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Keith Black

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  1. Keith Black
    Giuseppe, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  2. Keith Black
    Bitao, each new post is more impressive than the last. Your model is a testament to your skills as both craftsperson and artist.
  3. Keith Black
    The hull turned out great. Nice going, MCB.
  4. Keith Black
    Grant, you'll undoubtedly hit it out of the ballpark.
  5. Keith Black
    Congratulations, Glen. She looks right smart and right at home, perfect.
  6. Keith Black
    Grant, I don't know if you're familiar with Gary's work but he provides tons of helpful hints for building dioramas.
  7. Keith Black
    She's looking very nice, Phil. Really starting to fill out.
  8. Keith Black
    Simon, I think it's something far less sinister, Ebooks. As Ebooks gain in popularity most branch libraries are eliminating the number of printed books and leaving printed materials to be housed by the main libraries.
  9. Keith Black
    Jerry, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  10. Keith Black
    Finally, penguins!
  11. Keith Black
    You know you just cursed yourself.
  12. Keith Black
    Of course it's pronounced Keithlee, why not.
  13. Keith Black
    I love the BBC show Escape to the Country, what part did she settle into, Keith? The mast work is beautiful.
  14. Keith Black
    See page 7 of the below link and note the binnacle on the left was used by the British Royal Navy in 1839. The base was 18 inches square and 24 inches high. http://www.balogh.com/binnacleflyerad.pdf
  15. Keith Black
    I couldn't find a email addy for Dr Mathew Betts but here is his twitter account if any of you tweet. Ask him! https://twitter.com/HMSTerror_model?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^embeddedtimeline|twterm^screen-name%3AHMSTerror_model|twcon^s1_c14
  16. Keith Black
    I'm confused as to the direction you're headed and the reasoning behind it, Keith? Or am I missing something?
  17. Keith Black
    A binnacle is merely the housing for the compass. They wanted to get away from the cabinet type housing because of the deviations caused by the nails that held the cabinets together. One would think that a date for when the first column type binnacle was developed would be readily available but Mr Google is playing hide and seek with it.
  18. Keith Black
    Simon, you can order a set of Thermopylae plans (they're 1:124 scale) from Cornwall Model Boats. https://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?WD=thermopylae&PN=Thermopylae-Construction-Plans-Set-961.html#SID=136
  19. Keith Black
    I've pulled up a chair, Simon and like the cats I'll be following you along on your journey.
  20. Keith Black
    Make it a black and tan for me, laddie. I'll be along shortly as I've got to pack away this wee bit of knittin'.
  21. Keith Black
    I want to step in here and defend knitters as I don't think there's anything "easy" about knitting. For one, there's hundreds of different types of knitting needles (of course my wife requires at least one if not two of each) two, there are at least a hundred different types of knitting stitches, and three, there's all the different types of yarns and their respective weights that go hand and hand with those hundreds of different needles. The real kicker is being able to visualize making a three dimensional object out of a single strand of yarn from one of the countless patterns that if placed end to end would stretch from here to the moon.
  22. Keith Black
    Oh, horse feathers you two.
  23. Keith Black
    Tom, Brian, Mark, Glen, Pat, Andrew, Andy, and Phil, thank so much for the kind comments and thank you to each one of you for the likes. Your kindness and support is why I was able to start work again on the Tennessee. I am humbled and truly blessed. In my last post I asked that you note the bulls eyes on the tops platform. After looking at the pictures I posted one would be hard pressed to "note the bulls eyes" so I've added a few more photos where you can actually see what "note" is. And I have to apologize for the quality of the photos. My camera is a Canon Rebel EOS T3. I have 7, 100 watt LED daylight bulbs for a light source and I still get less than satisfactory images. If I use flash I get a sharp image image but shadows, if I use the LED lights I get a fuzzy image but it's pretty shadow free. Frustrating to say the least. Again, thank you. Mainmast Foremast
  24. Keith Black
    Glen and Grant, if you get bored with SIB's you may wanna try this but with a ship instead.
  25. Keith Black
    Nils, nice to see you working on this project again. Wishing you continued success.

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