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  1. Keith Black
    Bob, sorry to hear you and all yours are sick, get well and have a Merry Christmas.
  2. Keith Black
    Carter, welcome to MSW. Sounds like you hail from the world down under? Glad to have you aboard.
  3. Keith Black
    3M developed a UV activated Bondo and it sounded like the cat's meow so I purchased a can and proceeded to use it on filling the body panel on a car I was restoring (I can't remember which one). Once I had the panel filled I sat it out in the sun for the recommended amount of time and it was still soft. I allowed another couple of hours, still soft. I let that stupid panel sit for two days in the sun and it never hardened. I finally had to dig and scrape every bit of that worthless product off the panel. UV activated Bondo sounds great and might work......if you live on Venus. Roger, if you requiring more working time use less hardener. Work with small batches versus one large batch, slow and steady wins the race.
  4. Keith Black
    Great YT videos and the results in the final photos is truly fantastic, Glen.
  5. Keith Black
    Hank, welcome to MSW. Thank you for your service and I hope you're able to locate the necessary tools. Glad to have you aboard.
  6. Keith Black
    The sails turned out incredibly realistic making the whole totally believable. Fantastic job, Mr Glen.
  7. Keith Black
    I can see a ship's boat being towed in favorable weather as a matter of course but in rough seas, with the possibility of being swamped or separated from, I suspect the the ship's boat was brought aboard and lashed down.
  8. Keith Black
    SJ, welcome to MSW. I don't have the answer to your question but I'm sure someone will have one for you shortly. Glad to have you aboard.
  9. Keith Black
    I look forward to your Kearsarge build, this transitional period in ships absolutely fascinates me.
  10. Keith Black
    Too funny........ The water turned out great, very natural looking.
  11. Keith Black
    Allan, No Idea is building the Le Rochefort so the drawing you posted is probably more appropriate for his builds time period. Thank you for posting.
  12. Keith Black
    If fire brick was used to line the stove's firebox the brick would have to be adhered to one another with mortar or else it would be a constant battle to keep them in place as each new load of wood or coal would jimmy the fire brick about. I suspect the firebox was all iron.
  13. Keith Black
    In the first photo the gray contrasting material between the bricks appears to be mortar. If that isn't mortar then the space between the bricks would be dark. In the second photo where stone (me thinks it is stone) is used it also appears to be mortar between the stones but is harder to see due to lighter stone color. Wait a minute.........are you speaking of the brick inside the firebox or the brick on the hearth?
  14. Keith Black
    It appears mortar was used.
  15. Keith Black
    As I understand the hearth, the base was an iron pan filled with a layer of sand and the brick or (in some cases) stone was laid on top.
  16. Keith Black
    Tyler, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  17. Keith Black
    http://margaretmuirauthor.blogspot.com/2012/11/cooking-on-wooden-sailing-ships-in.html
  18. Keith Black
    Christopher, welcome to MSW. Wishing you the best on your Dory journey. Glad to have you aboard.
  19. Keith Black
    I like the looks of the plumeria and the midrib of the leaf is a natural for the outside sail edge. The trick is being able to attach the leaf margin to the mast but of course, you are the magic man.
  20. Keith Black
    PT, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  21. Keith Black
    Incredible work, Glen.
  22. Keith Black
    Deyson, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  23. Keith Black
    Rigging the bowsprit and dolphin striker are far more challenging than any aspect of rigging the mast, IMHO. Very nicely done, Scott.
  24. Keith Black
    He who thinks they be cowards all, raise your right hand.
  25. Keith Black
    Having the full picture is helpful...........yes, he is sitting in the stern controlling the rudder. That's the way it looks to me, Glen.

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