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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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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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Cutty Sark by NenadM
mtaylor replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
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.- 4,151 replies
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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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Preac Thickness Sander Sleeves
mtaylor replied to Maury S's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
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. -
Stern Details
mtaylor replied to t5956ws's topic in Discussion for a Ship's Deck Furniture, Guns, boats and other Fittings
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 -
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..
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Kancabas cargo boat by mhmtyrl - FINISHED
mtaylor replied to mhmtyrl's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
Beautiful work and the weathering is perfect. Congratulations.- 32 replies
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Looking pretty good. I've not done this kit, so I'm just sort of following along. I saw your questions in the other area and thought I'd drop in. MSW is a great resource. If there's specific questions about something... do like you did with your deck question. Ask it in the appropriate area where more eyes will see it. BTW, power tools are not sacrilege. Just about everyone uses them.
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Build Deck Separately
mtaylor replied to mikiek's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
Mikie, Have you had a look at the other Niagara build logs? I'm not sure how they did (and there's quite a few) but the logs would also tell you how they did it and what problems they ran into. -
Druxey, I'm looking at that drawing (above) and it looks like the top of the lower plate overlaps the upper... I agree on the stern. Am I miss interpreting somewhere? I think that starting at the keel the lower plate would be overlapped by the top one. I hope I'm having a senior moment on this... Edit: I just doubled checked Le Venus... the same drawing and text states that the upper plate is overlapped by the lower one. The plate to the rear is overlapped by the one in front. Stern to bow and wale to keel. Edit to the Edit: I double-checked Belle Poule and now it gets messy.. no word on how she was plated in her early years as some point, the plating was removed. However, in 1780, she was re-plated and the lower one is overlapped by the upper one and the rear overlapped by the one in front. Stern to bow and keel to wale. The problem I think, is the Brick is after both Belle Poule and Le Venus although Le Venus is closer in time to the Brick. And then there's the variation in the various shipyards in France as to the way things were done. I think I'll just wander off mumbling to myself... scratching head... Two ships and not plated the same way... puzzling.
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