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Kurt, That web address shows "domain expired".
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Russ, Have a look at the build logs here on MSW also. They will be a big help.
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Here in the States, the participants who ride the horses own them. Same for the artillery (though some are owned by the whole crew). I noticed in the few re-enactments I've been to, while there was artillery, there usually weren't horses to pull them. Uniforms are made by them or their wife or mother. Weapons, other than rifles/pistols, such as swords are either bought or made by them. If you get a chance, go to a re-enactment. It is indeed a way of life as during the summers they travel quite heavily all over the country. They are a friendly bunch so do pay a visit to their "camp". Usually, one evening is devoted to a "ball" with everyone in period dress. You may or may not be able to get into the ball depending on the group and venue, but it's definitely worth going and watching from outside.
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Beautiful and impressive work. Way out of my paygrade that's for sure.
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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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I'm not sure what advice you are looking for or even why. It looks great.
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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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SeaDoc, In each build log area (by era), there's a number of pinned posts at the top of the first page. Here's an example of the instructions: Also, if you haven't seen this, there's a number of pinned posts also pertaining logs. https://modelshipworld.com/forum/47-using-the-msw-forum/
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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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I'd take into consideration the scale of the model. On the real one, you can barely see the planking lines on the hull. On the deck a bit of a different story. But at your scale and keeping everything in scale, they would be all but invisible.
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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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Lower right hand corner of each post... there's a "thumbs up". If you hover over it, a couple of icons will also display incase you want to use one of them. Just click on which ever one you want to use.
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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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Sweet work, OC. The stand adds to the model.
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Time to pull up a chair for this one.
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Whatever is next, we'll be following along, OC.
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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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