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  1. Gregory's post in Adding new content & pictures to a new build log was marked as the answer   
    Yes
     
    Yes
     
    After you add the pictures, you can place the cursor to the right of a picture and press 'enter.  You may then add text under the picture.
  2. Gregory's post in Blades for Artesania Latina Cutter was marked as the answer   
    They have these at Cornwall Model boats
     
    You might be surprised how low the shipping can be. Very competitive with cost from someplace like Micromark or ModelExpo.
     
    Ages of Sail has what looks like the same thing for a different tool.  You would have to check the dimensions.
     
     
  3. Gregory's post in Gluing - a curiosity question was marked as the answer   
    For PVA or CA not to work suggests a problem with lack of porosity..    Sounds like the wood is sealed one way or another.
  4. Gregory's post in Deciphering AL plans! was marked as the answer   
    Do you have any other rigging references ( not necessarily the Bounty ) ?
    The necessary rigging to control the yards and sails of any 16th -19th century sailing vessel would have been virtually
    the same across many types of ships for the period in question..  
     
    If you plan on doing any future modeling, a couple of good books will help with either kits or scratch building.
     
    Historic Ship Models – by Wolfram zu Mondfeld  has all the basic rigging.
     
    Rigging Period Ship Models by Lennarth Petersson is also very good, with every rope and line found on a 3 masted ship.
    Note that Petersson documented the rigging of a contemporary model, and sometimes models had errors, but the general arrangement would be pretty consistent.
     
    The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War by James Lees is also very good, but not as user friendly as the other two books. Also it can be a bit pricey, but gooddeals can be found.
     
    You can rest assured, AL does not have a unique rigging plan for Bounty or any other ship.
    They have drawn upon standard references, as have all kit manufacturers, and sometimes ( often? )with over-simplification and outright errors.
     
    On the other hand, someone who has built the AL Bounty, might be able to share how they handled this particular problem.
  5. Gregory's post in Identification of this please (solved TY all) was marked as the answer   
    Your photo appears to be from  the CAF kit of Granado
     
    Creating such a jig for a particular build, that didn't include the plans for a jig, would be as much an endeavor as the model itself.
  6. Gregory's post in How to follow a forum? was marked as the answer   
    At the top of each forum is a follow button.  Click on it to have the option to follow that forum.
  7. Gregory's post in Ramin wood vs. basswood was marked as the answer   
    Here is the bender I use for long planks.
    The soaking is not to soften the wood, it's to better transfer the heat when applied.
     
    In my method, after the plank is completely dried after heating, letting it sit in the jig till it cools, it will stay bent when you remove it.
     
    In your example you can bend both ends...  The jig doesn't have to match your bend perfectly.  In fact, a little over bending will cause it to grip the bulkheads when you glue it up.
     
    You can see how one could adapt the principle to different jigs with pegs and such.  The key is to heat the wood while it is bent, and keep it bent while it cools.
     
     
  8. Gregory's post in Pictures in wrong order was marked as the answer   
    I don't know if this will help anyone, I have got in the habit of just opening a folder  nearby where my pictures reside and just dragging and dropping my images to the current cursor position, rather than choosing and uploading pictures.  Here is a little video that shows how I created the post that follows.
     

    Posting images.mp4  

     
    Then I drag another after moving my cursor to a new line...

     
    And another..  
     
     

     
     
    Now I continue typing my text and pictures are where I want them to be..
     
    I can also go to the " Uploaded images " area and click on the trash can if I want to delete an image..
    If I put an image in the wrong place, or want a different image, I just delete it with the trash can.  Put my cursor where I want the new image, and drag the image to the cursor position.
     
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