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  1. mtaylor
    What Carl said. Paper is good and should never be tossed after scanning, etc. The tech is changing and what works today, may not work tomorrow.
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    I think Lou has a better picture. Just make sure the Marine handling the small signaling cannon is "enlisted" and not "officer"... We can't have officers doing manual work now can we? <hehehehe>
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    I don't recall green but there's a couple of pics from early uniforms that show "green".... Here's a link to Google: https://www.google.com/search?q=US+Marines+uniform+history&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZr-m1vJXaAhXM7VMKHRy1CxYQsAQIaw&biw=1337&bih=769 Some of the pics blow up quite nice. Marine on board is good... But then, I'm speaking as a former Marine.
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    Make a drill stop by putting a piece of blue tape on the drill bit to mark the depth. When the tape touches wood, stop drilling. It will take some fiddling to set this depth stop
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    Darrell, The anchors came out perfect. As for the posting order of pictures...It's one of those little gifts from the software company that our guys can't fix. Maybe this will help with the posts: Steve, Don't be shy about your ship, feel free to post. You'll be happy with the help you get. As for fear... I did too, and my first scratch ended up in the fireplace.
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    Looking good, Mike. I hope you'll keep going as the skills learned and honed here will serve you well in scratch building. The French ships are beautiful.
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    Thanks everyone. Still working away at the guns. I'm setting the last 5 into the hull and rigging the breeching ropes now. I'm hoping to start mass producting and installing the traversing ropes and hardware maybe on Sunday. We are an emotional bunch aren't we. This has had it's issues but not like the first one. I think after I made the decision, I didn't cry long. I'm using the Birchwood-Casey Brass Black. It's a bit of a pain in that it takes 2 dips and wiping down after each when dry. I have a zillion (so it seems) eyebolts waiting for blackening which I'll use Jax Pewter Black for. I kind of miss the old Blacken-it but I want to see how the Jax works.
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    Most of the early WWI planes did use piano wire and turnbuckles for adjusting tension, if I remember correctly. Lightweight, readily available, and relatively simple to use. The caveat is that later in the war, the faster, heavier fighters and the bombers needed something stronger and went to braided cable.
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    Beautiful work, Piet. She really had the lines for speed.
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    And here, as usual, I'm late to the party... I have to admit that this something one doesn't see everyday much less a build log. Looking good.
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    Looks good and you'll get the hang of those windows. I think I went through 5 or 6 rounds of "draw, cut, test, curse, repeat" on mine.
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    Beautiful work, Ravier. I hope to see a build log someday so we can how you make those small models.
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    Piet, On the thread "problem"with the twist, etc.... one way is paint the thread (in place on the jig) with 50/50 water and white glue. The other would be starch. I don't envy your eyes and than holding your breath will doing all this.
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    Stunning work, Frank.
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    That will be one solid and static mill I think. Beautiful machining you're doing.
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    Lovely work, Siggi. It seems a shame to cover up all that work with paint.
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    Michael, It's great to see you back. I seem to be just as fascinated by your tooling methods as by the work itself. Beautiful work.
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    To blacken copper, use Liver of Sulfur. See EdT's log as he uses this exclusively and it does a beautiful job.
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    Logic (for some value thereof) would say the companionway would be further aft and rotated 180 degrees using the ladder to the next deck as a reference point. The skylights would be gratings. But... I think it boils down to what you think 1) what you feel it looked like and 2) what's practical. Back then, sailors and captains were very practical about their ships and moreso about warships with the need for working the guns, etc.
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    Yeppers. The problem is, I keep doing it. I think one of the definitions of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over and expect different results... I guess this shoe fits me.
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    Dave, Looks like a plan. As for the hammock goodies... hold off as long as possible as they will be in the way during rigging. Not saying build them now while you have room to work on fitting, etc. but hold of installing until the rigging is done.
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    Ah... updated the buoy in the process. Looks super. Do the solar panels generate any electricity for the lights/horn/bell???? Just kidding...
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    Good looking pump and it works which is a bonus. As for handle length... it might look too long to the eye but how does it measure up to full size?
  25. mtaylor
    Piet, This is beyond a powerful and moving narrative. I want to hit "like" because of closure and your work on Java.... yet... I can't "like" it. Maybe it's the word choice "like". I do want to thank you for strength to share with us and I'm glad that you got your answers and have come to piece with those answers. Very mixed emotions from all this I must admit...

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