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Hi Chuck,

I cannot make a donation via the side bar; I get the following:  Die Seite dieser Organisation funktioniert nicht.

Does it not accept Paypal with EUR  or USD payment?

Greetings

Hi Valeriy,

and again a very clarifying hint. Thank you very much. In many fora acetone is recommended as THE metal degreaser. Much to my shame I have been a total ignorant on chemical issues since my school days, the more so I appreciate the hints and clues given by acknowledged and practised guys such as you. Thanks again!

I wish you all the best for 2026 and may you continue you masterly work in peace.

Joachim

Merry and Peaceful Xmas to all of us wherever we will then be.

indeed, superbe!!

Thanks a lot, Kurt,

yes, you are right, I talk about the larger table top. So, I'm patiently waiting for Donna's response and meanwhile will add

an order for some more items.

Joachim

On 10/15/2025 at 7:16 PM, kurtvd19 said:

Mike:

Donna promises that the quality will be the same.  There is a guy currently working with Donna who was working with Jim and is looking good for taking over the business. 

We ship modelers as a group were very important to her & Jim and it's it's still very important to her to maintain availability of the tools as well as the quality of the tools and she will be closely involved until she is sure the company is maintaining the high standards and then she plans to retire.

Hello Kurt,

as owner of some of their machines I tried to contact Donna or somebody else of their company some weeks ago via their email-contact given in their homepage in order to place an order for e.g. the extension table for the table saw. Alas, no reaction resp. response from their side so far. Can you please indicate to me an actual way of getting into contact with them other than by phone? Thanks very much for your help.

Best regards

Joachim

Cordiales felicitaciones! 

Thanks again for your tip, just ordered one plus spare filter. I think non visible dusts  (and fumes) are of great concern to modellers health.

best regards

Joachim

That's gooood news! I'm happy that the manufacture and sales of these wonderful machines will continue. All the best to Donna and her family/team.

Joachim

Excellent workmanship

........Which to my understanding is a coffee bean grinder....my grandparents had the same....

I live a little south-east of Bonn over the Rhine in the Westerwald very near to Hachenburg.

Joachim

Danke für die Grüße! I definitely will enjoy it and I'm sure to realy learn a lot and I can make use in my model(s) to come.

In 1946 my father was transferred due to unbearable humanitarian conditions from a French POW camp in Marseille out of French custody into US hands to Camp Holabird in Baltimore. He told me once that this hand-over really saved him from severe illness, starvation and death in the Marseille camp. I still own his German-American English dictionary stamped by the camp's library. So I have some personal relations to Chesapeake Bay and Baltimore in particular.

Greetings

Joachim

Many thanks to USS frolick of course for the link and to Mark for the confirmation of the book's value.

Joachim

Just ordered the book, many thanks Mark for that link.

Greetings

Joachim

Giampiero,

tante grazie!  Thank you ever so much! The idea to seal the underlying wood with shellac prior to burnishing the metal completely excaped my mind (shame on me)

Have a nice day

Joachim

Buon giorno Giampiero,

she is a real beauty! I see, that the blackened metal parts such as chain plates etc show no scratches or uncovered spots at all.

How do you proceed with the mounting of these parts:

1. Dry fit the un-blackened on the model first?

2. Take these parts all off again and dismantle the wooden components such as the deadeyes etc.?

3. Blacken (what is the agent?) all metal (brass?) first and then reinstall the wooden components again.? (great risk of hurting the metal and the blackening)

4. Finally fastening of the completed and blackened part on the ship ?

Or alternatively

1. Dry fit the un-blackened on the model first and then

2. Blacken them in situ? Not staining clear wooden parts with the blackening agent (Liver of sulphur?)

I would be very gateful if you enlighten me in these matters.

best regards

Joachim

As usual I'm fascinated by your modelling capabilities and the quality you achieve. Absolutely miraculous to me is the super short time of a little more than a year you spent for such a complexe build with so many details. I eny you for your persistence and concentration.

best regards to you and thumps up for Zaprozhia

Joachim

Like so:  https://preview.redd.it/whats-the-point-of-bucket-rigs-and-why-does-bucket-rigging-v0-odtwdx3gsi9a1.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=d447a1c12b029eee1b31ae9a39ed0306fef1a42f

oopps, sorry

Yes Druxey, one can see that you are right:  sailor on thwart a operates oar in thole 1 and so forth. Considering the moulded breadth  of 6 feet, 4 inches (= approx. 190 cm) offers a  powerful lever arm for the rower sitting on the opposite hull side of the  dedicated thole.

Joachim

Hello Markus,

please have a look at the continuing text; you will find the wording "sighting-top" which seems to be a printing error, spoiling the obvious meaning "fighting-top". I have never heard of a "s"ighting-top, where are stowed studding sails and having one-pounder swivel-guns.

Cheers

Joachim

Taking Patrik O'Brians novels of the Aubrey/Maturin series a well researched "source" I quote his description of HMS Shannons's mast top during her action vs Chesapeake given at the end of "The fortune of war". It supports Phil's post #21 and I assume hammocks in tops a standard measure of protection long before 1812. It stands to reason that skilled sailors and marksman in the tops were specialists available in limited numbers only.

Joachim

This  should have accompanied my prior post...

Buon Natale e Felice anno Nuevo, Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year 2025!