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druxey

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  1. Instead of cooking the books, you are cooking the looks! I admire your patience in experimenting to achieve the result you want.
  2. The joints will show more through paint over time, Maurys. If they show too much when first painted, that's not a good sign!
  3. Mike: frequent hand-washing and cleanliness in the shop are the keys to avoiding fingerprints.
  4. Thank you Michael and Wefalck, for the comprehensive and logical responses to my question. I assumed that there was good reason for using round rather than square stock, but now you've convinced me! I also hadn't thought through the fact that square collets are not available at those sizes.
  5. Stanchions look great, Michael, even at large magnification. Would it have been a possibility to start with square section stock, drill the holes and then turn, or would cutting forces have snapped the work at the holes?
  6. It's annoying that the draughtsman didn't draw the carved works! One would be fairly safe with either a standard lion or, perhaps, a classical soldier holding a pointy sword.
  7. Wood will tone down in time, Ben. She is coming back nicely now!
  8. After cutting a few of these joints, they should be easy! That last one looks very good, Maury.
  9. An excellent video of advice for folks contemplating a fully framed model. You are a very honest model-maker, Kevin! I appreciate you sharing your experience with everyone.
  10. To reduce chroma (color brightness) often a small amount of the complimentary color is added. A complimentary color is one found on the opposite side of the color wheel. For instance, to reduce an orange-red a greenish blue is used. It sounds counter-intuitive, but it works!
  11. At least you realized this early in the game and no wood was harmed!
  12. Well done, Michael. I assume the meltdowns referred to the stanchions and not yourself!
  13. I too was a lucky recipient of one of Michael's third hands. It's a beautiful piece of small engineering.
  14. There is 'red' and there is 'red'. Both Orange-red and crimson red are 'red', but mixed with white or other colors will yield very different results.
  15. Pleased to oblige, Wefalck. Pictures as requested. They certainly are attractive instruments. There is a table of figures for setting every conceivable proportion one might want. I use similar strategies to yourself when subdividing distances, especially on curved surfaces such as hulls.
  16. I'm afraid I have to agree with Wefalck. I actually have a beautiful pair of 10" dividers - rack and pinion, 110 division scale, with right-angled tips so that you can use the instrument parallel to your work rather than held vertically - and very seldom use them.
  17. I love the attention to detail such as the upper ends of the support pillars, Gerald. It must be nice to have the prototype still available for study! On a slightly different -but related - note; in another thread Cutty Sark is under discussion. I've been wicked enough to suggest that a model of her in frame would be a terrific subject for you. I'll shut up now.
  18. Glad to oblige, 'Bigmac'. This arrangement allows the lid to open at right angles to the sides.
  19. This is a service knock-about vessel, not a ship with a proud captain willing to spend a bit on his command. She would be, in short, a very Plain Jane. Decorate accordingly!
  20. For an example of hatches, see the RMG 'Collections' site and search 'hoy model 1750'.
  21. I suspect that there were no ledges: there are no guns or heavy on-deck items to be supported. It would be unlikely that the hatch covers had hinges: just square lift-off covers with ringbolts in opposite diagonal corners. Rectangular covers had ringbolts for lifting near their short sides.
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