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I believe that the spiders are entitled to a day off now and again, Ed. Seriously - seriously fine work.- 3,618 replies
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A mega-model in the making! Glad that you are finding work-arounds, Alan.
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Bless you for your patience with your father, Barbara. It is odd how some things are remembered well, while there are gaps also. However, the work is superb. Please keep posting how things are going. Thank you for sharing both progress and frustrations.
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Tak, Mike!
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Is the rod diameter that you are attempting to thread the correctly specified diameter, Mike?
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Thought: would a centerline on the cross-spall (D) help in assuring that the frames are plumb on the keel?
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I wondered where you had disappeared to, Peter! Welcome back and many happy productive hours in your new workshop.
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Nice details, but port and starboard lights (red and green) need to be on the appropriate sides of the ship, not in line facing dead ahead. Confusion and worse would ensue! Usually they are placed on the wings of the bridge.
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Only just looked at your updates and was about to mention your, er, 'whipstaff'! Coming along nicely.
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By George, I think he's got it! Those look pretty convincing, Paul.
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This, and the lower finishing, are really tough things to do. I think you did very well on your upper finishing.
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One can go crazy trying to mentally 'translate' a duodecimal measurement into metric. It is much simpler to use a scale ruler of the appropriate scale and continue to think in (full size) feet and inches than decimalize a scale measurement and express it in full size. So, say at 1:48 scale, 8 inches is always 8" on the scale rule, not .666 recurring of a scale foot, or 0.01388 recurring of a full-sized foot at scale size, or..... (I expect your eyes have already glazed over and your attention wandered.)
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Bulkheads are generally solid flat pieces cut to shape; frames are hollow and often built up of several pieces like the real thing. Look at HMS Winchelsea for an example of the former and a Swan cross-section for an example of the latter.
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Don't lose your drive now - you are doing so well!!! Beautiful work as usual. Dobri.
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Never noticed the wall until you pointed it out! (You can always crop the photo.) Nice progress, Thunder.
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Just reading up on your build, Kees. Very impressive work!
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Nice ropewalk and nice workshop, Amalio!
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Very nice, Mike. A Forstner drill bit will do a non-tearout job nicely, but you did well with the hole-saw bit.
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Welcome here, Mark. There's no such thing as a stupid question. You'll find helping hands here. It may interest you to know a book is coming out shortly on the Hayling hoy of 1759-60. Yes, she worked Portsmouth harbour back then.
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She is making up into a very sweet hull, Thunder. I wish I could remember the year that the ad appeared. I do recall that this was a separate, inserted and folded sheet with a full-colour photograph of the completed model on it.
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As you are living in the U.S., perhaps you can find inspiration for thatching material at a Michael's store?
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Should I be anywhere near München.... unlikely, but thank you so much for the invitation. Your model would certainly be well worth seeing!
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Your second version of the central figure is superb!
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Superb blocks!
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