Jim Lad
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Meredith,
Trying to get a band saw up there would be murder, but doesn't the plant have a carpenters shop? Maybe you could get your timber ripped there.
John
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The picture below shows pretty much all the tools I use for building plank on frame hulls. The saw is a jewellers saw and the knives are surgical scalpels - generally better quality than hobby knives.
The list as shown in the photo is:-
Proportional dividers
Six inch steel rule
Pencil
Six inch three cornered file
Jewellers barrette file
Jewellers three cornered file
No. 4 scalpel with No. 22 blade
No. 3 scalpel with No. 11 blade
Sanding stick
Jewellers saw with various blades depending on work being done
You don't need the proportional dividers at the top for your solid hull, but you may need a heavier file or rasp for the heavier cutting work.
I think the basic advice is - only buy tools as you need them - otherwise you'll end up spending a lot of money and having a drawer full of tools that you never use.
John
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Crikey, mate, you're really charging ahead with this one!
John
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Graham,
The Queen Elizabeth Class HMS Warspite only had pole steel signal masts. Virtually all her rigging was either radio aerials (copper wire) or signal halliards, so very fine line will be the order of the day.
John
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Maybe not quantity, Danny, but certainly quality!!
John
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Now she's coming together, Tim!
John
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Crikey, Meredith, you've done a heck of a lot while I was away on holidays. She really looks first class - love the colours.
John
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Those launch photos certainly don't seem to show any sign of tubes right in the bow pointing forward. I wonder if the plate is anything to do with the armour belting?
John
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Beautiful work, Alexandru!
John
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Just catching up, Jim - she's looking very nice indeed!
John
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No problem, Popeye. The crew will just have to remove the main stay every now and again!
John
- augie and popeye the sailor
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George,
How about pins, then - you can get them cheaply in large quantities and very thin.
John
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Chuck,
I think your grey would be perfect for wire ropes (if laid up right handed).
I've been trying to remember to colour of the marline that we used to use when I was at sea - a light cord impregnated with Stockholm tar. I think it was about Winsor-Newton's burnt umber or possibly Vandyke brown, if that's any help.
John
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Or try a hardware store. You can search for escutcheon pins (for solid brass) or for panel pins (for steel).
John
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More lovely detail, mate. That looks a lovely little drill/engraver you have there.
John
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Andy,
I would have thought any reinforcement at the bow would be via internal stiffeners. I still can't think of anything other than torpedo tubes.
John
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The model will be constructed in the 'Admiralty' configuration (without full rigging)
Have you thought how impressive she'd look fully rigged?
John
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but I have so much work lined up that I don't know when could fit it in
There's always room for one more.
John
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A delightful little craft, Bob! I like the way that you've displayed her heeling to a breeze!
John
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Ah, blocks! It seems no matter how many you have you always need just a few more!
John
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We can only hope, Augie!
John
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Atlantic 1903 by Timothy Wood - FINISHED - Scale 1/8 = 1' - Half-Hull
in - Build logs for subjects built 1901 - Present Day
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So, the hull is actually growing!
John