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    Hmm... I remember reading, as kid, some books my uncle had. There were several series... "The Battleship Boys", "The Air Force Boys" all set in WWII. They were, honestly, boiler room generated tripe. Very formula and predicable. But I do wish still had them if for other reason than I like old books. Edit.. I just remembered it wasn't "The Air Force Boys" as it wasn't the Air Force in WWII... I'll have to do some Googling.. my bad.
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    Fascinating to say the least. How long did it that the CNC to make the figurehead?
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    We need a "Love It" button. This is way beyond liking.
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    Much depends on the manufacturer and like Tom.... you can mod the kit to have a full gundeck. I did it on my AL Constellation.
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    Sweet, Denis. Love the details.
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    Sorry, bad eyes on my part are making clear thinking problematical at the moment. On English ships, they use permanent hinged lids on all ports. Okay... they can be removed but generally were left in place full time. The French 8-pdr frigates didn't have permanent lits. More like a buckler that was installed only in heavy seas and then removed. The guns were usually left run out to give some extra space on the deck. The first port was the only one with a permanent lid. Yes, they are tiny. Luckily I have new glasses coming in later this week.
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    Thanks for the likes and comments.... I'll leave them as wood with a light finish of Wipe on Poly. BTW, those aren't knots. What looks like knots are marks for drilling holes. I have a "true" 50W or at darn close to it. As for minimum watts... what thickness of wood? The first tube that came with it was labeled as 40W... but reality says it was closer to 30W. Most ads for cutters use "max power" as their rating. Run them at that power long and the tube will die. As for the char.. I'm cleaning it off and then may recut and tweak power a pit. I'm working on clearing off the char today. This is just a test and I'm sure there will be more as I refine the process and cuts. This is true, Pat. But there's really not much room to maneuver a cannon to forward ports. Most of the frigates of that size had the forward ports unarmed and on many ships of the class, those ports also had permanent lids unlike the rest of the ports.
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    For the sake of speculation... is it possible that the wreck isn't complete in the sense that material has been dredged up or hauled out of the water by salvagers? When I lived in St. Louis, one of the comments from a gentleman I knew at the Arch Museum was that much has been lost over the years to salvagers and work on the channels.
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    Pat, Try this for the Anatomy series.... looks like someone else owns them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway_Publishing One lead from there is Bloomsbury Publishing and seems to be the new owners.
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    Thanks for the likes and support. My eyes are bit off as it turns out that I need new glasses... so still in a holding pattern but doing odds and ends. I've worked with the laser and set up for the cannon carriages to be cut. Even managed to get one cut but not assembled yet.. these things are tiny.... Anyway photo of what I've done and hopefully I can get them cleaned up and start figuring out a jig for building them. I'm not going to put guns in the foreword most port on each side as apparently they weren't normally filled and there's next to no room to serve them. Once the first is cleaned up, assembled, and checked at all ports, I'll either revine it if needed or go for production. Tomorrow's another day and hopefully for my mental well-being the new glasses will show up this week.
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    It's both sad and joyous to see this ship finished, B.E. I've thoroughly enjoyed the voyage. But... I'm also looking forward to your next venture.
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    Welcome back to MSW. EJ gave some pretty good advice. We'll be looking forward to your log.
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    Wow.. the funnel cages came out great. Kudos to Bob for them. I'm continually in awe at the levels of support everyone gives and gets here at MSW.
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    It's great to see you back and patched up, Bruce. Lightning is looking great.
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    Phil, Check online. You can then order (if in stock) and they'll pull it and have it waiting for you. However, if they're really busy it may take them several hours. But just check online first as it might save you a trip.
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    Hi Adam, Welcome to MSW. You've received some pretty good advise on starting out. I'll just echo that "start small" and go from there. The first kit I bought was the Billing's Wasa. The first kit I built was a smallish AL Scottish Maid, though.
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    I've got my fingers crossed for you, Nenad. I got lucky this week at my eye exam. No cataracts, just new glasses needed. I do worry about cataracts since they run in the family.
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    Maybe it just me... but from where I sit, I think a bit of sanding after the planking is done will even everything out.
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    Wow.... almost missed you and your SoS, Anton. Long time no see.
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    Super work on the crew, Jack. They look appropriately motley... and a fantastic addition. Now you can knock them dead at the conference.
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    There are, as I recall, some tutorials for a couple CAD programs in the Databse... http://modelshipworldforum.com/ship-modeling-articles-and-downloads.php
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    Wow!!!! <drops jaw to floor>
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    Just think I need to make a brief update.... there isn't any. I am grateful for the comments, the encouragement, the corrections, and the "push" to do better. After being down with a particular nasty bit of flu, i'm staring at the beast and realize I really really need new glasses. So.... on hold for a bit. I was going to cut a test cannon carriage but when I realized how tiny it is, I'd best wait. So, in the meantime, I'm fiddling with the drawings, sorting out the next steps, and waiting on a lumber delivery. It seems my maple went into full warp mode over the last year... <sigh> Plus I discovered no wood of the right size for the gun carriages. I don't think I'll change my ways at this point. Still learning so do-overs are part of life.
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    Congratulations, Tony on a well done cross-section.
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    Congratulations on a beautiful build, Hennie. I'm looking forward to seeing her on the dolphins.

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