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Actually the new rabbit hole you've opened is fascinating; predating Olivier, as it does.
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Nutria (coypu) is a different rodent!
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Mike: the small booklet on making SilkSpan sails from SeaWatch Books will answer all your questions. However, if you wet any form of paper, it will buckle and distort as it dries. Therefore one wets and stretches paper on a frame. It will dry taut and flat. If rewetted (with dilute acrylic paint, for instance) it will stay flat as long as it is stretched until dry. Then one can cut it free and it will not buckle.
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Welcome aboard, Adam!
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Well done. All you need now is the lobster!
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Finally, after a wait of almost three years, Greg Herbert was able to travel this weekend and retrieve Speedwell from David Antscherl's workshop. The model had been marooned in Canada due to covid after having the carved works made and fitted. Speedwell (she was temporarily re-christened Speednaught) is now heading back to Maryland with her rightful owner for rigging. The saga will continue soon.... Photos of the reunion are attached.
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The gap is deliberately there so that water can drain through!
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Welcome aboard, Paul. Check out the Marine Modellers of Niagara in the 'clubs' section of MSW.
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Where can I find metal wire?
druxey replied to flying_dutchman2's topic in Metal Work, Soldering and Metal Fittings
Might I recommend not using steel or iron wire - it may rust. Use either brass or copper wire. To get rid of shine, either lightly sand with fine (400 grit) paper or, better, use a coloring agent such as the Jax range of chemical colorants: https://jaxchemical.com/product-category/colorants/ -
What exactly are you trying to waterproof? Is this for a floating model hull, or just to prepare for painting a wood surface?
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After all those spider band sketches you are still sane, Keith? That must have been quite a job figuring them out. Nice boots, BTW!
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Coming along? It certainly is! Your castle structures are a triumph of patience over adversity.
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Search: 'miniature left hand thread taps and dies' One result: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/204960886/14-tap-die-set-no-07mm-to-2mm-taps-and?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_ca_en_ca_b-craft_supplies_and_tools-other&utm_custom1=_k_CjwKCAjwk6-LBhBZEiwAOUUDpxEIaD5B28Q7qqb-p0gWEGwFt6zgynsLWc3OKAnMrgGdG1AHY9PXShoC6DEQAvD_BwE_k_&utm_content=go_319629165_19444327605_75295112325_aud-310388264614:pla-106551294035_c__204960886enca_367792477&utm_custom2=319629165&gclid=CjwKCAjwk6-LBhBZEiwAOUUDpxEIaD5B28Q7qqb-p0gWEGwFt6zgynsLWc3OKAnMrgGdG1AHY9PXShoC6DEQAvD_BwE Happy hunting!
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Welcome aboard, Alex.
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At this point you realize how amazingly complex wood engineering was back then. Looking good, Kevin!
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Off to a good start, Alex!
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