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  1. druxey
    Yup, this style of model is not for the hasty or faint of heart. And it always takes much longer than you expect. However, the payoff - eventually - is enormous.
  2. druxey
    Looking terrific, Albert!
  3. druxey
    Bristol board comes in various weights or plies and is an excellent material if handled appropriately. Generally it will bend better in one direction that the other at right angles. It cuts nicely with a sharp blade. It is probably better to surface glue using non-aqueous adhesives, as moisture will cause buckling. If you spray the finished model with grey automotive primer to seal it, you can then use acrylic or other water based paints on it with no risk of the card buckling.
  4. druxey
    Those straps are beautifully done, Remco.
  5. druxey
    I agree with Greg. Definitely professional grade! Well done on achieving this milestone, Mark.
  6. druxey
    I'm not certain when it goes on display, as it was only delivered a few weeks ago, Joe. The Museum could give you more precise details about the model. I only got a brief sneak peek at it when visiting.
  7. druxey
    If you go, the Naval Academy Museum has just acquired a contemporary Cruiser class model, fully rigged. Can't get much better than that, except that it's missing the wheel and capstan. Why? The new ivory import restrictions in the US prohibited its entry, even though it was clearly antique ivory! So, those parts had to be stripped off before it left England. These new regulations affect musicians (their instrument bows, for example). They don't dare go abroad to play now, because their instruments won't be allowed back into the USA.
  8. druxey
    That's as shipwrightly a solution to that geometry as one can make it, Mark. Looks very good.
  9. druxey
    In real life this is sewn on. However, i doubt if you'd want to go to the trouble on a model sail. The bolt rope can be carefully glued along the perimeter of the sail using white glue. This will dry clear.
  10. druxey
    If you don't see inspiration at New London, check whether you are still breathing! You'll see some terrific models there. I've attended three times and have always come away inspired.
  11. druxey
    Looking lovely, Ed. Are you leaving off the limber boards on the other side? If so, will you be adding fillers between the frames?
  12. druxey
    Very tricky, very nice! Sometimes, if one has to clamp a U-shaped structure such as the helm port framing you've illustrated, a temporary filler piece across the open side will prevent breakage.
  13. druxey
    Neat bit of metalwork there, Dan!
  14. druxey
    Dan: I think that two generations of model makers have been a little misled by Longridge's (correct) assertion that the lines of these timbers converge to a point somewhere in the air. However, the shipbuilders (and we modelmakers) have no need to actually figure out this virtual vanishing point. All we need to know is the width across the wing counter and the spacing and sided widths of the counter timbers. We also need to know the width across the top timbers at the stern, then proportionally divide up that distance into the intervals and (now narrowed) sidings of the counter timbers. There is no need to figure out where that imaginary meeting point is.
  15. druxey
    Fascinating discussion on the merits of water tank design! And great work as usual, Ed.
  16. druxey
    Lovely work, as usual, Rob.
  17. druxey
    Too much! Next, it's be Phillips screw heads, then maybe even Torx.... It's madness, I tell you, Andy!
  18. druxey
    Thanks for the scale slotted screws, Michael. I knew you could do them!
  19. druxey
    Those are interesting figures, Gaetan. Thanks for posting them. I assume therefore that the slight acidity does not affect wood but is sufficient, in combination with UV light, to deteriorate rigging cotton, linen or silk.
  20. druxey
    Would Austrian archives possibly have information if these were captured ships?
  21. druxey
    Well achieved, Albert! That's the most difficult part of the model done.
  22. druxey
    You might wish to consider conservators' (microcrystalline) wax: it is colourless and pH neutral.
  23. druxey
    Your work always makes me smile, Doris. Dobri!
  24. druxey
    I suppose the screws for the hinges will be scale slot-headed ones as well? Those are lovely looking hinge knuckles, Michael.
  25. druxey
    Looking ship-shape and Bristol fashion, Ben. You may wish to consider shortening those bolts so that they don't project above the keel, otherwise they will be in the way of the frames later on.

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