mtaylor

Good to see you back, Hamilton.

Beautiful work on the hull and rivets. And congratulations on the new job opportunity.

Sounds to me like you're off to a good start. And a build log is an excellent idea.

There is.... feel free to steal it.

What the others have said... why wait?

Trig, I keep it separate so not to contaminate the "new" stuff. I also do what Jim says.. use it over and over until it stops working.

To paraphrase the old TV commercial ad: "Is it the real ship or is it Memorx?" Seems like every build you do raises the bar, Dan. And they also show how to raise our own bars.

You've got a better start than my first attempt, Lin. Go for it!!!

Go to the top left of any page and you'll see your log in name. Click on the little down arrow and you'll get this which allows you to edit your profile: I'll note that you won't see "Moderator CP" in your profile.

Steve, I think you did the right thing. Been there, done that as have others. Now to sit back patiently and wait for you to figure out what's next.

Beautiful. I built that plane a long time ago and loved seeing the real one in person at the AF Museum when I lived in Dayton.

Wefalck, I've used it on some flower pots outside. After 2 years in the weather, it's still intact. That last two years we've had extremes in weather here, the usual rain and snow but extremes in temperatures.

Hi James, Welcome to MSW. I think most of us will always regard ourselves as "noobs". There's just so much learn and one thing is mastered, you look ahead and learn something new. This is good for keeping the mind sharp and MSW is good for helping fill in those gaps.

Spit is the choice of "professionals" supposedly because of the enzymes in it help to remove the grit.

Not for decades, sir, but the mind remembers the smell.

Beautiful work, Toni. The figurehead is just fantastic.

Cordite does have a distinctive odor.

If the paint is too bright, put some red in a an old lid and add one or two drops at a time of black to darken it. I haven't done model painting in a long time and recalling what I did with the old enamel paints. Many paint stores (home improvement type) here in the States have machines that can take a color swatch (say the picture of the red you need) and then give you the "mix" of colors. The catch will be translating from house paint to the model paint in the hobby shop.

Thanks for following along this voyage everyone. Things have settled down a bit and I'm getting some shop time. So on with the build as time permits.. now where was I? Oh... the carvings have been set aside (again). I probably have a mental block for them. So it's back to the ship's boats. I've basically dumped all the old formers and bits that had worked on as I just wasn't happy with the way they were turning out. Felt like something was really amiss so I went off on a different tack. I hope this time will be the magic one. I've done a test boat (didn't complete it) that showed me the "true" path to enlightenment. Or something like enlightenment. I reworked a set of plans I bought and turned them into what I needed for the boats. I also decided to attack the 6" boat first and work down to the 4". Disclaimer: I sent the plans maker a copy of all the plans for these boats to see if they can use them. I'm also buying enough kits (3) so the build will essentially be on a one-for-one basis. After reworking the plans, I've cut the first pieces which are the keel, building jig and all the associated pieces out of boxwood. I found that plywood un-glued itself or the glue went up on smoke and I ended up with charcoal. There were two pieces of the build jig that I cut from 1/4" basswood and it's been cleaned up as necessary. I'm currently removing the pieces, cleaning off the char as needed and putting together the keel and building jig. I hope to cut out the ribs and planking from Swiss pear later this week. There won't be twarts, rudder, oars, etc. inside this boat as it's the "bottom of the stack" as such and the next boat will fird inside this one. The sharp eyed will detect a few errors in the photo such as a duplicate cutting due to my mispositioning the wood into the laser. It's a "just in case" spare now. There's at least one other obvious "I blew it" moment but those two parts have been corrected and recut. There will be more pictures to come.

By boarding are you asking for the number of planks, etc. or amount of raw wood?

Are you using the ANCRE plans/monograph? I have their Hermoine monograph and there's no color charts like on some of their other monographs. However, they do have several pages on the colorings.

Incredible work. Marc.

Looks very good, G.L.