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  1. Tony Hunt
    Me too! One of my favourite books is CS Forester's Hornblower and the Hotspur, and this little ship is exactly what I imagined the 20-gun Hotspur to look like. Absolutely beautiful!
  2. Tony Hunt
    Magnificent understatement! 😃
  3. Tony Hunt
    I love the dockside crane in this photo. What a wonderful piece of Victorian-era engineering!
  4. Tony Hunt
    Magnifico!
  5. Tony Hunt
    It's also quite endangered as a species!
  6. Tony Hunt
    Fabulous work. It looks wonderfully realistic and intricate.
  7. Tony Hunt
    They look really good. The CNC cutting for the pulleys is wonderfully crisp, perfect at that scale.
  8. Tony Hunt
    You're a harsh judge Rob. I think that looks extraordinarily good!
  9. Tony Hunt
    Wow.
  10. Tony Hunt
    My fingers are crossed, David!
  11. Tony Hunt
    The beauty of your craftsmanship is only matched by the beauty of Ed Tosti's superb drawings. Talk about a marriage made in heaven!
  12. Tony Hunt
    I love the riveting on the funnels. It really lifts their appearance to a new level.
  13. Tony Hunt
    Use wire. It lasts longer!
  14. Tony Hunt
    Nice work Wefalck. Ladders are so difficult, because of all the close parallel parts the eye can detect even the slightest imperfection. Yours look really good!
  15. Tony Hunt
    Me too. I'm just trying to teach myself ship drafting in TurboCAD 20 so, I'm watching with real interest.
  16. Tony Hunt
    It's looking fabulous Bitao. Keep it coming!
  17. Tony Hunt
    Yes, It was reading Lloyd McCaffery's book that first introduced me to the idea. I'll be very interested to hear how the hemp thread works out though. Add a bit of Stockholm tar and you'll have true authenticity!
  18. Tony Hunt
    I'm trying to only use wire for rigging these days, for exactly this reason. I have too many models 20-50 years old in my house that have brittle rigging, or the remnants of it. Admittedly they were rigged with cheap materials, mainly cotton, but even so. Making realistic "ropes" from wire is an interesting challenge, but I think it's doable. I'm having fun experimenting with it, anyway! I'm also pretty wary of using plastic parts, for the same reason. I'm not sure how long they will last. I'm interested to hear views on how long cast resin parts might last.
  19. Tony Hunt
    You're not alone, brother. 😀
  20. Tony Hunt
    That is looking really good. Fascinating to see these ancient techniques come to life in the model.
  21. Tony Hunt
    Looking good. Worth the trouble!
  22. Tony Hunt
    I'd love to see a picture of the trophy wall, Mark. Tanami is ABSOLUTELY gorgeous, I agree.
  23. Tony Hunt
    That is just extraordinary!
  24. Tony Hunt
    It's looking very nice Mark. The Huon Pine should look great when its finished to that lovely curvy shape. I occasionally crew on a boat that races with the Amateurs, mainly in the twilighters in summer. Byzance, an S&S designed Swan 40, blue hull. I'll have to watch out for Cherub!
  25. Tony Hunt
    Oh, I absolutely agree. Epoxy glue in restorations is a complete no-no. However, this isn't the epoxy you're thinking of, it's as thin as water. And it's quite flexible when dry. As Bob says, CPES is a well-known example available in North America, but there are plenty of others and they are all pretty similar in my experience. It's pretty easy to mix up a dab of epoxy and then thin it with methylated spirits (aka denatured alcohol) to try out on a test piece. I think it might work well for making paper sails, too.

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