realworkingsailor
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Thanks Robbyn, but I'm not too concerned yet... I've got a large enough supply of strip wood to keep me busy making mistakes for a good long while yet The minty mast will only be used as a last resort Andy -
Thanks Adam I'm afraid the toothpick mast is destined to find itself in the scrap bin. Not right away, though. Have to have another go at making topgallant masts, but if things keeping going like this morning.... Andy
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So I was down to the final tapering of the main topgallant mast.. I was sanding away, when there was this sudden, unexpected flexibility in the wood... **&^% I attempted to replace the section with a toothpick, seeing as the length and diameter where close,and I tried to stain the toothpick a sort of walnut colout...... all I ended up with was a blotchy tookthpick... and a vaguely minty smelling mast.... Back to square one.... so much for this morning's work..... Andy
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Wayne, you would make a cruciverbalist elated.. Now if we can only get you folks to spell colour correctly.... Andy
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Peter, I find myself far from the half-way point... But inexorably beyond the point of no return I had no issues with the strip wood that I used for the mast bands. Being a wood to wood bond, PVA glue worked well... As for the acrylic, for anyone that is interested, I picked up a 1/2L bottle of Scenic Express Matte Medium yesterday for $6.00... Considering a 1/2oz bottle of Polyscale clear matte acrylic is around $3.00, you can see the economies gained. Andy
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That was my implication with "eyesight"... I was just trying to be polite about it Andy
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There really is no best scale that fits for everyone, just a best scale for you. It's always a factoring of what space you have available, and the limits of your abilities and eyesight. Andy
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Hmm...so maybe I'm wrong about the Vickers then.... But it seems the origins of the phrase are still, and forever shall be, shrouded in mystery... Much to the chagrin, consternation, frustration, and obfuscation of all and sundry... And maybe sometime we'll see if I can throw out any more large words in one sentence... Andy
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Ok, Augie, you do that then And now for the promised photos... Assembled the topmast crosstrees and trestle trees. Just dry fit to the topmasts for now. Got all the wooldings done on the mainmast, and the additional woolding at the top of the mizzen mast. (Not shown on the plans, but form TFFM IV) And then I felt a little energetic so I turned a dowel (also known as the mizzen topmast) into a tooth pick without breaking it.... whew... Andy
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Nice work you've done there, really clean and tight. Can't wait to see more. Have you had a look at Bill Short's (modelshipwright) SOtS build? Andy
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In other words, where that expression came from is subject to various interpretations... and the actual origins may never be precisely known. Andy
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Good to see you're still "plugging" away at your build (Sorry....bad one, I know, couldn't help it) Andy
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Well, like most "myths" there is a modicum of truth to it... I dare say that one way or another, "the whole nine yards" has something to do with ammo belts of machine guns. And there's probably enough anecdotal evidence to support both sides. Andy
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As a further aside, the Vickers gun was liquid cooled, through a siphon hose under the barrel, which lead to a jerry can of water. And although cumbersome, probably enabled a longer firing period. In addition to all that, I'll have a few more update photos of my build later this morning. Andy
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Unfortunately not, just the last section. But there's so much other text that makes it worth while. And if I'm not mistaken, "the whole nine yards" refers to the length of the ammo belt of the Vickers machine gun. In WW I trench warfare, going the whole nine yards meant you really where laying some heavy fire on the enemy... At least that's the story I've been told... Andy
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Hehehe, no worries, blame the fall of MSW 1.0 I had it all explained, way back then.. Andy
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Thanks, Ham (you don't mind Ham? ) and Frank. Frank, the figurehead is already painted.. She was grey resin to begin with, I gave it a coat of white and then dry brushed and highlighted some of the details in black. Andy
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Within the limits of my abilities and resources, of course
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Oddly enough, Keith, those photos on the link you posted, are right out of TFFM IV.... Andy
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Well.. before my mind goes numb, a quick little morning update.. The weekend is proving to have some good "indoor" weather... So I've started the wooldings on the mainmast this morning. And you can see the mizzen all painted up. Doing the battens on the mizzen top was... well... let's call it amusing... I think I'm also going to make a few changes. On the mizzen the Amati kit says to use a piece of walnut and make some sort of vertical pinrail, which to my mind looks more than a little wonky. Looking at TFFM IV (especially the colour section in the back), it looks more like there are supposed to be actual cleats on the mast (at first I thought it was some kind of spider band, but no..), looks muck better to my eye. That book is starting to open up a whole new can of worms... I may not follow it to the letter, but I can pick and choose the changes I feel I can make... Andy
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I do have some wax, but seeing how well the matte acrylic worked, I don't think I'll be using it. My next trick will be figuring out small scale serving (since I don't have a "machine").... I have done it in real life, and it wasn't that hard... We shall see.... Andy
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