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BANYAN

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  1. BANYAN
    Nicely done, looks good Peter cheers Pat
  2. BANYAN
    Looks good Keith, starting to show all her glory now. cheers Pat
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    Welcome back. That rigging is looking great Rob; nearly there now. cheers Pat
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    She is really looking great Bitao; very nice work. cheers Pat
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    Ditto congrats and 'well done' with those crows feet and the euphroe blocks - very nicely balance with fine detail. cheers Pat
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    Great start to the installation Glen; looks great! cheers Pat
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    Very nice work Keith (as usual). I am very impressed with the leather (like) covers/wraps to the splices etc - looks very realistic. cheers Pat
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    Looks like you're having an absolute horrid time Rob ;); only thing missing was a 'mai tai' - Enjoy cheers Pat
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    Great to see your update; welcome back mate. Looking terrific. cheers Pat
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    Lovely work Glen; wishing you good luck in getting them into the bottle without 'drama'. cheers Pat
  11. BANYAN
    That decoration/gingerbread is looking great Glen; a great left-of-field solution. cheers Pat
  12. BANYAN
    Thanks Mark Interesting, I wonder if the opportunity will be taken to remove them? The costs would be very high though I would assume - I wonder if being submerged they have been protected from radioactive contamination, thus making their steel much more valuable. cheers Pat
  13. BANYAN
    Persistence has won out (hopefully); I admire that you stuck (no pun intended) with it. The repairs are looking good. cheers Pat
  14. BANYAN
    AKRYPTO, try the RAAF Museum at Point Cook, I think they have a Walrus. An email may elicit a response or some answers? cheers Pat
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    Absolutely stunning detail Brian; looks great! Don't worry about the desk, there is plenty of eye candy to distract from that cheers Pat
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    That's looking pretty good. cheers Pat
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    Eberhard, with this machine it is even more important to get it set-up right. It works really well to make LH lay, but to do RH, the feed spools need to be wound differently, and if you do not use the correct initial lay of the stock thread, it twists and kinks madly as it is made up. It can be done, but it takes a LOT of patience and a lot of fussing about (in my experience, and also experienced by a couple of others in earlier discussions in this forum). The machine is beautifully made and a credit to Jim (as with his other machine tools), it is just a lot more complicated to set-up and use to make RH laid rope which sort of detracts from it other primary features (being able to produce long lengths of rope) in a minimal foot print (only a couple hundred mm). I will report back after I have experimented further with it as I think I have found some LH laid stock BUIT much too big for my purposes - unfortunately everything in the Victoria is RH laid (as she has wirerope instead of cable laid shrouds and other standing rigging). cheers Pat
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    Both Keith I have one of Jim Byrne's Universal ropewalks which is very good at left hand lay but not so easy to make RH lay - need to source LH thread stock and a bit of mucking around. This may be due to the fact I do not use it that often and have not yet developed the technique adequately for RH. For RH I have been using the club's walking rope maker which, with a bit of techniques allows some very fine small scale (down to .25 so far) ropes to be made. I am confident I can get 0.2mm but not sure about 0.1mm - If I can find suitably coloured fly tying thread/line as suggested by Eberhard, I will have a go with that. The stuff I have used though is easily frayed so will have to experiment with make as well. cheers Pat
  19. BANYAN
    Nice find Bruce; thanks for sharing. I wish they would fold out those illustrations when copying cheers Pat
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    Hi Keith, thanks for the suggestion. I have tried polyester, and still experimenting with Rayon, but I found the poly has just too much stretch in it - even PR stretching hasn't helped much, especially here with the wide range of humidity we experience. I agree with you re shine though, especially if you use the 'glace' types. cheers Pat
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    Bruce, sorry for my tardiness; had not realised you had started a log. A very interesting discussion of your progress, trials and tribulations and it seems you have conquered all. Looking forward to your updates. cheers Pat
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    Very nice work Steven, your persistence to get it right is 'Admir'able - sorry couldn't resist. Seriously, though, your GH is looking great and I really love those sails. cheers Pat
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    Love the detail you are adding Glen, quite the diorama! cheers Pat
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    Stunning detail and very well executed Greg; some great eye candy. cheers Pat
  25. BANYAN
    Thanks for the feedback and comments Eberhard and Mark, and for all the 'likes'. Eberhard, yep, hopefully I will be able to make all of it, but may resort to suitable thread if I have no luck with the smaller stuff. I'll have a close look at that fly tying thread, but my concern here would be a colour match with the thread I have found for the silver/grey to simulate wire - this latter is a Gutterman cotton (long staple). cheers Pat

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