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  1. mtaylor
    I'm happy to see that you were able to fix the cat damage. Well done.
  2. mtaylor
    I'm wondering if it's silver maple? Hard, almost pure white. Has been used as a substitute for holly.
  3. mtaylor
    Sadly, it appears the news is true about the owners. I couldn't find any info/news on the company when Googling. So... I suspect that the supplier info is correct. Edit: No website listed. They produce products (weathering powders, other items) used in Model Railroading so there was more of a product line than Blacken-it.
  4. mtaylor
    Nenad, The billboads protect the hull when the anchor is raised and stowed.
  5. mtaylor
    Which witch is which, I wonder. Oh well... The doors looks excellent given the shapes you're dealing with. I quite agree with Keith about them.
  6. mtaylor
    Crap. My apologies Nigel. I thought EdT did the nailing. I'll go stand in the corner and write "check before posting" 100 times.
  7. mtaylor
    I'm low dollar on my solution.... a shop vac that gets moved from one tool to another.. Others used a bigger system with hard piping, etc.
  8. mtaylor
    I don't have the site marked but there's a film of the Niagara (mockup) being shot at with a carronade and using Styrofoam dummies. The damage from splinters is incredible. edit: found it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfsuIaTU92Y
  9. mtaylor
    By jove, I think you got it!!!!!!!!! Well done, Nigel.
  10. mtaylor
    Bill, There's a bunch of these in the Kit Build Log area. You might have a look there.
  11. mtaylor
    John, Please open your own build log. That way you're not hijacking this log and it will be less confusing.
  12. mtaylor
    For my little table saw, I use a couple of largish chopsticks. They're dirt cheap, sacrificial, and being bamboo, pretty tough. For the big saw, it's couple sticks of fir I picked up at Lowe's in the so-called "scrap bin". Got them for I think 25 cents apiece.
  13. mtaylor
    Looking great, Dave. I guess there's a certain pucker factor that starts when you begin to bottle it until you're done. Marvelous work and planning.
  14. mtaylor
    I'm with John... nice looking planking. I think once you sand out the clinkering on the first layer, you'll be ok. Nigel has probably the best solution for the second layer.
  15. mtaylor
    Nigel, Sorry to hear about that. What some, like EdT do is build the gratings, mill/sand to shape for the deck curvature, etc. Then drill and add the copper. They then file down the copper and blacken it. I think he sometimes does the last several steps (shaping, drilling and coppering in situ. I'd have to go back and look at his Naiad to be sure.
  16. mtaylor
    Kevin, You might verify with The Lumberyard, but you get plankings (deck hull), coamings (but not the gratings), railings, carving wood, waterways, wales, deck clamps, sills, ledges, and carlings. Basically just the hull. You'll need to source stock for all the masting, rigging line, blocks, guns, grates, etc.
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    I'm tossing this one out. It may not help anyone outside the States but I've spent some time on it testing it and it seems to do what it's advertised to do... find a supplier(s) for a given species of wood. Do note that the hobby type operations, Micromark, Model Expo, The Lumberyard, etc. are NOT part of this. But it will lead you places you can get billets and even milling. http://www.woodfinder.com/
  18. mtaylor
    The scuppers are nice touch that one doesn't see often on this model.
  19. mtaylor
    Nice work, Michael. That carving (a rabbet?) certainly looks tricky to me.
  20. mtaylor
    Beautiful work, Gil. The first two pictures of the davits installed had me believing they were of the real thing. Then... the clamps and workarea put it all in perspective.
  21. mtaylor
    Excellent research Frolick. You've got way more info than my boot camp "history lesson".
  22. mtaylor
    Congratulations Daniel. I knew there was a method to the madness... and the feature on Modelmarine proves the method is excellent.
  23. mtaylor
    That's for that input, Frolick. I find it interesting that he mentions "as well as marines or landsman". Could have Marines, could have been landsmen acting in that capacity. I'm assuming it was a function if Marines were available as I'm sure there were a limited number available and their usage was prioritized somehow.
  24. mtaylor
    You're moving right along, Jerry. I suspect at this rate you'll have her finished by the end of the year.
  25. mtaylor
    Looks spectacular, Sjors. I don't know where you're finding the time, but.... wow!

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