Keith Black
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Andrew, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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Cute little tank, Ras. Lubrication design was a bit dodgy in the early transpiration years. Like Chevrolets early 235 six cylinder engine with 'splash' rod bearing lubrication system. The oil pressure from the mains entered the oil pan via a tube and connected to a bank of six tubes, one for each rod bearing. As each rod rode upward oil squirted out the tubes and hit a open slotted cover that connected over each rod. The pan's oil tubes had to be targeted using a designed jig that fit on the pan and over the tubes where they could be accurately adjusted where they would shoot straight into the rod cover openings. As I said, dodgy but compared to some British sports cars.......... -
Mark, I don't like cotton because it rots so quickly. That and the fuzzies.
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Gregory, i've had success eliminating most of the shine by immediately dabbing the CA where applied with a Q-tip. If allowed to dry as is it will shine but it can be painted if you have matching paint and line color.
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I use Gutermann thread, no problems using CA and it paints and stains, for me. Scott, buy a spool (one spool is cheap) and test it. Always test materials before making any type of commitment for use on rigging. Rigging is too time consuming and difficult to mess around with untested materials, IMHO.
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I use polyester line because cotton rots.
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Speaking of Kraken carrots........supposedly this is a real photo of a women holding a carrot that came from her garden....... that ain't right.
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Grant, you gotta stop buying those Kraken Garden variety vegetables at the grocery store. Ask the wife to get a more gentle brand like, Puffin Farm.
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Mast rake for the Occre kit 'Albatros'
Keith Black replied to AndrewHenwood's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Andrew, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard. See the below, if you go to the home page and do a search you will find other threads regarding mast rake. -
The shots from mast top to deck almost look they were taken with a drone because the model is so realistic. Every photo is awe inspiring.
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Bob, did you check the link I posted in the second post, Cornwall has exactly what you are looking for.
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Alex, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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https://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/cgi-bin/ss000001.pl?page=search&SS=12mm%2C+brass%2C+2+ball%2C+rail+stanchions+with+holes&PR=-1&TB=O&ACTION=Go!
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Charles, welcome to MSW. Impressive models. Glad to have you aboard.
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Reminds of a time in Alaska when a container barge tied up to the Diamond E docks in Egegik, Alaska. The tides in the Egegik River in Bristol Bay can range from 17 + feet to less than a foot. Anyway, this barge tied up at high tide to the dock's dolphins. The hawsers were steel cable but the barge crew didn't shaken off the hawsers (after tying up they went to one bar in the village and immediately forgot about the barge) as the tide ran out. Welp, when the tide neared low point the hawsers tightened around the dolphins till the tops (above the where the hawsers where attached) exploded, literally, and of course the barge listed some 30 degrees to port away from the dock threatening to dump it's container cargo into the river. It was a six hour mad scramble trying to keep the barge from rolling till the tide started coming in enough to float the hull. It took another 24 hours burying deadmen below and above the dock where the barge could attach and finish unloading. Needless to say, it's exciting times when a large ship rolls are almost rolls. Luckily in the above incident there wasn't a loss of life. Being crushed to death in those circumstances is a very real possibility........they that go down to sea in ships.
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CCM, welcome to MSW. If you like cats and by your handle I assume you do, check out 'Cats' in the 'Shore Leave' section of the forum. See the link below. Glad to have you aboard.
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Mark, I wish you lived next door because I'd glad walk over and give you the set I have.
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So, you're going for the high compression engine, that bike is gonna scream across the bookshelf.
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That was great.
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You can toss the whole lot in the bin, I know because i bought a set. The case is cheap and the drill bits are so dull they're absolutely worthless, IMHO. Years ago Micro Mark sold a set in a flat blue case but they haven't offered that set for a couple of years. The first Micro Mark link in Bob's post seems to be the closest to blue case set they sold years ago. If I were to buy another set (and I'm close to needing to) of drill bits it would be the Micro Mark set.
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