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  1. Tony Hunt
    It looks great, you're really ripping along. Are there any aftermarket searchlights to replace the pair on the stern? The problem with all this fabulous PE is that it really makes any remaining plastic bits look a bit ordinary!
  2. Tony Hunt
    I like the way you've joggled the aft hood ends of the garboard strakes where they end on the deadwood. A clever way to avoid them ending in a point, that would be difficult / impossible to caulk properly. I'm intrigued to see a deadwood stern on an American vessel. They were common on a ship type I have a particular interest in here in Australia (pearling luggers) but I can't recall seeing them much anywhere else. They have always struck me as a bit of a "lazy man's" approach the framing and planking the stern, much easier to both frame and plank, but perhaps not quite as efficient a hydrodynamic shape compared to the more typical "wineglass" shape that is planked down to the heel of the sternpost.
  3. Tony Hunt
    Thanks Rob and Clipperfan. That's a very sad (and depressing) story. A road that has been followed so, so many times.
  4. Tony Hunt
    You've probably discussed this previously, but I take she has the copper stripped off her in this photo? The run of the strakes looks like planking, not copper.
  5. Tony Hunt
    I second the votes for Anagote and Trend Timbers, and Hobby Tools Australia as well. Of course, there are lots of specialised tools available on the internet these days too, I just bought a drawplate from Jim Byrnes (a sponsor of this website) in the USA. Australian Premier Veneers sell a nice range of high end timber veneers (including pearwood) and do mail order. https://www.apveneers.com.au/product-category/veneers-exotic/pear-wood-timber-veneer/ Are you after anything in particular?
  6. Tony Hunt
    Wonderful, your drawings are really nice and I like your "hand" (a.k.a. drafting style) too. I'm really looking forward to seeing the octagonal wheelhouse come to life.
  7. Tony Hunt
    It's probably going to be similar to the capstans on Ed Tosti's magnificent YOUNG AMERICA model.
  8. Tony Hunt
    Goodness, I had no idea there were so many of us here in Sydney. We'll have to get together for a glass or two once normality returns!
  9. Tony Hunt
    Welcome, from a fellow Sydneysider. I guess you're enjoying the lockdown as much as I am?
  10. Tony Hunt
    You might need to put another coin in the slot? 😃
  11. Tony Hunt
    Great to see the dogged persistence starting to pay off! I wonder how the bed is heated - is it from the centre? If that was the case you may get different temperatures out toward the edges, particularly as the ambient temperature changes.
  12. Tony Hunt
    Nice work researching an interesting and attractive vessel that is part of your local history. Great choice of a subject for a model. I'm looking forward to the next chapter of the story.
  13. Tony Hunt
    Has anyone tried using a product called Tuff Cord? A local supplier sells it here for ship model rigging but I've not heard anyone talk about it. It seems to be mostly used by jewelry makers (e.g. https://www.limabeads.com/Tuff-Cord-C7581). It's description says "Tuff Cord is a 3 ply twisted bonded cord made from long nylon filaments. Super strong, it will not stretch or stain, and resists fraying and shredding under most conditions." Which sounds pretty good. It comes in a range of browns and blacks, and sizes (#0) starting at 0.2 mm diameter and it looks like it has a reasonably "ropelike" appearance. Is there any difference in performance (appearance, stability, durability etc) between polyester and nylon?
  14. Tony Hunt
    Julatten is a lovely part of the world. I have very fond memories of birdwatching up Mt Lewis. Nice pub too! I hope you're not going too far!
  15. Tony Hunt
    This is going to be a really handsome model Rob. You've really captured the massive grace of the ship.
  16. Tony Hunt
    Fast progress!
  17. Tony Hunt
    Lovely work Pat. The little details like the flag locker really bring it to life. It's looking a bit empty though - I assume you're now busy making up a complete set of signal flags? 😀
  18. Tony Hunt
    Man, that looks like hard work. I wonder how long a crew could maintain that sort of rowing effort at a stretch? Did they have two watches?
  19. Tony Hunt
    The very definition of "chalk and cheese"! The PE looks incredible.
  20. Tony Hunt
    That is awesome.
  21. Tony Hunt
    This is the Schlüsselfeld model, made in 1503 (Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg, HG2146, Leihgabe der Johann Carl von Schlüsselfelder) Looks a bit similar! But yes, I think this is a decorative model.
  22. Tony Hunt
    The coppering looks really nice.
  23. Tony Hunt
    I like the cut of his jib! 😀
  24. Tony Hunt
    Yes, the Ranger is a steampunk Catalina!
  25. Tony Hunt
    This question has been bugging me, I thought I knew most of the WW2 flying boats but this one I didn't recognise. Sikorsky? Dornier? Neither fits. After some intensive searching, I find it's a Consolidated P2Y Ranger. This is the service history from Wikipedia: The Navy ordered 23 P2Y-1s on 7 July 1931. They were serving by mid-1933 with VP-10F and VP-5F squadrons which made a number of classic long-range formation flights. At least 21 P2Y-1s were modified to P2Y-2s in 1936 and flown by VP-5F and VP-10F until 1938, when they were transferred to VP-14 and VP-15. The first P2Y-3s reached VP-7F in 1935, and this version was flown by VP-4F at Pearl Harbor and in 1939 was in operation with VP-19, VP-20, and VP-21. By the end of 1941, all the P2Y-2s and P2Y-3s had been withdrawn from operational use and were at Naval Air Station Pensacola. So not really a WW2 flying boat. Phew!

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