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  1. realworkingsailor
    Wash and paint the pieces first. It may seem tedious, but it's worth it. As for a working cradle, I use one of these: http://www.bowser-trains.com/foamcradle.html Andy
  2. realworkingsailor
    Ok, ok.... no need to go all mushy on me, buddy..... I'm sure you're have done it sooner or later on your own. Andy
  3. realworkingsailor
    There's nothing really wrong with MS paints. I just find they need quite a bit of thinning to be usable. You'll need to mix them about 2 parts paint to 1 part thinner, for brush applications (airbrushing would almost need 1:1, you'd have to experiment). Although they are acrylic, don't use water, use clear Windex (as opposed to blue) or something similar if you can get it down there. Andy
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    That really looks good, Popeye! Hundred times better then the kit "rails" Andy
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    As promised. Any of her names may do.
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    I've got one lined up, just hang 'til 20:00 EDT
  7. realworkingsailor
    Good luck with this one. We'll all be here to answer questions as best we can. Do you think you'd ever work up the nerve to try a wooden ship some day?
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    RMS Empress of Asia, 1913 Thought I recognized a CP steamship.....
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    See... there's your whole problem.... regardless, you should have kept up with the flowers... that way when you REALLY do something "wrong" (like buy a 1:64 model Victory or something)... she's not going to get suspicious at all....
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    Not to hijack Remco's thread, but if Royal Shipyard has no plans to produce those kits, it would be nice if someone with the resources could buy up the CAD drawings and re-jig for laser cutting and start making the kit again. Andy
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    I never mentioned a piano...... (that was Augie).... Do you think you need a piano? I'd be careful with that ping pong paddle near the vase... wouldn't want to break it and have no place to plant your "spare wood" flowers... Or flowers you could buy for Anja, for that matter...... Andy
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    I think he's already there.... remember the second lobbsie twin? The M&M boat? Then there's that trawler thing.... oh yeah... let's not forget the infamous and enigmatic "multi-build" dun dun duuun...... (that's supposed to be "ominous" music... ) No... he's just teasing us with these kit builds.... trying to make us think he's still "one of us"
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    Didn't Sjors mention, he put them in a vase or something? I wonder if they've flowered yet.......
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    The easy part is over... Time for the tough stuff Looks great Andy
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    Yeah... It's going to be "fun" the hull... Easy... Modifications to the superstructure....no problem... Scratch built unloading gear.... I'll get back to you on that one...
  16. realworkingsailor
    The kit is already waiting at the hobby shop for me to pick up....after I get home.... in December..... I hope.....
  17. realworkingsailor
    Ah ha! Now that's what I call an improvement... Now I don't feel so bad about pointing out the old rails... Knew you'd come up with something even better... Whew
  18. realworkingsailor
    "I swear.... it looked a lot smaller in the catalogue" Hooo Boy! Are you in for some fun with that one...
  19. realworkingsailor
    Yeah...... you don't get out that easy....
  20. realworkingsailor
    Yeah.. I'd call that a cowl vent.... Too bad we can't get these old-time photographers to take better photos these days.. Andy
  21. realworkingsailor
    So have the posties been good to you today?
  22. realworkingsailor
    On occasion I have been known to pass out..
  23. realworkingsailor
    I'm thinking so too... since you don't see any cowl vents for air intake for the boilers. Andy
  24. realworkingsailor
    She looks great, the wales and upper works look brilliant. Andy
  25. realworkingsailor
    The gun tackle probably would have been cast off after running out the gun. Like you suggested, the recoil would destroy anything heavier than the breach rope. Most modelers do capture this detail, in that they try to have the gun tackles hooked onto the truck, rather than seized. The more I think about it, the more I feel that the whole idea of hot guns "jumping" more than cool ones is simply Georgian literary hype. Hollywood is not the first to go about exaggerating for dramatic effect. Andy

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