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paul carruthers

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  1. Thanks, but yours is better than mine, I couldn’t bring myself to paint mine after sweating over it lol.
  2. I always pull my thread thro’ beeswax and then hit with a hair dryer when under tension, minimises the fluff.
  3. If you have to enlarge the hole use a band of cartridge paper to hide the gap, it’s all painted black and will not be seen
  4. I used a mini iron, the type used for covering model aircraft, I lightly wet the planks as per Chuck’s lateral bending method but I bent the planks into shape on the hull’s primary planking and held them in place with the iron, it gave a good result. I found chamfering the rear top of the planks essential to a tight fit.
  5. James, can you include a few shots of the full hull with your hand adjacent for size comparison, thanks.
  6. If you divide cost by build time it’s not a huge amount of money, compare to golf club membership etc.
  7. Mine warped too despite usin CA and clamping. I re-clamped it against a steel rule and removed most of the warp.
  8. I’ve not posted for a bit, to be honest struggling with shaping the mast profiles but I’m getting there. from the drawing hilited I’m struggling to understand the band running vertically, is it a metal strip? thanks.
  9. Well the boats are beyond my skills and patience I’m afraid, hopefully 3D printed options will be available. James H must be applauded for completing these on the build for the manual.
  10. Any how to’s on mast shaping? I don’t have a lathe, only modelling tool I have is a proxon disc sander, razor plane and the usual sanding hand tools. Thanks
  11. Time for a break, my rudder gap is too large but I’ve not the courage to try and remedy at this point.
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