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  1. lmagna
    Unfortunately that can happen when you become a master of the medium and you need a bigger challenge to keep it interesting.
  2. lmagna
    The brush attachment was not an idea to replace the trap it was an alternative to the normal suction end that would still allow high air flow, (The force that actually picks the stuff up) and not grabbing every part up and sending down the tube.
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    Now that Ken brings it up I remember people used to use CA and baking soda. Fill the area with the baking soda and zap it! Stan away from the smoke though! Sets up instantly!
  4. lmagna
    Thank you all for the encouragement. I am constantly tipping between Viking funeral and plugging away in spite of the mistakes. Dowmer I am now not only officially jealous of your skills but now your research accomplishments. Even though I have lived here for almost forever I didn't get to meet the man, In fact I didn't even know of his existence until after his death. Your build bucket list is far more extensive than mine but there are a couple on that list that would have been or would be on my list as well.`
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    Until the wreck was found and photos became commonly available it was gospel that the entire Swastika had been painted over. Then after it became clear the this had not been the case most people seem to just write it up as a mistake. If you can find a point that it looks like there is gray over red then it could be possible that the records of the Swastika being painted out just before leaving Bergan are true but they only were able to get as far as the red band. Remember they were painting out much of the camouflage as well and had plenty of grey on hand. Not definitive I suppose but possibly worth giving it a thought. May end up like the white or yellow gun port band or how many stern windows were on the Constitution at the time of her Guerriere battle.
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    The reason I asked was that closing portholes located in the hull became pretty common early in the war as almost all of the ships with portholes in the hull that took battle damage sank much quicker because of water coming in through the broken portholes. Sometimes, especially in battleships the concussion from their own guns caused the damage. Better watch it OC I borrowed Mark's stick and you may get your knuckles whacked.
  7. lmagna
    Well it's back to the belfry for me Greg with my stash of popcorn. I am not all that clear on one thing from your description though. I know I could just wait until you build that part of the hull and see, but will the welded up portholes be opened? Or are thy already welded over by the time of your build?
  8. lmagna
    I would be tempted to make one if I could find hollow tubes small enough. I think the tubes on the one I posted are too large in diameter. They look like the stir sticks you get for your coffee in restaurants you could still suck up items like belaying pins and such.
  9. lmagna
    Our school had a large paddle with holes drilled in it that looked like it had been lovingly crafted in shop class by some masochist and was prominently displayed outside the principals office door. Didn't have to be taken down often. Back then getting the paddel would only have been the first punishment. There would have been a lot more when you got home! OK Carl you got me again. Why would you have to take the guns of if you made a stand designed after a dry dock? All the supports are under the hull.
  10. lmagna
    OK time to sneak in some admittedly poor pictures just to prove that I have been doing something. Didn't get much done and what makes it worse I may be tearing some of it off again as I am not completely happy with it. First thing was to place a 2018 Penny I found at the foot of the mast. all sailing vessels are supposed to have a coin under the mast base for luck. In this case I couldn't wait until later as by the time I step the mast I will no longer be able to reach the mast base. Then I installed the first piece of the wales. Had to redo it a couple of times in places and to be honest I anm still not all that happy with the results and may rip it off again. Kind of important to get this right as all the rest of the planking is based on it. Mess it up and everything that follows will also be messed up. I also threw in a picture of the stern timbers that really took more work than it looks. Another thing I need to figure out how to do is take descent pictures. I have never taken closeup pictures like this with the micro setting before and compared to others I see on this forum they look like complete junk! Only one of them is even in focus! Maybe I will try again tomorrow with the outside light coming through the window, and see if I can do better.
  11. lmagna
    You're getting to know me too well Carl. Curiosity killed the cat. Have you considered dry dock style supports using Plexiglass?
  12. lmagna
    Another attachment that might make it even better. https://www.amazon.com/Universal-Attachment-Interface-Tool-Small-Anywhere-Strong/dp/B07B9FS8HK/ref=asc_df_B07B9FS8HK/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=241927329763&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13006982696506531441&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9033346&hvtargid=pla-429179995910&psc=1
  13. lmagna
    Pictures hell! What would be scary would be to box the little terrorist up and SHIP her to them! Luckily she has pretty much left the Providence alone since I moved it to the new work area. The Admiral's crafts after the Terrorist cat got them though............ Pictures of a couple of them would truly be gruesome!
  14. lmagna
    OC Even though I agree with Popeye and Jack that putty fillers are easiest to work with. Another old time alternative if you can't get putty for some reason, is to take left over plastic sprue and melt it in a jar of liquid styrene cement to make a paste. If you use the sprue from this kit, it will even match the color of the original plastic. Not as easy to work with as drying time is normally at least over night, even when used in small areas, but the results can be pretty good.
  15. lmagna
    YOU may have been kidding but I know John, and he knows people who own guns! It would be safer if I get some pictures up and avoid a gator head laying in my bed!
  16. lmagna
    Peabody and Sherman have no power over my crew of Minions. They can screw stuff up MUCH faster than any Way Back machine could handle.
  17. lmagna
    FANTASTIC build Dowmer, fifteen years old or not! Mr. Jackson's plans make a pretty nice model when in the right hands like yours. Too bad you can no longer send him a picture of what you have been able to do with them. He could not help but be proud. His research and and work with Davis and Millar also formed some of background for this build, I can only hope to come as close as you in the execution! Please do start a build log, or modified build log if you will. I for one would love to follow the progress. What is more interesting about the Union was that the voyage was done with a 19 year old captain, and it was his SECOND voyage around the world. His first voyage in 1787 had been as fifth mate with Robert Gray on the Columbia and Lady Washington. That voyage had started with the sloop Lady Washington, later brigantine Lady Washington. The Lady Washington would have been the first sloop to circumnavigate the world bout ended up spending the rest of her life in the Pacific between the Pacific Northwest and China. She never returned to the east coast. Maybe your next build?
  18. lmagna
    OK OK I surrender! I have been able to do a little here and there since the last pictures, (Actually VERY little) my excuse has been doctors, kids, fathers day and birth days, along with a little bit of normal, (?) life thrown in. I will try and put up something tonight in the wee hours when no one is looking.
  19. lmagna
    What redesigning would that be?
  20. lmagna
    Hi Rob I doubt anyone without a degree and a few additional years of research under their belt will be able to do better. All we will probably be able to conclude is that the practice was quite common well into the early 18th century or sooner and that it was apparently more intuitive than scientific. It certainly proceeded the Clipper era by a considerable time span.
  21. lmagna
    So what did you tell her?
  22. lmagna
    Thanks Dowmer There is no way that you are anywhere close to late for the party. Hopefully you have just missed the more boring parts. I see from your avitar that you are a Union fan, I have that book as well and she was one of my main sources of reference for this build. So if you have any knowledge to impart, feel free. This build is in no way as well researched as I would like but there is no way I have either the funds, free time, or life expectancy to do much better. The Providence deserves to be built even if it is by my limited ability and interpretation. Things have slowed down for the last month or so due to life issues and to be honest a total terror of planking a hull! but should pick up again soon. Welcome aboard.
  23. lmagna
    Thanks Rob Still doesn't really answer the raked mast question but using Froude's formula above, and a guesstimate of 225' waterline she is the first large sailing ship we have found that has exceeded the formula for hull speed.
  24. lmagna
    It's also interesting that it is addressed 'General Delivery'. Back then when the mail arrived at the post office the postmaster knew everyone in town and no further address was needed.
  25. lmagna
    Sounds like commissioning day is approaching! Nothing left but details, details, and details. No more designing and revisions.

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