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Grating dimensions
mtaylor replied to KobusBeukes's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
Per Lavery's Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War, the opening was about 3" (76 mm) at full size. Other sources say 2.5" (63 mm) All say the wood should be about the same dimension. -
Hank, Looks like everything is planned and ready to go... I hope you don't mind if I pull up a chair. When did the New Jersey leave RVN for the last time? I arrived in the middle of December, 1969 and several times over next 6 months, we saw the flashes at sea and heard the shells roaring overhead. I was at Marble Mountain... puzzlement as I remember someone telling me it was the NJ. Now I'm wondering if it was another BB or maybe a Heavy Cruiser.
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Great job, Popeye. You appear to have the situation nailed... or maybe it's roped?
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John, You might try painting your bricks and mortar before gluing them in so there's no bleed over. Once glued, weather. As always, test first. Ah yes.. I sense it.. the force is strong in this one. The darkside has cookies...
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Nice work on the tricky piece, Daniel.
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Jaw76, I'd like to suggest you open a build log for each of your ships.. It's a great way to get help and provide continuity for anyone else interested.
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Michael, Just the jig and moulds themselves are impressive as hell... A scale model unto itself.
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Hmm.... wasn't that (Holiday Harbor) the name of a Bing Crosby movie? I'm headed to Google...
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I'm hearing calliope music and the gentle splash of a paddlewheel coming on....
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Sweet.... Her lines are showing and look great.
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Beautiful work, Rusty. Looks like something that would be both fun and a bit scary at the same time.
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Congrats, Rear Admiral Popeye. What color LED's will you use?
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The handles should be a bit stiff but they do loosen up. I suspect it's the grease they put them at the factory. Once you have it located, bolt it down. The CG is pretty high especially when you raise the upper assembly to install bits, etc. The red isn't grease is it? As far as I know, MM is the only one who offers this particular model. I've seen the red grease on some other mills and on lathes.
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Richard, By the way..go buy some extra fuses. Just a hint... I think I blew 5 learning to use this thing. Once I got some knowledge and good feel, I haven't blown one since.
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Japanese Super Submarine From World War II Finally Discovered
mtaylor replied to mtaylor's topic in Nautical/Naval History
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Piet, Check Micromark also. They have a lot of model RR stuff and used to carry quite an assortment of miniature hardware.
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Michael, This looks to be another fascinating build. Intriguing build board. I'm pulling up a chair.
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Richard, Milling is basically milling... So... visit: http://www.littlemachineshop.com/default.php and hit the "Learning Center" as well as the "Info Center". Good, solid, basic info. The other good one for basic info is: http://www.mini-lathe.com/Mini_mill/Main/mini-mill.htm While they don't cover the mini, they do cover methods. Edit: I just noticed that The Little Machine Shop is now starting to cover the mini.
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Keith, What Pat said... it's a hobby of "improvement". The true modeler in all of says: "the next one will be perfect". And it's usually better just from the skills we pick up along the way. And I'm with Pat on commenting... too many excellent logs, too little time.
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I like what you've done, I just can't answer any of your questions about the windows. What I see is very well done.
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Richard, Which MM mill? The mini or the R8? I can't imagine the R8 being that inexpensive.
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Nice work, Joss. You finally seem happy with the framing, which is good news.
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