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  1. Keith Black
    The type of ice the Jenny would have trapped in would have been sea ice (sea water ice) not ice calved off glaciers (fresh water ice) which become icebergs which tend to be blueish in hue. Having lived in Alaska and seeing countless sea ice flows and packs it comes in colors from white to a tan tinted off white to ice covered in mud where it's washed up against the shore with the tide and gone back out again several times. Glen's ice color looks fine.
  2. Keith Black
    Jay, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  3. Keith Black
    I use watercolor paper.
  4. Keith Black
    MB, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  5. Keith Black
    It intimidates all of us the first time. That all passes once you're half way through.
  6. Keith Black
    Large models require large display cases which require large spaces for the whole to occupy. If a person lives by themselves then you can dedicate whatever space to that which tickles your fancy but if you're in a relationship with another, they might not be so keen on every inch of free space being occupied by model ships. From my little experience and reading the experience of others, 36 inches models are about the limit to live with comfortably. I could be way wrong but I suspect that those who build in smaller scales do so partly because of display space considerations.
  7. Keith Black
    There are members and then there's us junkies.
  8. Keith Black
    Absolutely.
  9. Keith Black
    Brian, when you said major photo dump you weren't kidding, you've been a busy man.The underside of the hull looks like the real deal, you're going to have to put a mirror under her when she's finished. Super impressive progress.
  10. Keith Black
    Bob, you are the quintessential NRG member, your enthusiasm is infectious. I'm proud to be your NRG colleague.
  11. Keith Black
    John, welcome to MSW. Nice looking Albatross, glad to have you aboard.
  12. Keith Black
    Frank, a good experiment to try is take a small piece of paper, a little heaver than copy paper, thinly coat it with CA (super glue) and voila, plastic. Not exactly plastic but pretty close. Makes for a good substitute and if you need to cover a void, a little paper, some CA and you've got a patch. It does not sand all that well because the underlying paper gets fuzzy but once you're down to the level you want to be, add some more CA to strengthen the surface.
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    Great attention to detail, Keith.
  14. Keith Black
    I know you were, just given' ya the biz.
  15. Keith Black
    Looks fantastic, Glen, really really cool. What do you mean you have no experience seeing melting in Texas? There's cars at red lights and pedestrians at crosswalks turned to puddles and billboard signs slumped over like a bad souffle.
  16. Keith Black
    Jay, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  17. Keith Black
    Gregg, I came to the same conclusion after several times of clicking on status. For the life of me I can't figure out the 'why' of the feature.
  18. Keith Black
    Peter, I just checked and 'Viewing Topic: Status' is still there. Maybe it's for administrative purposes? Ignorance is bliss.
  19. Keith Black
    Peter, do you mean 'Viewing Topic: Status'? If so it's a good question, It's something I've simply ignored.
  20. Keith Black
    Congratulations on completing your masterpiece.
  21. Keith Black
    Yes
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. Keith Black
    This paper modeling biz amazes the heck out of me. Nicely done, Chris.
  25. 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?

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