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  1. mtaylor
    I admire your priorities. Brisket definitely first.
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    Cabbie, You got your answers on the other topic you posted.
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    Gentlemen, If you wish to use French, please include a translation into English (use Google Translate if you like). MSW is an English language site. Thanks.
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    Welcome to MSW. I wish you success on the HMS Mars. I did a quick search and there's two logs, but neither has gone to the point of rigging yet and they're both about 7 years old. Maybe think about starting a log beginning with the rigging?
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    Excellent work and an excellent tutorial on these little beasts. You've tamed them.
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    I'm in agreement that she probably did have arms (both carved human arms and weapons). Zooming on the first picture, it does seem like the arm is broken off. There's a crack halfway down the shoulder and the bits above and below don't look (to my eye) like they match up it were cut off or waiting for arms to be attached. Are there any other pictures of the figurehead say from the front or other side?
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    Your scarf joint cutter is a great idea. Beats trying to cut with a saw and then file to match.
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    If there's a tracking number, you can usually use that number on the shipper's website to see exactly where the shipment is on any given day. Which means you would know where the shipment is. 9 weeks just seems way excessive.
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    Good question, Keith. My answer is pure speculation. I think it's to make things easier with the ship's boats. Not just lifting and launching but also getting over the bulwarks and down the ladder to them. There is a walkway that runs from the forecastle to the sterncastle/poop. But again this is a guess. I'm also trying to figure why they ran the sterncastle/poop to in front of the main mast. The 8-pdr frigates (most of them it seems) had that deck shop short on the aft side of the mast.
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    No worries. I get brain-farts on a regular basis... or if you prefer, some call them "senior moments".
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    Could very well be still traveling. With the airlines mostly shutdown, the USPS has been having some real issues with parcels. By perchance did you get a tracking number? Others have reported that shipments have been routed all over the country and not the most direct route.
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    Not that I'm aware of but then I did my kit close to 15-16 years ago.
  13. mtaylor
    Welcome to MSW, Dan. I'm not a fan of CA, Crazy Glue, and the like nor contact cement for models. I only white glue or wood glue (wood glue is usually yellow) and epoxy. The only other glue is rubber cement for pasting plans to wood for cutting.
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    It's great to see you back, Charlie. I hope for all our sakes that at some point, we can go back to normal. I take it you breathe fire? As for the ride...Mr. Toad is to blame*. *Not a political comment. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Toad's_Wild_Ride
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    I hope you do a build log in the Kit area. I'd love to see what's being done.
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    As far as tools go, have a look here: http://modelshipworldforum.com/ship-model-materials-and-tools.php The first 3 posts should help get you started. Also, go to the kit area and this topic is pinned to the top. Download the kits list and have a look at what others have done. When you're ready, open a build log and above all else... have some fun.
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    James, Welcome to MSW. As far as tools go, have a look here: http://modelshipworldforum.com/ship-model-materials-and-tools.php The first 3 posts should help get you started. Also, go to the kit area and this topic is pinned to the top. Download the kits list and have a look at what others have done. When you're ready, open a build log and above all else... have some fun.
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    Look to the RC guys for hulls of that size. Kevin has been working on a trawler that's about that size. There's been a couple of others if I'm remembering right.... usually RC types.
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    In the Article Database, are several articles on tools for beginners, some advanced, and also one on tools not to bother with. Here's the link: http://modelshipworldforum.com/ship-model-materials-and-tools.php
  20. mtaylor
    Hi Matthew, Looking good at this point. If it's a lower deck, I wouldn't worry about the paint or varnish as not much is visible. The other thing is, wait as long as possible to paint or varnish as wood glue won't stick to those. I'm attaching a copy of the Kit Log Index. Open it, scroll down to Victory and look for Billing Boat builds. Every manufacturer has a different design for this ship (or any ship for that matter) and reading through some of the logs might give an insight so you don't get into a position that seems impossible to get out of . Wooden Ships.pdf
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    The dusty bits are just starting, Edward. There's two decks, the framing that needs to be added, and planking.
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    You might give some thought to this, but what many builders do for the jigs is wrap them in kitchen plastic wrap or lay on 2 or 3 coats of car wax. It helps that usually some glue does end up getting between the ship and the jig.
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    Don't move the threads. What it means is that if at midship you have (and this pure example only) 30 planks at full width, when you line off the hull for them they thinner forward. You'll hit a point where they are getting too thin. So basically at the bow there's only maybe 28 planks to keep the width. Go up to the top of the any page and there's a topic labeled "Modeling Techniques". In there are planking tutorials. Take sometime and look them over as it'll save you some grief later.
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    As I recall, some games were strategy pure and simple... not individual aircraft or troops but armies, navies, air forces with one piece representing a whole unit or more. Others, like Richthofen's War and Jutland were individual planes or ships. Depending on where you are in the States, there's lots of bases that have museums. Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland is quite large, for example. I've stumbled across some others when driving cross-country. Sign on the highway with something like Fort XXXX next exit. Museum next exit. One could probably spend decades driving between military museums and still not see them all. Add Revolutionary, the Recent Unpleasentness (thanks for the reminder Chris) there's even more.
  25. mtaylor
    Kenna, The easiest way if you want to quote someone is to look at the bottom of their post... there's a "+" and quote button. The "+" lets you quote many posts while the "quote" only will quote one. They'll appear in the "post" box that you use at the bottom of the page. If you haven't found it yet, there's a sub-forum here: https://modelshipworld.com/forum/32-rc-kits-scratch-building/ for questions, etc. If you do a build log, put it in the appropriate log area... Kits or Scratch. The only other thing I can add, it's a process building a model but have fun doing it. For almost all of us, it's a hobby, not a job.

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