GrandpaPhil
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Very nicely done!
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Thank you very much! He very likely would call us nuts! Speaking of which, I got my deadeyes so I can make real shrouds with real ratlines: The Magentas take almost 300 of them.
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Indeed it is. You can see his madness in his work. At the same time, that madness is what made it so unique.
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Congratulations! Very nicely done!
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There is absolutely nothing easy about this puzzle: It’s the 2000 piece version from Buffalo Games. I bought it for a challenge. I found one, lol. Usually a 2000 piece puzzle takes me about 4 days. I started this one Monday (5 days ago).
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I bought a Starry Night jigsaw puzzle for $0.99 that I’m putting together. It is a major challenge.
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Welcome!
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Putty and small parts
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Chris, Amazing work! Well done!
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Thank you very much! Here are the pictures of the Admiral’s Balcony: The railing needs some care. Part of the needs reglued down, and the railings need lots of paint and a few new posts.
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The railing is on, but it had some difficulty while being cut out and will need some posts replaced. I don’t have pictures yet. But I’ll take some tomorrow.
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I have really bright work lights for working with those small dead eyes. I also have a bunch of 2mm blocks that were for the Victory, that will be used for this too.
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I just ordered 300 deadeyes from Model Expo! 150 each in 2.5mm and 3.5mm! Solferino had a full barque rig. Magenta will get her original barquentine rig.
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OC, Glad to see you back at it! Amazing work!
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Welcome!
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Eric, Your steamboats are amazing! Looking forward to this one!
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Thank you all for the likes and for stopping by! The Admiral’s Balcony is on and the gunport lid rigging progresses: I am having a lot of fun with this model and learning a LOT about mid to late 19th century naval technology. This model has been very educational for me. I know very little about steamers and ironclads. Most of my ship model building experience, and therefore knowledge, is from the late 17th century through the War of 1812/Napoleonic Wars, so this model has been a most excellent learning resource! To everyone in the hurricane zone, please be safe and I wish you all the best of luck!
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How about the Model Shipways Charles W Morgan or Kate Cory?
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MRAP ATV by CDW - FINISHED - Rye Field - 1:35 Scale
GrandpaPhil replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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Nicely done!
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Yard and gaff configurations
GrandpaPhil replied to brunelrussell's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
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Thinking about making a fictional American Barque Rigged Packet, the Montauk, a London Liner out of card. I have hull lines and plans of an equivalent London Packet from 1835 in The Search For Speed Under Sail by Chapelle. I have barque rigging/masting plans in a book by Underhill. That happens when I read sea stories or about nautical history. I get bad ideas, lol.
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