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  1. Nope, not all. I don't have one either. I used to and used it as for some blacksmith type work. Not sure where it ended up.
  2. Chris, Vossy, That seems pretty universal to me. We do that here in the States also.
  3. Thanks for the support, everyone. I'm slowly making progress and I know I could do better But, as with life, "it is what it is" at this point. This has helped alot with my memory issues and I've been doing a lot of self reflection on where to go from here. I've have narrowed things down. Definitely 1:48 as eyes and hands say "no" to 1:64. So deeper down the rabbit hole. I've thought of Chuck's Winchelsea as no masting which is a space saver and it's a sweet looking model. But deep down, I leaning towards a Licorne redoux but scaled upward to 1:48. More work in expanding the plans but, the "last great act of defiance" still draws me along with it's a Frenchie and has some great lines. I'll just have to see where my musings take me. Back to the shop to reflect and continue the course for Sphinx.
  4. Generally for planking on the hull or deck, I find a mix of sawdust (appropriate wood of course) and mix up some white glue and water at 50-50. Make a slurry of the sawdust and glue mix and fill the gap. Actually fill over the gap then sand when dry. If it's not a wide gap, just put some of the glue mix in the gap and sand the wood. The sanding dust will go into the gap and hide it. As always, your mileage may vary to test first if possible on a hidden part of the hull/deck.
  5. I believe sails/no sails, furled/unfurled are modeler's choice, Scratchie. Some leave sails off due to complexity and also hiding deck details. A lot of variables as to why or why not but I've never heard the "lost in battle" one.
  6. I've read that history of her in several places but this brings amount the punishment she took home. Thanks Frolick.
  7. Welcome to MSW, Scratchie.
  8. Been awhile since an update. Caught up in the blah's at this point. Surgery for a stent was over week ago and still feeling side effects (think that's what I'm feeling). I'm going to try to perk up and fly right by the weekend and get some real work done on her.
  9. Looks great, Grant. As for grease on the deck around a hot stove? I think a layer of sand would have to go down otherwise slipping would be a problem.
  10. Good save... very good actually. As for the hole in the wall... do you have cork in it to keep the bugs and the outside cold/hot air out?
  11. A darn good plan, IMO and very innovative. Pity that there's not some way for a bottle to have a removable bottom and after the ship is in, put the bottom back on without having look like it was removed.
  12. There's a place for larger scales but it's not battleships or carriers at least for the average person to build and display at home. Unless they live in a warehouse or museum of course.
  13. That is a great way to look at life, Valeriy, if not the best way.
  14. From the photos, I'm hard pressed to say that's a kit or that's the real thing. Just WOW!
  15. Ok, we won't notice the placement. But I do have question. What were the cylinders used for since the depth charges were rolled off? (I think that's what they are or they could be mines?)
  16. It's very possible that the US had hand in destroyed info. It may be that the info is some US archive or the destruction was carried out to make it impossible to build another one. There is still a lot of murkiness about that period in time.
  17. Try putting the brass in some acetone for a bit and then dry. This will remove any coatings. Next step, put into vinegar. This will etch the brass and give it some tooth. I rinse in alcohol and let dry before primering.
  18. Fillers are indeed the easiest way to go on this. Plus it gives a very wide base for gluing the planking.
  19. Welcome to MSW from a fellow Oregonian, Firedog.
  20. And here, I was told (probably not in all seriousness) that the poop deck was named that because by the time you climbed up all the steps from down below... you were "pooped" as in tired.
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