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Turning quite beautifully, Mario.
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Justin, Here's a link to their page with the location: https://www.agesofsail.com/contactus.html Did a quick Google... looks like they're between Oakland and San Francisco.
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Do read those builders. If in doubt, ask a question. Many if not most will answer. To paraphrase Steven... "we learn from the masters".
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Beautiful work, Grant. I think "colorful language" is a required skill set for model building.
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Welcome to MSW, Skeeta. As for tips.... go to the Kit Build Log area (on the home page) where there's a pinned post for Build Log Indexes. Get the one for "wooden ships". Inside you'll find all the logs for your ship. They are a great source of information. The other place is down the home page further is Shop Notes, Tips, etc. Scroll down to Masting, Rigging, and Sails. You can search that sub forum using the search function on the upper right hand side of the page.
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Welcome to MSW, and the deck looks excellent.
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Cutty Sark by NenadM
mtaylor replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
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If you need some help to understand "how to" and "what you need" for a lathe or a mill, I recommend these two sites. http://www.mini-lathe.com/Default.htm has a lot of good general info on hobby type machine tools. and for this next one, there's two URLs. One for the Learning Center: https://littlemachineshop.com/info/menu_page.php?parent=itm11 and one for the info center: https://littlemachineshop.com/info/menu_page.php?parent=itm12. Disclaimer: I have no financial interest in either site but I have learned a lot from them. And when I went "up scale" from my MicroMark mill, I bought the Little Machine Shop one. I'm just run of the mill user, so to speak.
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QUICK-FIND INDEXES to BUILD LOGS FOR KITS
mtaylor replied to Dan Vadas's topic in - Index of all kits by brand and subject
Can you download Adobe Reader? It's a free download from Adobe.com. Or do a quick Google for "PDF Reader" and pick one you can use. -
Sea Witch 1846 by Zooker - RESTORATION
mtaylor replied to Zooker's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1801 - 1850
It may take a while for the glue to soften. You may also try a bit of tissue paper (blow the nose type, not wrapping) and just keep it moist with alcohol. Also, give some thought to opening a log in the Scratch area with the keyword "RESTORATION" in the title. It's a great way to get help. -
Cockpit details an others are basically bragging points. You know they're there. It seems just a matter of personal choice for the builder. My personal choice in the CH-53 was "why bother" as I could barely see the dash panel parts out of the bird. Once installed, couldn't even see the panel.
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Sea Witch 1846 by Zooker - RESTORATION
mtaylor replied to Zooker's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1801 - 1850
Several ways to deal with this depending on the glue. If it's white glue and some yellow glues, you can use a cotton swap soaked in alcohol. Wet the glue, rub gently and remove the glue as it dissolves. If there's a lot of glue, try using a file or a bit of sandpaper to remove as much as possible first. One way to prevent it is use a toothpick and as little glue as possible. -
Well, the log is good for several reasons. The first is you'll have others watching which can be helpful. Another is, anyone who builds the model after you has a reference.
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In the Marine aviation, at electronics school of all places, we had to the "get out of the plane" drills. Water drops into a tank in seat/fake cockpit, drops from a parachute simulator wearing the harness into water (and don't irritate the instructor or there will be wind gusts and you might get released upside down). Didn't do bang seats but we did have to do a real drop by stepping out of a perfectly good airplane. I never figured that training out as Marine aircraft at that time only had enlisted crews in helicopters and one never wanted to bail out of one of those since there was a meat grinder overhead. And then there was the "get off the sinking ship" training. Stepping off a 40 foot (seemed higher) tower into the water. It did give insight to what the fixed wing pilots had to do.
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Messerschmitt bf 109G-6 by cog - Eduard - 1/48 - PLASTIC
mtaylor replied to cog's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Looks good, Carl. And you have it doing barrel rolls even. Impressive. -
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Seats of Ease
mtaylor replied to TKAM's topic in Discussion for a Ship's Deck Furniture, Guns, boats and other Fittings
They probably never thought about it. I do recall that on some ships there was a barrel shaped structure (not permanently mounted) that hung off the main chains for this purpose on smaller vessels. Perhaps that what they used on Rattlesnake? -
No rush. I don't do sails normally but I'm thinking about it on my current project. I did find this pdf on doing furled sails. Someone saved it from the dark ages of MSW. FURLED SAILS.pdf
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The solid bars like "Vasa" would have been used. The other types that look like chains came much later.
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Looking at the iron "tracks" in your historical photos, Keith, I'm thinking that the carriage had anchor pins at the front and the rear for moving the cannon about. I can't quite put my finger on it but Jonathna's looks "off" to me. I think it's double arcs near the bulwark and that there should be a large circle in in the center. If I remember right, they had "wheels" at all four corners of the carriage which were iron shod. Look again at the photos in post 106. I wish there were photos without all the sailors in the way. As for learning from me... I'm humbled but then we all pass knowledge back and forth.
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Not a problem. I thought Jack brought it this time.... That's the problem with being late I guess.
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Let us know. I didn't realize how pricey castello has become. But, when we need some, we need some.
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Byrnes saw blade biting...update with pic
mtaylor replied to bigcreekdad's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Richard popped my memory on this also..... when you put the blade on spacer, make darn sure that it doesn't slide off the spacer while tightening the screw or nut (not sure what Byrnes uses). If that happens, the blade will probably wobble and also seem to go up and down when spinning along with lots of vibration. Been there, done that, and always double check that didn't do it again. -
To add sails or not? What is your preference?
mtaylor replied to Bill97's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Look at this from a different direction. because they're all fun and enjoyable. Here on MSW, you'll see ships of all different scales from ships in the bottle and up. There is a trade off on scale. The smaller the scale, the harder it is to put in detail. All are equally pleasing to the builder and to the observer, IMO.
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