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Keith, I'm envious of how far along you are in rigging the Terror. She's looking so nice.
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HMCSS Victoria 1855 by BANYAN - 1:72
Keith Black replied to BANYAN's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Good to see activity in the shipwright's shop once again, Pat. I've missed your Victoria updates.- 993 replies
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Cutty Sark(Revell 1:96) rigging confusion
Keith Black replied to Terry Foster's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Terry, welcome to MSW. You should introduce yourself in a new member introduction post where we all have a chance to meet you. See the below. -
restoring a 100 year old clipper ship
Keith Black replied to calt4's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
As all the cotton needs to be replaced why not go poly? -
NAIAD 1797 by Bitao - 1:60
Keith Black replied to Bitao's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
This is way beyond most of us. -
restoring a 100 year old clipper ship
Keith Black replied to calt4's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Ben, do you only use cotton? What are your feeling about polyester? -
restoring a 100 year old clipper ship
Keith Black replied to calt4's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
I love restoration projects so I'll be following you along on this project. Beautiful model. Are the blocks okay or have they crumbled as well? What is the length of the model and what is the scale? -
Beautiful work, Olha. The entire model has a lovely feel to it.
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Barbara, I think that's left up to the modeler to make. See the attached build log post #74.
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Eberhard, great update. This model is so well done It doesn't require any imagination to make me believe that I'm looking at the real Wespe.
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An amazing little model, crisp, clean work at 1:275 scale. Sticking it in a bottle (light bulb in this case) is the wow factor. Congratulations.
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Having one of those myself today, Glen. I've got a tube of CA that no workie and has caused all sorts of problems. Have never had that happen before and it's the original blend, SG. Way to overcome the gotcha's, great recovery. She's really looking good!
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Keith, if you wanted to suggest both seating and being able to view the engine you could have a wide board frame inset with a piece of acetate.
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Man, it's great to hear from you, Keith. Glad you're doing well and look forward to you being able to provide build updates. I'm sure you're tied up flying for the season, fly safe and don't be a stranger.
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Anja, welcome to MSW. You're doing great with what materials came with the "kit".
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Dave, you have to make a hook and then rig/tie the hook on the end of the block. As you may know I use wire to strop my blocks so for me it's relatively easy to do so. Glen doesn't use wire but the process is the same except you use line.
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I'm all over the board trying to figure out what the scale is for this model. If the 1/2 inch deadeye is representing a 12 inch deadeye the scale is 1:24. If it's representing a 14 inch deadeye the scale would be 1:28. At 1:24 scale, 5' 8 and 3/4 inches or 69 inches would equal 140 feet. If 69 inches is representing 99 feet then that scale would be approximately 1:17 and a 12 inch deadeye would equal .70588 inches to scale. If representing a 14 inch deadeye the scales size would be .8235 inches. For the 1/2 inch deadeye to work at 1:17 scale, it would be a 9 inch deadeye to actual size. 1:17 isn't unheard of but 1:18 is more common. To nail down the scale everything needs to get measured, binnacle, anchors, life ring, single blocks, everything. The scale is really only important in figuring out the size of the ship's wheel.
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