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  1. druxey
    Aren't we all so helpful?
  2. druxey
    Great progress. Love the fleur de lys. Is it a photographic artifact, but in the overhead shots is the forward end of the port side main rail further forward than the starboard one?
  3. druxey
    Gary is right: cut the round up first, then the round aft. You can't do both at the same time!
  4. druxey
    Your pics are not appearing, Alan, other than tiny thumbnails!
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    With only 9% water in your isopropanol, the wood should not have changed dimension by much at all. If anything, water should have expanded the wood, not shrunk it! As you know, wood changes dimension far more across, not along the grain. So what you describe is illogical. My only thought is that the wood was not seasoned when originally put together, but the glue joints were strong enough to constrain the wood. Unlikely, of course, but what other explanation can anyone offer?
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    Extraordinary work at that scale. I'm sorry for the loss of your obviously very talented colleague, Eberhard.
  7. druxey
    Certainly it's a Herculean task at that scale, Marc. Looking very promising. Sorry to read that you had a second round with covid. Hopefully you will be healthy from here on.
  8. druxey
    I suppose that you could spit-roast a quail as a stand-in for a turkey at that scale. Looking good!
  9. druxey
    In a naval ship, severe punishment would be meted out to any seaman polluting the bilges!
  10. druxey
    You might wish to consider running the wood grain diagonally on the knees for better strength. The grain running along one arm of a knee means an inherent weak point at the throat of the knee. Looks great so far!
  11. druxey
    Well done and very nicely fitted, Greg!
  12. druxey
    Head timbers are a pain at the best of times, but you seem to be well on the way to conquer them, Marc.
  13. druxey
    You look like you done great job and have gone up the learning curve of planking a hull as well. The payoff will be when you paint her!
  14. druxey
    Nice work, Ron. Congrats on reaching the conclusion of another stage with rigging. You've done a really nice job painting up your figures. You can always add fingernails and beard shadow with paint, you know!
  15. druxey
    I stand corrected: the deadrise was not apparent in the smaller scan. Thank you for posting the enlargement, Waldemar.
  16. druxey
    It appears to me that there is no deadrise at the midships frame in this construction. The rise of floor (your 'floor line') is quite clearly zero here.
  17. druxey
    Gifting the plans, assuming you were the original purchaser, is legitimate. However, to sell them on (or sell further copies) would not be.
  18. druxey
    I agree that, at that micro-size, the laps alone would probably not have held. Perhaps just a few frames (say, every fourth) might very well be enough, and then insert the remaining ones after the shell is off the plug. At any rate, the fixes are easy and a terrific result!
  19. druxey
    A very methodical approach, George!
  20. druxey
    Bonjour et bienvenue ici, Maxx!
  21. druxey
    A very neat solution, David! Well done and a happy Canadian Hanksgiving to you also.
  22. druxey
    Well, hearty congratulations at the end of a long trail, Chuck. This is a lovely prototype of your kit. Hopefully it will spark more interest in the 18th century aesthetic that these ships represent and inspire other model makers. Well done indeed.
  23. druxey
    These dories have been around for a long time, so either section of the forum is correct!
  24. druxey
    Well, I can see why you might not be entirely satisfied - if that boat was at 1:48 scale. But at the small scale you are working at, it is quite remarkable!
  25. druxey
    Looking good so far. Nice weights! Just take your time and don't rush it: it's the journey!

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