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Hello and thanks for allowing my membership
Dave_E replied to Chestcutter's topic in New member Introductions
Welcome Aboard Mate! Welcome back to the hobby. Is there a short version of that handle or a name we may call you? 😀 -
😳😁 Are the deadeyes loose enough to turn for alignment when it’s time to install? Actually, looks like you got them pretty aligned. 👍
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Yikes! Way to hot for me! Understand about life and stuff, happens to us all. 😁 Glad a fellow Rattlesnake builder is still around. 👍😀 STAY COOL!
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Welcome aboard! 👍😀
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F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale
Dave_E replied to Egilman's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
"It never ceases to amaze me at how much better models look in direct sunlight...." Real tactical jets... same thing. Outside they look different than they do when you drag them into the hanger. Even todays grey jets look brighter outside. Looking real nice! 👍😀 -
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I've found things like this to be reassuring that a community such as MSW can be so much fun and educational. I have not touched my rattlesnake in a week, but I have been enjoying learning, watching and reading on the forum. 😀
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Lots of dedicated work there Dave, really nice work! Think how hard it must have been for some poor sap to have to paint those decorative moldings. 😳
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Just joined the audience, looking good. Did I miss somewhere in all your posts a name to call you?
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Whatever you did for this reply was OK. Something happened on your first post for this thread.
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TJ I assume? Welcome to the forum! 👍
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Words of wisdom from a master builder! Nice work indeed! 👍😀
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Have a good holiday Dan, drive safe (watch out for the other guy). The jet looks fabulous! 👍😀
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Nice work! Just joined the show. 😁
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Beginner looking to start building, In the USA
Dave_E replied to lstmysock11's topic in Wood ship model kits
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Thanks Jason. I did shim 2 bulkheads and feel way better than I did about what I discovered. I am going to attempt a single hull plank… we’ll see. I’m sure following so many of our fellow craftsmen here and learning from each other’s woes is what keeps many a new modeler going during their nymph years in the hobby. 👍😀
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Welcome aboard Rich! 😀
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Those are some serious shipyard hours man! What do you do for relaxation and recreation? 😆
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Didn’t measure keel thickness in my first side to side measurements. Unglued the blocks, removed bulkheads G and H, cutout templates and sanded them down to the line and all back together. My biggest mistake was assuming the laser cut parts matched the drawings, and again I am sorry I bashed the Amati kit as all the laser cut parts were drawing correct. I’m pretty sure fairing of the bulkheads will make everything ok. Lesson learned… do not assume any laser cut part is correct… ever!
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Hi Steve, welcome aboard. Lots of good folks here to help you with your first wooden venture! Don’t be shy asking questions. 👍😀
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Nope, Keith, your rocker is OK. On paper G is 114mm wide and H is 110mm, going into I which is 98mm wide. That would be great. Except H is 115mm in real wood. Long afternoon seeing something wasn’t right and digging into it. Before I proceed any further, I’ll fix these 2 bulkheads and then do the stern counter block and finish the bow and stern fillers.
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Just measured the bulkhead widths on the plan… bulkhead (H), (the wide one) measured 4” on the nose on paper. the laser cut part is 4 1/8”. How does that happen? 😳 Well I know now I have to reduce (H) and fix (G). Thanks everyone. 😁
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REALLY nice Paul, outstanding! 👍
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Boy, I do not have a good feeling about this. I measured from the false keel to the edge of each bulkhead, port and starboard sides, here’s what they measured. And since this is how they were laid out on the plans… that’s the way I installed them, letters all face forward. It looks like bulkhead (G) is the only bad one to remedy. Hopefully the rest are fixable with tapering. Will study for awhile. 🤓
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