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  1. druxey
    Most spring clamps are far too powerful for model work. I find finger and thumb or elastic bands better alternatives. Even using white glue, one only need hold parts for a minute or two/
  2. druxey
    Sharp paint scheme, even if you are giving yourself more work!
  3. druxey
    Whew! You made an excellent job of the tafferel edge/rail. Would the top have been black and the edges gold?
  4. druxey
    Getting there! That is a huge rigging job.
  5. druxey
    Soften the metal (anneal it) by heating to red-heat and let it air cool.
  6. druxey
    An exquisite model! Congratulations. It's too bad that the details of the lower nested boat are no longer visible. At least there are the photographs to show that you did not skimp.
  7. druxey
    Apart from your carving skills I like your safe method of squaring a log. Once seen, it is so obvious!
  8. druxey
    The metal S-strap - the fore axletree stay - appears on several carriage drawings, so must have been standard at the time. Also see TFFM, Volume II, page141.
  9. druxey
    Very entertaining, Haiiaphnk! Presumably a crowned lion figure?
  10. druxey
    Welcome back, indeed!
  11. druxey
    Can't wait to see the cranks turned and water discharged! Well done.
  12. druxey
    I once believed that the trucks (wheels) were built up and bolted, but now think that this is a modern recreation and does not reflect contemporary practice. Also, there is confusion concerning iron-rimmed trucks. These were used only on land-based carriages, never at sea.
  13. druxey
    Do you have access to Caruana'a books?
  14. druxey
    Bob offers you the best advice if you intend to buy a small table saw.
  15. druxey
    Welcome aboard, indeed!
  16. druxey
    Bienvenue ici, Pierre!
  17. druxey
    LBI? PNW? Could you translate for us forriners, please!
  18. druxey
    Jules: this is all very interesting, and to some, controversial. Have you submitted this thesis for publication in either the Netherlands or the U.K?
  19. druxey
    If a votive model, on would usually find hooks or rings for suspending it from in a church. Allan's assessment is, I think, correct. However, it is more charmingly done than most of the examples of decorative models that we see on this site.
  20. druxey
    Presumably for emergency use only if the wheel were disabled.
  21. druxey
    The deck 'droop' at the bow was called - wait for it - camber. (Deck beams and decks 'round up'; decks do not camber across.) The usual reason for this forward droop was so that the cables came aboard above the deck without the hawesholes being placed to interfere with either headwork or a wale. In this case it would help control recoil.
  22. druxey
    Mike: if you are using PVA or similar for thinner pieces, wet the back of the piece first to eliminate curling. This will even out the moisture that causes the curl.
  23. druxey
    Good to read that the shipyard is back in business. Check the wet dock gates on the next spring tide!
  24. druxey
    Taken in context, one can usually figure out the odd error.
  25. druxey
    Terrific miniature metalwork on the chains and rhodings!

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