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My sympathies to everyone in Boston. SO just to keep the game going, I hope this one is not too hard..
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On the other hand.... if you do decide to go into business doing this.. you'd have ample data on time taken to build various components, and can then come up with a reasonably profitable cost per hour labour rate... of course that may drive away customers.. But as a buddy of mine down at the model railway club always says: "Let's see you work for $0.02/hour" Andy- 1,319 replies
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Wow!... That is quite litterally a rat's nest of lines ... how you ever managed to keep that straight is beyond me... It looks impressive... and that's only the bowsprit?! Best of luck with the rest of the rig. She looks amazing Andy
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Yikes.... he's gone and done it... he made a real shackle.... The only thing missing is a hole in the outside end of the pin so it can be moused... Michael, I must say I've been quietly following your build for some time, and your machining is utterly incredible, to say nothing of the impressiveness of your build. Andy
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Oh crap.... you weren't kidding..... just saw the headlines.... Boy do I feel like a tool... Andy
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In other words... one of the rugrats stole the TV remote from an other.. broke a lamp, blamed it on the other.. and mom is desperatly trying to keep things under control and make dinner... Something like that? I'll get something going soon, I have to go to work shortly, but I will have something up maybe later tonight... Andy
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U-534 Andy
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If I remember correctly... I used 2 1/2 sheets of plates for each side of my Pegasus. I'm going to assume that the sheets sold aftermarket are the same as those included in the kit. Andy
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I guess you could do the same thing with printer photo paper too? (If you didn't want to slice up old photos..) Neat trick! Andy
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Do you know what a Honey Wagon is Sjors? Well.. I'll tell you... in many places in North America there are no sewers to take away our human...leavings. I'm sure in some places in europ this is true too. Now to avoid a nasty mess, those places with no sewers have holding tanks underground on the property. Called septic tanks. they hold the remains of the last supper, and all those wonderfull little organisms that love such things can do their work. Trouble is, those little critters don't exactly work as fast as the human digestive tract. which means things kind of build up over time. When things get rather full, well, the tank needs to be emptied. So you call your local pumping service and they send over a special truck with a larger tank, some hoses and a vaccuum pump. In some parts of the country, this truck is known as... The Honey Wagon! Well.. getting to the point of our story..in a round about way, many years ago, we had a full tank at the farm, and we needed to have it pumped out. so the honey wagon shows shows up, and on the visor at the front of the truck it is written "S#!T DISTURBER" (in its full form, without the euphamistic symbols) Do you see where I'm going with this yet? (Not singling you out... I'm just as bad.. if I had a truck like that, I'd like a visor with those words on it too! But then again, I drive a ship... not a poo truck ) So.. there's my long and pointless story leading to my calling you a **** disturber... but of course.. keeping all that in mind..as has been said before on this site: De pot verwijt de ketel dat hij zwart ziet Andy
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I please to aim I know what you meant Just me trying to be helpfull... although as for your ratline issue... I'm sure some time, when I get home again, I'll be involved with them myself.. but all I can offer is sympathie... and the odd joke... Andy
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Well... that looks like your Starboard side.... but well done.... Now... like many hobbie tasks... spend hours working on one small detail part... then repeat...400 times... or is that 4000.... how many ratline on that ship to tie? Andy
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Just for your referrence, Sjors... (And because you need pictures....)
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In North America (specifically Canada and USA) February 2nd is known as "Grounghog Day" A groundhog, or woodchuck is a large-ish rodent, lives in a hole in the ground. Now according to some old-time folk lore about the weather, if the groundhog emerges from his hole on the morning of Feb 2 and see's his shadow, it means there's still 6 more weeks of winter. If he fails to see his shadow it means there will be an early spring. There are 3 particularly famous prognosticating groundhogs. Shubenacadie Sam (In Nova Scotia, Canada), Punxsutawney Phil, in Pennsylvania, and the infamous albino groundhog Wiarton Willie, in Ontario. 2 out of the 3 predicted and early spring... hence the general animosity towards groundhogs... Although in the case of my grandfather, he's lost a couple of horses due to groundhog holes (this is going back to the 50s and 60s when he still used horses for farming).. so there's a kind of a "North Korea" situation between him and the miserable rodents. Andy
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Air brushing
realworkingsailor replied to wthilgen's topic in Painting, finishing and weathering products and techniques
Use of an airbrush is rather subjective. I've had good results for both brush painting and airbrush painting. As for a moisture trap, it's an important thing to have, regardless of the type of paint you are using. We have a fairly substantial compressor down at the railway club (with a mositure trap built in to the unit), if I'm not mistaken, for painting we're usually down in the 20 PSI range. 40 if we're using the sandblasting unit (yeah... we have one of those too). One thing to watch out for with brush painting multiple coats is filleting in inside corners, where the paint gets trapped and builds up. Generally speaking, with wood, I agree that an airbrush is not always needed. Andy -
So now you've got that mastered.. what's next some fancy cabinetry inlay, or a parquet floor? Very nice. Andy
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I've used these before:http://www.tcsdcc.com/public_html/Customer_Content/Products/Supplies/ToolsAndSupplies/LEDs/LEDs.htm Go for the ones that come prewired with very fine leads Andy
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You might want to look into some 3v Micro LEDs. I've used them in a few of my railroad models... they'll go almost anywehere. Very nice work on the construction so far, she's coming along very well. Andy
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I think we've already gone over the options for groundhog... my next plan would be to simply whack him over the head with a shovel and bury him in his hole... seems like alot less effort... but equally as gratifying... Andy
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What's this.. Sjors posting multiple photos.. of progress on his ship? (which does look pretty good BTW ) ANdy
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For the record, Stephenson did not invent the steam engine, he just improved its used for locomotion (although he did invent a method of valve control). I should add, nice work on the Lee, Jim. Andy
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Looks great Kevin, that's pretty much exactly the way I did mine. The only differences, I used the point of a divider to mark where the hole needed to be, and I used a slightly larger drill size, so the nail went in without putting pressure on anything. (All nails where secured with glue anyway). Andy
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Now everyone... we've convinced Popeye that he needs to read one of the greatest books every written... we can't keep spoiling the story for him So Shhh!! Andy
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