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    I don't think it's you. You doing a beautiful build and excellent research on something that's not well documented. The items you point out fall into that category of a documentation failure. If we just go back to the late 1700's and even the 1800's much hasn't been documented. Seems only when the industrial age from about 1900 on did the "known things" start getting documented.
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    I wonder if Giorgio is doing ok. He said he had some health problems and hasn't been online here since June of last year.
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    I see the problem... and yes, Murphy always waits for us.
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    Patrick, Jan is being modest. He has 3 other bird models here and they all came out looking very good.
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    Well.. good news from the doc here. It's not the dust. I've got the winter whezzes... sniffles, sore throat, etc. but no fever. He says if the steroid helps, use it for no more than a week. And surgical mask is must. Damn balsa dust just floats till the air current pulls it towards the air purifier or one of the running shop vacs. Just can't run the vacs 24/7. Roger, I tried a rasp at first but it just shredded the soft balsa. So for now, I'm using an Xacto knife, a small Xacto saw blade and cutting it down before sanding. Along the way, I'm checking and rechecking the shape using cutouts of the lines drawing mounted to cardboard. I really should have gone a bit slower, thought things out better and cut the filler closer to the fit I needed. Lesson learned.
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    Henrik, You can mention the Panzer here. We have a non-ship model area so you can even do a build log. The area is here in the Shore Leave section: https://modelshipworld.com/forum/73-non-shipcategorised-builds/
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    Fantastic brass work. Seems like every other post is an education.
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    Thanks Sam. I went back to the fluticosone nasal spray today and breathing is much better. I also re-positioned the vacs and am seeing less dust settling. If I wake up tomorrow stuffy... I'm getting a better mask. Luckily not much more sanding on this beast. Luckily, after this it's some harder woods that won't need much sanding like the planking. I thought seriously about making a hood or similar but don't have the room at this apartment. But, once I'm done with the hull and filler, the worst is over. Now if it would just warm up to say 60 degrees F, I'd go sit on the porch and let the wind carry the sawdust away.... <wishful thinking>
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    There it is, in a nutshell. I have a MicroMark saw which tilts the blade. I think I've used that feature once in maybe 10 years.
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    One way that many do on a cross-section is fully plank one side, inside and out. The other side isn't planked. Quite a few Triton cross-sections were done this way and many other still are.
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    You're review seems to indicate is "historical fiction", Joss. Yet nothing on the 'Net shows it as being such. Weird.
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    What druxey said. I, for one don't think you're posting too much and it's never boring. I hope no one said you're posting too much.
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    Was the yellow a pigment mixed with whitewash or a barrel of yellow paint? If mixed on the ship, every "mix" would be slightly different.... I'll go to my room now.
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    Such detail. The only thing missing are the crew's fingerprints and some grease smears.
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    Thanks for the likes and comments. And also for your patience. I probably have 80% of the starboard side sanded and nothing sanded on the port and nothing done as far as framing to area above the gun deck. Things are going slowly. A big part of the problem is the sanding dust. I've not used balsa and Lite ply before. Even with two shop vacs and air purifier running and facemask my sinuses scream after about an hour's work. So abandon ship so to speak and go do other things in the apartment for a few hours. The workshop also doubles as my "office", "computer room" and general hideout. I'm starting a new sinus med the doctor recommended and I hope that will help. Now if the weather warmed up, I could probably sit outside and be done sanding in a day or two.....
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    Thanks for making the picture visible. You doing some very nice work there... beautiful.
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    One thing you can do is lay the window frame flat on some wax paper. I've used a product called "Micro-Glaze" from MicroMark. It's a gel. Fill the inside area where the glass will be and let it dry. Gives the appearance of old glass. I don't know if that's still available though but the name turns up on a Google search and seems to be similar.
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    Welcome to MSW, Bhupi. Can re-load that image in say a JPG format?
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    For packing that area, maybe just fill with balsa wood and sand. The wood doesn't have to fill the opening, just conform to the hull shape.
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    I would be hesitant to use elastic for rigging. It would seem to me that the elastic material would disintegrate pretty quickly. Much like have a rubber band in a drawer for a few years....
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    Gregory, Are you planning on making your own plans or using commercial ones? I use a 2D program for going from plan to laser without a problem, but then, I'm doing CAD work as such for taking lines drawings and making plans.
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    I suspect that the term "tall ships" comes from a marketing department somewhere to advertise for one the "tall ship" gatherings that happen. It separates them from the regular steel navy/cargo ships.
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    Very much so, Jud. We have a build of the memorial going on in the Scratch area: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/21259-arizona-memorial-by-sigep-ziggy-shapeways-revell-14291426-scale-plastic/?tab=comments#comment-643902

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