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    Looking real good Mark. The day you stop learning is the day you close up your build bench. Sam
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    Slog. Sweet!!!
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    Well done Slog. Those are some small parts indeed. I have had trouble cleaning the powder off of small parts like these in the past, what do you use to clean them? I have though about throwing them in a tumbler with maybe corn starch or something like that but have been concerned I would lose parts. Sam
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    Yes Chuck, please continue. Even after watching some of the sculptors where I work and picking their brains this is still a black art to me. Hopefully you and others can shed some light on it for me. Sam
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    I am liking the baby steps you're showing Chuck, thanks Sam
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    Welcome back Vivian. Looking forward to seeing you continue this build. Sam
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    Well done Mark, how long until she comes off the board? Sam
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    Sjors, That is unfortunate, but, mistakes are part of this hobby I guess. Great the Deagostini is replacing for free. They should for what they charge for a kit. My experiences with Constructo is that they have the same policy. Sam
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    Grant, That looks VERY good! You mentioned SIntra as a sub deck, what did you use to bond the decking to the SIntra? Sam
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    Nice Sjors! But it looks like the hole in the column 42 row 17 of your grates is .001 out of square! Joking of course, waiting somewhat patiently for the next installment. Sam
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    Agreeing with the others, great work. All those tubes for curtains, I think my head would have exploded! We both bought the same scalpel handle a couple of weeks ago, I finally received mine, I havent found much use for it yet, but I can see where it would be very helpful cutting out all this card. Figuring out how to insert the blade was fun, thankfully we have the interwebs. Looking forward to seeing more of your build. Sam
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    I like a combination of sand paper glued to sticks or cork. I also like these sanding sticks, they are available in most hobby stores I go in: http://shop.excelblades.com/p/sanding-stick-w-extra-belt That being said, I dont think you can beat a good Swiss file for finish quality. Sand paper scratches the wood, a good file cuts the wood and with a #4 cut Swiss file you start to get an almost polished finish. I like the Tell and Grobet brand files but expect to pay for them. I also have some no name files that I reach for as well as some Gyros files that are very good and were very affordable. Just my 2 cents. Sam
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    They make 1/2 & 3/4 oz cloth?? Never seen it, but then we are always building things that have to take abuse. Grant, maybe I missed it as I was catching up, why glass anyway? Why not just the resin? Sam
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    Grant, I have a long way to go to be able to all myself a fiberglass expert, but, I have been doing a lot of hand layups with our FRP department. If you haven't already, make a template and use one of those pizza cutter style fabric cutters instead of scissors to cut your glass, you will get fewer stray strands of glass: http://www.joann.com/fiskars-45mm-titanium-rotary-cutter/10805208.html?gclid=CPix-Pr-nc8CFZSJaQodePQBXA Pot life is based on a 100 gram mix, for small to medium size parts we try to stay at or below that amount and mix more as we go. We double mix the epoxy; after mixing in the ferst cup, pour it in a new clean cup and mix again. There are special stippling brushes sold for hand wetout, we use cheap chip brushes and cut them down to about 3/4"- 20mm. Just make absolutely certain you get all the loose hairs out. You are going to do a test layup or two on scrap I assume? It might be worth checking to see what overlap will do to your transparency. Use a respirator especially when sanding, but you didnt need me to tell you that. Have fun, I will be watching - and learning - as you do this. Sam
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    Grant, getting caught up here. Wow, stellar job! First rate. You really cant beat a scraper for smoothing a wood surface. Am I understanding correctly, you will apply a layer of glass over the hull? What weight cloth are you planning to cover it with? Assuming your wetting out with epoxy, what brand? I have never done that with a finish under the glass, really interested to see how that works. Your not planning on vacuum bagging it I hope? That would most likely crush your hull. Sam
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    Slog, I am laughing, I ordered the same handle and blades the other day, the blades were in my mail box when I got home last night. Really enjoying watching you work through all this. Japanese screw punches!?!?!? Just looked on Google, those look great, I wonder how they would work on thin wood like veneer. Sam
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    Aahhhh that funnel. Yes the IJN had some unique ideas about carrier construction and operations. Some good, some not so good. Considering it took us till 1943(?) to be able to have multiple carriers put a ballanced strike package together simultaneously when the IJN were doing it before '42 is a testament to how far ahead of us they were. Their damage control features, not so much. Really enjoying watching you build this. Sam
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    Sam, That deck looks great. It looked good on my cell phone yesterday, soooo much better on a real monitor. Well done. Sam
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    Danny, All the best. Sam
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    Great thanks. I have following his as well as a couple of others. Best guess is I would similar as you did since that is mostly what I ended doing with the Enterprise. I would love to see somebody offer up a semi scratch "kit" that was just keel and bulkhead and you choose your lumber. They wouldn't be able to charge as much so I don't see it happening. Thanks again. Sam
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    That looks real good Sjors, it is making sense to me now. Ok then, so, one Quintuple Double shot of whiskey each for us then. So, Snebbe means nothing??? My head hurts, they say English is difficult. So, this word that describes the prow of your ship and means nothing, how would I pronounce it? Sam
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    Ken, I have in the back of my mind to make this my second build - assuming I ever finish my Enterprise - did you make a conscience decision to build the MS version over the Mamoli kit? Any particular reason? Sam
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    Brian thank you. Yes that chisel is 8-10 years old. I am not even sure they are easily found here in the States anymore. It takes and holds an edge very well. It's not equal to my Two Cherries chisels, but I will put it up against my Pfiel chisels any day. Especially when you consider I paid less than $10.00 US each for a set of four. Sam
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    I have finished 8 squaring the main portion of my Fore Top and have moved on to 8 squaring the tapered area, Hounds? Too lazy to look it up at the moment. Pictures later when it looks more different than the last set. Carl, we hardly know each other! A little forward arent you?? Sam
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    Well done Sjors, Black over white is always a tough line to paint in my opinion. You did far better than I would have. Snebbe: a beak or a point, got it. Didnt find pronunciation. sneb-eh? Whats wrong with a wee nip-O-whiskey or five? Sam

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