Tensecondsdown

Awesome, Thanks!

I am building a corel greyhound and the supplied straps are lead and break easy and they don't take paint well. I want to make my own out of wire. Is there any wire than I can buy that is black or is there a way to blacken the wire without using paint. Thanks

Must have been an error in the printing, there is nothing like that in my manual

Is there a numbered parts list that I am missing? The drawings have the parts numbered but there is no sheet that tells me what are the corresponding parts.

15 hours ago, Jaager said:

In the spirit of a wink and dry humor:

 

Challenge?  if you want a real challenge:    ANCRE -  monograph for St. Philippe  -  scratch build @ 1:48.  There probably won't be much competition in the number of copies. 

A factor with HMS Victory is the really large number of copies,  although,  the number started and abandoned is probably at least 2 magnitudes higher than the number completed.

Less daunting in decoration but without a peer for beauty  - another 1st rate - a contemporary of Victory - also an ANCRE monograph is La Commerce de Marseille.

 

Any first rate is a momentous challenge.   Done well, it is a magnum opus.  At a scale where you have a lot of detail,  Furniture will have to be given up to have room to display it.

Well, considering I won't be building a Victory until late 2021, I think I might look into this. Thanks

Thanks everyone. You can call me Ten. I got the name from a song by the band Sugar Ray. OMG That Amati parts kit looks amazing, I might just wait for that one. 

6 hours ago, Ryland Craze said:

Welcome to Model Ship World Tensecondsdown.  You mentioned that you are a hobby machinist.  There is a hobby machinist show held in Pennsylvania each year called Cabin Fever.  The work these machinist do is just fabulous.  They take real size blueprints and scale down their work.  I really like the scaled down engines, both gasoline and steam.  I have attached a video of a scaled down flathead engine: 

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I am actually building a Little Demon V8 by Steve Hucks right now.

I am half way through a Corel Greyhound and it is turning out pretty good considering the lack of good instructions. I am 40 and have been building things my whole life starting with lego and plastic car models and now with my career. I am a boilermaker by trade for the last 20 years. So I am very good at reading and following blueprints. I am hobby machinist, with a lathe and mill and I build any neat little gadgets I see online. I have always wanted to build a wooden ship and the greyhound is fun but I want a bigger challenge.