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  1. druxey
    Yes, Erik, druxey is hidden rot, or, if you will, 'rotten to the core'!
  2. druxey
    Pretty nice simulation, there, Michael! Hope your test results work.
  3. druxey
    Sorry, Mike: it's a legitimate nautical word! Just a fancy term for dragging the gun around to point forward, in this case. 'Dragged' isn't as rafeened, is it?
  4. druxey
    If those guns were used as bow chasers, they would be slewed round a bit and thus give tad more space for recoil! Lovely clean work as usual, Mike.
  5. druxey
    I couldn't tell from the photo that there is a nice patina you wish to preserve, Michael. Now I understand why you are choosing the masking route.
  6. druxey
    Perhaps the other possibility is to spray the whole funnel, then gently scrape the paint off the bands later?
  7. druxey
    Try SilkSpan.
  8. druxey
    The sea and sky are not as defined as in a Dawson painting. It's a pleasing piece, though.
  9. druxey
    Nice!
  10. druxey
    The forecastle looks very plausible. Nice reconstruction of it, Dick.
  11. druxey
    The boat deck looks very good, Michael. Well restored!
  12. druxey
    So that's why there's a world shortage of thumbtacks! Well done.
  13. druxey
    More thumb-taxing than thumbtacks, eh?
  14. druxey
    The best possibility is acetone - ventilate well, please! Sanding is a bad idea as there are bands and rims on the funnel to deal with - lots of fine corners.
  15. druxey
    Instead of pins, would small rubber bands work?
  16. druxey
    Opinion? Strip all the paint and repaint (with airbrush!) to match the original color. Keep photographic record of these archaeological stratae to go with your treatment report. Overpainting yet again is not a pretty option.
  17. druxey
    This sounds like a very versatile tool, Wefalck! At low setting, have you used it for bending wood?
  18. druxey
    That is very impressive for such a tool, William.
  19. druxey
    Time taken on this part of the model is time well spent, Mike. The more symmetrical you can make it, the better. Interesting saw blades. I wonder who is the manufacturer/distributor?
  20. druxey
    You are welcome. I remembered watching copper and brass turning color as I heated them.
  21. druxey
    Would gentle heating of the wire 'tint' it?
  22. druxey
    Your model is looking lovely Mike. Having the correct workbench and seat heights are important!
  23. druxey
    Interesting approach to the problem of adding bulwarks. Looks like it worked very well, Pat.
  24. druxey
    I suspect so, except they might be beefier around a large main hatch. These provide integrity between the deck and sides of a vessel and keep it all together.
  25. druxey
    Plans for smaller vessels rarely if ever showed knees. I would use a rule of thumb for the athwartship arms of the lodging knees and make them about 1/6th the length of the midship beams. That deck plan you posted is of the 90-gun ship Impregnable - not the best choice for comparison!

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