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druxey

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  1. Is the bevel on the inner face in the correct place? Looks 'off' from what I can see in your photos. The widest side of the bevel should sit on the line of the pattern under it.
  2. Beautifully done! Your solution to the difficulty of carving thin pieces is one way of getting around it. I white glue thin pieces on to a backing board to carve them, then dissolve the glue with isopropanol when finished. Then, if the back of the carving needs work, I use fine files or sanding sticks to lessen the chance of breaking a piece off. As another person mentioned, boxwood is a better choice of wood.
  3. Stay tackle, as shown in the illustration, are rigged conveniently above the fore and main hatches. Zeh has it right.
  4. Slow and steady is good, Mark. This tricky area is working out very nicely. Looking very nice indeed!
  5. Well, you certainly are tenacious, Alan! Glad you hit 'save' at intervals. Obviously more tweaking is still needed to - literally - get the kinks out. Running a couple of test diagonals might not be amiss, unless it overheats your software.
  6. Sweet! Having recently learned repoussé techniques, I recognize some of the tools you've used to form the metal.
  7. I imagine that the gun crew would not be just standing there during firing, but covering their ears with their hands!
  8. Ah, you do make things with flare, Michael!
  9. Smart move to check with calipers, but make sure you done't get cumulative error.
  10. Hah! You were doomed, Michael…. I had a similar experience. Some years ago, my mother was down-sizing and came across a construction paper booklet. It was a 'diary' that I had made in school when I was about six years old. On opening this, the first entry read, in a very childish hand, "I am building a ship model". Also doomed.
  11. Enjoy your new toy, Karl! Thanks for clarifying that you were using imitation gold, rather than real gold leaf. I guess that's why you could afford the lathe!
  12. The disposition of frame was drawn up before a ship was built. The second example, sheer and profile, looks to be the 'as built' draught. If it is, it will have the launch date on the title. This will explain the disparity in the two drawings.
  13. This continues to be a fascinating build. Lovely work, Ed!
  14. Now, that's a challenge! I'm sure Michael will be up for it.
  15. One reason that the pendants were rigged first was so that they could be used as a kind of crane to raise shrouds, etc, up to the mast head.
  16. If you can plan ahead so that it will minimize any masking off, it will make your life easier.
  17. You wrote: "...thank god this isn't a frigate!" which is why I like smaller vessels. They take long enough to build. Which you are doing very well.
  18. Scratch-molding the rabbet will work well, I agree, along most of the keel. However, you will still need to cut the fore and aft ends with hand tools where the changing relationship of garboard angle to keel occurs.
  19. I just keep admiring your clean detailed work, Doris.
  20. Congratulations on reaching this point, Toni! That looks very nice indeed.
  21. I'ev seen old models with wood sails. I've also seen sails made of tin or copper.
  22. Hah! Catch them young. Hopefully the young lady will become a future Doris, Toni, or Sherry….
  23. I recommend 3M 'Magic' tape. It is low-tack and can easily be marked with pencil.
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