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  1. mtaylor
    Check Michael's. They have assorted sizes of balsa and "bags o' balsa". My local hobby shop also carries the thick stuff in sheets and "planks" for the big RC planes.
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    Sweet John. Looking great.
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    I'm with Jon... Wow!!!! is about all I can muster at seeing this.
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    Fantastic belfry, Greg. The rest is just as wonderful.
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    Let's not forget the rigging spiders... worth their weight in unobtainium.
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    Doing great, Mark. Always back the sandpaper with something other than fingers. I've used stiff cardboard even.
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    Jud, I used to have a commercially made table (Skil maybe?) that mounted a jigsaw or router upside-down. Even had a shutoff bar on front so you could bump it with your hip and kill power to the tool. I haven't seen those in decades though.
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    Stunning work, Mobbsie. And yes, you've had a busy year. Now about the rest of the year...
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    You need to check tooth count on the available blades. For thickness of the wood we use, I'm not sure it will work. There's also a matter of the blade only being supported on one end. I looked at them a long time ago at Lowe's and was very hesitant about it. There might be more available now, but when I looked at it, the tooth count wouldn't work on any wood less than 1/4".
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    Congratulations Frank on a very well done build.
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    On the fairing, I wouldn't use a rasp, make a long flexible sanding stick and work up and down instead of back and forth. Takes longer but you'll have more control and less flexing of the bulkheads. Go with your heart and the Hydra, Julie. You'll be happy that you did.
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    It's good you caught it now before you glued it to the deck, Nenad. I think we all have had those moments when beat ourselves over the head for being idiots.
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    Frankie, As I recall, there's a couple of caravel builds here.. in the scratch area and the kit area. There might be some info there. PM Louie da Fly... as I recall , he's heavy into this era.
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    I think you have it, Fam. Now that I think about it, I had a link on plating French ships and can't find it.. I'll keep looking. Nice work with the stamp. Edit... the site I had in mind is dead... <sigh>
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    Mike, I'm not sure I'd try it smaller than 1:48 either. Maybe a jeweler's file? Although with the tooth on those things, you'll filing for a long time. Luckily, for me, I'm full planking (hiding the sills).
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    Maury, If you can get the dimensions (diameter and width) a bit of Googling should give you places to buy. I do that with my MM sander sleeves.
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    Bill, Get this book... http://carvingbook.weebly.com/ Bill is a sponsor here and this book is worth it's weight in gold. By detailing, I'm assuming you mean the carving part? Also in the scratch area, there's logs that have the carvings done and most have info on how they did it. Also, there's an excellent starter topic here: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/501-carved-figure-heads-and-decorations/?hl=carvings
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    That has to be the most ingenious way of making a ship's wheel that I've seen yet.
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    Lovely work, Piet. What George said... and I'll add, if we go looking for trouble, we'll usually find it.
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    Dave, This is a wonderful thing you're doing. I'm in awe of the speed and the care you put into it. Fantastic.
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    Beautiful work, Alexandru. Everything is looking great.
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    Ronald, How about opening a build log of your own? That way we can see what your doing.
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    I'll add this to the pumps.... The French had a another way of "manning the pumps".. see video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-qoLpcyFfU
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    Looking good, Jeff. That's a good idea in holding on stepping the masts. I hope your move goes well..
  25. mtaylor
    Beautiful work and the weathering is perfect. Congratulations.

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