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Welcome to MSW, Mike, from a former mid-westie.
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New to modeling where to post a kit build for advice?
mtaylor replied to bosco72's topic in New member Introductions
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Beautiful, Christos. If it takes longer than a week to get back to Ithaka, order the rowers to row faster.
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No worries. The catch is, I've seen some pretty crude models in museums that were built from kits. Ends up making you wonder if the museum just wanted to fill the floor space. As for your comment about the rounded stern.. I agree, which is why I turned my build into the 1854 ship.
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Sam, You might have a look here and see if there's a club near you. Someone in the club might interested. https://thenrg.org/resource/clubs
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The plans you mentioned sound like a good source, Jaager. I'm not distaining builders plans. The problem was that many if not most of the Constellation plans available back in the early 1900's were cobbled, changed, and some destroyed while the ship folks worked to turn the 1854 version into the original. They tried to make (and mostly succeeded) in getting people to believe that when the original went in, it was taken apart and rebuilt into the the 1854 version, thus the rounded stern and the ship being a bit bigger than the original.
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Mr. Black has great eyesight. I saw those and didn't have a clue what they were.. I think this level of detail goes beyond amazing...
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To be honest, I was never a fan (as such) of the CH-46 or the CH-47. The -46's had a problem early on with the aft rotor assembly/transmission falling off inflight. The early -47 had an issue with "timing" but this was very early on during development where the shaft going to the forward rotor "twisted". I flew in CH-34's (loved that Wright Radial sound) and the -53. Just me on the dual rotor birds..... but I'll still follow along.
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Byrnes Table Saw making a 1mm by 1mm strip
mtaylor replied to CharlieZardoz's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Charlie, Use something "disposable" for a push stick. I use chopsticks which run around a dollar or two for a bag of them. When one gets too chewed up to use, I toss it and get another one. -
Are you doing the kit? If not what plans are you using?
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Basically what Jaager said. The original plans were lost to history for the most part. The kit (if that's what you're building) should have those dimensions. However, the kit is based on the cobbled ship that was displayed for many years. So basically, we need more info such as is this a scratch or a kit? The year of launch also helps.
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I use the thinned white glue also. One advantage is that the glue bond can be broken using alcohol.
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You might also look into the Master Korabel boats. They're 1:72 but might work if modified. I've not had any luck building the Model Expo ones, but the Master Korabel worked for me.
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Thanks for sharing this build log. It's been something totally different than what we normally see and quite fascinating.
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