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  1. cog
    Well done Chinaman! So this means you are even ready before December!!! (Mark pay up time ) Robin, did you get the little cheapo gem from Ebay, or sometwhere local? Is the saw still as sharp as when you started ... ?
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    You could fill 'em in with Glue 'n' glaze, OC
  3. cog
    Get better soon. Looking forward to your restoration project. Cheers
  4. cog
    Last shot on the roll was it now OC Nice work. Did you drill them out from the in- or outside?
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    Yes, postage is killing us modellers softly ... But rustoleum is good, so don't apologise. It's your build, and your money. We can only give suggestions. BTW love you build ... Cheers
  6. cog
    Ah, you haven't fixated the ring yet! Now the jigsaw pieces fall into place ...
  7. cog
    She looks magnificent, Nils. How do you plan to adjust those vents, I see you've a ring at the foot, which prevents it from going deeper, or is it only upward you need to adjust?
  8. cog
    A whole dollar, Mark. You are going wild , I put an entire Euro down he starts before St Nicholas (5th December) If he does, I give him an emptied bottle of Napoleon to put on the worktop
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    You can use it with a brush too, at east that's what I do. if it doesn't cover in one, give it another layer. The airbrush colours of Vallejo are thinned down to use with airbrus. That's the only difference. The rustoleum is a nice alternative though
  10. cog
    For Acryllics this may be a solution CC069-Rev01-baja.pdf
  11. cog
    Looks magnificent, OC. Didn't realise she had such a wide beam at the rear ...
  12. cog
    Sturdy piece of work, Robin. That won't budge ...
  13. cog
    Yeah, right ... in your wildest dreams ...
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    Foregive me my ignorance, but what are ringols, the deadlights I found in a dictionary, so I got that one covered (pun intended)
  15. cog
    The Admiral .... yes, like an egg timer ... with a sledge hammer So you find the perks of wooden boat building. It's not as quick as it's plastic counter part. The eye problem, well you're not the only one. I recently bought something to aid me with very detailed things, and still I tend to get screwed eyeballs ... and headaches - the latter is something I've been dealing with all my life, so it's second nature. The pain in my eyes ... it helps to take short periods off but it stays a pain in the proverbial hiney Keep it up, I'll take a Napoleon to drink to your health
  16. cog
    Well Johann, The difference is that you treat each part as a model on itself, and give it the time you feel it requires. Just look at the ship's boats, the detail you've put in ... As Mark wrote: "This isn't a competition". I would add, enjoy what you're building, to me it seems you do, so continue. I'll follow along as Mark does. So much to learn ... from you
  17. cog
    Whilst you are busy for the bireme, you could actually continue with some of those required for the trireme, if you go on to 135 you are 1/3 on the way for the larger one
  18. cog
    More plates ... on the turret ?
  19. cog
    Beautiful! It does have its merrits this method of building. Even finishing, sanding etc must be easier, you do not have to care about the pressure you give when sanding. It has quite a few advantages
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    That depends if it is three tries per frame or for both sides ... I would be glad to do it in five (per side). As far as I can see you will manage this one in two
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    Julie, A model in lacquer isn't the same as the real thing lacquered. What do you see from the lacquer on the real model when she is as far away as to resemble the size of the model. Another feature caused by size is most models will have a slightly different colour (often a drop of white added) than their real life counterpart. Furthermore, the gloss won't be visible but for those parts which reflect the sun. Therefore, modellers tend to paint their boats/ships with a satin or matte paint or finish, to make it resemble reality. I think (although that is not a wise thing for me to do) a model with a satin finish will come very close to a gloss finish for the real size Cheers
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    Greg, I just got the Anatomy of the Ship series for the Yamato, which in fact covers the Musashi too. Browsed through it, and found there is a hughe difference (PE wise) between the way she came from the slipway in 1941, and after a rather intense makeovers, one of which in 1943 fitting a.o a type 21 radar fire control. In 1944 again improvement on radar, this time air, and surface radar, the surface radar looks more like pair of loudspeakers to me, than radar. I also saw I need some more information on the "rigging" as it is a tad hard to see where some of it goes and to what point it attaches. Do you have anything on it. I'm currently searching different fora
  23. cog
    Your children must really love you, Nenad, else they wouldn't offer such intensive care, and such intreguing solutions ... Perhaps it is better to refrain from their offers, and just get better to work on your Cutty Sark. Best wishes to you
  24. cog
    Jesse, With these small parts we tend to get to closewith the camera, which makes it hard to focus. Try to keep your distance and zoom in. Your capstan looks the part to me. Marking the position on it is a good trick. Need to remember that somehow ... thanks for sharing
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    That's because it drops down ... under Thanks for the Cornwall Boats tip, forgot all about them ... I only think of them as model kit & drawing suppliers Cheers mate

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