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  1. mtaylor
    Everyone's given you great advice. I will re-enforce what's been said about the Chinese kits.. many are pirated kits and would not be allowed here. So, look around site, there's plenty of tutorials in the various forums to help, and start a big log when you're ready.
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    What I see is that there's a raised platform and and what looks to be another one more forward but on the top view it doesn't show. This is the cutter (a ship's boat) right? Are there any other drawings of these areas? I don't have this monograph to check but I did some logs which I linked to below. There's several others but these two are still in work. Have look here: And here:
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    Hi Adrian, Welcome to MSW. Once you get settled, a good place to put a link to them is here: https://modelshipworld.com/forum/4-nautical-general-discussion/
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    The answer is yes, ships were painted back then. Look at the Vasa for example. Edit: Painting of ships go back to the earliest times in history. Eygptian, Greek do seem the earliest found but from tomb painting, possibly a lot earlier. As for the Mayflower... yes.
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    Are you doing this on wood or plastic? Painted or natural wood? If painted, have a look in Kit area for plastic builds by RGL and some of the newer logs for WWII, WWI ships. RGL and some of the others have definitely got the art of "grunch" mastered. I'd think that some of those techniques would also apply to wood.
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    I'm not sure where I saw it, but one our builds someone tried foam. It didnt' end well as I recall.
  7. mtaylor
    Welcome to MSW from another Oregonian.
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    Looks good from here. Both the build and the picture placements As for the positing issue, are you uploading all your pictures first? Then move the cursor where you want the photo and move the mouse down to the photo that needs inserting there. Once there, move the mouse to the lower left of the thumbnail and click on the "+".
  10. mtaylor
    Lovely work. Looks great.
  11. mtaylor
    Derek, This might be of value then: Byrnes Saw Operation.pdf The source of blades for this guide recently shut down, but there are others out there. It has lots of great tips.
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    Ah, ok. In the 50's? I did have some brain faid. Carbs it is then. I just remember what I saw in the late 60's/early 70's.
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    Beautiful, I love it. This is at the "new" place right? I daresay you have been busy.
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    It might be age also. Some hobby shops don't sell much and it sits in a warehouse or even in the store for quite awhile. But, as Chris said, go with something harder, boxwood is the best but pear is also good.
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    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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
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    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.
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    An eye for the details and the skills to build it. I'm at a loss for words.
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    We finally get to see Patrick's Premier Phantastic Yacht Club. Wonderful, just wonderful.
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    Beautifully done, Giorgio. Capt. Rosily should be very happy.
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    Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeett!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fit issues? Not seeing them.
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    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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.

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