Jump to content
New Publication - Ship Modeler's Handbook - They're back in stock! Thank you for your patience. ×
BlueJacket Shipcrafters 10% off sale-April14th to 25th, all the kits we offer will be 10% off. No need to use special codes, it will be automatic when you place your order by phone, web, email, snail mail or in person. Put your tax refund to good use! ×

druxey

NRG Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    13,004

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by druxey

  1. druxey
    Very impressive! Nicely done, Johann.
  2. druxey
    Yes, the beams are most likely all the same radius, Steven.
  3. druxey
    Nice progress and a good save, Ed! I wonder why the TG stays were rigged first?
  4. druxey
    Every best wish while you are away attending to your health, John. We look forward to your return.
  5. druxey
    Interesting use of elastic bands, Daniel! You are making very rapid progress.
  6. druxey
    I don't know about Byzantine ships, but usually deck beams have the same round-up all along the deck and are simply different lengths.
  7. druxey
    Hopefully you will be fully recovered before the local council adds even more stuff!
  8. druxey
    What a repetitive job! Neat result, though.
  9. druxey
    Looks first class, Daniel.
  10. druxey
    Many early models show no bobstay, and I would agree that the jib outhaul passes through a block at the side of the stem.
  11. druxey
    Lovely work, Joe. Have a safe trip transporting her (or should that be 'herself'?) to her new berth.
  12. druxey
    Corrosion could also be from lead as well as white metal. However, lead salts are more usually whiskery or powdery and white (lead carbonate).
  13. druxey
    Those details are lovely, and the subtle curve in the horse looks just right!
  14. druxey
    Very neatly done!
  15. druxey
    When forming brass - or silver, for that matter - one cannot anneal too often. If you don't, the metal will tear. Beautifully done, Michael. That is a tough shape to achieve.
  16. druxey
    You may be running out of clamps soon.... Looking good!
  17. druxey
    My watchmakers' screw slotting files go down to a little under 0.010" wide. Unlike fret files, they cut a square bottom slot. Jewellers' saw blades are a good and cheaper alternative!
  18. druxey
    Any guitar fret file I've ever seen is far larger and rounded compared to the minute watchmakers' screw slotting ones.
  19. druxey
    Beautiful work, Daniel!
  20. druxey
    Very impressive work, Johann, especially your metalwork.
  21. druxey
    Nice progress, Pat. Are there really only three turns of line around the drum of the wheel?
  22. druxey
    It's not cheap, but a watchmakers' screw slotting file is perfect for fine detailed profiles.
  23. druxey
    Chuck's comments on planking (post #131) are right on. We have so many older books that have brainwashed us into wrestling straight planks into shapes they can't assume, using so many clamps, pins and hold-downs of every variety. Most of this received wisdom needs to be challenged. If you planks are properly spiled and shaped, of a suitable specie of wood to the correct thickness, bent using moisture, heat or a combination thereof, you should never need to clamp them!
  24. druxey
    The icing on the cake, eh, Toni? Looks good.
  25. druxey
    Please send the buyer my way. I have this rather large bridge for sale, you see....

About us

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

SSL Secured

Your security is important for us so this Website is SSL-Secured

NRG Mailing Address

Nautical Research Guild
237 South Lincoln Street
Westmont IL, 60559-1917

Model Ship World ® and the MSW logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,929,264 & No. 6,929,274, registered Dec. 20, 2022)

Helpful Links

About the NRG

If you enjoy building ship models that are historically accurate as well as beautiful, then The Nautical Research Guild (NRG) is just right for you.

The Guild is a non-profit educational organization whose mission is to “Advance Ship Modeling Through Research”. We provide support to our members in their efforts to raise the quality of their model ships.

The Nautical Research Guild has published our world-renowned quarterly magazine, The Nautical Research Journal, since 1955. The pages of the Journal are full of articles by accomplished ship modelers who show you how they create those exquisite details on their models, and by maritime historians who show you the correct details to build. The Journal is available in both print and digital editions. Go to the NRG web site (www.thenrg.org) to download a complimentary digital copy of the Journal. The NRG also publishes plan sets, books and compilations of back issues of the Journal and the former Ships in Scale and Model Ship Builder magazines.

Our Emblem ®

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

Nautical Research Guild ® and the NRG logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,999,236 & No. 6,999,237, registered March 14, 2023)

×
×
  • Create New...