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  1. Keith Black
    Yes
  2. Keith Black
    I had no strength issues using wood to make mast and yards at 1:120 scale. The yards get additional strength when brass wire is used for jackstays.
  3. Keith Black
    Eric, I seal my masking tape with polyurethane which is essentially doing the same thing as your use of carpenter's glue, just a little less messy. Do love the way Peerless is taking shape.
  4. Keith Black
    This paper modeling biz amazes the heck out of me. Nicely done, Chris.
  5. Keith Black
    Later era photo of oars in use noting oar length and blade shape and width. Does it appear that the oar lengths decrease moving away from mid boat?
  6. Keith Black
    It's a lot better than "good", it's a fantastic addition. What kinda pain in the backside would it be to attempt adding icicles hanging off the wheel?
  7. Keith Black
    Thank you for joining up, Micha.
  8. Keith Black
    https://www.shawandtenney.com/how-size-your-oars
  9. Keith Black
    I don't think the ventilators look ratty at all. Speaking of ventilators, did you ever notice that at distance they kinda look like earbuds?
  10. Keith Black
    Dan, if I can make some of the goofy stuff I've made at 1:120, I'm quite certain you can make acceptable looking 1:128 oars. In fact, look at the oars Eberhard made in his 1:160 build log, page 25, post #733.
  11. Keith Black
    Nice wheel, Glen. I hope you can use it on the Jenny.
  12. Keith Black
    I've seen folks carve the shaft/handle separate from the blade and then join the two.
  13. Keith Black
    I'd use the keel as is, the other two i might scab and glue with PVA thin pieces to either side of each. Sandpaper will easily remove any edge irregularities.
  14. Keith Black
    Micha, being an NRG member means you're providing financial support for MSW. You've only been a member of MSW for a short period of time but by the number of your post thus far you obviously find benefit in being a MSW member. For myself being a member since 2016 MSW is a major part of my life. I consider 99.99% of the MSW membership my 'family'. MSW is way too important to me, I'm happy to support MSW by being an NRG member. Having access to the MSW database is invaluable, I dare say that if you have a question about ship modeling the answer can be found in the MSW database. The better question is, why would one not want to support MSW by becoming an NRG member.
  15. Keith Black
    Mark, it's probably the cost of display maintenance. There doesn't seem to be as much money being donated to museums these days and reduced attendance. Folks don't feel they need to go to the museum because Mr Google is right there waiting to guide them through whatever interest was put in the search box.
  16. Keith Black
    John, welcome to MSW. I like clocks as well and keep a few singing along merrily. Glad to have you aboard.
  17. Keith Black
    And that's why I wasn't impressed. Had it been totality here in out little patch of heaven I may have felt differently.
  18. Keith Black
    Great story, Bob. Glen, great photos but I think the eclipse was way over hyped. Maggie and I sat on the front steps with our I can't see a bloody thing glasses and observed 98.11% totality in our area. I'm much more impressed by comets.
  19. Keith Black
    Micha, I would use PVA on the above and CA for the planking.
  20. Keith Black
    I was trying to save Micha from diving down the rabbit hole at this point but it's something he'll encounter soon enough. At 77 I'm a pretty old school kinda guy but I used poly in antique furniture restoration long before I could spell model ship. The biggest plus for me is the protection poly provides, I don't get that sense of protection using shellac. It comes down to personal preference from product usage.
  21. Keith Black
    For what application? Number one I'd toss in the bin, number two I've never used and have no experience, so it's three (Google Titebond II and III and see what the internet reports about the differences) or four, coming back again to the question, what application?
  22. Keith Black
    Micha, let me clarify a bit here. If you use CA to glue a eye or twisted wire stropped block into the deck, mast, or yard, you'll break something trying to pull it out once dry. If you CA glue a wood edge (pilot house base as an example) to a wood deck, you could pop off the pilot house with a rap to the side or by placing an Xacto chisel blade tip at the edge of the pilot house base and get it to release with a gentle rap. Using PVA wood to wood it's pert near impossible to make it let go without using copious amounts of isopropyl alcohol. You use Acetone to release objects glued with CA. I haven't had any luck gluing painted surfaces no matter what type of glue used unless the painted surfaces have been sealed with polyurethane. I don't have any trouble using CA to glue poly sealed painted surfaces. I don't know if PVA would work as I've never tried but my wee brain thinks it wouldn't. As with all methods suggested by us, you need to experiment/test on scrap pieces using our suggestions and see what works best for YOU.
  23. Keith Black
    Regarding the broken pieces....this is where I would NOT use CA. In this case I would use a yellow PVA. Once the glue is added and the pieces fitted together, wrap the whole with Saran Wrap, then add supports on either side and clamp. If you don't use the Saran Wrap you WILL permanently glue the supports to the broken pieces once the glue dries.
  24. Keith Black
    I don't like Gorilla because it foams, that just disturbs the heck out of my Inner Tao.
  25. Keith Black
    Simon, the one positive thing about working in the garden is the amount of natural light is so much better to see by, By 4 legged friends I assume cats? If it is cats they are such little dunderheads when it comes to wanting to be a part of whatever is going on. Not an easy task cutting those by hand, hats off to ya.

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