Y.T. my experience in life to date has taught me that you get what you pay for. Good luck with the ones you bought for $17 I am sure you got your moneys worth. If you are basing your suggestion that what you got is as good as the Donegan DA-5 because of the particulate review that you cite perhaps you should have noticed that the reviewer does not have the verified purchase next to his review. Which I looked for only after reading his review because a lot of what he had to say was obviously made up by someone who did not know what they were talking about. Not sure if you read the verified purchase reviews for the ones you bought but if you did then again I say you get what you pay for. BTW amazon is amazing I ordered the DA-5 yesterday and have them in my hand errr on my head today   Cheers ~

Thanks Kurt, my bad I tried under mageyes with no results. Just ordered the Donegan DA-5.

Cheers ~

Planning on doing some carving and thought a good pair of mageyes might be helpful. Do you use them and what make or brand would you recommend. What magnification works best for 1/64 scale...

7 hours ago, svein erik said:

it is, yust look for brig syren (by svein erik ) its not finish yet😉, 

but pleace do look at Dubz build log for the syren , he has outstanding photos of the build☺

 

svein.erik

Yes I've had a good look at yours Svein it is really coming along nicely   Dubz is going to take me a while to get through because I am a picture kind of person lol. I've ordered up cannon's and cannon "balls" thanks for that tip in your log! Probably be mid November before I start mine...

👍 Those look great Svein, love the wheel too. Very nice. Hope your log is on here I will look for it...

Thanks Svein, yes I suspected the 18lb for the long guns would be the way to go. At least they should fit without any issue. Cheers ~

Good evening er morning or afternoon, 

I am in the process of doing my Syren MS2260 kit inventory. I am planning on bashing this kit which will be my second model ship build to date and have a couple questions hopefully you can help me with. I found a few (what I think are) large discrepancies between the plans and kit provided parts. The carronades are often replaced using these from Cauldercraft. The kit cannonades are the correct length but the width is lacking giving them a very skinny appearance. The long guns kit provided are just shy of 37mm's but on the plans are 43.19mm a fair difference. Cauldercraft have two that I think would work these at 41.6mm or these at 45.5mm. I am leaning toward the 45.5 18lb'er but haven't been able to find what others have used for these two long guns off the stern. Your thoughts would be appreciated. The ships wheel on the plans is 36.94mm but the kit supplied wheel is 26.75mm quite a difference in scale. So I think I will change out the cast one with a real wood wheel while doing the cannons and carronades. 

My other question is in relation to the figurehead. It is my understanding from what I have read that the figurehead of the mermaid was put on the Syren by the British shortly after her capture in 1813 but please correct me if I am wrong. Was the Mermaid used because the original figurehead was not recorded? Your thoughts and or suggestions would be appreciated as I am still quite new to this hobby but loved doing my first build of the MS Bluenose 1/64.

Cheers Nova aka Robin ~

Couple Pics:

Very helpful thanks.

Thank you for taking us, such a wonderful journey.

6 hours ago, petervisser said:

Hi Robin,

After seeing the enlarged picture I recognized her as the sail training ship Cuauhtemoc, from Mexico. I was aboard her when she visited Victoria several years ago. I remember how immaculate she was when I visited her. Built in Spain in 1982. A lovely ship (barque really).

Cheers,

Peter

ahhh cheers Peter, I've renamed the numbered file. Good work

On 8/20/2019 at 6:23 PM, petervisser said:

Hi Robin,

I'm going to guess it's the Danmark. My guess is based on the green boot topping on the hull. It looks like it is a ship rig but it's hard to tell from the small photo.

Cheers,

Peter

Peter I don't think it is the Danmark, I've been through the six harddrives  on this system and the attached is the largest pick I could find. The original is probably on DVD somewhere lol.

23 hours ago, Peter Cane said:

My son asked " why is the helm ( wheel ) set at an angle?"

I explained that it was to do with the angle the rudder post was at.

I guessed but hope I was right?

Maybe you could advise.

Happy ship building.

Pete.

You are correct PeteC here is a pic you can show your son

 

 

Thank you for such a great welcoming

PeterV  unfortunately I was hoping someone might recognize the ship in my profile pic since I can't remember what it is called. I took it with one of my first digital camera's quite a few years ago. It is two shots stitched together and if I could find the original one I could get the name. Cheers from the opposite coast ~

Hey thank you all for the warm welcome much appreciated.

Pete, have you got any roots here, I was born over your way but grew up here. If I can assist with your BN in any way let me know. Check out NovaScotia archives and I could give you a list of others... 

Greetings Dan, 1968 or 69 my step father took me to his work at the Downsview military base in Toronto to see a Harrier that had come in. We stood on the tarmac as the pilot put it through it's paces, it was amazing to watch. Welcome, thanks for the memory ~

Hello from Halifax, I've been a stowaway here while working away on my first build, the Bluenose MS 2130. It gave me a lot of satisfaction building a bit of local history and I think I might have caught the bug from you guys in the process. Yes I've got the Syren now sitting on deck, go figure. Hoping to start it the second half of October, when the weather begins to turn and I have some more time on my hands. Great site you have here. Glad to see you don't promote kit's produced by theft. Big thanks for all the help you give

Regards, Robin aka Nova ~

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Agree with Bill and even placing the mast in a vise and using a strip of sandpaper-back and forth works great. Depending on scale a mast might not fit in the proxxon.

Here is a proxxon at Home Depot, scroll down and it should show you available chucks to fit it. The lathe was on sale a week ago I think for 199.00 guess that is over...  https://www.homedepot.ca/product/proxxon-micro-woodturning-lathe-db-250/1000800620