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  1. Hello Matt. It was 5 o'clock in the morning, sitting at the table drinking my first cup of coffee. This picture weighed at least 15 pounds and had glass in it. The noise that early in the morning made up for 5 cups of joe. I sat there looking at the outcome for a good 15 minutes. I mean, all 3 ships simply exploded. The bounty launch took a direct hit, the rest when they hit the floor with the rest of the carnage, LOL. These were my first ones ever.
  2. Thanks for this Bolin, I will look in to this from Billings. As for building my own? Yes, that's possible. I have access to a full machine shop. I was going to design something based off of 2 38" long pieces of 45MM aluminum extrusion.
  3. Hello everyone. I'm glad to be back after a few years absence. The 3 builds that I had done met a very bad ending. I had them on my mantle and a heavy picture hanging above decided that people were giving more attention to the boats than to it and decided to jump off the wall and crush my builds. Seriously though, true story. My 3 beautiful builds met a complete, unrepairable end. The best was the Bounty longboat and she was crushed beyond hope. So now, I am on to the USF Confederacy and I was hoping to find a quality building jig. I saw the Model Zone Building Slip but cannot find one anywhere. Can someone point me to a decent building jig? Something I can use for the bulkheads and the planking, like a rotisserie kind of deal. Anything of quality will help. I don't mind spending a few dollars. Regards, Paul
  4. All the saws you will ever need. http://www.japanwoodworker.com/category/ht117-01/hand-saws.aspx
  5. The speed of your computer won't as great a deciding factor as will the amount of memory you have. And possibly your graphics card. Paul
  6. As one of the newer members her, I did not know Augie. He did comment on my Longboat build way back when I first started it. But this is one of the reasons I like it here so much. Hats off to you Bug, for taking on this project for Augie and his wife. It truly shows the respect that people here have for their brethren in this fine hobby. Bug, I am sure you will do her justice if for no other reason than a kind, parting gesture for Augie. I believe he is appreciating this. Paul
  7. White is the worst paint color to get good coverage without 3 or more coats. Something we need to live with. I bought Model Expo paints for my HMS Bounty Launch. They are terribly thin. Might go through an airbrush well, though. To me, Tamiya has really good paint. I always prime with, of all things, Kilz for wood and plastic. Acrylic compatible, thins with water, although I don't thin mine generally because it fills wood pores better without thinning.
  8. Gerald, what a wonderful project. As a machinist/tool maker for almost 40 years, I can attest to the hard work and dedication involved in just preparing all of the tools and jigs involved. A lot of forethought obviously went into this project. Your work is truly amazing. I will follow this closely. Paul
  9. Thanks CaptainSteve. Jealous? Of this newbie? I've seen your work, beautiful stuff. I partly used your build log for this build. I'm the jealous one. Paul
  10. Thanks Cathead and Brian. Bryan?Do me a favor please, and yourself. Just an experiment. Measure your hull across the sheer planks between frames 8 &9 Before you pop the hull off the mold. Measure again after you pop it off. If the size does NOT change, then I think you should try overbending the tween frames so they sit proper before gluing. I think the stress of bending them into place forces the sides of the hull out. Could save you some work. Oh, and Brian, you can catch up when I have to make my tools. Paul
  11. Thanks for the likes Gentlemen. The more I do to this boat, the more I like it. I started it because I dearly needed the experience for the bigger one to come, whatever that may be. Paul
  12. Here is my latest update. While battling a raging chest cold, I was not able to do a lot over the last two weeks but I am now better and have spent some time in the "wecco", as my admiral calls my shop. Spanish for "cave". After much hand wringing about squeezing the hull to accommodate the thwarts, I did it and all is well. I knew it would work since others had to do the same thing, it did not feel natural but hey, what do I know, I'm just a newbie. Also, the curve of the bow seemed too wide because thwart 1 and the bow grate seemed very loose but it was going to take a lot of force to bring that in so I left it alone. The 1st thwart and grate ended up fitting OK after all and test fitting the gunnels showed it will just fit. So, here she is after staining the insides with cherry stain and painting the outside of the hull. I am really liking the way she is turning out. Much more work to go though. The gunnel is made up but needs staining before install. I hope you all like her. Paul
  13. Permission to come aboard, sir. I'll swab the decks for the privilege of watching this from the beginning. I have this kit but want to get a couple more under my belt before I start her someday.
  14. My understanding is the Surprise and Victory are reboxed but the fitting and castings are upgraded to ones they make themselves. The D5100 locomotive, the Akagi and the 1/16 Zero and Bf109 all have castings that are absolutely gorgeous. Crisp, clean and very well detailed. Paul
  15. You really want denatured alcohol, %99. Rubbing alcohol is not the same thing. Pharmacies have it. Edit: Isopropyl is good too. I went back and reread Ian's post. Rubbing alcohol is too weak.
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