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  1. mtaylor
    Matti, Try boiling water and dip the part (use some good tweezers and don't drop it). Test on some sprue first. Those cupolas are indeed tricky to get the figures to lay right.
  2. mtaylor
    Nice work, Kester. Looks like you're almost ready to bring in the riggers fulltime.
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    Darned if I can figure it out.. I'm missing something somewhere on how to do this. I'll ping some experts.....
  4. mtaylor
    Popeye, You are a wise man. I'm going to print that and put on my workbench.
  5. mtaylor
    I'm happy Gaetann posted. I was looking for his pictures...
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    I read over the code she used and it looks like all that Doris did was cut and paste the URL (addy) of the video into her post. The other possibility is goto Youtube and see if the "share" function gives you the correct URL. I'm at work and Youtube is blocked so I can't test it.
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    Chuck has nice "how-to" on milling blocks. Gaeten (gbordalou) uses a mill on his Le Fleuron. A pretty usefull tool overall, but it really shines at production runs of things.
  8. mtaylor
    Excellent progress and she's looking a ship now. Nice work.
  9. mtaylor
    Karl, Those are ladders. The French used a notched post/pole. I think it was to save space. I have those on my Licorne.
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    I bought the small MicroMark mill. http://www.micromark.com/microlux-micro-milling-machine,9683.html Then modified the pulleys to get about 12,000 rpm at the spindle. Cost of the mod: $0 but it killed the warranty.
  11. mtaylor
    Wow... that's rudder to envy.
  12. mtaylor
    Harvey, It would seem that turning them on a lathe and then silver soldering on the flanges would work.. but only if they are being painted. I'd open a thread here: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/forum/15-discussion-for-a-ships-deck-furniture-guns-boats-and-other-fittings/ and show us what you need. I'm sure there'll be lots of ideas. BTW, I'm a slow learner also... chewed up a small pile of wood and one finger in the process. No permanent damage except to my ego.
  13. mtaylor
    Sweet ratlines. And good for you to take a day for yourself. Sanity is precious. Oh...wait.. you were doing ratlines.
  14. mtaylor
    I've used it for milling bits out of frames, keels, the flats (and quite a bit else) on capstans, making sheaves in bitts. Others use it for milling blocks, deadwood, bits and pieces for cannon, ship's wheels. I'm still discovering uses for it. If I didn't have one, no great loss but it is very useful for duplicating parts exactly. In the scratchbuild logs, search under "milled" or "milling" or "mill". Their usage isn't as prevalent in kits as most parts come "pre-made" or "pre-shaped" and just need some final work.
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    Matti, Great work. By the way, I'm seeing the picture.
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    Mobbise, Great innovation and thinking. You got me thinking about my hull sheaves. Jim, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob's_your_uncle
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    Jim, Tell the Admiral that the rear stack is supposed to lean. Just like sailing ships have their masts at various angles for tuning the handling. If she smells the fertilizer, blame me or someone else here.
  18. mtaylor
    I wish we had a "love it" button.... Just beautiful, Borge.
  19. mtaylor
    Sorry.. I saw wood sticking up in the air...
  20. mtaylor
    I sense that ratlines are coming in the near future... bwahahaha...... Ok.. they're fun. And aggrevating. At the same time.
  21. mtaylor
    Adriann, Sadly, that ticket seems all too common. People want blame to laid and the cops have an answer: they write tickets. I'm liking your posts because you're ok. Sjors is right about humans and cars.
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    Matti, There's a post up here for adding a signature with links: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/760-how-to-add-a-build-log-link-to-your-signature/ To add the picture to the signature... I gave the wrong link...<sigh> When editing the signature, click on the "My Media" button. That will allow you to load a picture into the signature. The BB plans are great but there's so many sculptures it's hard to keep track of them. Been there, done that, went a bit nuts....
  23. mtaylor
    Luis, A fascinating bulld. And at 1:120, it appears to be a pretty small model. Excellent detail on something so small.
  24. mtaylor
    Gasp... she's masted!!!!! Cool!!! oh.. and I hope you've had a great birthday in spite of no cake.
  25. mtaylor
    Happy Birthday, Popeye. Excellent progress on the Goth.

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