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    Looks good. The new wheel is a big improvement over the cast one. Well done. Richard
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    Daves How about balsa? Your thoughts on it for blocking? Richard
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    Anybody tried any of these from MicroMark? http://www.micromark.com/SearchResult.aspx?deptIdFilter=0&searchPhrase=weathered+wood http://www.micromark.com/age-it-easy-gray-3-1and2-fl-oz,7567.html Richard
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    Joe The picture of the little spring clips helps a LOT. I couldn't visualize what they would look like from your verbal description. Thanks, Richard
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    These work boats look like they could be ancestors of the Corps of Engineers debris cleanup vessels on SF Bay: http://www.spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/HazardRemovalSFBay.aspx These are (or used to be) berthed by the SF Bay Model in Sausalito. Richard
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    Micro-Mark's saw uses 10mm hole blades and they list an adapter for blades with 1/2" hole: http://www.micromark.com/Saw-Blade-Adapter,8605.html Might give you more choices Richard
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    Let's go back to early shipbuilding. When Noah build the ark by "cubits" everything was simple and straightforward. And it's spiraled downhill into confusion ever since. Richard
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    The French use metric now, but in my clock repair days, old French movements were stamped with the pendulum length - in Pouce & Ligne.
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    and then there's: Russian Cruiser Aurora, served the Czar through WWI and then fired the shot to signal the start of the Revolution; Continued in various events and eventually docked at St Petersburg as a museum. Richard
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    Roger said: "The main sheet traveler on your kit model must go over the tiller, not under it as shown to avoid excitement when coming about." Good Catch, Roger. Even after reading your commment, I had to blow up the photo and look closely to see this. Richard
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    USS Hornet -- Space shot retrieval and museum
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    What an interesting collection. I hope they have the funds and desire to digitize it. The one of the SS Blue Jacket reminds me of the old tale (or one variation of it) that ends: - I am an Admiral, change course 20 degrees - I am a Seaman 2nd class, change course 20 degrees - I am a Battleship, change course 20 degrees - I am a Lighthouse, change course 20 degrees Looks like he was trying to pass, Port to Port, per the rules of the road. Oops Richard
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    Very nice build, but I'm also intrigued by your build board. It looks like an egg crate grill from a fluorescent light fixture - is it? And you've had a really long weekend! Hope all is well and you can resume your build (or give us an update) soon. Richard
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    It looks to me like a piece of grating. If you have a bunch of these,they should assemble with some of them notches up and the others at right angles, notches down to make a little panel of grating. Richard
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    Good work on the boomkins, and a very nice, well illustrated tutorial an how you did it. Thanks, Richard
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    I see it's being sold for recycling only. I'll bet that somewhere there's a billionaire who would have have bought it as a mega-yacht he could land and take off from in his private jet. Richard
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    I thought I'd seen one too so did a search: Here's one: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/4232-block-tumbler/
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    Is this the block tumbler you were thinking of? http://www.modelexpo-online.com/product.asp?ITEMNO=MS27 Richard
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    Brad, In your photos, it looks like the actual wood deck is longer than the drawing beneath it by a bit (looks like the wood overhangs the ends of the drawing). Before you do something irreversible at those pencil marks - you might want to look ahead and see if there's going to be a problem waiting for you. If the drawing really is smaller, and it's not my old eyes playing tricks on me, perhaps you can copy the book's drawings, enlarged a few percent to match the wood in the kit. Richard
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    Neil, If your goal is to reproduce the wrap on the curved member in the foreground in your first photo, without concern for what it's called, maybe I can help. Look at the wrap that is directly in front of the one in the background - you can see it is separated into 2 - three strand wraps. So try this: - Starting from the left, with 3 strands, go over, around and back under, and tuck through and pull over to the right. - Now, go under, around and back over, and tuck through, and again pull to the right. - Dress the strands so the wraps and tucks lie flat, and close together around the tube so it looks like 6 strands, like the next wrap to the left. If you study the photo for a bit, I think you can see how it's done better than my trying to put it into words. Richard
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    Looks like you're making a fine start on her. Enjoy the journey, Richard
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    That's awesome! Thanks
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    Cannons! That's my kind of kid. Anybody ever try to make a miniature carbide cannon for a ship model? All the best in your project, Richard
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    That's really becoming a handsome and instructive machine! Richard
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    How about finding a few that you are confident she could build successfully, maybe different styles of boat including power or sail, and then show her pictures of them and let her pick the one she likes best?

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