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    Soon, if we keep that up,he shall be known as "The ego that walks like a man" Andy
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    Very nice! Although looking at you last photo... For some reason I had the overwhelming urge to shout "Pull Up! For the love of god Pull Up!" Andy
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    Shhhhhh! Don't encourage them! And that goes for you too Sjors.... I'll be watching you from afar... I know who starts all the "trouble" around here.. Andy
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    One day, I swear, those paint bottles will organize, and rise up against their oppressor... Andy
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    Well now that once again we're back on.. A small update, it might be my last for a while, we'll see. Since I'm now pretty well decided on replacing the upper masts with square stock, I decided to go ahead and work on the remaining lower masts, since the doweling is adequate for that job, although I can see where square stock would also be advantageous in some respects.There's still alot of hardware to go on, and the tops are not finished yet, but all that will be fore the future. Andy
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    Robbyn, I've often wondered, if you had a set of CAD plans, what the cost would be to get it laser cut. I guess it would depend on complexity, but I imagine a POB would not cost too much. I'm thinking solely in terms of the keel and bulkheads. At least it would get you started scratch building without having to go all out on costly power tools. Just a thought to consider. Andy
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    It's alway sad to see such things... But looking at her condition before she was sunk....it may be a hard thing to say... But sinking was probably a mercy. The obvious neglect she suffered was more of an indignity. Andy
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    Star of India?
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    Robbyn, As a matter of fact.. I have done a couple of AL kits.... way back when I was much younger... don't ask, they turned out terrible by today's standards Believe me, I was not trying to discourage you from challenging yourself, just trying to share my experiences. This all goes back to last summer when I was contemplating which ship to build after I finished my Pegasus.. I settled on the USF Confederacy (you might consider that one too), at the time the RW teutorial kind of scared the crap out of me (not litterally of course, I just shied away from the amount of work involved). There where very few buld logs of Euromodel Kits on the old forum, and fewer if any now. Another option you might consider is one of the Victory (Amati) models, Pegasus, Fly, or Mercury (even Vanguard if you're up for it) lots of online assistance here for those ships. Andy
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    What did I say... "Never let Jan win!" Andy
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    Well....now it is official. Got "The Call" a few minutes ago. I leave Thursday... Andy
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    Yeah... Look closely, that's a Russian flag flying from the main mast gaff. Andy
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    Yeah...no. I mentioned before.. Stuff tends not to survive the journey packed in luggage. Fragile parts break easy and with all my other stuff,clothes, work gear, supplies (think 3 months worth of all the daily stuff you use), there's really not the space. Besides, most of my "downtime" is spent either eating or catching up on desperately needed sleep. Andy
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    Robbyn... A word of caution... Before you drop a couple thou. on the RW, if you have not already done so, download the tutorial from the Euromodels website. For me it was a bit of a wake-up call. A "hang on a minute here" moment. Not saying this to scare you off what I think is a good build... Just get a sense of the magnitude of this one. And www.agesofsail.com has her for $1400 or so. Andy
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    Geez Sjors...don't feel bad...I haven't gone yet... Besides, you know I'll be stopping by after I'm back to work... Someone's got to keep you flinging those cotton canon balls I'm just at that nerve wracking point where I don't know when the call may actually come.. And trying to make plans is a bit risky. To tell the truth it's a bit annoying.... Waiting....and waiting.... Andy
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    Hello Peter Sailing season will be starting soon. The seaway opens on the 22nd so I imagine sometime this week I'll be getting "the phone call". Andy
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    Thanks everyone. You know...the more I think about it, the more I am seriously considering buying square stock for the upper masts. I got somewhat lucky on my first attempt, but I'm not sure on my patience to replicate the results... I also think it would significantly speed up my progress. And it really would make the masts stronger... No matter how "reinforced" the joint is, it will always be a weak spot. Andy
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    Well... Now you've got instructional photos... So if you find yourself in the "rubber room" (personally I think it may rank only slightly above "dog house"), you can go with pride knowing you're in good company.... With the rest of us nuts Andy
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    If you can rig a good exhaust from the booth (why I suggested the fan and hoses, rigged to draw air from the back of the booth) you really don't need it. At the model railway club I belong to, we have a proper set up, but just the same I've never needed a mask. All the overspray and most of the fumes are exhausted away. Andy
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    I think if I had to do this all over again, I would start by ordering replacement masting material out of square stock. Heck of a lot easier sanding things smaller than having to sand things larger.. Andy
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    Now are you going to install real window wipers (complete with rubber squeegee)? It would go a long way in keeping the dust off Just another silly suggestion... Keep up the good work, Andy
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    You might want to also consider a spray booth. While you can buy them, you could also cobble together something out of a cardboard box, some dryer vent hose, a small fan, and of course, duct tape. Being able to draw away the overspray is a big advantage when airbrushing. Andy
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    It goes without saying (I hope), but thank you all for your comments. I realized the other day it has been a while since I acutally posted some progress... mostly because what I've been doing has been tedious and time consuming... and very dusty... I've started work on shaping the fore mast and attaching some of its fittings. A lot of work for not much visual progress. A lot of time was spent figuring out how to go about getting the shapes and profiles called for on the plans. And of course I ran up against that age old issue with these kits... trying to make a 6mm square out of a 6mm round dowel..... (I'm almost certain that when he designed these kits Watton must have been using square stock to begin with, and somewhere along the lines it got lost in translation), almost as impossible was taking 6mm round dowel and making a 5mm square. What I ended up doing was taking a length of 8mm stock and drilling a short mortise in the top, and sanded down a matching tennon in the bottom of the topmast. I tried to get things as close to center as possible, it was a little off, but by adjusting the final position of the tennon, everything lined up ok. There is a little colour discrepancy, but I don't mind as this part of the mast will be painted black eventually. It may look a little rough for a first attempt, but overall I'm ok with the end result. Everything at the foretop ended up nice and square and pretty much the dimensions required. Nothing a little carefull sanding, filling and painting won't hide. Andy
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    At the risk of giving something away... Looks like a Flower class Corvette.... Can't tell which one though... There were 270 some odd ones.. Andy
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    Yeah.... What everyone else said.... Well done. While I don't personally see a dip... I hope it does not become an insurmountable problem for you. Have fun lining all those gun ports... Andy

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