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    Great job! I just purchased 'both' the Sherbourne and the Adder. They're on their way across the pond right now. 🙂
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  11. tmj
    That's some extremely impressive 'Tiny-Scale' work, Glen! "Fantastic!"
  12. tmj
    Have you watched the following video? Perhaps it will be helpful.
  13. tmj
    For small diameter steel rings, as well as brass or copper sheeting and wire you might want to try something like 'THIS'. Round and square wire can be hard on shears like this so you might want to consider buying 2 pairs... one pair for cutting sheet material and one pair for cutting wire.
  14. tmj
    Hmm, I used to think that I was the only one who had problems like that. It's nice to know that I'm in good company! 😊
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    That's pretty darned amazing! Those wheels, and everything else look fantastic! Captain Engel would feel both honored and proud!
  17. tmj
    That's going to be a challenge indeed! Can't wait to see this project take shape!
  18. tmj
    I was thinking that maybe the required decking was wider than your available material, and 'that' was why you made the planks running cross-grained.
  19. tmj
    If you're going to loft the plans 'anyway'... doing a simple deduct for the thickness of the planking is nothing. I'd do the deduct myself. If you're concerned with the scale 'thickness' of the planking itself... I wouldn't worry about that. Either choose ready-made planking 'close' to scale, or mill your own as close to scale as you can. Nobody will ever know if you are a few thousandths of an inch off in scale plank thickness nor the scale beam of your model. 😉
  20. tmj
    Why not butt join two pieces together, with the grain running in the proper direction and use the butt joint as a seam?
  21. tmj
    Looks 'GREAT'! Nice job!
  22. tmj
    At least you are honest about size! I too try to avoid exaggeration whenever possible, however. I'll never forget that that time when I caught a Brook Trout in this little, teeny, tiny mountain stream that was 'Thisssssssssssss' BIG! 😮
  23. tmj
    Greetings from Dallas! 😊
  24. tmj
    I hear you! 1:76 is currently 'my' limit, no smaller than that! Old eyes, old hands and way too much frustration involved in messing with the really small stuff. What is that next build, at four feet going to be?

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