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  1. hollowneck
    Ahhhh, shucks, druxey. Thanks.
  2. hollowneck
    Thank You Kindly, B.E.
  3. hollowneck
    Thank You, James. What an interesting idea for a (large) diorama!...Quayside, sails furled, Burton pendants (and other spars) hoisting a last-minute carronade, water and provision barrels being swung over from the dock, etc. I also like the idea of placid water at the waterline. I think I could only pull this off if Chris could make a handful of figures I could add to such a depiction. Building one of Chris' models in this manner would truly be like jazz improvisation! Me (and HMS Camilla) at this month's Philadelphia Ship Model Society's meeting earlier this week. The diorama's "footprint" is not modest; I wonder how large a dockside depiction of Pellew's cruiser Indy would need to be?
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    Like I have done for my previous diorama models, I've compiled a 11" X 14" large-format book of photos I've taken of my HMS Camilla model in her seascape presentation. This 24-page hardcover picture book also contains a greatly truncated historical reference to the Royal Navy warship that served throughout the British/American War of 1776-1783. There are no Build Log photos in this book as seen here in the forum. The photos of the completed model are juxtaposed with several illustrations by artist Nicholas Pocock's paintings of the era to lend some context to the ship's legacy.
  5. hollowneck
    I just blinked…did I miss anything? Look’in good, Kevin, coming together nicely. Ron
  6. hollowneck
    Me too, Bob. For a large, sophisticated build like the Sphinx, Chuck's Confederacy, etc., you'll be dedicating many months to a build. For some, it can involve years, even with a kit. As the legacy snipe goes: "Love It, Or Leave it!"....also, "Love The One You're With" (Stephen Stills, I believe). Good for you on your recent Getaway. I got some serious attitude adjustment these past few weeks with a trip to the Barrier Reef in Belize. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Build the one YOU WILL LOVE. You have the bench, the tools, the boxes await. Which one will it be? Ron
  7. hollowneck
    Nice oars, Brian. What happened to that keg of vodka?
  8. hollowneck
    I believe that’s a jug of emergency vodka.
  9. hollowneck
    True, you're correct: I need to link these signature items so they go to the proper places. I haven't realized how this software goodie works until recently. Now that a yearlong build is completed I will make the time for a little member maintenance! Thanks for reminding me.
  10. hollowneck
    Thank you, Glenn. Yes. There is an extensive photo gallery on my forum "home page." Why it's listed the 4th down entry for my model albums I have no idea....but the Camilla photos are posted there. Like everyone else, these holidays were crazy busy for me and I may have overlooked formally posting info on my log here for folks that they could go to my gallery albums; my apologies for this. Thank You, Chris. You (& Jim) are the one's responsible for creating such a fine kit. Your excellent work allowed me to get crazy with additional details and then get super-excited to put her into a roiling sea!
  11. hollowneck
    Whoa. I, for one, am amazed at @archjofo's skills. Beautifully crafted, wood or metal. Fire n' Ice!
  12. hollowneck
    Same model here, but bought it in 2020...I always keep the bowl as full of paint as I can during a session and with the lid on.
  13. hollowneck
    Interesting. I use an Iwata airbrush (dual-action), top feed. So far, so good. Perhaps we use different models, vintages? This said, I only airbrush minimally and only on large surface areas where I want as much color consistency as possible - like on my silk span sails; I've used my airbrush to touch-up from previous Liquitex rattle can spraying where there are visual "holes". Airbrushing is a staple in the plastic modeling world for good reason. For wooden model ships, not so much - also for good reason.
  14. hollowneck
    Vallejo Model Air paint=100 per cent! Saves having to disassemble your airbrush every 15 minutes.
  15. hollowneck
    Very original. Very Nice!
  16. hollowneck
    It’s looking really good, Tom. Have you assembled some of the unique rigging components like turnbuckles and wire rope?
  17. hollowneck
    Welcome to the forum. This is the right (and BEST) place to learn about model ship building. Post all the questions you'd like; you'll get plenty of helpful advice - and encouragement. As long as you can acquire some basic tolls like @rcmdrvr has recommended, you can build that styrene model and then step over to a wooden kit with a handful of a few more tools - and then you could do some repairs on the legacy model from your grandmother. I've got a question for you: how did you learn about this free forum? THANKS!!
  18. hollowneck
    Thanks James, understood. I hope @VTHokiEE will finalize and make his app/module available to MSW. He's generously done this compilation for me and it is still a work in progress - as he's noted. I would hope that he can make his software available to others here.
  19. hollowneck
    …looks like I might need to invest in an Adobe Acrobat Pro application…🤨😁😳 Perhaps a good time to “cook” my 650 page pdf into a PowerPoint one, another item on my 2023 hobby punch list. For the moment I’m shooting lot'sa photos for a final gallery post for ... HMS Camilla Leaving Spithead, bearing West, So’west for North America August, 1776
  20. hollowneck
    I have successfully opened @VTHokiEE's compiled Build Log for my HMS Camilla. The file is 259 MB with a total of 648 pdf pages conforming to a "normal" print-friendly format of 8.5" X 11." Outstanding. I haven't perused all 648 pages, but I intend over the next few days to double-check the fidelity; on a brief first pass (approx. 100 pages) I noticed only one graphics page (pg. 14) didn't successfully load; every text page appears intact. I graciously Thank @VTHokiEE you for the significant software work to make this happen. I can recommend to @James H that this works very well. Where we go from here is not clear to me but I do suggest the obvious: do contact @James H and see how he can implement this tool on the site.
  21. hollowneck
    I have successfully opened @VTHokiEE's compiled Build Log for my HMS Camilla. For others reading this post, your file is 259 MB with a total of 648 pdf pages conforming to a "normal" print-friendly format of 8.5" X 11." Outstanding. I haven't perused all 648 pages, but I intend to over the next few days to double-check the fidelity; on a brief first pass (approx. 100 pages) I noticed only one graphics page (pg. 14) didn't successfully load; every text page appears intact. Thank you for your work to make this happen. I can recommend to @James H that this works very well. Where we go from here is not clear to me but I do suggest the obvious: do contact @James H and see how he can implement this tool on the site.
  22. hollowneck
    Looking good, Brian.
  23. hollowneck
    UPDATE: MSW members will now note that there is a Marcas Registrada - ® - (registered trademark) adjacent to the MSW logo and the words "Model Ship World" on the home page header. Rule of Law Progress.
  24. hollowneck
    @Knocklouder, this is not contentious and James isn't going to "boot" any member on the basis of posting legitimate investigations on computer questions. Saving a complete Build Log with a more simplified method than the one I described in detail here would be a GIANT and very usable feature for MSW if it could be implemented. Let's see where this legitimate query ends-up. Despite my gripe about Adobe's business practices, If there was an easier (and faster) method to save a Build Log to a single, compiled PDF file, then I might- just might- pop for an Adobe PDF Pro converter to have full access to my log in a workable, native presentation format like PowerPoint or Keynote.
  25. hollowneck
    I have just completed a Build Log and I am interested in archiving it offline onto my computer. As a test, I exported the first page of my Build Log to a PDF ( I am, like @James H on a MAC - with a Safari browser). The export took a couple minutes (there's a LOT of data in just a single "page" of the Build Log), and the single first page of my log was diced-up into six (6) vertical graphic files that totaled approximately 15 MB. It eventually opened (with some substantial lag time) - just fine. From beginning to end, my Build Log is 17 pages long. Assuming a compiled PDF file of my log will be an average of 15MB, my complete Build Log downloaded to multiple PDF files would total something in the area of 250MB - in 17 separate files. This isn't an unmanageable file size, but it is quite large for a PDF and will take a rather long time to scroll through one's log - depending upon how much RAM you have in your computer (my system has 32GB). An issue that concerns me with my test is that this PDF Export routine froze my browser. After saving the PDF, I re-started my browser, no problem. However, I attempted to export my PDF test file to a PowerPoint format (so that it can be annotated and opened by either a MAC or PC) and I ran into the Adobe pitch to buy a $250 single year license. Were I still operating my marketing business, I'd already have this requisite PDF Pro program expensed as a necessary yearly overhead. I MAY have need to do this file extraction and saving exercise - oh, let's just say - once, maybe twice a year. Would you want to spend $250 for a program that you'll use once or twice in a year and then spend another $250 the next year to efficiently save your next Build Log? I do hope that @VTHokiEE has a workable script that can be run on a MAC OS to get a workaround to this restrictive situation.

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