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  1. mtaylor
    Good to have you back, Dan. I think I'm with Keith... scratch the river cruise. I thought about one here in the States, but I don't the flooding on the Mississippi is going to go down quickly.
  2. mtaylor
    Welcome to MSW. Start small. Some files (many of us use the disposable nail files from beauty supply houses) , sandpaper, and an Xacto (or equivalent) knife. Add to your tool list as needed. And of course some wood glue.
  3. mtaylor
    You'll have to do a bit digging for sure. Hopefully you can find some pics of the Ala Kart engine area to help. The magnito isn't that hard to wire up and the Hillborn injectors were pretty straight forward there there were two variations to plumbing it. One was a feed box with the lines coming out and running to each injector. The other was either one or two "rails" on top of the intake manifold with lines going to each injector. I don't recall if there were return lines. There should be an injector pump mounted near the water pump as I don't think electric pumps were available back then for the Hillborns. There would have linkage for the butterflies in the injectors.
  4. mtaylor
    Welcome to MSW, Jerry. As Chris said, there is no formality to a log. Show what you're building as you build it is about it. Asking questions in the log is the best way as your log is reference for answers.
  5. mtaylor
    An eye for the details and the skills to build it. I'm at a loss for words.
  6. mtaylor
    We finally get to see Patrick's Premier Phantastic Yacht Club. Wonderful, just wonderful.
  7. mtaylor
    Beautifully done, Giorgio. Capt. Rosily should be very happy.
  8. mtaylor
    Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeett!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fit issues? Not seeing them.
  9. mtaylor
    Nicholas, Price at a commercial printer (use our local contruction service that provides prints for contractors) isn't that bad and if you say 100%, they will be 100%. But, for large size prints, they can be pricey. I think for my biggest print it was around $2 US. Do some test prints on your printer, it may take a bit to sort it out but definitely cheaper. The beauty of the Triton is that you can print out the entire cross section on home paper. If it's off a a couple of percent...not a big deal.
  10. mtaylor
    For a learning experience, MicroMark offers a "kit" for etching. I've heard that it's pretty good for learning the basics and getting a feel for etching.
  11. mtaylor
    If you'll go to the link below and click on wooden ship kits, it will download a PDF file. Open and scroll down to Titanic. There's 3 Amati buildlogs for this model. Those should help. As for the being anxious.... it's normal starting something outside one's comfort zone. I'd suggest putting this model on hold and get a smaller kit to practice and learn on.
  12. mtaylor
    I'm saddened by this Paul. Pets are family and the lose goes deep. My condolences.
  13. mtaylor
    Lookin' sharp. I like it.
  14. mtaylor
    There are stray booths here that folks have constructed using a variety of materials (depends on the builder). They're scattered though... some in build logs. There is one going on here and I"m sure there's more: I used the search function with key words like "spray", "booth", "paint". You might even try Googling for designs.
  15. mtaylor
    I hope you get an answer. If no responses, build the one you want. Or even do both.
  16. mtaylor
    Dave, you mean this one? I don't think there's enough slack in the chains for that. But I'm probably wrong.
  17. mtaylor
    For the French, are you using the current measurement or the one they used back in the period? I'd love to see the desktop version as I don't have phone that runs apps.
  18. mtaylor
    Looking great, Kortes. I have a question though... the line that I have circled in red below. I think that would stop the rudder from turning.
  19. mtaylor
    Basically, the easy way is wrap the line carefully around a dowel (ten turns) then measure the turns and divide by 10. So if the measurement of the 10 wraps are say 1 inch, then rope is 0.10 inch in diameter. There's a good discussion starting here:
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    Thanks for the explanation, Gary. And another question.... Were carronades counted as "guns"? That's one of the points of contention not just on Victory, as I understand it. But then there were 24 and 26 gun frigates that only had carronades.
  21. mtaylor
    As for the gratings... I'm not sure when they came into being. Even without gunpowder smoke, ventilation is needed and thus the gratings. This would apply to a ship with banks of oars under the main deck. However, there are some ships, that used solid planking across the hatches but those seem much later and didn't have oarsmen or guns below the deck.
  22. mtaylor
    Interesting research and discussion. I wish I could find the reference but supposedly, the doors were cut in for Nelson as he had a hard time climbing that ladders. The artwork that Vossie showed in Caroline's cross-stitch log shows a door at Trafalgar. So is this just a myth being perpetrated? Gary's post indicates it is which raises the question of why do so many pictures show the door? Curiouser and curiouser...
  23. mtaylor
    Sad ending when we're finishing but excited new beginnings on the next, She's looking great, Patrick.
  24. mtaylor
    I'm sorry about your son's condition but happy that he's doing better. As for building... Druxey's advice is sound, in my opinion. .
  25. mtaylor
    They could be done that way, I think. The main reason for having them at right angles to the keel is you can make the pump (for lack of a better word) handles long enough to have several crewmen pump. If they're parallel, then the number of "pumpers" would be limited by the distance from the pump to the bulwark. And if it happens there's a gun in the way, it would be even more constrictive.

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