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Keith Black

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  1. Keith Black
    Siggi, the painter seems to be much more careful with the yellow paint than the red paint, there's not a speck of yellow on his smock. He's doing a fine job, maybe you should consider raising his wages?
  2. Keith Black
    This photo shows several areas where I've used masking tape. Banding for the mast and stack, for the gun tracks and for the coal scuttles on each side of the companionway.
  3. Keith Black
    Phil, I first dab a little CA on the cut end of the tape then I paint with acrylic paint and once the paint dries the banding gets ploy coated. I'm pretty sure my banding is going to out live the rigging by decades. In time, everything fails.
  4. Keith Black
    Eberhard, masking tape is thin paper, not plastic. I agree with the rubber assessment.
  5. Keith Black
    Eberhard, as I said above I use masking tape but not all masking tape is created equal. I bought a roll of Frog Tape masking tape the other day and it's worthless, it won't even stick to itself. The best masking tape I've found is 3M Scotch masking tape.
  6. Keith Black
    A picture's worth a thousand words. Hope this helps, it's sure helped me.
  7. Keith Black
    Derek, the Mantua sectional model looks great. Quit beating yourself up and join in.
  8. Keith Black
    Henry, good to hear. They've always (by they I mean Sarah) been nice to me and have always been helpful. Hopefully everything arrives as you expect. Did you order cannon barrels?
  9. Keith Black
    Very nice modeling, MCB.
  10. Keith Black
    Gus, you might wrap the tips with masking tape to protect them? You're fast out of the gate, a big thumbs up!
  11. Keith Black
    Bob, sometimes instant is expedient. Poly works for me but it's sure not for everybody. And price, poly is the least of my expenses in this hobby. Bob, do you have a build log? I've looked for one and couldn't find one. I'd like to see your work.........Keith
  12. Keith Black
    PRS, I'm a poly man myself but poly isn't accessible to everyone. The UK comes to mind and there maybe other parts of the world as well? From what I understand folks in the UK have to use varnish unless they're willing to pay exorbitant shipping charges for poly. I only say this not knowing where Manic lives.
  13. Keith Black
    And hopefully never too old to learn something new.
  14. Keith Black
    Derek, welcome to MSW. I would like to see you start a build log, please consider it......Keith
  15. Keith Black
    Gus, it's good to see your build log up and running. I'll be following along to share in your adventure. Nice looking work space and it's good to see future projects on the shelf. The very best to you as you start your new project..........Keith
  16. Keith Black
    Manic, first off, welcome to MSW. Second, please start a build log, it's a lot easier to ask for help/opinions and for us to reply when you have a build log. At the very least post some pictures of your model, it's a bit tough to give advise when we're not able to see what you've got.........KB
  17. Keith Black
    Bitao, simply beautiful. How much do you think the hull weighs at this stage of construction?
  18. Keith Black
    Why would one want to possibly keep messing with a "fix"? Do it right the first time with something (glue and sawdust is a proven method) that's going to be stable and be done with it. I can't imagine trying to heat wax and fill cracks on a fully rigged ship. To me it sounds like a recipe for disaster. I've used wax on furniture to fill cracks and wished later I had done something different.
  19. Keith Black
    Thank you for the likes. Finally, my first spar less blocks. A couple of mistakes that hopefully I'll correct on the second one. It took 55 pieces to make the main lower yard. More research required regarding the associated blocks, what I see in the H & H photos doesn't jive with what plans and build logs I've gone through. It might be due to the difference of sail/steam vs just sail, hopefully I'll get that sorted shortly but in the meantime, on to the fore lower yard.
  20. Keith Black
    Pascual, welcome to MSW. Stow your gear in a build log and enjoy your stay.
  21. Keith Black
    The problem with wax, it dries out and shrinks leaving cracks.
  22. Keith Black
    Trond, paint hides a multitude of sins. If it were I, I'd paint this hull and maybe go for a bare wood hull on the next build.
  23. Keith Black
    Reynard, welcome to MSW.
  24. Keith Black
    Micheal, cleaver work on the sink.
  25. Keith Black
    Andrew, welcome back. I hope you'll start up a new build log on the Bounty and catch us up. Wishing you the very best on your renewed modeling interest and efforts.........KB

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