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Bedford

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  1. Omega, me too! It's like the sculptor releasing the piece from the block and i never get sick of it
  2. Nice work Robbyn, I've never done coppering so you're better at it than I am!!
  3. I have noticed that some types of timber seem to make the varnish take longer to dry. On a side note, I varnish my decks too but in reality we should leave them bare if we want to be accurate.
  4. Beautiful John, especially knowing how small it is, must come and have another look in person!
  5. I don't know what to say to that, I came to a grinding halt on my schooner when I sailed on endeavour, I guess the real thing made the model seem redundant but I will finish her one day. Meanwhile I'm loving your build and have a set of plans for her as an rc model so you never know....
  6. I love this ship, elegant and stylish, I'm following
  7. Yes I have to agree, she's more the old style champagne glass than the wine glass and it's just beautiful
  8. Always a great day when the last plank goes on. She's looking beautiful, love the lines
  9. Glad one of us is back in the shipyard, keep on keeping on Robbyn she'll be well worth all the little set backs
  10. Well now I'm feeling all left out, where is my invitation to rejoin your build? Don't you remember my waterline marker I used on the schooner, you said you would remember it and use it! The workshop looks brilliant, I love it. As for lighting I would consider LED before buying fluoro. LED has well and truly come of age and the prices have become reasonable.I would suggest cool white for model building.
  11. Great news about Judy Remember that only the pope is supposed to be infallible and as far as I know the Vatican isn't in Canada, glad to know you're mortal
  12. I too wish you guys all the best. As for wasting electrons, fear not! The whole idea of needing a circuit is that the electrons go home when they've done their job and are ready for work next time
  13. A master class! Just beautiful Michael
  14. Great to see the cutter again, really looking forward to progress on her
  15. Wow, that's absolutely beautiful John. Such lovely lines and workmanship
  16. Oh I can see the need for reverse but it wouldn't be used much, only a few strokes I would think.
  17. You seem to have it sorted mate, I wonder if you need to worry about reverse? How often do you think you would need reverse and for how many strokes? I might be inclined to leave it as is. Steve
  18. Good luck, what is the travel tolerance in them, there are different types but if you make the mounts very finely adjustable you might just have it beaten
  19. I see where you are going with that. What are you like with electronics, Google "hall effect" using magnets and sensors rather than mechanical switches, could be easier to fit etc. Just a side note, if you have a bit of weight to play with you might be able to put a weight below the keel to stabilize her against the oar movement inspired rocking.
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