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Gregory

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  1. Funny you should ask.. Most of my rope that I make is about 40 inches long, and I have found if I wind it on spools it is really hard to get the curves out if I don't use it right away. I just double it and hang loosely from this wire shelf.
  2. Does this help? ( click on the arrow in the upper right corner )
  3. Some pictures of what the problem is would help with making suggestions regarding repairing.
  4. A very nice model you have going. It might be nice if you refine some of your details.. The quarter galleries look a little strange.. The window panes look odd.. Also some of the transom decorations look out of place.. Compare to this:
  5. Which would indicate it was a matter of fastening rather than modeling actual practice.. Understandable in the absence of PVA and CA..
  6. For most modeling purposes, 'treenailing' is for effect rather than fastening. It is a convention that has evolved in wood ship modeling with no basis in accurate depiction for anything less than the largest of scales such as 1:24 and beyond. With veneer or otherwise, when actual planking processes are not reasonably followed, with regard to plank length and butt placement, the attractiveness of simulating treenailing rapidly diminishes.
  7. The acrylic is a brilliant idea.. I will have to try that myself unless you make them available aside from the project in your store. How long before that is copied by another kit maker?
  8. Can anyone point me to the currently available plastic glues of the solvent ( they dissolve plastic ) type? When I look for plastic glue I can't seem to find the one's that specifically do this. I get a lot of hits for CA.. Not what I'm looking for.. Many of them even say they are " non toxic " .. I don't think that will get the job done..😁
  9. You might just try making a mark with the point of a pin then a bit of pencil.. Give it a light sanding and give it another coat of poly.
  10. A little late for that at this point. When I said " treenailing " I was speaking of the effect that was achieved on the model as it sits, and continuing the effect on the forecastle, with the simulated treenails at the ends of the planks. Right or wrong, it boils down to what the modeler is trying to accomplish.
  11. If you are treenailing the main deck, why not the forecastle?
  12. I think white of almost any shade would be distracting. Your build has a bit of antique look, which is a look I favor, so I think the sails would look good with a sort of old ivory look. Very light and subtle. You're the artist so use your judgement.
  13. That's the take away for me.. I'm sure the average non model builder, in the absence of visible anchors, would be saying " where are those anchor thingies? "
  14. @Ian_Grant Thanks Ian.. Looks like I was not paying attention.. Gregory
  15. I looked a little closer in the book.. What is labeled as sheet on p. 49 - 50 for the fore course, are actually clew lines. They are correctly labeled on 51 for the main sail. The lines through the sheaves on the bitts, would logically be tied off on the bitts.
  16. FWIW, While Petersson may have accurately documented what he found on a model, there is no good reason to believe the model was rigged accurately. Sheet lines reeving through the sheaves of those bitts is clearly wrong. I need to look at the book again, because it may be a matter of Petersson having labeled lines as sheets, when in fact they were something else.
  17. I just related what Lees said about the fore course sheets, which are the lines in question. There are no illustrations regarding the belaying points in this case.
  18. Petersson documented the rigging of the sheets as he found on a model, but it is interesting he didn't note the belaying point. Lees says the ( fore course Petersson p.49 ) sheets rove through sheaves in the bulwarks and belayed to cleats or kevels on the inside of the bulwarks.
  19. For instructional purposes, pictures get to the point. Videos rarely do. A well done video of a finished model can be nice.
  20. I think the inside would end up being dark; shades of brown and black, as a result of contamination and wear and tear.
  21. Other LN builders would have to confirm this, but the false deck can sometimes help you align the bulkheads. I'm not sure if that is the case with this kit.
  22. Alleycat asked me where I got mine.. I'm sure the better quality pin vises are better quality. but I'm not sure how that makes their use for ship modeling of any particular advantage. I don't find four different tools when one will work, to be all that convenient..
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