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druxey

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  1. It seems that you have become the beta builder, Bob! I appreciate you being patient as you wait for bits and bobs to arrive. A little bird has told me that future kits will have in-house beta test builds before they go on the market.
  2. Washes are very thin transparent coats of paint thinned with either water or a solvent, depending on the type of paint used.
  3. It's called serving. It is usually done by wrapping the thread around the line on a serving machine. You can see examples of these machines on MSW and on line.
  4. Sorry to read of your physical issues. Hopefully they can be reduced so that you can enjoy building again.
  5. Yes, coming along nicely, RM. Do wear a dust mask; basswood particles in the air are very fine.
  6. I see much discussion on distance and point of view being considered, but very little on lens distortion. Camera lenses, especially earlier ones, could produce spherical distortion - and not necessarily uniformly. You need to take this into consideration as well. The angle that the camera is pointing also introduces distortion. An example of an uncorrected and corrected image from 1912 is shown here. Those pedestals are vertical - but you can see the degree of distortion produced simply by tipping the camera'a axis from horizontal. The stem is actually at 45 degrees and the stern post 5 degrees, not 10 as in the uncorrected version.
  7. Washes over a base coat as wefalck describes is really the only way to imitate wood. Again, techniques will differ slightly depending on the scale that you are working at. His radial planking at miniature scale is exceptional.
  8. Some contemporary plans show sweep ports (the proper term for those little square ports) and some do not. They would, however, be present on these small craft. Occasionally the sweep ports were circular with a small slot on each side just large enough to slide the blade of the sweep through. One could not work a sweep in a gun port; it would slide back and forth wasting effort, quite apart from the fact one would need to move all the guns - to where? The decks were crowded enough already!
  9. To keep manufacturing costs down, I doubt that there are any unnecessary parts! They must have a function.
  10. It all looks very effective. Let us hope that you are now less displeased!
  11. Interesting. Normally bowsprit shrouds do not have ratlines! Well done for solving that mystery.
  12. Well, first congratulations for the recovery of those frames. We all have disasters and learn how to dig ourselves out! It's part of the process. Don't stress yourself about making mistakes - see previous sentence. And it looks as if you are well on your way now.
  13. Welcome aboard, Deep Diver!
  14. The only other explanation is that whoever rigged the model originally made one shroud leg too short (or long!) so that the upper deadeyes were not level with each other as they should be.
  15. Unfortunately felines are notorious for damaging ship models. Never leave them - felines or models - unattended. But you know that already. I'm sorry for your disaster. Replacement parts are probably far easier to manage than trying to fabricate your own at this stage of your model-making career. If it's any consolation, all of us have suffered a disaster (feline induced or self-inflicted) at some point. Don't be discouraged.
  16. Well, I wouldn't like to see one coming at me from the angle in your last photo! Joking aside, casting that quantity of bronze must have been quite the operation back then.
  17. Sweet result! Getting a nice tight joint with the bolster is tricky and you've done a lovely job.
  18. Try to put elastics-etc, over the frames, or the planks will be distorted! Easily fixable by dampening, though.
  19. Neither, Allan. The cut pieces strip off the backing easily and remaining rubber cement removed with a piece of crepe rubber or finger.
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