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  1. cog
    I was so hoping on a bathtub test ... with those yellow ducklings, and foam ... gawd what a disapointment ...
  2. cog
    You should have been caulkin' the seams, Robin. Alabastine ... that's a bit sloppy, it disolves in water, so when she has her maiden voyage she will sink ...
  3. cog
    Nice paint job, Marcus. Good colour too
  4. cog
    Nils, Presently I'm building a 1:72 Fokker Dr I, mainly brass. Everything is glued with CA. You can forget soldering, you'll ruin your parts, far to fragile.
  5. cog
    Thought you were building the KWdG, are you sure you want to use parts from the Titanic ... lovely brass parts, Nils.
  6. cog
    Do you have a drawing? normally it is shown on that, for a POB build, I presume somewhere between 1/2" and an 1" would do. The Dolphyn (I still have under construction, a POF) has about 4/5" Cheers P.s. With these kind of questions, it comes in handy to know the scale you are building at. You might add it to your topic's title
  7. cog
    Sharing her tools ... not yours I understand ...
  8. cog
    Magnificent soldering ...
  9. cog
    Looks very, very, very promising!!! Can't wait to see how it evolves
  10. cog
    It all depends on what you want to accomplish. I use home made sticks. A long piece of wouud with sanding paper glued to it. I can choose the coarseness of the grid for the work at hand. When the grain deteriorates, I rip the sandpaper of and glue a new strip on it. If you make the wood strip wedge shaped you can get into small recesses too ... If you want the metal stuff ... I hardly ever use it on wood
  11. cog
    Very sharp, and nice details on her Bob. You doing a swell job
  12. cog
    Is it only wooden ships/boats or will you be entering plastic, resin, and metal too?
  13. cog
    I'm looking at her in awe, those aerials ... they look imposing. I didn't expect so much rigging on her. A beautiful ship wit a lot of stunning details. Marvelous job Greg. I'll be looking with anticipation to your next build. I've got the No2 ship, only that box is half the height (?) of the Yamato's, and a Fly-Hawk update detail set. I'm considering to get the Pontos too, I'm missing some items, like brass propellers. I'll need to get it from downunder ...
  14. cog
    Thought it bit silent, Aydin. You've been playin' at how to destruct my model before I'm finished. ... Sorry to hear about the set back. You need to check all facets, didn't you read the memo !?!?
  15. cog
    Take your time to restore your energy, and most of all health. We won't run away, our problem is how to deal with abstination . That is easier accomplished at a site as MSW than what you are facing
  16. cog
    Fair enough, Alan. I think I would have soldered the pins to the respective items, blacken them and mount the lot. having the pins only enter the wood half or less, since the shoes and the other things would be glued anyway. There wouldn't be a reason to get an exact alignment of the pins through the holes to the oposite whole in e.g. the other shoe ... Having said that, it is easy for me to say from the side line, for one it's not my build, and two it's not my decision to make. I still like the look of it though
  17. cog
    The problem with building big models, is the same as making big drawings: Your errors increase in size. Take care you use the right paper for your patterns, some paper is prone to deform when a solvent is applied, or stretch, especially those long slender forms ... So what seemed right when you glued the pattern may turn out wrong ...
  18. cog
    Alan, I see Druxey beeat me to it ... It doesn't look bad, although, you seem to experience it rather differently, but that usually is the case with our own work (dissatisfaction guaranteed). What wonders me is I can't seem to find a reason to balcken the copper on the ship. Why didn't you do it before ...
  19. cog
    Your one of the lost souls to ITG like me ... I would have fnished a 50 gram pouch of backy during the time needed when I read your story ... couldn't have been much worse on the lungs than the sanding dust
  20. cog
    Right, sit back relax, and enjoy the show. This might be another good one ... Thought you couldn't resist another one ...
  21. cog
    You aredoing a mighty fine job on her, Tim Cheers
  22. cog
    Looking good Dennis. Sometimes you just need to follow your instincts, instead of the manual ... I now know where you got your energy from ... a can ...
  23. cog
    Mike, She does shine in the sunlight (in the shade probably too )
  24. cog
    Looking good Neither can I!!!
  25. cog
    You really think so ... I thought it nice and quiet ... P.s. I like the shape of the Duyfken, looks like an interesting kit, big though

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