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Quite a few from Missouri here. And also some us who used to live there. My self included (past tense, I'm in Oregon now). Cathead (building a riverboat currently) is in the southern part of the state.
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Newbie paint questions...
mtaylor replied to CPDDET's topic in Painting, finishing and weathering products and techniques
Dave, The wipe on poly may be a problem. So might the ME paints. First off the Ms paints are reported to be "thick". The other problem is the poly. I suggest before you start buying anything, take a piece of scrap, apply poly as you did on the model and then try the paint on it. -
I'm confused (normal for me). Your post mentions gluing the "nuts" but the bottom photo only shows one. I hope that was just a test and you're doing a second mount point. Most excellent idea though getting it up and off the display base and also to hide the wiring. I think you'll have make a "box" so the wiring can run underneath it. Hit one of the home supply places. They often have some nice woods like cherry, etc.
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Sweet. She looks right at home in the water.
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Welcome to MSW, Geoff. You've done a plank on frame so you probably have the basics down on the hull. Rigging skills are there from the plastic kits. I've not built the Snake but it may have it's challenges. I would recommend that you do start a build log when you decide on a kit as it's the best way to get help. Just go slow, and have some fun. Wooden ships can be challenging and overcoming them is the big reason why MSW is here.
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If it looks too porous to your eyes, think about making it out of oak and if it's contrast you want, stain it. I've been doing the ebony stain thing lately as the ebony wood is just too nasty to work with.
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Wait a minute... isn't the sun way past over the yardarm? I need to make sure I'm doing this right.
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Finding sheaves for small functional blocks?
mtaylor replied to FoxtrotHotel's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Richard is spot on IMO. I did a couple that way before I ever bought a mill. -
Off to a great start. Excellent work on the scarf joints as they look darn near perfect from here. False keeps are a "builder's choice". I and others use a contrasting wood like ebony and other match with a lot in between the black and "wood of choice color". So mahogany will probably look good.
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I'm following along quietly and just loving the way the rigging is being done.
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I'll go with Vossie and the "singing of angels".
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I think Druxey has the right approach. Somewhere around here I recall seeing someone's rope dyeing method. Basically a spool of thread leading into the dye bath and coming out, it runs between two rollers like were on the old washing machines. From there, the rope went up to some hooks on the ceiling to hang and dry. The rope was draped over the hooks and hung down the almost floor level and them back up to the next hook, etc. Sounds a bit messy though so precautions like protecting the floor might be needed.
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I'd say go with the plans for this ship. There were many variations between ships of the same class, a practice which continues to this day.
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Lovely figure, Chris. Like others have stated, I hope you do some more of them.
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Let me think some more and do some reading. Or maybe I'm just confused which is probable. From here, it looks like you're setting the deck line at same height at the bow and the stern. I hope I'm wrong.
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I'm a newbie at lofting also and may be wrong, but I think you need to treat the stern and bow sections separately.
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Vossie has a valid point. Very valid from where I sit. I think he forgot though, that the sun revolves around the earth.
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I believe those holes are the waterways to drain water from the deck. So the bottom of them should be at the top of the deck or even a tad* below it. I'm guessing from the pics though I can't see enough detail to be sure, that these "holes" will need to go through the second layer of planking? Note: tad is a tech term meaning a wee-bit... I'm not sure of the Aussie word to use.
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Sorry to hear the troubles, Denis. Is it lacquer going on over enamel? And sorry to hear about the sewer problem. Give the landlord a week, then contact the city.... but..... they may tell you leave the place immediately. Depends on the city I believe.
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Ken, Lovely work... and success on the sails. Somewhere, someone else that problem with brailing. As I recall so others mentioned that the lower end of the sail is full width but the top is only about 50% of the width. The other idea I heard was to dampen the sail but not sure I'd want to try that on the mast.
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