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I am currently building a ship that requires dozens of aluminum railing stanchions to be black. Not wanting to paint them all, I searched for ways to chemically blacken them. Being a bit short of funds at this time, I am looking for something that uses chemicals I may gather from the local grocer or hardware store. I am looking for a good, dark black color. Any and all recommendations are appreciated.
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I have tried my hand at sail making with little success. I just purchased Billing Boats' Marie Jeans. The sails are a major part of the beauty of the boat. May I request some recommendations for someone who can make the sails for me?
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I am truly enjoying this build. Building her sister ship will happen. Probably not right away, but it will happen. My wife has asked that I build a couple of Occre's trams. The good side is that she would like me to include the power trucks with them and lay some track around the house to watch them run.
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Finally back making some progress. I have almost everything painted. The wiring has been run and the lower deck lights hooked up. I need to install the window glazing yet. Going to frost it a bit to lower the ability to see the wiring and such. Working on the benches on the main desk also. This almost feels like a plastic model now. Most of the major work is done. Now time to complete painting and do assembly. Many of my coming weekends are busy, so I will not have much time to truly focus on the build. I hope to finish her by the end of the month. Hope you enjoy the photos.
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Well, the move is done. We are now unboxing everything. For all purpose, there was no damage to any models. What little damage was done will take a total of about 30 minutes to fix. Very lucky. Still going to be unproductive from a building standpoint for a while. The new house has an actual "Hobby" room. Until I have the time to put together a building station in the room, I will not be building. My building station has been an antique roll top desk and I need to stop working on it. So, I should be back up and running in the next 30-45 days.
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