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  1. druxey
    Good idea! Thanks for the url.
  2. druxey
    A custom shaped mold would be the best way to go. I've used Silkspan, wetted and stretched on a frame like watercolor paper. I then washed it white dilute acrylic to get a 'canvas' color. After putting in a backing inside the frame to support the material I 'drew' the lines of the seams on with paint and a ruling pen. When dry, I added all the reinforcements using dilute acrylic medium. (This, unlike white glue, will not dissolve when wetted.) When wetted down after removing from the frame, the material can be molded, then 'set' with more dilute matte medium. Make sure there is some form of mold release, though!
  3. druxey
    Nicely rendered, Igor!
  4. druxey
    The dog ate your homework? Not an original excuse, I'm afraid. Compound curves are a challenge. Had you considered molding a large piece of soaked SilkSpan and then adding the seams and reinforcements when dry?
  5. druxey
    Lovely work, as usual!
  6. druxey
    Delighted to see you return, Doris. That will be a rather large model! Looking forward to seeing your progress on this beauty.
  7. druxey
    Looking beautiful - and very large!
  8. druxey
    Rendering looks great, but there are some details that are inaccurate. (I'm sure it is your sources, not your error!) One, the shot locker lids extend the whole width of the lockers. They are not like port lids. Check out any Swan class build or Naiad and you'll see how this is done. The boards over the limber channels are in short lengths with finger holes for lifiting them. Inside the well is open to the limber channels, not planked in. The well door probably had some ventilation holes bored through, (as would the various platform doors, if they did not have bar or lattice vents). Hope this helps you.
  9. druxey
    Looking good so far, Toni! It's amazing how many scraper profiles are needed. However, once you've cut them, you can use them over and over on subsequent models!
  10. druxey
    Manual lofting is a tedious process. However, once you get into the rhythm of it, it can go fairly quickly. I've been doing it this way for years. These days I loft manually, scan and clean up the drawings on computer. Sample attached.
  11. druxey
    Theoretically the curves are composed of arcs of circles. However, in practice this is not the case the further ones moves forward and aft of the dead flat frame....
  12. druxey
    The gangway was normally flush to the planksheer at this time period. Nice progress, Toni!
  13. druxey
    Hmm.... Seems like a stretch to me. Sure it is an early anchor but, as they were hard to produce and expensive, might have been in use well into the following century before being lost. Unless there is a log stating that an anchor of that size was lost in that location by one of Columbus' ships, I remain sceptical!
  14. druxey
    Cracking in acrylic might be stress-induced by the bolts being over-tightened?
  15. druxey
    It has as much detail as anyone might wish for. No comparison with the AOTS series for accuracy and complexity.
  16. druxey
    Lovely work again!
  17. druxey
    Not so much restore as rebuild! That is a very neat job so far, Paul.
  18. druxey
    Lovely work as ever, Johann. The cutting of the edge strips for the gratings is impressive.
  19. druxey
    A beautiful evening? Beautiful work as well!
  20. druxey
    Congrats on your growing family! Your lack of progress is excused, I think. I wish you many happy years in your new home.
  21. druxey
    I say tomahto, you say tomayto!
  22. druxey
    Quite the month, Kevin! My condolences. Try not to take your electronics to sea again, eh? Hopefully you'll be up and running again soon. I use a Mac Time Capsule as external back-up. As two computers can use it, it came in very useful when my wife's iMac hard drive quit. It was easy for her to download all her files on her new iMac Pro.
  23. druxey
    Looking lovely, Frank. Great job with those raking stern timbers. All those clamps made me think of a row of exotic budgerigars perched on a wire!
  24. druxey
    Lovely progress - but why stop now? Seriously, the model is a gem as is.
  25. druxey
    Your carving skills are improving, I see! Nice work.

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