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  1. mtaylor
    Forget standing on top of the dog house. Stand on top of your house and yell!!! That panel looks fantastic.
  2. mtaylor
    I prefer something different than the norm these days. My Billing's Wasa got me started as one didn't see many of them being built when I was building her. Then the Constellation as I had walked her decks in the mid-70's with a bit of reseach and it was "heavy bash" time. Licorne.. is well... rare as a model but has a tale. Up next? Not sure but it won't be a Vic or Constitution. Probably either Roebuck or Raleigh. Nice looking ships, interesting histories and again, not often built. Yes, I'm an oddball I think.
  3. mtaylor
    You mean Chapman? I recall reading somewhere, he wasn't so much a designer but for lack of a better word, a manager of a shipyard....??? He was well traveled for his time and made lots of drawings of the ships he saw and apparently, when he could, copied drawings. His book is basically types of ship. I really have no idea if they're accurate or not.
  4. mtaylor
    Looking good, Mark. Keep the vision going... you're getting there.
  5. mtaylor
    I do like that new door... it is incredible what you are doing at that scale.
  6. mtaylor
    Bob, I understand that so I try to leave "likes" wherever I go.... and I mean them. I can't think of much that I have seen that I didn't like. Comments when I can as life keeps getting in the way of MSW and my build.
  7. mtaylor
    Nice work on the ratlines and necessary "supply stash", Lextin. Those files hurt even worse than an x-acto, don't they?
  8. mtaylor
    I made the mistake of following kit instructions on my first model... CA. Never, ever again. I used white PVA/water on my second and the last one I used fabric glue. I'm not sure about the fabric glue although it is strong and water proof while remaining flexible. I have my fingers crossed. On my current ship, I'll go back to the white PVA glue and water mixture...
  9. mtaylor
    Part of the problem with the Constellation is the some drawings were burned (allegedly) when the Brits burned Washingtion and then others were destroyed by that group in Baltimore. No one is really sure what happened to all of them.
  10. mtaylor
    I think many are based on the drawings Chapman. The HMS Unicorn is based on them and company's history for her says that he designed it in 1700... A bit of a stretch... but it looks to be a mix of a late 1700's English "Unicorn" and the French "Licorne" as for awhile she was listed in some records as the translated "Unicorn".
  11. mtaylor
    I think it will depend on the type of glue you used... if PVA, dampen a papertowel the isopropyl alcohol and let it soak. If CA, you'll need to use acetone and that is very nasty stuff... use it outdoors. Or, you might get lucky and be able to pry off the planks and re-sand the deck (along with a solvent soak) and be good to go.
  12. mtaylor
    My favorite in this type of discussion is AL's Constellation. Billed as the 1797 frigate. It's not. The hull is from the 1854 Sloop of War (and are reasonably accurate) and the deck plans, etc., come from the way she sat in the Baltimore harbor for years. For more info, read "Fouled Anchors....." here's the PDF: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB0QFjAAahUKEwi6963K_ZzIAhVDrIAKHfi3CyI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dtic.mil%2Fcgi-bin%2FGetTRDoc%3FAD%3DADA241916&usg=AFQjCNF9BStwpyR2ty4lvLp4zvFc_tpyTA&bvm=bv.103627116,d.eXY
  13. mtaylor
    The crack fix looks like it worked very well, Igor. I hope you have a good vacation.
  14. mtaylor
    I feel the pain and anguish, Nenad. That would be a tough call to make.
  15. mtaylor
    Prime detective work, Daniel. By the time you're done, you should be awarded a PhD in HMS Victory and 18th Century ships and shipboard life.
  16. mtaylor
    Beyond words, Giorgio. Just amazing.
  17. mtaylor
    Lovely work. It looks great.
  18. mtaylor
    I was thinking along the same line.. maybe here on MSW first...? Your rejects look great.
  19. mtaylor
    Looking really fantastic, Magnus. That ship is almost alive.
  20. mtaylor
    In the past, I used kit supplied and after-market Amati line for mine. I always "painted" the rigging with a 50-50 mix of white glue and water.. After it dried a few days, I would re-tension it. The nice thing about the mixture is that it also allows me to set some nice sag in the lines where needed. What while also help with sag, etc. is to keep the model in a case in (if possible) a reasonably controlled environment as far as temperature range and humidity. I'm going to start making my own which will be a new learning curve and experience....
  21. mtaylor
    That is a great looking boiler.
  22. mtaylor
    Oh.. and here I was about to go see if they were on the site... got it.. you created a masting set...
  23. mtaylor
    Congrats Patrick on a wonderful model.
  24. mtaylor
    Nice work, Mobbsie. I think we all have had some "number blindness" happen. I'm one of those that needs to check 3 or 4 times to be sure.
  25. mtaylor
    Have a look at Daniel's (Dafi) work in the HMS Victory. He's done a lot of testing and weathering on her.

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