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Richard Griffith

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About Richard Griffith

  • Birthday 04/20/1949

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    Middletown, CT, USA
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    modeling sailing ships, from 1500 to 1850, trains, armor, WW1 airplanes and wooden toys, president CT Marine Model Club, member Mystic Seaport, member Mystic Seaport Ship Modelers club, member NRG

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  1. I make strips by attaching he brass to thin plywwod with carpet tape and run that through my Byrnes saw. No curl nice straight edge, I-do have to remove the glue. and sand the edge but I get just the size I need. Duff
  2. Good advice above use your hand tools and current power tool, then decide what hobs you need help. For me sanding neened the most help so I found a mall disc sander/beltsander at a tag sale for $5.00 My local hobby store wanted $65 for the same machine!!)
  3. Hey Aceman I am still interested, I just had a mwdiccl issuue which requied a week in the hosipital, they pacthed me up well.... I can do the paypal EFT if you are good for rhat. tnx
  4. Hi Jerry, I'll buy these. I live at 63 Trolley Crossing Lane, Middletown CT 06457 (Richard Griffith- legal name) Let me know the postage cost and your preferred method of payment. thx Duff
  5. Hi Jim, your Connie is looking great! I think you're making the right choices and getting good input from this valuable website. Just remember, you are making an illusion, so everything you make must 'look right'. just as you did with the coppering (and confirmed by others). Viewing distance lighting, choice of paint, fidelity to scale, and others all affect outcome. Nice job. Duff
  6. Thank you. Words are inadequate. You inspire me and all of us to reach for the heavens. I have your first two volumes and anxiously await the third. Duff
  7. Jean Boudriot's magnus opus The 74 Gun Ship, age 95 Vol 3 outlines the tarring of rope. Bob and Mike have it right. USS Frolick has it right: The net on the anchor is to prevent the fore course from snagging on the fluke when the course is hauled inboard, and the stunsil when deployed. Duff
  8. Hi Mark, Napier also devised a way of spooling the thread. It is a square board with a nail in each of the four corners around which he wrapped his thread. It allowed him to immerse the thread in a pan of hot solution so the dye could reach all of the thread. Duff
  9. Hi Mark, fantastic work, very inspiring. For rope dyeing, you might consider getting a copy of "Valkenisse" by Rob Napier. On pages 156 to 158, he reports good results with Pro Chemical & Dye in Somerset, MA. He also outlined his method. BTW, his book is book is a treasure drove of tips and information. This is one of my 'go to' books. Duff
  10. Bazzg, your scale dictates the size. 1/96 is also known as 1/8 inch to the foot. HMS Victory normally carried a range of different cannons (and carriages to match). Does this help?
  11. All the best, Mark. The wood is patient and so are you. As artists, we do have to tame our minds, to focus on our art. Your new project looks very interesting. Duff
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