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Good grief. I was born and raised in Dayton. I guess one of these days I need to schedule a trip to visit my parents and try to meet up with you guys.
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Thanks for comments and the likes. I hadn't thought of that, Nigel. It would be easier than cutting off the tab after the clamp is in place.
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Nice framing, John.
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Cutty Sark by NenadM
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Be careful, Nenad. Flash flooding is bad news. And Harvey is right about motorcycles and high water. Also cars and high water don't go together well either. -
Cutty Sark by NenadM
mtaylor replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
So if it had rained earlier, you would have had your colors earlier????? Ok.. seriously that is some excellent work on the decking. Looks fantastic.- 4,152 replies
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Hi Pat, I've done a lot of reconsidering and re-thinking things. This thing is still evolving as just when I see an answer, I find two more questions lying in wait. I'm sticking with his basic method and add some things here and there to make life easier in my mind. For example, in his builds, he cuts apart the plan view and traces the gunports, deck clamps, etc on to the frames. I'm going with reference marks and tabs on the frames. Just a different approach, I think.
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Very nicely done, Dan. I like the carvings.
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Michiel, As I understand it, generally only bronze guns have the "handles". But I haven't a clue as to why only them.
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Thanks for that Adam and B.E. Well, I hope I don't disappoint anyone and more importantly, myself.. Twelve frames cut, fitted to build board (but not glued). Reference points marked and will be re-checked after they are glued in. One of the references is totally off as I cut it at the gunport mark and not the wale mark... argghhh.. Plan of attack on this is evolving... due to new items I've discovered. I do want all the full frames cut and fitted before doing the rest of this. 1) Fit frames to keel. Keel needs to be modified such that the area above the rabbet needs to be 5/32" instead of full width of 3/16". I'm holding off on this as long as I can as I'm thinking I need to change the angle of the rabbet anyway. 2) Re-recheck reference marks and cut gunports into frames. 3) Glue to build board. 4) Add spacers and keel. 5) Fair, sand, sand, sand.... and sand somemore both inside and out. Then in some semblance of order, fit the sills, half-frames, hawse frames and punt. I'm still picking apart details from La Venus such as frigates had herringbone pattern decking in the great cabin... oy... And I'm sorting out how to remove the quarterdeck and forecastle deck clamp reference tabs for easier planking.
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All I can I do is shake my head in wonderment, Grant. 1:90 scale... I'd love to see what happens if you do a 1:64 or 1:48 build.
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Now that is one I don't think we've seen before. Well done, Raymond!!!
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Popeye, I'll keep my fingers crossed that it was the humidity.... Looks great at this point.
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Piet, You and Mr. Mott are the masters of brasswork. Incredible work.
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Sherry, Amazing carving work. You, Janos, and Bill Short have set the carving standard very high.
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Pops, Have a look at the three planking tutorials here: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/forum/14-building-framing-planking-and-plating-a-ships-hull-and-deck/ I'll assume you have already looked at the other logs??? CA can be loosened/removed with acetone and PVA (wood glue) will take isopropyl alcohol for the same thing. Were all the bulkheads in the proper place?
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Careful.. I think we're getting into Dr. Per's area of being a shopaholic. :D
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Daniel, I believe Henry has your answer. I was going to dig out Lee's in a bit, but Steel is pretty definitive.
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Popeye, Looking fantastic. What kind of strip stock are you using? Curious minds and all that....
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Cutty Sark by NenadM
mtaylor replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Just remember that he may move or hide your tools and ding them up. But never, never put a scratch in the paint on HIS bike. :) On the serious side, you've got a lot to be proud of, Nenad.- 4,152 replies
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You ask some tough questions, sir. I'd take your last two posts #637 and #640 and put them in the rigging section to ask the questions. Might get a different set of eyes. My simple answer is: I have no idea. Do you have Lee's Masting and Rigging book? The answer might be in there.
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For a wooden ship model, use wood glue.
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Beautiful work on the anchor Pasi. It's good to see you and the Rattlesnake again.
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Walt, If you need to upgrade the RAM and don't have a grounding strap... here's a trick we used in our shops... open the case and put your hand on the power supply. The PS case is grounded to the system. Then while working, if you move even a half step, re-touch the PS. Good luck on all the upgrades. I'm going to hang onto Win7 as long as I can... Hopefully I can skip Win8....
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