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Good looking busy work while waiting for the hull to dry, James. Regarding rigging line..... cotton line stinks, it's fuzzy and its life expectancy is very limited. A lot of builders (including museums when doing rigging restoration work) are using polyester thread. It's almost 100% fuzz free and it has a much much longer shelf life than cotton. I use Gutermann as do many others. You get a couple of kits under your belt and you'll start wondering why your paying high kit prices and scraping 50% of it. -
James, I'm unfamiliar with Varathane Polyurethane, I have only ever used Minwax Polyurethane. Once upon a time I did the same thing as yourself and tried wiping down with paint thinner and made a dog's lunch of the whole thing, In the end I still had to wait till the poly dried where I could then sand down and start over. Lesson learned......set it aside and wait till it dries. Find something to work on while you twiddle your fingers.
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Sounds a bit sketchy to me, Patrick. It seems counterintuitive that you'd be able to apply pressure and drill a straight hole? A pin vise is an inexpensive tool designed for the sole purpose of drilling holes.
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You're more than welcome, James. The double ended pin vise is the best option, IMHO. They allow one to get closer if necessary. And yes, it definitely would have made it a lot easier. When drilling holes for nails you can drill a undersize hole, tap in the nail hoping pressure will keep the nail in place. Personally I like to drill slightly oversize, easily insert the nail with a bit of CA (super glue) on the shake to keep it in place. This is because wood dries out and shrinks and the nail could come loose. Using CA kinda insures the nail won't come out.
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James, if you have a pin vise you could drill holes where the nails would fit in neatly without hammering. If you don't have a pin vise it is a simple and relatively inexpensive tool that you should have, IMHO. The bottom link is for micro drill bits and included is a pin vise that is absolutely worthless but the drill bits are the ones I buy. https://www.amazon.com/Double-Detachable-Manual-Jewelry-Making/dp/B09NMGSR87/ref=sr_1_59?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.B22oabypIjH-iebkMfnzPJKL4a1vE532JIJK1jDQB5W2gooxlhfqH39wWAFNZeHkDeShVtejK1vwPqY57H38qn_-yZZTC4QhcHhvfAZ4zAOzZv61P6Hcp3o4WCbd77iPoYIju3j-aZe_R0-s-APT7HCH3_N5M8lGOFEn5ZNRe45zAkjM4VZQPcu7qaGB3-C1iuHI9fPgHLqlyNVNxHBKtBVJDokCexG8CAF4lcGnqKBrcJjFjEVSrGxuVGQXzZgLZHuJPmgdpY_og7DxQXAvar1YjQ8TRZOH9BrsKgr3wUo.vmcSnzUjNyKB76jttn8ZuITxbXpEFAo07LgWqqSykCA&dib_tag=se&hvadid=693388925260&hvdev=c&hvexpln=67&hvlocphy=9052573&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=12088025368565546822--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=12088025368565546822&hvtargid=kwd-436988750327&hydadcr=7499_13183988&keywords=pin+vise+amazon&mcid=6b07454c0cae36ef8775ed1eb0e4fe65&qid=1761378944&sr=8-59 https://www.amazon.com/Carburetor-Numbered-Jewelers-Mini-Pin-Plastic/dp/B0FKN8X949/ref=sr_1_13?crid=15GZPT3FXGCRK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tfi-QX1AoFqRxotiH0RCBQhs9jLI2An9Vwl8Tur4mOTurcnktlFWze0azTOjpCwiQmCXb-hR3HmCE0edGKX-mq8cxP-VMsBXMidh7pC76e1ZqVh8AArbYYk38se2VN868mxo8hv_pP2tV5fJmcjm0Q9wOOFRDYJZVudpnf76899vBqRCezuUeYw4qgs2CMl0z6Bc_Q2rz0HIpvv3pUq_1f1wuC2NEjPoAV-B4UhliMY.zW-Dt9aNDPFb74AtTli_s66MTrMCStxaT7gPjp36RcI&dib_tag=se&keywords=micro+drill+bits&qid=1761379202&sprefix=micro+drill+bits%2Caps%2C108&sr=8-13
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She looks perfect, Glen. I'm all clinched up, let the fireball insertion commence!
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My condolences on your dad's passing, James. I know and appreciate the need/desire to connect with him. Having said that, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard and all the best to you as you start your ship modeling journey. Keith
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Thank you, Keith. I can't wait till the material dries where I can start playing with pastels and poly. Thank you, Eberhard. Ken threw that "culm" fastball right past me as well, I had to Google that unfamiliar word for the meaning. Thank you again, Ken.
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Thank you very much, Glen. After loading the barge it took me a couple of hours getting the level to what looked like the right height and sculpted to the correct shape and then getting the correct amount of spillage on the outside edges. if I had it to do over I don't know if there's anything I could have done differently? Being the first time it was trial and error, hopefully I was able to minimized the error part.
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Mondo, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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Thank you everyone for the support with your comments and likes. "Doesn't look grotty enough yet" I think I moved the needle on the grotty meter, John. The barge load of material weighs approximately 300 tons. The material is still curing/drying out. I tried adding acrylic craft paint to tint the material's color, I didn't quite get there, it's kinda ugly. I'll have to add color once everything has dried. I'll also poly coat everything that needs to look wet. The deckhand used the steam gun to clean around the bollards before tying up. Thanks guys and gals for following along. keith
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Thank you for your input, Roel. Regarding the cord containment at either end. having had some experience with this sort of thing, even though loose once those boards are in place they either never come back out or never go back in after the first load due to material getting between the boards and the vertical slides.
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Great update, mcb. Your work is inspiration for me.
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That's no sympathetic restoration.
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And you're off and running, is the outer shell card?
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No it doesn't, John. But hopefully It'll get a lot more grotty in the next couple of days.
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Thank you very much for the suggestion, Pat. It's as good (if not better) an idea of what it is in comparison to the line I was thinking. In fact, it's such a great idea that I'm going to run with it being a cold box unless someone comes forward with a definitive answer. Please don't worry about trying to find your source, we're set. Thank you again.
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Thank you to all for the kind comments and likes. My camera didn't wanna take good pictures tonight for whatever reason, stupid camera. But that's okay because it's just photos of the barge with it's first layer of pastels. I don't want to add aymore color till the barge is filled. Hopefully tomorrow I can do material testing. Thank you for your support and for following along. Keith
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This is a cruel tale to tell but.........Seagulls are indeed rats with wings. If you throw food scraps in the air they will normally catch it on the way up, if not their buddies will get it on the way down. In Alaska we'd take our unwanted leftovers out on the dock and throw the scraps out for the gulls. Every now and then one of the meaner lads would throw an Alka-Seltzer tablet into the air and of course it would get caught and promptly swallowed. A couple of minutes later and poof, lots of feathers and a dead seagull. It was a horrible thing for someone to do but during the seemingly endless days of the salmon season, for some, life could get too boring. Julie, regarding your post..........'they paved paradise and put up a parking lot' Greed never changes its stripes. Unfortunately it's a part of our flawed human nature. Much akin to throwing Alka-Seltzer to seagulls.
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