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Very nicely executed, Tony. Best wishes for a successful outcome for you next week! Show your surgeon these photos and tell him/her that you expect a similar level of accuracy and neatness.- 124 replies
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Brilliant! Well done, Michael. We are all absorbing information in forming metal from you. Thanks for sharing this.
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Just catching up with your progress, Gaetan. Your work is meticulous as usual and a pleasure to look at.
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Preprinted lines
druxey replied to achuck49's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
Tracing paper and pencil, then use graphite paper to transfer down the lines on the blank side. Use tape to make sure the traced pattern does not slip! Graphite paper should be available at your local Michael's or art store. -
Very nice, Michael!
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Nicely executed, Ben. I bet when you actually got to doing it, it wasn't as bad as you expected.
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This reconstruction is fascinating! Nice going, Dick.
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Holding small parts for soldering
druxey replied to BETAQDAVE's topic in Metal Work, Soldering and Metal Fittings
A silver soldering trick I learned from a jeweler was to use soft iron wire to hold the parts. This may 'stick' a bit, but it does the trick nicely! -
Thank you for the definition. It reinforces the idea that all wildlife in Oz is out to kill you! Thank you for educating us non-Australians.
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I have never seen all three worms applied at the same time as you show this done. Impressive!
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Very nice work. Perhaps batiporte means port sill.
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Sorry to read about your circumstances. Hope power is back soon and things improve.
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Interesting comment worth considering, Dan.
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I won't argue with you about the sizes of 32 and 24 pounders, Siggi, but those 12 pounders on the quarter deck look much too large. Why would anyone want to paint the truck rims black? The paint would mark up the decks that they kept scrupulously clean. It is not logical. As for my comments about paint, my understanding was that lower decks were whitewashed, as there was limited light - my comment has nothing to do with any personal preference! Yes, I've seen blue painted inner bulwarks on contemporary models (also blue-grey and grey-green), but only in cabin areas. I stand to be corrected in my remarks.
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I have reservations about the Royal George sectional model. If you look carefully, the trucks of the guns have black iron rims - something that would never have been the case on shipboard guns. Only land-based batteries would have had iron-shod wheels. Secondly, there appears to be no difference in size between the lower deck battery, presumably 32 pounders, and the guns above. The quarter deck guns were 12 pounders - they should be considerably smaller. The inboard paint scheme is questionable, too. The model has been 'improved' by obviously 20th century labels. What else might have been improved or altered as well?
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