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Nice work on the beams and knees. Can't wait to see the decking.
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Jim, Nothing wrong with staining or painting them black. Yeah.. ebony is a pain to work with: brittle, sawdust is a fine black powder and likes to go everywhere. Oh... almost forgot... it's also an irritant to skin and lungs. Go with what you're comfortable with.
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Beautiful and clean workmanship, Ilhan.
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Jay, Are you sure about Bluejacket. ME recently posted to MSW (link: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/2911-hobby-kit-manufacturing-company-looking-for-investors-or-a-buyer-500k-negotiable/) about this. Bluejacket is news to me also.
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Ingenious design process on the tools. And excellent progress. As for wordy... naw....
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Not just fast, but very clean and precise. That netting proves that. Close eyes, put a cool damp cloth over them. The sit back with your favorite beverage. Works for me everytime.
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Nice ratlines... pity the rats don't know how to tie those since they're named after them.
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Nice looking guns, Clare. One thought... if you're interested. Get some ScotchBrite pads (the green ones) in fine grit. You can then polish the brass on the lathe and get rid of any tooling marks. Funny thing about this hobby... we have to be masters at woodworking, metal work, machining, sail making, carving, and knot-tying. The real shipyards had different people doing all this work.
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Holy Batstuff Batman!!! Beyond incredible.
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Uh-oh... probably you should, Piet. You're like the rest of us: get an idea and we run with it. :D
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Indeed... what John said. I'm going to pull up chair as this should be interesting to watch.
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Grant, I'm guessing that you might be opening the Aussie branch of the Syren Model Company? :D Ok.. seriously, fantastic looking blocks. As for kneeling, will a low chair work?
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Mitsuaki, I too hope we get the chance to enjoy each others comments and techniques. Good luck with the presentation. I wish I could be there for it.
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Sjors, I don't think Anja needs ideas... she loves you too much. Borge, I too am waiting for this secret of the ages to be revealed. But, patient I will be.
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Super nice carving work on those tiny bits, Nigel. I wondered what they were going to look like after the first machining.
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Kriss, You picked a hum-dinger for a first ship... And I thought 1:100 was too small. Part of the "fun" is the challenge to clean everything up and make them nice. Not much different with wood.. I mean the part is in that chunk of tree somewhere, we just have to find it. At least with plastic it's there.. just not as smooth or sharp as you may want it. At 1:150, I'm not sure how much detail you can add for rigging. Although we have "ships in the bottle" guys who do remarkable work. Hang in there, I think you're doing great and your attitude will help get through this.
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Get well soon, Sjors. And no, we won't ask to see a picture of you being sick.. Hmm... so right now, those who need to do ratlines can have either rigging spiders, or gnomes do them. Right? Who does the best work..the spiders or the gnomes?
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Matti, I think you have the galleries spot on. I find it humourous that everyone else avoids "wonky" and apologizes and you're striving for it. I'm rethinking my definitions when I see something that perfect.
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ROYAL CAROLINE 1749 by Doris - 1:40 - CARD
mtaylor replied to DORIS's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
Doris, That is one amazing room... better than a museum from what I can see. It's good that you had a great summer and trips. The Royal Caroline still looks great and I'm looking for more of your inspirational work when you get the time to work on her. I have to say that you have more courage than I do to take your models outside.- 881 replies
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Nicely done... Lanterns? Wow... Hope you had a great hiking/camping trip. Where was that photo taken? Beautiful country.
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Not an idiot, kind sir. We all have these "mind blinks"....
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Hamilton, Excellent work on the fiddly bitsl You continue to do very clean and precise work on very tiny parts. Wow!
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HMS Royal William by kay
mtaylor replied to kay's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
Just amazing... more than amazing actually....
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