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Class  "A" build 👍

20 hours ago, LyleK1 said:

Hmmmm... even CA glue?

I don't know about ca glue....... I use WELD BOND...... I have had bad results with ca glue....... comes apart in time........ Maybe it was the brand of glue I used ?🤥

Use a peice of saran wrap on your spacer....... glue won't stick.🙂

   You can find #11 blades on the cheap brand new..... on ebay.

I think your right on target, as far as having the model done for your father's birthday.👍

I think you will have it completed before his birthday. 👍

If your still into building stick & tissue.   check this out........ home of the very first balsa wood model airplane kit.   https://clevelandairline.com/default.aspx   

THank You,    2200 lumens, very bright and LED......... That should work for me just fine........ with my old age i need bright lite.

Nice work area.   I like those swing arm lamps, the light look's real bright.  Where did you purchase them from ?

15 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

the stuff I used came from a rattle can.......I've never tried a varnish before.   does it give a hard finish?  

You will have to read about it, to see if it has the degree of hardness that you are looking for.

Don't use a lacquer based flat coat, on enamel base paint...... act's like paint stripper.   I use dead flat varnish it's water base........ and it is dead flat...... you can reduce it and use it in the airbrush.  

Looking good 👍

Glad to here, that you are not giving up on your hobbies.

5 hours ago, LyleK1 said:

That would be tough to do since it’s already planked! But I like the idea!

Sorry....... for some reason i was thinking you was getting ready to plank........... so goe's my brain at age 68.  

Your stains look good.   Here's an idea..... stain some planks with the first stain, some with the second stain, some with the third stain.  Then cut your plank's from those, and take the cut plank's throw them into a paper bag and shake them up........ dump them out on your bench..... pick up a plank and set it...... grab another and set it etc...etc...etc.    What you end up with is color variation on all your plank's, and the deck does'nt look like one color from stem to stern.😉

I tip my hat to you.   For the fact that you are going to scale plank the hull.   That's the right way to do a hull.👍 

Rabbit joint look's good.

The day will come, and you will be with your husband again............... It's just a matter of time.............. And we are all here for a very short time.

That's a grand peice of work..... Top shelf.   I tip my hat to you Gary.😉

Hello,  NE Ohio.🙂

Beautiful  Work,   Doris .

Gary, i think what you have on your hand's is artist block...... i read about this. i have the same problems weathering freight car's.   their's something missing but you can't put your finger on it.   remendy : cover up the project and don't look at it for a few day's.  then when you view it you will see what's needed.

your garboard is runing too far up the bow......... this will crowd the planks.   look into more info on the garboard plank.    and you will have to add drop planks where needed.   but first get your garboard correct, then line it off.

On 3/22/2020 at 2:52 PM, usedtosail said:

Seats are next to do. I am going to practice with some extra balsa to see if I can carve a realistic looking seat cushion.

Try out  rigid foam insulation board.

Beautiful, Doris......... Just simply Beautiful.