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I think anyone building this kit would have to follow Mike Mott's lead, and build a workshop large enough around the ship..... Andy -
To echo everyone else, very nicely done. I take it you are leaving all your guns brass, and not painted or blackened? Andy
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Well... I guess with all that I eat my words... Regardless, the carronades look great. Andy
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Agreed... The rest should be a piece of cake, the worst is over... Hopefully you land a big one.....(not a swamp donkey )
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Very interesting... Did not know the company still exists. Based on your letter I'm suddenly thinking manganese-bronze as the metal... It has that silvery grey colour seen in your photo. Used nowadays for ship's propellors.... Although I don't know when it was first produced... Andy
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Sorry to say (and this is only my opinion, not necessarily fact), but to me that jack screw looks more like raw steel, than brass or bronze. In any case, regular oiling and working would have kept the metal from corroding. I'm still interested in what you find out, though. There's also a chance that in the name of preservation, some things may have been replaced. Andy
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Yup, I still have my other boat to enjoy Looking at Mike Mott's thread, I'm not the only one taking time away for 1:1 (or 1:2 or whatever) projects.. Aldo, thank you very much. Have you been able to manage any hobby time lately? Andy
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Complain.... No... Just trying to justify my lack of build progress.... As for you-know-who and his picture fetish.... He's just going to have to be patient.... Andy
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I think in that context, it may refer to the metal being unpainted and kept free from rust, rather than being brass. Mixed metals in a salt water environment results in one corroding at a rapid rate. Andy
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Well... What can I say... The weather is not conducive to ship modelling... Or doing much else beyond lounging in the lake... At the same time there has been an utter paucity of wind... So my sail boat remains tied up to the dock.... But it's not all fun and waiting games.. Tore down the old "boat house" now we have to clean up the mess and build a new one.... A little sturdier than the rotten old log lean-to we pulled down today. Andy
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I can just hear the rumble of that V8.... burbling exhaust just under the waterline at idle.... calling to you....
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If Tenax is giving you issues, try Ambroid ProWeld. Slightly different solvent, not quite as volatile as Tenax. To be honest it sounds like you have other problems than your glue. If you'd used too much, the pieces would have turned into a gooey mess... Not fallen apart. I agree with Popeye, you may have an issue with the styrene itself breaking down (rare... But it can happen) Andy
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You have my utmost sympathies in your time of Murphy-induced misfortune.... But I have to be honest... The longer you keep him busy at your place.... The longer the rest of us have breathing room against our own personal misfortunes (Provided, of course, he keeps his attentions squarely on your fleet of motor vehicles..... And not your ships... ) Andy
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Way to go Augie! Enjoy the fishing, hope it doesn't rain on you too much.... Unless it helps make the fish hungry.. Andy
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Looking very nice. Andy
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I wouldn't spend too much time contemplating #3.... You know what they say about self fulfilling prophesies...
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Well I must confess I strove to have everything as tight as I could get it. In this case, with the paint, a slight gap proved to be more advantageous to the end result.
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Did I see a picture of rigging happening? All this talk of moose... er swamp donkies... (LOL Ben).... Looks good Augie... Keep those spiders in line until they're finished... Andy
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B.E. I'm not sure of the exact diameter.. I have at measured... But by eye I'd say it's somewhere less than 0.05mm, button thread. When I'm home again, I'll try and give you a good measurement of the thread size. The weather wasn't exactly nice today... But hopefully it will improve tomorrow... I've got a speed boat and sail boat to exercise... I think the need to be out on the water is some sort of illness and I have a particularly acute case. Never mind about a cure... I wouldn't have it any other way Andy
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A little bit.... But it is summer time and the lake and the fresh air is calling... Andy
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I'm sure the message was received loud and clear without having to say it!
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Another friend of mine actually did manage to bring a moose down with a lucky shot from the hip...through some bushes... The butcher they brought the carcass to for processing couldn't figure out what happened as he pulled out twigs, leaves and splinter after splinter from the meat.... And in case anyone is wondering, no, I don't hunt myself, I just happen to know a lot of people who do... Andy
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Well.. a big thank you to everyone who endeavoured to keep this thread alive (for good or evil) during my last work session. I have a small update before I head north later today. Let us hope that normality will be restored and the weirdness will stay hidden under whatever dark rock it came from in the first place.... So... without further a-do... The first set of main shrouds.... Serving the leading shroud took a good while. Anyone who recalls my machine is only good for about 6 inches of serving at one time.... (well 5 1/2 to give yourself a little working space)... anyway, to server a length of line almost 12 inches required a few adjustments along the way. A simple matter of securing the leading edge of the serving with a single overhand knot to keep things from unravelling, adjust the position of the shroud and resume. I found I didn't need to untie the knot as it's almost invisible. It actually served as a proof of concept for more complicated servings I will have to do in the near future (cut splices etc.) .... it is possible to stop, adjust and restart.. without having things turn into a rat's nest later on... at least not by themselves... what I do with them will be another matter altogether. Andy
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