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  1. mtaylor
    That's not a beast, Dave. It's a thing of beauty... And that's excellent news from the Doc.
  2. mtaylor
    Keep a bucket of coal handy, Dan. Those close-ups and bigger pics really do your work justice. It looks great.
  3. mtaylor
    I've used the Amati and it seems nice for "store-bought" line. Chuck makes great rope at a decent price, IMO. I'm hoping to fire up the ropewalk for my build and see if I can get close. As for ropewalks.. there's previously mentioned Domanoff and they Byrnes. I think ME also does one but it's hand-powered and wood.
  4. mtaylor
    At 1:100 there's a loss of details and the parts are correspondingly tinier. Much tinier, IMO. However, there are companies making aftermarket parts for that scale and smaller sizes in PE. The parts are still tiny, but the detail level just jumps out at you.
  5. mtaylor
    Mike, The VictoryModels part of Amati is a rather new thing. I'm not sure if it's just name or maybe an actual division. So yes, being part of Amati makes them a "big name". What I'm seeing is that the little guys, the newcomers, etc. are excellent in kits and support. ME still does great support, though... the others, very mixed. There are some MasterKorbel Korbel (I'm not sure of the name actually as I've seen it both ways) in the kit area. They have some interesting build methods.
  6. mtaylor
    The finish looks pretty good, Jack. I don't see defects...
  7. mtaylor
    If we look at ships of the line from that period, many of them have guns pointing in strange ways. Sovereign of the Seas as cannons pointing in all directions including at itself.
  8. mtaylor
    I had to laugh at sljo.... and then stopped... yep.. we do get that way, don't we?
  9. mtaylor
    The first picture of the winch looked great... and now it appears to actually work? Gears with teeth at that scale. Wow.... talk about inspirational work.
  10. mtaylor
    Limits? I don't see any limits. I just see some very wonderful work, Nenad.
  11. mtaylor
    She is super nice, Dan. I too am hoping for some close-ups. From what I can see, any close-ups will be spectacular.
  12. mtaylor
    I think we're all sitting here waiting with bated breath, Jon. Looks superb.
  13. mtaylor
    Uggh??? Really???? Nope.. wonderful, sir. Just wonderful on the paneling.
  14. mtaylor
    Very clean and precisely done, Paul. Great work!!!
  15. mtaylor
    I'm wishing I could visit the museum and see it in person. Wonderful work and the dunny and windlass just add more.
  16. mtaylor
    Greg, I'm not sure what causes that. It could be that glue layer isn't uniform. As Tadeusz said.. sand. If you're not painting.. sand and re-sand with finer grit paper. It seems to be the nature of the beast.
  17. mtaylor
    Have a look here: http://modelshipworldforum.com/ship-model-rigging-and-sails.php The article Jaager is referring to is one by John Tilley.
  18. mtaylor
    Mike, Google Translate is your friend on this. It works pretty good but there some things that the translation ends up pretty laughable.
  19. mtaylor
    Crikey.. I just now saw Bava's edit. Druxey's right, John.. go to the head and I'll add have a tall cold one.
  20. mtaylor
    Anything by Chuck... Syren, Confederacy, Pinnac, Longboat and the the ME Mayflower.. not sure about the last. Also Dusek and Maristella are bringing out new ones. VictoryModels has the Revenge. There's others I'm sure... but that's just off the top of my head.
  21. mtaylor
    You've not seen this: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/4339-announcing-the-model-ship-world-ship-kit-database-project/ No dates though.
  22. mtaylor
    Now that is golden info to be sure...
  23. mtaylor
    Patrick, It's always amazing how much detail you pack into such small models. I'm loving it and inspired.
  24. mtaylor
    Oops... sorry. OOB = Out Of Box in otherwords just the way the manufacturer supplied it. I'm looking forward to your results.
  25. mtaylor
    Freehand? Thy hands are steadier than a rock, good sir. I salute you. :im Not Worthy: If it were me, everything but the wales would end up black.

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