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BANYAN

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  1. Nice work as usual Ben; I love the colour combination of the woods. cheers Pat
  2. Great to see you back in the dockyard John, a great start. I am of the same mindset with jigs, they do not need to be complicated, or even pretty - just effective. Yours seems to very efficient for the task at hand and even looks good cheers Pat
  3. Nice repair on the LB Michael, your colour matching is excellent. cheers Pat
  4. Thanks for reposting Karl, ever so glad you persisted as that is stunning workmanship to behold - nice joinery! You set a very high standard I like those clamps you use; I have not seen the likes before; are they commercial; or home made? regards Pat
  5. That looks good Ben, he will uup and rowing (or is it paddling) before we know it cheers Pat
  6. Coming along nicely Greg -these were were one scary ship in my day Have a great Christmas cheers Pat
  7. Very nice work on the wire Michael. I have to make similar wire rope (not brass though) so this will be helpful. cheers Pat
  8. Photos not showing for me - I am using Chrome with Win 10 OS
  9. Nice job Jim, the plating looks great. cheers Pat
  10. Nice joinery Ben, your attention to detail is obvious - as Greg says, pity this work will be mostly unseen in the future - but we know it is there cheers Pat
  11. Really nice work Dan, nicely detailed. You do have those techniques mastered now, as this stage seems to have taken you a lot less time. cheers Pat
  12. Hi Ben, If you think the boatman won't be operated that often after building, then make life easy for yourself and use the current elbow. The decision is one of aesthetic over function; normally I would choose function - but your statement about limited use sort of sways me the other way. From what you say it seems it will be more of a static display than an RC/powered model so the aesthetics may be slightly more important in this case? Good luck Pat
  13. Very neat finish to your rigging on the davits Michael, the new davits look great finished. Pity about the additional damage to the LBs. I am sure the 'amateur' repairs will bug you; I just hope there is not too much of it? cheers Pat
  14. Nice OC - watch those hairy sticks, they're like rabbits and multiply very rapidly - and the shedding .... cheers Pat
  15. Matelot; I not sure about the period of cover you point out - I have Underhill and his descriptions of fast sailing ships etc, while biased to later rigs etc, does also cover the 1850s onward. You just need to break out the differences between wood and steel hulls, and then read closely to break out which period he is discussing. cheers Pat
  16. With the second option proposed to you earlier, rather than passing the thread through a naked flame, I have had success running fuzzy thread over a very warm to hot incandescent bulb (I find an 80watt bulb works with the cotton I use) - I simply draw the thread from one side to the other so that about 1 inch /25mm of thread is in contact with the bulb. With poly-cotton you may need to draw more quickly and do NOT stop/pause otherwise the thread my melt cheers Pat
  17. Interesting technique you are proposing Gaetan; I will follow your experimentation closely. A stable wood would certainly help with the hull. cheers Pat
  18. Hi Greg; just found your new log - very interesting subject it is too. Nice work so far, lots and lots of minor details on these 'beasties'. cheers Pat
  19. Nice deep rich colours in your latest JIM cheers Pat
  20. Great to hear your health is improving Mark; some nice progress there. cheers Pat
  21. Another very useful lesson for me; thanks Ed. That rigging is looking very 'tiddly'; the skipper would approve! cheers Pat
  22. Good to see you back in your new shop Michael, and that all your models appear to have made it safely in the transfer. I have missed this project so looking forward to more of your posts. cheers Pat
  23. Welcome back Gary; nice to see your build of Albert again. I like that bench too! Good to hear that you're on top of your health issues. cheers Pat
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