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  1. druxey
    Ow! Like burning down the house to get rid of a spider.... You were lucky not to ignite the whole ship. Glad you were able to repair battle damage. Another great reason to use PVA: it can be easily dissolved in rubbing alcohol. As long as you keep open flame away from it!
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    A very neat, one-piece solution, Siggi. Is there a reason why the steps up to the roundhouses are offset from the doorways?
  3. druxey
    Terrific work, Gary. She looks quite delightful.
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    Welcome aboard, Ken. Most of us have a bottle of rubbing alcohol (95% isopropanol) handy for ungluing PVA and aliphatic glue joints. Just used some a few minutes ago! Good luck re-working your inherited model.
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    Lovely louvres!
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    Ouch. That mis-measurement hurt. Glad you were able to fix it using a tool I find very useful: The scrap box, aka the Quality Control Center. Your model is looking very good indeed, Ian.
  7. druxey
    The views down on the wrap-around balcony are very informative. Thank you for this latest installment, HH.
  8. druxey
    Coming along very nicely, Oliver!
  9. druxey
    The lower surfaces of the transom need to be parallel to the bottom of the boat. They have to join in a smooth seam. You angle off each side of the transom as in the lower photo.
  10. druxey
    Wilkommen,Thomas! Welcome aboard.
  11. druxey
    Lovely work, Chuck. I'm waiting to see how you deal with all the headwork....
  12. druxey
    A novel way of launching a ship: upside down. Oh. Picture is inverted. Just regular launch ways after all! Might you consider showing your model on the ways to present your model, Gary?
  13. druxey
    Certainly the results merited the time - and language! Well done, Chris.
  14. druxey
    Perhaps you are referring to the chesstree? It looks like a fender, but has a sheave in it for the main tack.
  15. druxey
    Wirth all due respect, Kevin, after your previous accident, isn't it a bit risky carrying your model outside to photograph it? Also, that coffee mug on your workbench makes me nervous for you!
  16. druxey
    Painted in place, that friezework on the curved bulkhead is exceptional. Frohe Ostern, indeed, Siggi!
  17. druxey
    Those furled sails are great!
  18. druxey
    Nice work on the rails, Toni.
  19. druxey
    Could be worse; autocorrect might have made it 'gold rash', 'good rush' or even (shudder) 'geld crush'. In any case, welcome aboard, KJ.
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    Steven, I totally understand the difficulty of a euphroe at that scale; it would probably disintegrate. Time to have another chat with your 17-year-old self about a more suitable choice of scale!
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    Looks pretty good in your photos, Bob.
  22. druxey
    Looking very shipshape now! That looks really, really nice, Rob.
  23. druxey
    And don't forget the Valkenisse in the MFA collection!
  24. druxey
    A couple of fine models are also in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, now I come to think of it.
  25. druxey
    Crowsfeet at this size without a euphroe are very awkward as you can't tension the whole system at the same time as one would on the real thing.

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