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    This is an admirable attempt to create the waterline with planks of differing wood species. I've only seen it done by very experienced modelers before (Hahn, Frolich for ex.).
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    You can also put it on the watch list on Amazon.com. They will be selling it.
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    I also create those sheave slots by laminating. I find that cutting the slot fillers from the same piece of stock and orientating the grain to match, hides the seams nicely.
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    Outstanding!
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    Contemporary photos of a NMM model I'm currently working on, HMS Speedwell, clearly show the fashion piece as Druxey has modelled it. I am currently working on this area and am constructing the fashion piece in two different sections, in effect building out the rebate . The end result will resemble Druxey's model but without the difficult task of creating the double rebates fore and aft. Very few navy board models were accurately framed and I suspect the square tuck work around was yet another convention to make the model builder's life easier. I certainly agree overlapping the transom planks with the side planking would be a heck of a lot easier! Just to reference a point Chuck brought up regarding Harold Hahn. Harold was an amazing ship modeler, a pioneer who influenced modern scratch building probably more than anyone else of his generation. But he freely stated that many of the choices he made with regards to construction were conventions to suite his own taste and did not always represent full size building practice. Some have criticized him for this but he never tried to pass off his work as 100% authentic. When I built my first Hahn-style model I thought I was building a replica of the original. I was, in fact, building a replica of a Harold Hahn model. There's no way I was ready to build a fully framed model at that time and I'll forever be greatful to Harold for introducing me to scratch building.
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    Microscope slides can be a bit thick. Microscope cover slips are more to scale but they are the devil to dimension. Some people grind them to their final size. Conventional glass cutters are not successful in my hands for these.
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    I'm very much enjoying your build Giorgos!
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    I'll second whatever Giovanni wrote above. Everything in Italian sounds nice.
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    Beautiful, Toni!
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    Wonderful. Karl. I love the way you've included all the foremast spars and such. Did you ever discuss your finish? It looks very natural.
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    The bulkhead looks excellent, Danny!
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    Beautiful work, Bob, especially that cast toptimber.
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    Well done well, Maury!
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    Awesome work, Pat. So those cannons were computer printed versions? They look amazing.
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    Something along these lines, MAury.
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    In memory of the late, great Roger Ebert I give your movie and ship's boat two thumbs up! Greg
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    Fillers were there Bob. I didn't include them because...I forgot. Thanks for reminding us so we can get the word to the others before they start planking internally. As my Swan cross-section was planked in and out I didn't include them.
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    I'm working on that installment as we speak, Maury. Should have it out in a week or so. Greg
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    If you hadn't included the penny for scale I would have been impressed. It's inclusion make's the figures all the more remarkable!
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    Your hull is progressing very nicely, Bob. I used to hook up a pencil to my height gage but now I just use the bladed end that it came with it a use a very sharp pencil to make the mark.
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    Excellent work, Jim! Wishing one's initial work was as good as their current work is a common theme amongst ship modelers (as it should be). I'll start to worry when I start wishing my future work was as good as it is now. With regard to tolerances I leave just a thin sliver of white outside the pattern. There are so many variable when cutting and raising frames on the keel that I find it useful to leave myself room for error. Fairing is far simpler than replacing timbers that are a hair off, affecting the symmetry of the hull. Greg
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    Interesting approach to making these, Danny. They look very good! Greg
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    You can't beat drill bit city for selection and price. They all dome on a 1/8" shank which works particularly well on rotary tools. https://www.drillbitcity.com/Default.asp
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    3D sculpting and ship modelling are definitely part of the future. Do you own the 3D printer or do you have it done professionally?
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    Really fine job on those lanterns, Ed. Even Longridge farmed these out as he deemed them to difficult to fabricate. Greg

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