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  1. druxey
    The drawing shows transition from round to square section on the masts.
  2. druxey
    I love 'useless' trivia like that, Scott and Allan!
  3. druxey
    Well done, Mitsuaki. The headwork is the most challenging part of a model from this era. Your kit-bash version is terrific.
  4. druxey
    Nice work on the tricky part of the framing. You commented that some modelers might not like the color of Jarrah: it only has to please you! I find it quite attractive in the photos. What is the finish you have on it? Looks very shiny.
  5. druxey
    That is an interesting factoid about the origin of the HL hinge, Scott.
  6. druxey
    Even so, holly will darken with time. After a decade or so it will look more like boxwood.
  7. druxey
    Very interesting information, Wayne. Thanks for posting all this!
  8. druxey
    Yes, beeswax will eventually cause problems, as it is not pH neutral like conservators' wax. However, it's your call. I imagine you should be OK when you've applied the wax.
  9. druxey
    If it did open inward, runner 63 is correct. However, weather deck doors open outward: think of a heavy sea breaking over the deck. The water pressure would blow an inward opening door open. In the 18th century 'T' style hinges were most often used.
  10. druxey
    Looking very nice, Ben.
  11. druxey
    Any natural fibre will absorb and give off moisture. Shellac is not water-proof: remember the white ring if you accidentally put a water glass on a French polished table top? You'll either need to live with what happens or slow the moisture migration by using conservators' wax or some other means.
  12. druxey
    The only barrel that might be on deck would be a water barrel: a butt. That's where gossip occurred (think the office water-cooler!); hence the origin of the expression 'scuttle-butt'.
  13. druxey
    You wrote: I'm disappointed that, with the roof on, you can't really see the interior detail, sigh! But, you know it's there! And so do we.
  14. druxey
    Thanks for the update, Jim. We will be patient.....
  15. druxey
    Well done: those sleepers are tricky beasts to tame!
  16. druxey
    Even bone eyebolts!!! Quite remarkable.
  17. druxey
    I have to echo Greg's comments. Generally, as a scratch model-maker, i don't spend much time looking at kits. However, yours and your prototypes are the rare exception! Beautifully executed, especially considering the parameters that you have to operate within.
  18. druxey
    Further to Norman's caution on bitumen, it is also not stable. Old oil paintings which had bituminous brown paint used show either 'alligatored' surfaces or wrinkles. Paint containing bitumen never completely hardens.
  19. druxey
    'Black stuff' was also popular, which did have pitch as an ingredient.
  20. druxey
    As neat a rigging job as I've ever seen. Well done!
  21. druxey
    Sounds like quite the struggle to achieve the result you wanted, Dan! But you've succeeded brilliantly in the end. I'm surprised that those essentially soft-soldered joints held. Food for thought....
  22. druxey
    The other method will also yield consistent slots, Toni. The only difference is that about 50% of the slotted material vanishes in sawdust!
  23. druxey
    Now that's something I hadn't thought of: I always cut the slots first in the stock, then part off the individual pieces. Your pre-cutting the strips, then gluing them is a great idea.
  24. druxey
    Nice dodge, drilling for the axletrees! Well done.
  25. druxey
    Excellent, Agent P!

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