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  1. druxey
    Thanks for the clarification on the mast orientation, Maury.
  2. druxey
    Sorry to read of your unglück, Christian. Best wishes for a full recovery.
  3. druxey
    Yes, foaming products are a snare and delusion in ship modeling!
  4. druxey
    Check out planking tutorials such as A Primer on Planking on this site - they are free!
  5. druxey
    Nice progress, Maury. Does this mean that the main mast is off-center or does it 'lean' a bit to bring the mast head back to the centerline? The idea of fluorescing glue is an interesting one. That's a new one for me!
  6. druxey
    This is an interesting method of construction I've not seen before. The results look very nice.
  7. druxey
    Welcome, cooltouch. As a luthier, you will already have a wide range of skills and knowledge that translate into ship modelling. As an entry point, avoid cheap and nasty (often knock-off) imports, vintage kits or too-good-to-be-true offers. Also avoid over-elaborate subjects. I do not recommend a 100 gun ship for starters! Here are two suggestions (you will doubtless get a zillion more!): Syren Ship Model Company's Royal Barge Model Shipway's Bounty's launch The first is not cheap, but it is has high quality materials.
  8. druxey
    I love the observation and rendering of details! Try painting Silkspan and draping it for a coat or slicker. It will drape better at small scale than material.
  9. druxey
    Gary: The stool sits at the angle of the sheer. The floor of the quarter gallery is at the same angle and height as the sheer and round up of the deck inboard. Bend your mind around that! Fitting the floor to the inside of the gallery at the correct angles will amuse you for some time....
  10. druxey
    Looks like you are finally winning, Mark! As a note, to 'harden' my own line, after it is spun I stretch it, then wet it. The line slackens considerably , as you have observed. I then re-stretch it while in this state and allow to dry on the stretch. It then shows no tendency to unravel when cut.
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    Lovely progress, Rob. I have to keep reminding myself of the small scale you are working at.
  12. druxey
    Looks like an Emmett locomotive creation invaded by Statler and Waldorf from Sesame Street! What fun.
  13. druxey
    The geometry looks very good so far, Gary!
  14. druxey
    Welcome back, Dan!
  15. druxey
    And the flag looks way too recent as well!
  16. druxey
    Nice start, but none of the bulkheads should stick up below the center 'keel'? Also, the third one from the stern look as if it's in the wrong place. Check if it is correct.
  17. druxey
    Neat solution using Corian for the jig!
  18. druxey
    To prevent curling due to moisture in white or yellow glue, dampen down the upper side of the sheet to equalize the moisture content both on sides of it.
  19. druxey
    All this dye discussion, while interesting, is way beyond my pay grade! I'm sorry that you invested heavily into thread that wasn't already dyed.
  20. druxey
    I concur with Bob's comments and assessment. It is an interesting historic artefact.
  21. druxey
    Were there really mitred surrounds to the hatch and mast openings? Otherwise, that looks very good.
  22. druxey
    Sorry to read of your loss, Paul. It was a tough call. I had no idea cats were prone to strokes or blood clots until we had a similar episode with our Kit Kaboodle some years ago. He was only seven. My sympathy.
  23. druxey
    Richard: your app looks like a great one. If available, I imagine a lot of folk would use it!
  24. druxey
    No, I wasn't messing with you, Gregory - it's the rope manufacturers that supply line in metric that are!
  25. druxey
    Also, irritatingly, 0.6mm diameter is not helpful when one is working in a feet and inches scale! On needs to make a metric-to-duodecimal conversion, then factor in the proportion (e.g. 1:24 scale). Aaargh!

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