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  1.    Ab Hoving reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Sussex by Ab Hoving - FINISHED - A dockyard model from card
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    "Just fooling around"? says the card wizard. First, working at that scale is impressive enough, but in card as well....
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    Looks as if part 1, rolled, is the lining for inside the hawse hole. Is the area below the black line a glue flap? Certainly it's an odd piece!
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    These are the kind of photos that make me smile! Looking lovely.
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    A great philosophy!
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    Nearly always, no-one else will notice things that you do, as the 'ideal' is only in your own mind and imagination!
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  25. druxey
    Beautifully executed, Matthias! Have you tried fixing the carving blank to a backing block of wood using PVA glue? It can be freed after by soaking in isopropanol (95% rubbing alcohol). That way there is nothing interfering with the edges of the carving. Also, a block can be easily held and turned as you carve. I've used that method successfully for many years.
  26. druxey
    At the date of Endeavour, nibbed planks would not have been used. Less extreme curved planks with a hook where needed was the style at that date. Here is an example on a modern model of Resolution.
  27. druxey
    Actually, curved deck planks were not uncommon, especially in the days before powered circular saw mills. Many contemporary models show such planking (nibbed planks only came into fashion the 19th century) as well as deck plans such as are seen in Steel and Rees. A quick web search shows a Spanish example from 1794: However, these planks were most likely naturally curved from the trunks or branches from which they were cut, not edge set. This was a less wasteful method of timber conversion.
  28. druxey
    Depending on the wood specie you intend to use, edge setting (bending) may be possible. Some species are more amenable to this process than others.
  29. druxey
    Great save! Well done.
  30. druxey
    Ah, those micro-adjustments take a lot of considerations and time! Looks like it's developing nicely, though.
  31. druxey
    Some basswood does not take stain evenly. I suspect that this happened here - it's not your technique.
  32. druxey
    If you dissolve a PVA joint, just scrape the jelly-like remnants off and reglue. As there is very little water content in the alcohol (5%) you can do this right away.
  33. druxey
    Early catheads appear to have projected forward, not diagonally sideways. Vasa shows an actual example (upper right).
  34. druxey
    It really depends on how much of a stickler you are for accuracy....

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