). This wooden sheathing also was often painted with various mix- tures of tar and grease; with sulfur, oil, "and other ingredients"; or with pitch, tar, and brimstone" https://darchive.mblwhoilibrary.org/bitstream/handle/1912/191/chapter 11.pdf?sequence=20 -
Thanks, Glen. Hey, when I saw those tweezers in the bottle a light went on. In the QC dept. where I last worked, we used vacuum pens to pick up and inspect IC's/electronic components. I don't have a clue if this would be of help or made to work for doing SIB's? https://www.amazon.com/Vacuum-Suction-Chip-Pick-Up-12000pa/dp/B07Q12CZWR
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How will you get the ice glued down once placed? Will you insert Aurora before gluing down the ice? Sorry for the questions, Glen.
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Simon, great recovery on the windless, it looks great.
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Glen, it looks like you're just about ready for the big push. I think you're right about the test ice pieces being too big. Along with broken pieces of pack ice there would be slush ice but I'll be hanged if I can figure out how to replicate slush ice on the resin base in the bottle. I don't think trying to replicate slush ice with paint would work? Maybe sheetrock dust but how would/could one secure it to the resin and how would you remove excess from the bottle's sides? Outside the bottle, no problemo but inside a bottle..........I take my hat off to you and others who do SIB's.
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Johann, sorry to hear this has happened to you. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
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Dave, the only course I see is to use a fret saw. At least you have a hole to put the blade through.
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Somehow the garish white paint applied on the ship's boats and furled sails in an earlier cosmetic restoration needs to be either removed or painted over, IMHO. The two furled sails yards center of the below photo appear to be untouched from original. The furled sails that have not been painted white but have been accentuated with black lines (first yard above two at center) also does not appear to be original. Mike, my hope for your sake is that the paint used was/is acrylic. There are many views on replacing broken pieces, example the missing ear on the original top center yard, left side. Some folks only want to see original, no replacement pieces. Others want to see replacement pieces made but any replacement pieces are to be left unpainted so as not to be confused as original. Then there are folks like myself who say, fix it! Fix any broken pieces and make it look like original but when it's a valuable antique, that's an expensive mistake. That will be Stewart's and Mike's call.
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Introduction. Better late than never.
Keith Black replied to Dlowder's topic in New member Introductions
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Steven, great recovery on the bowsprit, very tidy work at this scale.
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Mark, I am so sorry this has happened. I hope there's a way for you to recover either by gently soaking with alcohol or acetone (depending on glue used) and removing or turning the blue air in the shop in time to laughter. I given myself many chuckles and several belly laughs from my mistakes. But I've learned that to be really happy with this hobby, I have to learn to live with my mistakes, I have to make the best of them and move on, none of this is life and death.
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Rob, nor did I say she was a clipper. What I said was, "I couldn't find any photos of a clipper carrying seven yards on all three mast but did find a photo of the Mount Stewart." I'm sorry if you read in my statement that I was saying the Mount Stewart was a clipper. The Mount Stewart was a steel hulled ship launched out of Glasgow in May of 1891 built for the Australian wool trade.
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I'm sure they think once you've finished building the model it's gonna look just like Mamoli's wooden kit. But hey, the seller's from Moldova, they got Russian troops camped out in their backyard. Maybe that's why the delayed shipping. The lesson's not lost. Buyer beware has never been more true than in today's world.
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Chris, on the first one above I'm not seeing what you're evidently seeing but I went to eBay and brought of the item. The seller has a 98.7% positive feedback in the last year. Two natural and three negative feedback out of 203 sales isn't too bad. The seller is out of Moldova, we all got be from somewhere. The biggest kicker, which you can't tell from the above is, delivery is scheduled between March 30th and April 15th. That kinda smacks of a reseller probably getting their stuff from China, maybe? The second one, I'm stumped. You're getting five models for a maximum of 34.99 plus 10.50 shipping from a seller with a 100% rating. That's all I got but then the only thing I know about card modeling is watching you and a very few others.
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I couldn't find any photos of a clipper carrying seven yards on all three mast but did find a photo of the Mount Stewart. She carried seven on the main but only six on the mizzen and fore.
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New Member Introduction and Need Some Advice
Keith Black replied to Artisan's topic in New member Introductions
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Masking tape lifting
Keith Black replied to Jeff5115's topic in Painting, finishing and weathering products and techniques
While we're giving tips using zip lock bags........ to help keep your varnish or polyurethane fresh once the can has been opened, between uses store it in a zip lock bag. -
Very good, Bruce!
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The Tennessee carried three binnacles and she was wood hulled. The Magenta had to have carried several as well.
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Phil, I'm a tad confused. The Magenta was christened in 1861and refitted in 1865. The platform was added during the 1865 refit? The Paris model without platform is as she was christened in 1861? The platform is shown on the plans you have so they must be from 1865?
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I would think the charts would have been kept below in the Captain's quarters. The plans you have are after the 1865 refit, correct? What looks like a wall on the plans could be representing a tarp which could be lowered in foul weather. I wonder if the binnacle was moved up on the platform to get it up off the deck and away from the hull?
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