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About EricWilliamMarshall

  • Birthday 07/12/1966

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    Usually in Highland Park, NJ
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    Lots! Family, woodworking, guitar, computers, reading, games, history, science, sci-fi & fantasy and generally curious on numerous fronts.

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  23. EricWilliamMarshall
    @Edwardkenway I often feel like I’m getting nothing done! Thanks for the kind words! I’m excited about the Medway Longboat as well. I belong to the Ship Model Society of New Jersey and most of those folks have built the Medway - its beautiful the see and hold in the real world. It seems like a step up from other kits. I’ve also have worked on trying to cut strips from brass sheet and keep it flat, ugh and I’m still wrestling with the best way to use my merger library on ship modeling topics to best advantage. Little by little.
  24. EricWilliamMarshall
    I’ve ended my experiments with rope and threads (at least for now). For me the simpler Rope Rocket gives great results repeatedly of great quality; less so for my other rig. While I like the ‘set and forget’ aspect, the rope isn’t as nice. I’m tempted to mess around with tweaking gear ratios and ways to adjust tension, but I’d rather build ship models with my limited time. After a number of false starts and dearth of precise information I have a few planks down that I haven’t removed immediately. I was troubled by how to measure plank width to a spot in air, since I’ll need the plank
  25. EricWilliamMarshall
    I tried my hand at faux-gold leaf gliding of the carving. Not award winning but I learned a great deal from the attempt.
  26. EricWilliamMarshall
    Very exciting - well, if you need a beta-tester or crash-test dummy, you know where to find me! Best of luck on the secret project!
  27. EricWilliamMarshall started following Mississippi by reynard - OcCre - 1:80 and Bluenose by bhermann - Model Shipways 2130 - 1:64
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    For those on the fence regarding making your own rope, a couple thoughts. Chuck's Rope Rocket is simple to make and simple to use. 'Simple to use' is also a secret weapon. By that I mean it is easy to get started and more importantly, it is easy to experiment - quickly and cheaply. Because it is quick and cheap and the feedback/results are quick, you can try anything that jumps to mind for the cost of ten minutes and a few cents of thread!! And have a result immediately! This ability to iterate quickly builds knowledge, intuition and, for me, yet more experiments. As those
  29. EricWilliamMarshall
    @Landlubber Mike, thanks for the kind words. I've been working through how I'm going to plank the hull, looking for pictures, and examples. So not much to show but lots of dots on hull and lots of strips of paper on the workbench. I'm trying to get this part right, since it went off a bit last time. @Dr PR has put a bit of fear into me regarding reference material, so I've been hunting around on that front. And, Mike, I received a bit of PE finally (for a 1:700 battleship I have sitting in the stash), inspired by your work on the Shimakaze!
  30. EricWilliamMarshall
    How is it going?
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    No small achievement! I wrestle with that continuously (mainly due to hoarding/many projects - the two overlap in my world.)
  33. EricWilliamMarshall
    A bit of progress on all fronts. I tweaked or replaced the kit parts for the keel. You can see a long thin peel of wood in one of the photos. That means I hit exactly the inscribed line from my marking gauge. It always gives me a brief sense that I know what I’m doing until the feeling is replaced with the usual swirl of uncertainty and problem solving. You can see I have a tiny sliver to remove as well. Last model the rabbet was too small, this time it might be too big. We will see. I also shaped the banner carving for the LRWP. And made yet more rope. I have noticed that spending a
  34. EricWilliamMarshall
    Another path may be contact Dr. Merwin directly. According to LinkedIn, she now works in NY. Here is a link to her contact info: http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/research-collections/archaeology/crsp/contact I also vote for your scale version of a working Bramah lock with a set of keys to leave on counter in the galley. The early version only has 12 springs internally!
  35. EricWilliamMarshall
    I hope you are doing well!
  36. EricWilliamMarshall
    I also got to work a bit on a 1:1 scale boat and carving for the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership here in New Jersey.
  37. EricWilliamMarshall
    Here are a few shots of the ship to be restored.
  38. EricWilliamMarshall
    I shaved off the bulwarks! We will see if I regret that decision. I tweaked the rear of the hull and added a bit of strip which will become the rabbet for the hull planking. (Yes, I made some more rope, but I won’t bore you with the details!)
  39. EricWilliamMarshall
    How's it going?

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