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Looks good Mike. Also appears to be either battle damage or a careless member of the ground crew put his foot through the wing. I had my share of those back itne days of my trying flying models.. easy fix though.
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Well... there is a certain theme music I hear when I looked at those blaste... err... guns.
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Just wow! After only seeing bits and pieces, I had no idea....
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Hello Sargon.
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The removal of decorations from English ships wasn't a performance or weight issue. It was about costs of the decorations and maintenance.
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A model engineering marvel if ever there was one, Dan.
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Snow, For bit more, but from a different perspective there's: The Billy Ruffian by David Cordingly. The book is about the Bellerophon and covers it's part in Trafalger as well as other battles. I'm sure there's more as was said above that much has been written.
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Mamoli HMS Beagle kit question...(edited by admin)
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Oops... brain misfired... it was Dusek http://www.dusekshipkits.com/products?l=&velikost=---&vyrobce=4&poradi= -
If you don't have a plank bender, use an old curling iron. A note of caution... do not under any circumstances use the Admiral's (your wife or girlfriend's, significant other). If they have an old one, buy them a new one and then procure the old one.
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From the bird's eye view, very convincing.
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Your "suspension", as such, sounds like the old single leaf spring on the early Fords... transverse from wheel to wheel.
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Mamoli HMS Beagle kit question...(edited by admin)
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Supernice, Patrick. I hope you add some clear glazing around it to protect everything.
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Damn.. bastards strike again. By all means, PM the moderators. If they ban the kit from MSW, it might give you some leverage, like royalties for removing the ban. Who would have thought they would pull a Chinese....
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Do a search for Cutty Sark in the builds section. You should get the build logs and you can see what others have done. i'm not familiar with the model so searching is what I'd do.
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Rats... I worked for the wrong company. Ours accumulated to 30 days. If you had more, you either had to cash out, give it to someone who needed it, or lose it. Most folks lost it. I gave mine to people who needed it as was done when I needed it.
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Beautifully done, Patrick.
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Precise and gorgeous work, Tiziano.
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Grant, It's a pity I have only one "like" for that video...
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What Carl said..I'll had "ouch" and it's a PITA for sure. Hopefully, you're not left handed.
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Thank you for the likes and the comments. Meanwhile back in the shipyard, the guns are all installed and have their breeching ropes. I put in temporarily two markers for the ends of the quarter and fore decks to check for tolerances and to think things through more on the rigging of the mainmast. So far, so good. There should be about 12 or 16 eyebolts with blocks for rigging behind the mainmast but that's not going to happen so I'll have to move those lines up to the quarterdeck. Next up is making and installing the cannon traversing tackle which will be fun but also a pain as the parts are so tiny. I'm using 5/16 inch Chuck Blocks for these. I thought about using the 1/8" blocks but they're too tiny for these guns. Oh well.. maybe for the 4 pounders topside and also for some of the rigging. Here's the photos...
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