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  1. mtaylor
    You're off to a great start. Be sure to wax that mold heavily. We had one back on MSW 1.0 that didn't release right and destroyed the model.
  2. mtaylor
    Grant, What Floyd said... beautiful work.
  3. mtaylor
    Beautiful capstans, Karl.
  4. mtaylor
    Piet, Looks sweet.. as for the mines.. I'm an old airplane guy too. Bombs get dropped out the bottom of the plane so to me, mines have to drop out the bottom of the submarine.
  5. mtaylor
    Sherry, I'm slowly catching up and I think "wow" is appropriate for your build. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  6. mtaylor
    Raymond, You should have access now.
  7. mtaylor
    David, Let's back up a bit... is this the English Surprize (Surprise) or the captured French ship renamed? The French had two methods of doing wales as far as I know. One is similar to the English way. The other is unique to the French. The wales only stood proud at the top level. below that, they tapered into the planking with no discernible difference to the planking. However, if L&H show what you showed, I'd go ahead and use that cross-section.
  8. mtaylor
    Nice work, Dan. On the capsquares, I wonder if annealing the brass strip would have helped?
  9. mtaylor
    Jud, What do is make the block and tackle and then paint the rope with a 50-50 mix of white glue and water. Matt varnish or lacquer will work also. Suspend or stretch the assembly while drying. The glue/water mix can also be used on lines that need to droop, etc.
  10. mtaylor
    The plans for the full build and the cross-section are available here in the download area once access is granted.
  11. mtaylor
    I just moved this to the appropriate forum. Hope you have fun with this build, Raymond.
  12. mtaylor
    There's also a few here: http://modelshipworldforum.com/ship-model-rigging-and-sails.php
  13. mtaylor
    Mike, Try some sanding sealer first.
  14. mtaylor
    Michael, When the mill I have dies, you can bet I'll be upgrading... Maury, Oh yes.. I made my own mod to this mill to hit about 12,000 rpm at the tool. That is a definite "must" upgrade for any mill we use to work with wood, IMO.
  15. mtaylor
    I just noticed that MicroMark no longer carries this mill... so when mine dies, I'll get to upgrade.
  16. mtaylor
    Ronald, Do a search on Victory in Kit Logs. I get 20 build logs including one by AL and one by Billings. It would probably be a good idea to check them out also.
  17. mtaylor
    If you're not finding anything online, it might just be good for parts, maybe. Leaded parts are probably corroding and the wood might just be dry and splintery. However, give this a few days as it's possible someone has the plans stashed away.
  18. mtaylor
    Thus, if it's via PM there's no hurt feelings, etc. since the seller just has to say "sold".
  19. mtaylor
    That is some super fiddly work at that size and it came out looking great, Danny.
  20. mtaylor
    Piet, I believe you're right about the mine having to hit the seabed. That would make perfect sense. I was thinking of the type laid by certain surface ships and wasn't thinking about a sub moving slowly while submerged.
  21. mtaylor
    Hmm... interesting. Wasn't the original purpose of http://threedecks.org/ ? Still.. it has promise.
  22. mtaylor
    Very well done, E&T. Your scarfs look fantastic.
  23. mtaylor
    Tim, I agree with you except for the "first posted part". Some sellers get hit heavy with PM's and keeping certain things private (like email addys) is a good idea.
  24. mtaylor
    No worries... it looked like you were beginning a build log.
  25. mtaylor
    I've moved this to the Kit Build Log section.

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