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  1. mtaylor
    My bad. I hadn't been able to see their product listing for so long, I thought they were gone.
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    Pity I haven't done more kits...only 3. Sadly, the one kit that I really loved was the Billings Wasa and it's apparently no longer available. Excellent and historically accurate plans but crappy wood and quality control.. <sigh.
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    Welcome to MSW, Michael. We're all here to build, to learn, and most of us are here to help when we can. I hope to see your log.
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    That's looking super nice, Chuck. I take it the gold dragon(?) on the oar is also lasercut or is it molded?
  5. mtaylor
    As I recall, many of the Russian builders use this. I'm not sure where they get it in the small quantities we use. A quick Google shows some available in a 850 ml can.
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    My opinion....they look great. The problem is macro which isn't "normal viewing distance".
  8. mtaylor
    I don't know if this will help, but there's a scratch build of center section here:
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    Welcome to MSW, Seren. I hope you'll consider opening a build log so we can follow along. You have set a high bar for yourself and I hope the research and build go well.
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    Count me in too... This paper modeling is definitely a different critter than plastic or wood. Oh... and happy birthday, Danny.
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    Hello Marc,
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    Lovely work, Clare. She's coming along very well.
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    I can only comment on the Micromark... There's some issues such as setting the thickness is a hit-and-miss proposition. If you take off too much wood at once, it will bog so it'll need more passes. To overcome this, I thickness (or try to) schedule such that if I'm gong for 1/16" wood, then I do all of the different types at once. with some patience and practice, the results can be good. If I were buying again, I'd go for the Byrnes. As for sleeves... look online via Google. There's lots of sleeves out there and many available in the size needed for less cash.
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    Nice work, Dave. Those frames pass the extreme distance test (from my place to yours) and the camera test.
  15. mtaylor
    No such animal to my knowledge. It goes with the hobby as i've redone some bits, including whole hulls. It's painful but the redos usually bring about immense satisfaction.
  16. mtaylor
    Here's a link with a bunch of scales/rulers
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    Looks great from here, Rusty. Have fun with the thimbles.
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    Nice work, Charlie. I'm looking forward to seeing this all come together.
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    I like the way you're sorting out the problems here, B.E. Question. is it possible that your rower is to far outboard? I'm thinking he should be inboard a bit more so both feet are on the foot planks.
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    Welcome to MSW, Richard.
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    Been too long since this has been updated. Things around the household have become rather busy and hopefully a calm is coming. I'm doing the inner planking and fitting the planks to the gunports as I go. Rather fiddly but it's cut, glue and then sand to shape. I'm trying to cut the planks more to the size between the ports just cut down the amount of sanding to fit. I have at least the bottom of the ports done which will give me clearance and a clear demarkation of the ports, Hopefully the rest of this will go a bit faster.
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    Nice work, Carl. It really shows when the image is clicked and enlarges. (Piet.. hint.. hint... great for tired eyes). I forget to click on the first batch above... my bad.
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    I'll give you my thoughts... I started buying tools while building kits. The planer is questionable. I had one and got rid of it as it was too big and powerful for what we do. And not that accurate. I use a drum sander from MicroMark but have been giving thought to their planer as it's more in keeping with the size of wood and the accuracy. As for the mill... that's the last thing I'd buy after a small table saw (Jim Saw, MM or Proxxon saw) and a hobby lathe and maybe a scroll saw. I'm just not using the mill that much but then, I'm not a machinist. It's useful for a lot of things but I've just not used it that much. If the price is right, grab it and see what you can do with it. Be advised that accessories can eat up a lot of cash (same for a lathe).
  24. mtaylor
    Hmm.... thinking... thinking.... would dipping the tweezers into a bit of melted candlewax help keep things from flying off to Never-Never-Land??
  25. mtaylor
    Lovely work, Carl. Too darn tiny for me to build so hat's off to you.

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