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    Generally speaking, studding sails and their yards were not used full time. If stored on the yardarm, they slid inboard for stowage and outboard when used. On many ships, they were sent down and stored on the gundeck or main deck if there was large waist opening. Normally to the side of the ship's boat(s) storage. So basically, you'll need to pick your poison. Leave them where they are or remove them and install on the yardarms with all the associated rigging.
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    Very nicely done.
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    If you were going to make it strictly a drag car, you could put some filler or plastic over the headlight area then paint it. Back, for just drag strip racing, a lot of guys did that. When I had my Vega strip car, I used run against a few of them. The 454 was sweet motor that needed minimal work (cam, carburation/injection, pistons and valve work) to turn it into a beast.
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    Is that writing on the door? I'm loving this build but doubt I'll give one a try as not enough hours in the day to do everything I want.
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    One of my all time favorite cars. I would have maybe not killed for one only scratch them a bit. Even the new ones would be great. Alas, gotta' be a millionaire to get one and then there's the wait time. From my end, it would have the California smog equipment if it was street driven. Even back then the smog stuff bogged things down. I've seen several (including the newer ones) up close and wow.... The local dealer had one back about 5-6 years ago and I took the opportunity to sit in it. They offered to let me test drive but no.... I don't think my insurance would have covered it.
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    Under "fair use" here in the States, one can post, for lack of a better word(s), bits and pieces as example. Posting the whole document would be a no-go.
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    Nice work and welcome to MSW. For the gallery, just photos of the finished build. As for everything else you're showing, those should go into a build log in the kit section as this area is really only for introductions.
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    English did the same thing with oaks. Not sure about France, etc. Looking at Dick's post from Monday (I'm behind the curve here) that would seem to be the logical solution.
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    Eddie seems to disappeared into the void. His last post was in 2017.
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    Uh-oh, Kevin. Looks like you took a look into the rabbit hole and fell in. It's a long way down from which coming back will be hard.
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    Reminds of the old saying about a fool and his money.....
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    Welcome to MSW, Harvey from a fellow Oregonian. Do give some thought to doing build logs as they're a great way to get help and make friends.
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    You, sir, are a master.. wonderful work.
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    Well done on the model, Eric. The tribute to your FIL was both moving and fitting. Loss of someone close is a hard thing. Thanks for sharing it.
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    The simple solution is to make a zero clearnace wooden insert. Cut a slab of wood the same thickness as the saw's insert. Shape it to match the original. Then.. drop the blade all the way down and put on the new wood insert. Turn the saw on and slowly raise the blade until it comes through. I've found you may need a couple of these for various thicknesses of blades and arbor size. There's also this, which may help. It was done some years ago by former wood supplier and is very helpful for the Byrnes and many of the other table top hobby saws.
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    I do like that price for a starter air brush. Almost, but no quite, makes me want to do another plastic kit but my wood builds have the priority. I'll sit quietly until the urge goes away.......
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    Kurt, as one of the rafter sitters, I can firmly state that there are no cows up here. A few pigeons, a pile of dust bunnies, but no cows.
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    I'll be patient. I can't wait to see how the paint comes out.
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    I went to that site, Bruce.... and this pops up at the bottom of the page: https://www.chairish.com/product/2178278/mid-century-luxury-liner-ship-model Let's not laugh too hard at the asking price.
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    I think Dr. Freud would like to talk to you.
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    I moved this to the correct area and deleted a duplicate post with no responces.
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    I'll pull up a chair for this one also. This should be fascinating as we've not had a whaleback build until now.
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    Your tracks are beyond "wow", Keith. Glad the hand is good.

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