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  1. mtaylor
    SOS, I think there's two choices here... the first would be baggywrinkles on the foremost of the shrouds which may have been there already. The other would be to loosen the forward most shroud to allow it go slack and not be hard against the lifts or the yards.
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    Hi Blaine, Welcome to MSW. The Syren should go along way on helping you get the fundamentals down.
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    Thank you Gerard. That does explain what I saw on the various plans.
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    Yeeooochh... more storm. Looks like here it's tonight through Thursday. Same for you. Hopefully, you'll just get some rain and not the winds. Netted basket.. How about a lantern mantle painted the proper color? The other alternative is to hit Micheal's or Hobby Lobby and nose about the doll house, jewelry, and maybe the small decorative items areas.
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    Hi Robbyn, It's great to see you again. I hope all is well. Rats... I had to flip the coin and chose wrongly. The picture below is behind the times from earlier this week as I'm installing the second segment of planking at this point and have already cut out all the wood for the rest of the deck. I'll pause and think this.
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    She looks perfect from here, Jack. I don't blame you on leaving the supports in place as sometimes our worst fears come true. Better safe than sorry.
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    Jay, Did you do the batten step of the planking tutorials? That step is pretty necessary to get the line and flow of the planking. Looks like you went a bit too far, too fast on the tapering.. maybe pull off the last two strakes and run some batten and go from there. Or..... accept that this is the first planking layer and go all out on the second layer.
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    That's a major milestone, Bug. I love it and the great way you did the anchors.
  9. mtaylor
    Ken, I do hope the power guy shows up. I imagine they're pretty stretched to the max with this storm.
  10. mtaylor
    Max, How small do you want to go on the mills? For real tiny mills, look on EBay for dental burrs.
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    You're taking the brunt of this storm, Ken. We'll see the outskirts of it up here. Stay safe. Dirty Dozen looks great and those two figures just bring her to life. The diver might have had a knife just "because", but for abalone, they pop off the rocks, etc. pretty easily. We used to snorkel off the coast in 20-30 foot deep water when I was stationed at Santa Ana and find abalone on the rocks on the bottom.
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    Use the tools section, Greg. I think (vague memory here) I put my review there.
  14. mtaylor
    Buy what thing? I'm cleaning and sorting out so small planking problems. just fussing about and not 100% focused.
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    Beautiful launches Bob. Very befitting of a day on the river or lake.
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    Rob, Your sails look very convincing... and these are just tests? I can't wait to see what the real deal looks like.
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    I'm beginning to think this isn't a "model" but something full size. Amazing work.
  18. mtaylor
    Sweet work, indeed. The carvings really look excellent.
  19. mtaylor
    No problem. Moving this to better forum like the Framing area would probably get more eyes and ideas. I'm still fussing in the shop so nothing to report.
  20. mtaylor
    I can't help on sizes... but for buying, there's a bunch of companies listed on the main page as sponsors. Ages of Sail, Syren Model Ship Company, Blue Jacket and Model Expo for starters. Some of the others might have line, but I don't know for certain. Google "model ship rigging line buy" (without the quotes and you'll get hits.
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    Hi Keith,
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    Hello Bjørnar,
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    Just "wow!". The details are amazing.
  24. mtaylor
    Wow... I hope either he or he'll find someone to market these.... Very impressive bit of kit.
  25. mtaylor
    Sweet work, Matt. Those details are eye-poppers and put life in her.

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