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  1. druxey
    I'm thoroughly enjoying watching your progress on this model, Baker.
  2. druxey
    Yes, please stay sane. I can work to ½" a scale inch at 1:48 scale. That's 1/96" or just over 1/100". Not .005", for sure but that's the difference between the two states of mind.
  3. druxey
    That's a great question. The best plans are drawn with hair's width lines.This minimises the issue that you mention. Of course, in CAD you can magnify to a size that will drive you crazy! If you want to go the CAD route, might I suggest that the base drawing be redrawn from the 'fat line' plan first, then imported? There will always be some compromises, or you will lose your mind.
  4. druxey
    A damp brush gets nicely into corners to remove dust.
  5. druxey
    A good ol' fashioned scale rule works for me most of the time!
  6. druxey
    Just imagine where any rub or wear points might be. Edges of the gunwale would be an obvious area, for instance.
  7. druxey
    I apologise for the tardy response ( to post #409), Steven, but I've been under the weather for most of the past month and am only just now catching up with you. You figured out what I used, I see; acrylic matt medium. If you need to dampen the sail to shape it, the bolt rope won't come undone like it woudld if you had used PVA. Great progress since I last looked in, and it was nice to see a civilised discussion and gentlemanly disagreement, unlike some other threads I've seen elsewhere! As for anchor design; would there have been much if any change between the 12th and 14th centuries? My instinct is to use the slightly later design as your starting point.
  8. druxey
    Nice, Chuck, and theoretically foolproof!
  9. druxey
    A nice rendering of Verne's original!
  10. druxey
    A very methodical approach, Keith! The hull shape is a very 'easy' one, so should require very little if any plank wrangling.
  11. druxey
    Well, that's an interesting change of pace! Thanks for the update.
  12. druxey
    Nice subject, Chris. And the prototype looks very impressive!
  13. druxey
    The color you show does look too intense. Even if this was what was used, it should be tinted (lightened) at scale size to look right.
  14. druxey
    Exemplary miniature work as usual, Daniel! Looks like it was a great exhibition and meeting as well.
  15. druxey
    Ah! Flanders and Swann, those were witty entertainers, worth revisiting. But we digress.... Penultimate is a good word, Patrick.
  16. druxey
    Excellent result, Marc!
  17. druxey
    Lovely curves that you've cut. I also enjoy your sense of humor. Building one of these models requires that, I think!
  18. druxey
    But, if the second set is the correct thickness....
  19. druxey
    Well, you got there, Aleksandr! An unorthodox method, but it worked for you. Well done!
  20. druxey
    Both those weathered looks seem fine on camera, even if the first was unintended!
  21. druxey
    I wonder whether a piece of tempered glass, shattered, would provide granules of the scale size?
  22. druxey
    Every model is a learning process and it looks as if you are doing well.
  23. druxey
    Don't laugh at these batchelors: many if these rather eccentric but highly skilled men men were PTSD sufferers from WWII. This was their self-prescribed therapy.
  24. druxey
    Are those wooden plugs in the hawse holes?
  25. druxey
    It was articles on builders like him in The Model Engineer that inspired me as a kid.

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