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  1. druxey
    Very, very lovely, Gary! And you've fitted her out beautifully as well. Congratulations on completing her.
  2. druxey
    Interesting story so far!
  3. druxey
    This is watchmaking level work! Beautiful.
  4. druxey
    Welcome aboard, Dave!
  5. druxey
    An excellent result of a very interesting kit and subject. Thanks for sharing this with us.
  6. druxey
    That annoying voice.... Sorry about that but, as I say to my wife, "I'm always right." Then things go black for a while. When I regain consciousness.... On a more serious note, your drafting skills are exemplary.
  7. druxey
    Well done. That ceiling work inside is not easy to achieve neatly.
  8. druxey
    Welcome aboard indeed, Fred.
  9. druxey
    Off to a good start!
  10. druxey
    Real progress. I really like your furled sails.
  11. druxey
    And next - a model pond yacht inside the boat? Seriously, that is a lovely piece of work, Keith.
  12. druxey
    Remarkable!
  13. druxey
    Very nice and neat work. How about towing the other boats astern? (I'll shut up now.)
  14. druxey
    Once again, I'm just catching up, JD. A very nice result. A bit late in the day to mention it, but if you'd ended your garboard forward just as the stem begins to rise, it might have avoided putting drop strakes in. Next time, eh?
  15. druxey
    Those are so tricky! Looks like your templates are good.
  16. druxey
    Not, in fact, a bon-adventure at all! Glad you got it all sorted eventually.
  17. druxey
    Impressive height! Coming along really well, Rob.
  18. druxey
    Well done!
  19. druxey
    Allan: Even regular bond paper will work well. As it is sealed, there should be no deterioration over time. However, you might wish to consider rag content (archival) paper. I've not tried using SilkSpan for this purpose, but imagine that would also work well.
  20. druxey
    If the photography is not professional, the model certainly is, Gary!
  21. druxey
    One would need to use trigonometry, I think. The issue is you need to know one side and two angles or two sides and one angle. Not knowing the distance camera to subject means that all one can manage is an educated guess.
  22. druxey
    Are you referring to the cleats or the battens? If battens, I don't think that these came into use until the very end of the 18th century.
  23. druxey
    As large a surface as you can comfortably fit in. You can never have too much bench space!
  24. druxey
    I use very thin paper, well stretched, to paint on, using acrylic paint. It should mold well around the different plank levels. Also, put on in short lengths, it is easy to manage. You could pre-paint the base color over the chesstrees and fenders and simply add the detail after. As for trimming, I pre-trim the lower edges of the pieces and trim the upper edges (under the rail above) when dry. Any slight irregularity, should it occur, will be hidden under the shadow line of the rail.
  25. druxey
    And 90% rubbing alcohol (isopropanol) for de-bonding white or yellow glue! We all make oopsies....

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