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    Beautiful, Mike. The display really shows it off nicely.
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    Very nicely done, Robbyn. I guess your not a real fan of painting?
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    Well.... Wayne, you brought up nuts.. see where it leads? To the guys in white coats. I'm expecting white coats to lead us somewhere.. goats? White paint? White flags? Who knows. Meantime, I think I'll drink my coffee and lay low below the radar until this settles out.
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    Thanks everyone. Aldo, Several ways of doing the whelps... use a solid block of wood and cut the whelps to shape then slice them apart. What I did was put in the timbers and then spun the whole thing on the lathe and shape it. Walt, I think only heat might work for epoxy. You might ask this in the Wood Tips and Tricks section. Popeye pointed out a great resource for capstan operation. Dafi's build is great for his exploring not only how things were made, but how they were used.
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    Giorgos, Thanks for sharing your beautiful build with us. I hope you'll share your next one also.
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    Bruce, I think most of us are headed to Byrnes. With me, I'm just cheap.... er... frugal. When my saw dies, I'll upgrade. Meantime, I'll just keep plugging away with what I have.
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    I think that was "not me" who mentioned nuts somewhere else... I'm fond of popcorn and beer. Oh.. and more importantly.. coffee!!!
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    I almost missed it... Happy Birthday Caroline.
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    John, Be cautionous with this crew. Old saying: he who stirs the pot gets splattered. Or is that "their plane gets splattered..?" No matter, I'm going back to making little pieces of wood from bigger pieces of wood.
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    Nicely repainted, Sjors. I'm having to think a lot about this... peanuts, padded rooms, doctors, buses and then there's ships that go both ways. I know it's Monday but....
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    Looks fantastic, Grant. I think Andy is right.. make it a separate model.. Man, that is good work.
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    Nice work, Michael. That serving machine isn't very big is it? Hmm.... interesting idea.
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    John, That's a sweet plane. Now don't go tempting Augie because he's got rigging to do.
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    Buck, It's the weekend, let's both have one.
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    Augie, At least you know it was a D-something.....
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    Bill, If you'll go here: http://modelshipworldforum.com/ship-model-rigging-and-sails.php there's an article on making sails. He talks about materials to use and also how to furl them. Even though it's basically for a square-rigs, the same principle applies to yours.
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    Sharp looking wales, Ray.
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    Piet, Have a great trip and a safe one. I can't tell which you're more excited about, the graduation or seeing the USS Cod.
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    Let's not call it laziness... I'm doing 1:64 and I'll not be treenailing. The planks are only 1/8" (about 4mm) wide and that's a tad small for these eyes. Then on top of it, they should be almost invisible anyway as a plug of the same wood used for decking was used to put in the hole.. Not worth the aggrevation, in my opinion.
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    Harvey, I was stripping off 1/8" planks off 1/16" in walnut stock and I ran into this a couple times today with the 168 tooth blade. It seems the feed speed is what does it. Too fast and the motor "bucked" and tried to kick the wood back. I suspect it's sawdust build up. New blade and freshly waxed.... So, I grabbed piece of boxwood and piece of cherry. Too fast on the feed speed and it bucks. I'm not feeding painfully slow, but the feed speed needs to be less than the 80-tooth blade.
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    You're doing a great job on a seldom built model, Alex. I think it's the first one of these for MSW. Beautiful planking. I like the various shades of the planks. The cargo hold is a neat idea and your pump came out very crisp and clean.
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    I like that lighting.. very nice.
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    John, You're making fast and excellent progress with this. Keep it up and you'll be finished before you can even load into the RV.
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    Hi Zyxuz, What great and clever way of lighting. It looks great.
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    NIce deck, Kevin. Did you caulk and treenail it? Good practice for the model, you know. <ducks><runs>

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