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  1. druxey
    You might want to consider the SeaWatchBooks booklet on making SilkSpan sails, Swan IV, Sailmaking Supplement.
  2. druxey
    Well done, Clare. I'm sorry I missed seeing your models at the Conference. I'm also sorry that you had damage to the one model. Remind me, when we do meet, about how someone managed to damage not one but two of my models on the same night some years ago!
  3. druxey
    We all do, Kurt! I like Gaetan's suggestion of the clamps for a catalog cover.
  4. druxey
    Is there a reason you are building the model in two halves, Valeriy? Lovely work so far.
  5. druxey
    That re-work is impressive, Michael. I have never seen a chuck used that way before, though!
  6. druxey
    Also, the waist was open to the sky anyway, so there was no reason for port lids to keep things dry!
  7. druxey
    Aiee! You are now crowned Tab King.
  8. druxey
    A harder specie of wood than basswood is needed for miniature carvings, as Paul advises. You will immediately see the difference, especially if your tools are kept razor sharp!
  9. druxey
    I was being tongue-in-cheek with my suggestion, Mike! But they are professional grade quality.
  10. druxey
    It is a good document for early 20th century American shipbuilding practice.
  11. druxey
    My own ropewalk does not have a free-spinning tailstock. I never got one to work well ever. I crank the geared hook on the tailstock once the strands are wound. Works just as well.
  12. druxey
    Sweet! And I swear by isopropanol. Often some Saran wrap around the part(s) keeps it from evaporating.
  13. druxey
    I agree that off the model/on the workbench whenever possible is best!
  14. druxey
    Very nicely done and displayed, Ben.
  15. druxey
    Lovely, Mike. Are you going to go into business and sell them?
  16. druxey
    To reduce arm fatigue, Ed, had you considered either a lowering electric table or a portable adjustable stand to rest your elbows on while rigging?
  17. druxey
    Nice, but they really throw some curves at you!
  18. druxey
    Maybe you should ask them, Steven. There are other vessels down there....
  19. druxey
    So the crew are not five years old? I learn something new from you every day, Michael.
  20. druxey
    Lovely metalwork as usual, Ed. Well done!
  21. druxey
    Beautiful work as ever, Michael!
  22. druxey
    A draught of Wolf of 1742 is described by RMG as follows: ZAZ4336 Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Wolf (1742), a 14-gun two-masted Sloop building Deptford by Mr West. The ship was snow-rigged with sixteen pairs of row-ports. Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/84127.html#SvLQ0edL7qEVLBYi.99 This Wolf predated the Speedwell class by 10 years and her hull was much wider and shallower. Is perhaps the model kit of a Speedwell class ship but mis-named Wolf?
  23. druxey
    Madrid/MADrid: it seems perverse, like Cairo, CAYro!
  24. druxey
    Thumbs up to your progress thus far, Dan. Oops, poor choice of words. Hope the problem settles down while you are at the Conference. Safe travels.
  25. druxey
    You might find a cone with a shallower included angle more effective: less frictional resistance. Make the 'big' end about half the diameter of the one in the photo.

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