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  1. druxey
    Well done, Chris.That is excellent news for Western Europe - and you!
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    I think it would be safe to go with shelving in any and all of the areas that you mention, Jim.
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    Only 7588? Nice progress!
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    Looks like you've had a fight there in the last photo! Did you use rubbing alcohol to unglue or just carve away the plank?
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    And my best wishes this holiday season to your crew, Siggi!
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    Lovely photos of your work! A very happy holiday season to you, Dick.
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    Yeah, it's a burden I have to bear!
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    I don't think much aiming was involved when using a carronade - it was a short range, wide-spread anti=personnel weapon, Simply point it in roughly the right direction, No finesse required. Love the deck of cards, but shouldn't the image on the back of them be of, ahem, a deck? Happy if modified holidays!
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    Lovely work there, Some Idea! I might suggest you attach a piece of wood to the top of the support to form a protective 'T' over those vulnerable counter timbers.
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    Yes, a classic palindrome, Frolick! Another example; 'evil rats on no star live'.
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    As this is a complex job, I wonder if you have a ship model club in your area (wherever that is!)? If so, you will have access to a lot of experienced folk who can help you at your shoulder - covid permitting. They can show you what to do, which is easier than corresponding here. However, if that isn't possible, we'll try our best to assist online.
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    A lovely little model. Apart from the maker's name, I think that there is perhaps an unconscious joke in there. There is a sect who believe in a literal 'translation' of the living to heaven at the Second Coming . They would be hoisted up by a (fictitious) hook-like bone at the base of their spines called 'the bone of Luz'.
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    Looking good, Dan. Rubbing alcohol is the modeler's best friend!
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    I think that the example shown is more mid-1800's than earlier.
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    Footropes are under the jibboom, as Henry has said. You can just see a pair of these knotted ropes under the jibboom in the photo. The illustrated ropes are hand lines or manropes.
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    The acrylic 'glass' looks like antique mica now: the effect looks nice, actually. Nice splice as well.
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    Why not, indeed? "Never make a thing simple if you can make it complicated." (Thanks, Dad! It was one of his favorite sayings. He was an engineer. Need I say more?)
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    Tricky pieces superbly done and assembled!
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    Really lovely work, Gaetan!
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    Welcome back, Ben! Nice to see your Peggy once again.
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    Looking very neat indeed now!
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    Your Babbage/Tennyson analogy is an excellent one that I'd forgotten. Thanks, Steven!
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    Gary: your model is an absolute gem! Such impressive work at that scale. Terrific! I'm looking forward to your next creation.
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    Looking good, Dan. Using scrap to practice on is always a good idea!
  25. druxey
    I'm sure that in practice the actual masting, sparring and rigging varied a little from the ideal, especially in wartime with shortages. As long as you are reasonably close, no-one will fault you!

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