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  1. druxey
    I cut the planks either side of a port slightly overlength then, using a sanding stick with beveled sides away from the sandpaper face, gently sand to the frame edge. To keep the port square athwartships, the stick is rigid and long enough to pass through the port opposite.
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    Beautiful work!
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    If it is a large scale model, thin plastic sheet does nicely.
  4. druxey
    Good to see you back. Sorry to read about your accident. I hope you are fully recovered now.
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    It's your creation; you are in charge - not us!
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    Ten! Those are the most pintles and gudgeons I've ever seen on one rudder! Well done - such neat work!
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    Perhaps a little tideline weed around the bridge footings and weathering? Love the underwater life!
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    Sorry you are under the weather: I hope you recover soon, Rob. What you did get done looks neat, though.
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    That is an interesting theory, John. Thank you, and see Dafi's post #20. Also, one would hardly describe studded nails as a 'coat'. This implies a mixture applied by brush (e.g. "a coat of paint"). Also, copper nails would surely last longer than over a single winter. Copper apparently turns green only at the waterline where there is more oxygen exposure: it would turn brownish underwater.
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    Wunderschon, Johann! Beautifully done.
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    That wake looks really nice!
  12. druxey
    That's a fair size model. Should keep you busy for the winter: I hear you've already had a good snowfall!
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    Congratulations on an excellent result, Adrian!
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    Color of water is influenced by the sky; it changes constantly and is a moving target. It drives artists crazy trying to 'catch' a certain mood! Sp, whatever colors you end up with, no-one can say whether you are right or wrong.
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    You wrote: Another consideration is that I want solid planking beneath the upper oarsmen - I certainly wouldn't want to be sitting below a bunch of guys dripping with sweat . . . Are you projecting 21st century standards on ancient ones? I understand, for instance, that in the West even weekly bathing was a fairly recent adoption - quite revolutionary after an annual bath only!
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    Even the best sources are not infallible, unfortunately. Peterssen recorded specific models accurately , I'm sure, but he did not realize that rigging may have been either installed incorrectly in the first place, or 'restored' at one or more points along the way. If the restorations are old, it's nearly impossible to tell that they are not 'original'. I've had that problem myself. One line on a contemporary model leads in through the bow bulwark and belays by wrapping several times around the heel of the bowsprit! After much puzzlement on my part, Simon Stevens concluded for me that it was a very old repair when the original belaying point was lost or the line broke.
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    Yes, it always starts off with something minor.... In my case it's another house move.
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    Yes, those pieces are very tricky with the compound curves! But you made the job look easy, Gaetan.
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    Great! Non U.S. subscribers will now be able to read the Journal before it becomes stale-dated!
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    The run of MS makes rewarding reading. I agree with Greg - these are a great buy for someone out there!
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    That scarph is a nice detail!
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    Sorry to read how underworked and indolent you were this summer, Rob. Hopefully you can focus on GR again this Fall.
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    Brilliant! Congratulations, Marsalv.
  24. druxey
    Welcome and bienvenue! I'm sure there are folk here who can advise you well on earlier North European shipbuilding.
  25. druxey
    Nicely done, Eric!

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