mtaylor
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Hamilton, 1) Generally speaking...yes. 2) The line feeds inboard through a hole lined with either lead or leather (depending...) and then (depending on the size and weight of the lid) may go to a set of blocks or just to a cleat. 3) It's my impression that the timbers rest or are attached to the stem. You might ask this in the Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck area.
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Bummer. Just bummer.
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Nigel, Beautiful carving work. And a wonderful lesson in carving. Thanks for sharing it.
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Max, Put the checkbook down. Make a cup/glass of your favorite beverage and sit back. Now ask yourself this: Where do I want go with this hobby? If it's kits then power tools are a waste of money. If it's scratch building, then kits are a waste of money. Then ask yourself: Where am I in the shipbuilding learning curve? If you're doing more and more scratch work and bashing, what tools will most useful for that? It's a growth process, I think. When you're ready for the big power tool, you'll know it and no one will convince you otherwise. if you're more kit oriented, go for the kit and put the money away until you need that "next thing".. be it tools, kits, or wood. Now I could tell you exactly what I'd buy, but it may not be what you'd want or need. Kinda' evil, aren't I?
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I think we're all going to be watching this one. By the way, will you be adding potentiometer/rheostat to the lighting so you can dim them? Or will the brightness be fixed? I've found they need the adjustment depending on the ambient light.
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Very nice work on the lighting, Alexandru. I like the idea of copper tape under the deck planking.
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Happy birthday, Bruno. Hope you have had or are having a great day.
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Pete, You had to ask.... Back in MSW 1.0, Chad did one where he added some frames, and did the lower part of the main mast and the shot locker. As drawn, the answer is "no" since the cross-section doesn't cover that part of the hull. I think what Chad did was to use the POF drawings and add some framing and other items needed. The sad part is that I don't see Chad's build on MSW 2.0. Matrim (Joss) as well as others might have a copy of his log. However, we can't post it to MSW due to copyright issues. You might try posting a "plea" as it's own topic and see what others have.
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I was thinking the same thing Ferit asked.... :P That's a wonderful bit of detail.
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Melloch, More info is needed... like which kit manufacturer? Photos would go a long way toward being able to help you.
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Nice progress, Tim. Did you put a pic of the Endeavour in the gallery? I'd love to see it.
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Good to know that you got sorted out.
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Hi Verne, I think we'd all love to see your build progress. Please consider doing a build log for your build.
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Grant, From where I sit, usually there's too many ideas to choose from when problem solving.
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Superb rigging on a superb model. Excellent work, Ferit. I'm envious. If I can do half as good on my Licorne, I'll be happy.
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Casey, Here's another way: Grab some cardstock and trace out what you have for the large piece of wood.. then carefully fit it to the hull, trimming as necessary. When the fit if perfect, copy that template to the wood. Try the template on the other side and see what needs fitting. When done, carefully cut out the wood and leave some meat on it. Then carefully, sand and fit.
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That's very good news Adriaan. Continue to take care yourself and when you can resume building, we'll look forward to that.
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Grant, New toys...yep the darkside is so close we can smell it. Congrats on the promotion. Funny thing, I think we spend as much time figuring out what we we're going to make and how to make it as we making the bits and pieces. But that's life in the darkside.
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Marius, You can see the mistakes but to me it looks pretty good. Remember, this is a learning project and it looks like you've done very well. Keep up the good work.
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Impressive ropewalk... and that goes for the tow truck as well. That truck is a novel idea.
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Brian, How about a buildlog so we can follow you also?
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Looking good, Jim. I'm hoping to see more.
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Last report I've heard is that Augie is still wrestling the squirrel for it.
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I just had to go back to your first post in this log. First build??? You're not just doing excellent work, you're better than excellent.
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