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  1. mtaylor
    Well said, Nenad. Enjoy the book.
  2. mtaylor
    Looks nice and smooth, Popeye. You best keep it indoors for now as with the snow coming, you might lose her.
  3. mtaylor
    I'm with Carl and Bob.. except my jaw is still on the floor. My mind is duly boggled.
  4. mtaylor
    I'd have to make an assumption that there wasn't any kind of affair like a mountain climber's or rappelling gear, so maybe a bosun's seat run up to the euphroe? Or one who had climbed the stay though how he would have hung on is the question. Then two men, one on the top and the other at the euphroe? Slackening the stay for them to work from the top, to me would have been problematical as the stay would have to have been loosened to allow this. Though that might be possible. Yes, there would have been much rope hanging off the top to be fed back and forth but when you consider the amount of line, shrouds, etc. being hung and run through everything, it was obviously doable for them. After running the line, I could see men down on the deck pulling the line to tighten everything up.
  5. mtaylor
    That's two items of good news... the Cutty is looking great. I think you've got it!!!! And the strike is over.
  6. mtaylor
    Looking good, Popeye. I have no idea what's what there, but I'm sure that when it's all together, I'll know.
  7. mtaylor
    Nice to see you resuming work on this one, Dave. I would think you're right about the decals. Beats trying to paint them and get them all the same size and in the right place. Looks great!!!
  8. mtaylor
    Jason, The frames are pretty much made of smaller timbers the way the plans show except they also used chocks. You might go to the scratch build area and have a look at EdT's Naiad: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/232-hms-naiad-by-edt-160-frigate-38-1797/page-1?hl=naiad or any of the Swan class scratches such as Danny Vada's Vulture: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/230-hms-vulture-by-dan-vadas-1776-148-scale-16-gun-swan-class-sloop-from-tffm-plans/ or Toni's Atalanta: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/198-hms-atalanta-by-tlevine-1775-148-scale-from-tffm-plans/ Wooden treenail and iron bolts were used. Also look at some of the other logs (not mine as didn't do treenails) in the Triton area. Such as EWEK's, Rusty's, Rafine's, bbrockel's, scottacus's and pete38. You might want to get a quick look at the others just in case I missed some of the ones that are finished.
  9. mtaylor
    Nicely done on a not so easy to do kit.
  10. mtaylor
    Jay, I see it as a toss-up question. One of "what works for you may not work for me". I use mostly PVA for some applications, CA is the ticket. I've tried the Locktite Gel Control and like it as well as the LHS branded CA (the same stuff ME sells) in various viscosities for various jobs. They all seem to work well. However, I'm just not a fan of CA due to the fumes. On the other hand, I'm still wrestling with epoxies to find something I can work with. But.. what works for you..etc... etc...
  11. mtaylor
    It looks great. I may have steal your method...
  12. mtaylor
    I don't blame you. I've already committed* myself for this model. The next one... I'll do something else. * - Both to the project and to the local mental health ward.
  13. mtaylor
    Nice work, Mike. And that is an excellent fix for the sander.
  14. mtaylor
    For all but one wood, I would agree Druxey. I'm thinking of getting a pressure cooker for ebony, though. I love the way it looks but that stuff is a <fill in expletive of choice> to work with.
  15. mtaylor
    Very nicely done, Augie.
  16. mtaylor
    What Patrick said... goes for me too.
  17. mtaylor
    Nothing like having a good set of instructions, isn't there?
  18. mtaylor
    Nice..... I think you've got it. I agree with Popeye.. you're not a dummy but very logical.
  19. mtaylor
    True...no mention of money. But, let's not get philosophical...
  20. mtaylor
    Take care of the eyes, Sherry. The ship and tutorial can wait.
  21. mtaylor
    On a different note, I am finding things out by inference.. such as the rudder on Belle-Poule wasn't tapered (fore and aft but is top to bottom) but had the turbulence grove. Hahn shows Licorne with no groove but nothing on the plans for fore-aft taper (only taper he shows is vertical).. His build appears to show a fore-aft tapered rudder. I'm going to follow Belle-Poule on this...
  22. mtaylor
    This may be one of things where "close counts". At the scale I'm building at, 1 or 2 inches won't matter on planking or anything wood. I notice that they do the rigging area a bit different and it's just one measurement. But, I do like answers to mysteries but with this, it may not be possible.
  23. mtaylor
    So Pat will have to stop by my place to pick up the leftovers and Mario wants to place an order.... Hmm.... when would I build? And here all along, I thought I retired so I wouldn't have to work.. what could I have been thinking? Pat, I'm not sure there will be leftovers. I always find I short myself when I do this....
  24. mtaylor
    Page 95. Gaetan. I believe the discussion on measurements is on page 63. The computer hiccupped after I typed into the translator and I haven't redone it yet. The only version they have of this is French which is why I'm hammering away at a translation via Google Translate and several on-line dictionaries. Thanks for all your help Gaetan. You're a model saver! Thanks Augie. I wasn't aware of that.
  25. mtaylor
    Thank you for the comments and likes. I found some time to make about a dozen more plank clamps from wooden clothes pins (pegs to those who prefer the mother language). I lined the ends with some sandpaper after changing the design slightly. I have planks in the water and planking starts tomorrow. There's a few places I need to touch with sandpaper and also re-do some reference lines that seem to have disappeared...

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