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I think he's trying to intimidate someone.... I wonder who.....- 1,668 replies
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Something you might want to consider trying instead: http://www.micromark.com/spike-insertion-plier,8242.html Much more accurate. Andy
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We're all with you Sjors, build her the best way you see fit, she looks great no matter what Andy
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Perhaps I should have explained better We're just talking hot water here, just below the boiling point. Enough to soften the styrene and make it a little more pliable. As I said before make sure you have all your window and door openings cut first. Then just take a frying pan large enough to fit your sheet in and fill it with about 1" or so of water. Bring it up nearly to a boil (and even if it is boiling, there's still no worry). Dip your sheet in for a couple seconds, remove it and form it around your mandrel. The mandrel should be pretty much the shape of the curve of your pilot house. If you do the same thing with a second uncut sheet, you can lay that one over the first one and clamp them down with rubber bands or what not. I'm imagining the radius for you pilot house (at this scale) is reasonably generous. You could avoid heating, but the plastic would simply fight you at every turn (pardon the pun). Another, dryer option you can try (and this really works better when there are no openings to cut), is to simply wrap they styrene sheet dry around a mandrel and heat it with a hair dryer. Hope that helps.. Andy
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Great start. Seems pretty straight forward up until now. Good job Andy
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Great... Pirates of the Dairy Case..... Andy
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Very nice.. I've never seen a live build of this one yet.. and she has always intrigued me. I'd love to follow your progress. Looking forward to more Andy
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St George...Is that your final answer? Yeah.. your last one would be correct. Built 1924, scrapped 2005 at Industrial Marine and Salvage, Port Colborne. I love that place despite the obvious saddness of ships being cut up, you do get that last chance to see some really old graceful ships And Jan.. I've not posted that one before... you may think you've seen it before... :P Andy
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Sorry Anja.... waayyyy off... you'll have to look harder than that.... Wayne.. thought you guys liked "Andy Original" photos... makes things more fun right? Andy
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Alright Jan.. start your moaning...
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Then maybe Wiki got the photo reversed... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/USS_Idaho_sunk_with_USS_Mississippi_in_background.jpg Anyway.... it's still both of 'em!
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Got 'em Both... "Kilkis" Ex USS Idaho (Sunk in foreground) and "Limnos" (Ex USS Mississippi) in the backgorund. Andy
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She will also come with much better instructions... and even better than that... the guy who designed her has been known to hang around here...so I'm told.... Andy
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Robbyn.. to really secure your channels, no matter which glue you use, it's best to add some pins. Basically take the head off a brass nail, and drill a hole in the inside edge of the channel. Glue the pin in the hole with the pointy end out. Do that 2 or 3 (or more, depends on the size of the channel) times. Line up the channel and press firmly enough to the hull of your ship to make a little dimple, then drill another hole, at the dimples in the hull, to accept the pins. Doing that will ensure that your channles are strong enough to withstand any pressure from rigging. Andy
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I agree with Augie... take all the time you need... no rush just because we're all nipping at your heels like a pack of crazed chihuahuas Andy
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realworkingsailor replied to hopeful's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Never noticed any problems with mine... seems to have all the power and torque of the full size. No trouble cutting through nickel silver model rails with a cutoff disc. And being smaller it's quite a bit easier to control... Andy -
As long as you've got a decent mandrel, a little hot water and you should have no trouble bending the sheet around.... just cut out any openings first and have another layer to sandwich the piece.
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Ahh... see.. you're getting the hang of it.. Auther K Atkinson Yup, rail car ferry, steam powered... used to run on Lake Michigan. Andy
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I've got to do something to keep you guys challenged.... (besides.. I don't have to worry about violating any copyrights) Andy
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Ok... another pile 'o rust
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I don't mind waiting..
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Polarcus Amani Too easy to find those ugly buglies...
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Yup.. side loading, twin gantry, totaly enclosed forest products carrier. Took you a while... Andy
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Battery Pwered Demel
realworkingsailor replied to hopeful's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
There's this little guy too.. for anyone who's interested Andy
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**sniff** I think I smell PVA glue over here..... She looks like a nice one Andy
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