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  1.    FriedClams reacted to a post in a topic: Cangarda 1901 by KeithAug - Scale 1:24 - Steam Yacht
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    Thanks for keeping us up to date, Keith. Glad the end of reconstruction is in sight.
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  22. druxey
    Ditto, ditto! Well done indeed!
  23. druxey
    While the jig solves one problem, it creates another - that of making the throat and end seizings 'in the air'. I use a jig simply to mark the underside of the line where it wraps around the deadeye. After removing the shroud or shroud pair, I can hold things using third hands while applying the seizings. Then I pop a deadeye into the bight (the line has sufficient stretch to do this) and reinstall the shroud over the masthead.
  24. druxey
    As a footnote to Trevor's contributions, Humphries took off the lines of South Carolina, ex L'Indien in 1782. She had been a French design built in Amsterdam. She was heavily armed with 28 39-pounders (continental guns) on a single gun deck. She was extermely fine below water, fore and aft - more clipper-like than a heavily armed warship. As a result, by the time she reached Philadelphia, she had hogged 'amaisingly' (Humphrey's own note). However, she was the prototype for Humphrey's heavy frigates and, noting this deficiency, as well as the extreme sheer of her decks, he built in preventative measures including early diagonal riders.
  25. druxey
    Congrats on your early ambulation as well as the success of the surgery, Bruce. Also on your progress with the model.
  26. druxey
    Interesting bio. It ticks off many of my boxes - Dickens, Babbage and Lovelace, Shute, set design (may harpsichords substitute for organs?), steampunk, and, of course, ship models. You've come to the right place, apparently! Welcome indeed, sheepsail!
  27. druxey
    !!!! That will be a lot of sanding!
  28. druxey
    Good recovery!
  29. druxey
    Well done, Giampiero. It's a tricky one to do, fitting it around the headwork and under the bowsprit. I wonder how long the original figure lasted at sea without damage!
  30. druxey
    With all due respect, I would use epoxy for metal/wood or metal/metal joints (if not soldering), rather than CA.
  31. druxey
    Good progress, Chris!
  32. druxey
    Everything old is new again! I've been using a ruling pen for years with acrylic paint. It take a little experimentation to get the dilution 'just so', and, as Hank suggests, keep the support off the work to prevent bleed-under.
  33. druxey
    With lack of any other evidence, you'd be safe to go with a standard lion. Wait - wasn't there the story of Androcles drawing a thorn from a lion's paw?
  34. druxey
    Don't forget Unicorn or the Great Britain! But it's an uphill battle to maintain maritime heritage.
  35. druxey
    Those wedge-shaped fashion pieces are nasty beasts to tame! Well done.

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