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  1. druxey
    Take a deep breath or two, get centred, and have a better session next time! My sympathy on your Really Bad Day, John.
  2. druxey
    Leaded glass windows are difficult to imitate. My solution was to take thin acrylic sheet and score it with a sharp knife for the lead cames. I then rubbed dark grey acrylic paint into the scores. The result is shown here.
  3. druxey
    Fascinating stuff. Thanks for posting your findings.
  4. druxey
    The official "Talk like a Pirate Day" was several weeks ago, I believe. Nicely done, Dan: especially the 'rusty nail' appearance. Should keep Pirate Pete happy, for a while, at least!
  5. druxey
    Terrific work on an unusual subject!
  6. druxey
    The Campbell plan looks about right: the curve of the stern is elliptical, not circular.
  7. druxey
    Thanks, Dan. I know that often spilling is done by eye at 1:1, but I've never seen it done entirely that way - never mind well! - at scale size. I certainly don't plank mathematically, but use that as a starting point. Then I do the 'by eyeball' thing.
  8. druxey
    I'm impressed at the result you've achieved 'spiling by eye'. I would not have thought it possible, but you've certainly demonstrated otherwise! My only comment is that the frames seem a bit wide to my own eye.
  9. druxey
    Looking at your progress photos, I'm smiling again - as usual. Simply lovely work, Gary.
  10. druxey
    Ooops! Got it, Allan.
  11. druxey
    However, the placement of the eyebolts is as Steel describes and I picture a lashing on each side instead of the later chain links shown here.
  12. druxey
    Angle grinders! Orbital sanders! Oh my! Hopefully the later stages of construction will not be quite so brutal. All the best with this new project.
  13. druxey
    Good to see you back in the saddle, Remco!
  14. druxey
    Excellent!
  15. druxey
    Looking good, Daniel.
  16. druxey
    Ah. Good idea.
  17. druxey
    Looking good, Toni. To get a smoother bolt 'head', have you tried using a small cup burr? Another technique is to use a blunt knife and roll it across the wire to form a small head. Someone recently posted an illustrated 'how to' of this on MSW.
  18. druxey
    Although, note Livesay's 'compartments' seen below the rows of balusters, which are absent today.
  19. druxey
    Silverfish are usually longer than 1mm, Twinrow. They look like miniature prehistoric torpedo shaped silver-grey things. Unfortunately what Mike has a re probably wood borers. Silverfish like paper and paste; they do nasty things to old books.
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    Sounds as if you did everything correctly, Sam. The only thing I can spot is that Blacken-It should be diluted about 8:1 to work well. However, that shouldn't have given you the result that you've shown. Definitely a metallurgist's or chemist's specialty question, I'm afraid.
  21. druxey
    Is the material you've used actually brass, in fact? And what exactly have you used on this?
  22. druxey
    Fumigation?
  23. druxey
    Lovely metalwork! And a very, very nice model as well.
  24. druxey
    Should be accepted for display? Should be, Peter??? If not, MSW will come down hard on the NYYC. Please give Dan my congratulations on such a fine detailed model. Very well done!
  25. druxey
    Automatic scaling with either Adobe or with the resident software on one's printer is something to be eternally vigilant for!

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