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Thanks for that, Roger. I guess I'm behind the times at this point.
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Glad to help with the memory, Gray. I keep mine near at hand just because the mental memory chips sometimes short out. I'll add a link here, but for a different souce. Not very well illustrated but I've found it useful: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20110215215247/http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/contents.html
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Not just nuke plants. Many coal fired plants are still in operation though many use turbines for converting the steam power to rotational power.
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It seems that "klinken" could be "clench" in English. Several ways to clench a rod/bolt especially if it's not threaded for nuts. Bending over the end and hammering it was common before bolts were mass produced. The word "rivet" implies (to me anyway) that the end is hammered such that it's flat and not bent and done in past with the metal being hot. I may be wrong but that's what it sounds like. Words do change over the centuries and as technology improves.
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Kurtis, try to find a copy of zu Mondfeld's Historic Ship Models. They seem very reasonably priced on Ebay. While there are some issues and inaccuracies, overall, it does a good job of explaining terminology.
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This is second one, I think. A couple of other sites say the team has been doing work on locating as many of the sunken ships as possible. https://apnews.com/article/science-world-war-ii-philippines-manila-us-navy-738704ff8c2ab31bbf5cadd01cfd36d3
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As a test, try using a small saw and cut the sprue apart. Then remove the sprue from the part. I had to do this in the past with some plastic kits. Tedious but saves the parts.
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Now would be time to teach him how to do it. Good idea on the testing. I'm glad it all worked out.
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That video took me back a few decades.. more than a few actually. Drill Instructors do have the artform perfected. Note.. not sure about the other branches the Marines, definitely perfected.
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Andy, you're not the only one who doesn't use Facebook. Yesterday (and other times things didn't go right), I just check every few hours. Usually, the downtimes are minimal but yesterday wasn't normal, IMO.
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Welcome to MSW, John. Allan is offering some advice and it's good. However, start the kit and a log and if you run into issues you can't solve, back off and try one of the kits he recommended and then go back to your tug.
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Probably offshored workers from what I've heard. Most don't have a great command of English and various words.
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Love that photo, OC. Perfect in every way.
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So far, so good, Bob. What Pat but I'd suggest a step further.... get the screws/nails below the groove in the miter box. If you notice, the base grooves are different sizes to accommodate common size of wood for the box. Once you get the hang of it by using it, you may decide it doesn't need to be screwed/bolted down. One side of the of the tool sits lower than other so you can set on the edge of a workbench and then hold it in place while cutting. Never mind I just saw your latest with some wood laid inside.
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By all means, what Chris said. It's an older kit, probably has been updated I would hope to laser cut parts.
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F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale
mtaylor replied to Egilman's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale
mtaylor replied to Egilman's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
That's good news EG. I hope and pray the second opinion goes the same way. I ran into a similar situation where they found a fog like thing in a lung. First specialist saw it. Second one... it's was gone. And has stayed gone. -
Thanks, Sam. I cut them and planked using the methods in the planking tutorials.
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Good post, Pat. We've seen that here in the States also but not the "bonuses" part. The current Postmaster General (the big cheese as such) had removed some office's sorting machines, shut down overtime for the workers, and extended the delivery times. And... the prices went up naturally. I realize there is an increase in costs due to fuel prices going up in the last 6 months or so, but like everything else, the prices go up and seldom, if ever, come back down.
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I should have added to the above.... it wasn't much later (a century or so) that many countries started to standardize their navy ships as far as armament and size and also started to store plans and secure them in a repository after the ship was built. Even then, plans were lost.
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Take a deep breath and an adult beverage, Grant. I suspect there was more tension in the air than you let on.
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I've been following this thread and to be honest, I have no knowledge of Dutch practices but I find it interesting to say the least. It seems that there's a difference in "definition" which might be localized by shipyards/designers. Is size and number of guns? Or is it usage? For example, the USS Constellation of 1854 is formally a "sloop of war" yet it's also called a "frigate". Thus, the class of ship can be rather nebulous. The two authors you cite... did they know of each other? Live in the same time period or same location? It's possible that what one yard call a flute another called it a pina. Also, the question of size, history tells us that, again I'll reference frigates.... frigiates came in all sizes and the number of guns. Even today, the term is somewhat vague as to "what is a modern frigate"? Given this, I can understand why these two authors have differences. Are there any other contemporary works that might shed light on this?
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