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Great work Danny, although time consuming please be assured us mere mortal b uilders appreciate your efforts I look forwartd to yourt tut on clamps as i am contemplating a set also. cheers Pat -
Very nice work as usual Ilhan, your woodwork is very precise and clean. This will make a very nice addition to your collection of excellent models. cheers Pat
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Hello again Paul and great to see your updates. Rereading these posts serves as a great reminder of the terrific amount of detailing you apply to your work. This is very motivating as it shows just what can be achieved with a litlle thought, work and large amount of talent cheers Pat
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ancre LE BONHOMME RICHARD by Jeronimo - FINISHED
BANYAN replied to Jeronimo's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Hi Karl, very nice work and very skillfully built. You have asked for critical comments but my knowledge and ability levels do not provide me the capacity to find anything at all requiring such a comment against this exquisite model. cheers Pat- 662 replies
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Almost caught up Toni; she's looking great (again). I do like the embedded comments by other members as they are very helpful whether for a Swan or other build - thanks for takling the time to retype them. cheers Pat
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Sounds like you had an interesting day John. If it wasn't the Kleptomanic mice taking your parts, I think you have to assume you had a delegate with a very special interest in your work At least you managed to retain a little of your work. cheers Pat
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Great news and very many thanks for that feedback Meredith. It is great to know there is some LH stock thread out there. Now to find a source cheers Pat
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An interesting subject and niced build Wayne; thanks for taking the time to repost the log. Wish I could find a helper - Seems to have impressed the Major too! cheers Pat
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Amen to that, bit like building to an 'interim' plan! Pat
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Another option maybe to go by the actual proportions of the ship. That is, if at 1:60; calculate the actual size (from available/known data) of the relevant part etc (e.g. length of the keel or breadth etc) iaw the real dimensions and then see which of the above is closer in general (the part, the drawing/plan or the list ) In general, I found the skeletal dimensions pretty close as cut but needed some tweaking. cheers Pat
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Ah, the skills of the artisan! Very many thanks for showing what is possible on the bigger saws. I'll have to invest in one of these blades and have it sharpened as you have shown. cheers Pat
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Hi again Adrieke, sort of - but in my case it was the other way around; the bottom lip of the slot sat too low and I had to sand the flat of the spine down a bit. I must admit, I did not seem to have as may issues as you have found with the shape of the spine, but I did not check as closey as you appear to have. I had to pack a couple of the bulkhead slots, and file down others to get the bulkheads to align correctly (with the bearding line and top of the spine), and I also encountered that bow shape/contour issue (but not as marked as your's appears to be). The major issue I had was the contour / run / fair (??) of the bulkhead tops in the forecastle area, as when I placed the false deck, it was left too high for the hawse holes for the anchor cables to be shown correctly (the hawse holes ended up below the deck line). Unfortunately I did not pick this up until too late and I assumed (I know ) that if the bulkheads aligned with the top of the spine the countour would be correct. This said, other AL builders do not seem to have experienced this problem. I think your fixes may resolve this issue, but it would pay to be extra carefule before gluing the false deck in place It makes you wonder what sort of Quality Control is in place when the same kit parts (supposedly off the same production line) can differ so much? cheers Pat
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Hi Danny, great to see the log emerging Do you intend to show the log in the same build sequence as version 1 with the updates/corrections made at the point when you actually did them, or will the new log show the corrected/fixed parts in the approriate part of the log (with the fixes in the "boo-boo thread) ? This must be putting a serious dent in your build time? cheers Pat
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Hi Adrieke, good luck with your build. Great to see that you have spotted the errors and have a chance to correct these before you assemble the skeleton. You have identified the slot in bulkhead 5 - what is the error there - is it that it doesn't align with the top (flat) of the spine at that fitting point? Mine (the flat) was actually a little high and simply had to e sanded down. Also is this a 1:80 (as stated in your title)? That will make some of the scaleconversions for some of your fittings quite interesting Look forward to seeing her come to life. cheers Pat
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Good luck with getting the Admiral's OK Mike - now, I just gotta put some more pressure on getting the OK for the fridge Hopefully you will find what you need down at DCC cheers Pat
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Byrnes table saw accessories
BANYAN replied to Neill's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Hi Neill, My thoughts align with Rusty. I bought the micrometer stop but rarely use it (Eric has obviously found a good use, I haven't for the cutting methods I use), and I use my Byrnes sander to create bevel angles so the angle table is simply a "nice to have" for me. I have several blades with different kerfs (to assist in cutting grating stock etc) with a zero-tollerance insert for each. You can make up your own from wood - but Jim's are purpose made, fit properly and are relatively cheap. Due to the distance, I have also invested in a spare belt (not needed yet) so that should I need it, there is no delay in shipping time cheers Pat -
Hi John, in his tables (first column - description) he uses these terms. I don't have a copy with me so will respond later when I can scan ad show). For some he uses the term Cabled (I think for preventer) and for other Cable laid (shroud?) This may be the other way around so I will need to check to be specific. cheers Pat
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Could I please seek the opinion of the more experienced members in determining the diffence between the terms Cable laid and cabled used by Steel in his tables. When refering to some ropes he states "cabled" while for others he states "Cable Laid". Initially I assumed it was the same thing stated differently; but why, within the same table would he do so - there had to be a specific purpose ot reason for using the different terms? Many thanks Pat
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Plain laid ropes from 0,2 mm up to cable laid ropes 2 mm
BANYAN replied to dafi's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Very nice scale-rope wrk Daniel; and very timely for my build also - Thanks. cheers Pat -
Hi Paul, my apologies mate, I had not noticed the rebirth of your excellent log before this. I will now be following along in your wake again as this wonderful model progresses. i do hope you will reshow how you achieved some of the great detail you achieved on the radar installations? cheers Pat
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Hi Alex; Now that is a very clever idea about the angled pin part - thank you for sharing. cheers Pat
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And the lady shows her lines Great to see these pics again Gary; thanks for taking the time to repost them. cheers Pat
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Take your time with the reposting Ed; although I can understand your need to finish and progress. It has been very beneficial rereading your posts on this second iteration, as there is so much useful information that I have missed or forgotten from the first time around. Many thanks for perservering with this. cheers Pat
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Dust collecting on Byrnes Machines
BANYAN replied to stantona's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Just luck of the draw I suppose but the standard flexible vacuum hose (shopvac machines) fits neatly into the ID of the Byrnes machine here (no adaptors needed). Whereas we pay (very high) transport costs to get Jim's machines here, I suppose this is a small off-set saving - the eternal optimist... cheers Pat -
ancre LE BONHOMME RICHARD by Jeronimo - FINISHED
BANYAN replied to Jeronimo's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
No matter what your profession Karl, that is some seriously good and expertly finshed detailing. The furniture itself would make some very good models in their own right. IMPRESSIVE! cheers Pat- 662 replies
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