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Sjors, You were missed. It's good to hear you are back home safe and sound. Also it's good to hear that London's buses are still in London. So when do we see some pictures of your Le Mirage??? Just kidding the ship pictures. I know you are busy.
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Nice technique for doing the doors and bulkheads. And nice work on doing them.
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Endeavour Model at the Powerhouse Museum
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Echo by Maury S - FINISHED - Cross-Section
mtaylor replied to Maury S's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
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Beautiful planking, Bob. Just beautiful.
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JP, That might explain the missing masts on the Vic....
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Minty mast? Sounds like something one would stick in a drink with an umbrella in it. You could hang onto it as it would make a nice swizzle stick for hot chocolate. As for all the sesquipedalians popping up in untoward places such as this one and running amok, I must take due pause and go find the popcorn machine and the adult beverage dispenser before the verbage re-commences. On the other hand, I won't ask for more pictures and less barffelgab like certain others who are overdue in their appearance on these august pages. <ducks><run><dives for the bunker>
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Good to see you back at the worktable, Kats. The stanchions and scratch rail look super.
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Is this your first model? Just curious. Yes, it can be intimidating, but take your time, use the buildlog to get help and advice and have some fun along the way. When you're done, you have something to be proud of and to honor the late builder. BTW, filler is ok. Just don't use putty. The filler putties never harden.
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Michiel, Great work on the planking and scuppers. I like the hairbrush tips idea for bolts.
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Paul, Excellent work and detailing. I'll be waiting for the next installment.
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Sherry, Good looking planking.
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Gripos-kaiki by Giorgos - FINISHED
mtaylor replied to Giorgos's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
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Ferit, On the pin rail question, I'm assuming it's the ones on the outboard side atop the bulwarks that's being questioned? What does the rigging plan show being tied off there? If there is rigging belayed there, then they may have used a ladder.... maybe? If nothing is tied off, than it's decoration. The other problem, is that is a kit and sometimes the kit makers take a lot of liberties with scale and placement of items. Come to think of it, I have a few like that on my Wasa... they are high off the deck.
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Very well done and explained, Rusty.
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Should we remind you what Ben Franklin said about visitors and fish? There's your excuse to hideout in the workshop. Use at your own peril.
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Bigpav, Take a look at the articles here: http://modelshipworldforum.com/ship-model-framing-and-planking-articles.php For materials, what kit it is? Do the instructions say what kind of wood and dimensions of same? The nails should be used only during construction, if then. Some use them as decoration, however. Glue... there's two major types we use... CA and PVA. CA is the superglue stuff and PVA is wood glue. Acetone dissolves CA and isopropyl alcohol dissolves PVA. There's also epoxies but to my knowledge nothing dissolves the bond.
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Juergen, The wales look super. I'm glad that the staining worked out.
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Ronald, What ships or what era are you looking for? There's also Maryland Silver Company which has a large collection of American ships. For French, there ANCRE.
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Nice work on the rigging, Augie. Hope all goes well with the relatives. On the other hand, at least certain folks aren't around either and bugging for pictures.
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Interesting approach to the block problem, Grant. Have you seen Chuck's solution? http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/273-mass-producing-rigging-blocks-with-a-mill/ Seems there's bunch of ways to doing this...
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Nice masting work, Andy.. as for the expression.. here's Snopes take on it: http://www.snopes.com/language/phrases/nineyards.asp Yer right, the origins will probably never be known.
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A beautiful and well-executed build and deserves every inch of the display case. Your eye for detail and follow-through really paid off.
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Damn... Daniel beat me to it.. Got to get pretty early around here, I guess,
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Brain, The messenger would not have gone from the upper deck to the lower. All the lower capstan, in this case, would have done is provide additional manpower for the upper capstan as they were mechanically linked. For a good overview of the messenger, take a look at Dafi's Vic build starting about here: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/page-9
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