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Looking to buy  small brass rings- Need them 1.5mm O D  ,I have found 2mm OD,but they are too large. Need 100  1.5mm dia. split brass rings. Where can I find them PLEASE! Thanks Keith

Hi Chuck  Thanks, the Mary Rose  is my favorite build. Your rope has always been the first thing 90% of people  coment on when looking at me ships. Along with your blocks. I could not have    had the success at shows without all of your advice and products. That is why you always sell out. And is why I keep a well stocked warehouse of your rope,blocks and other detail supplies.

Thanks my dear freind.

Keitha nd Boris

Ahoy Chuck I have been a Loyal Customer of yours since the first year. I relied upon your advie when I statrted building the Gun Boat Philladelphia, tried out your minature rope and have been hooked ver since. The only down paoint was when you had to go to blened rope instead of 100% cotton.

All my builds have been award winners thanks to your rope,blocks and other fittings. 

May you be in bussiness another 20 years. I am 72 now,so that should supply my building until I pass on to the Shipyard in the sky.

Thanks my Freind.

Keith from Troutdale.

Ahoy Jeff Yes I am building the Argo Almost done with it after just 3 weeks. Just have to finish the sail and rigging now. I have a kit for sale if you are interested. email me at keithebear@aol.com  . I bought 3 kits from Igor and will be building two. One now  and one later. Falconet kits are great,but only for the very experienced builders.

I do not know,but have you thought that there might be some poly in the rope which causes it to have a memory of its own? Just asking.not saying they do or not.

Ahoy mates,looking for a source for wooden ferrules for rigging. Who sells them?

Thanks Keith

Ahoy Mates

I am building the new Argo kit from Falconet and have questions on how the rigging of these anceint greek warships had their sails rigged. Most important are the sail control and furling lines.  How do the brail lines work, and are there any books that show these details. Thanks

Keith

Thanks for the Slavic Boat build log.I had not seen it before I built my kit. I made my sail out of tissue paper- two layers of just regular gift wraping tissue white paper,Glued the layers together with Uhu stick glue then sparyed the combined sheets with Testors Dulcote, After that I cut the panels,then glued them together with a .030 overlap using diluted Titebond. Glued the rope around the sail using Titebond and then sprayed the sail again with Dullcote. I used Dullcote for the finish on my boat. I have built Falconets 1763 Boat and have in stock 90% of Igor kits now. Lucky I have a way to get them from Russia now. Working on his Argo ship now.

Keith

Ahoy Mates

I have heard conflicting views on the red that was used for the bulwarks of the gun decks on British ships. From bright red to a almost hull red. Which is the real color that was used?

Thanks Keith from Troutdale.

Ahoy Mate

I have learned that if the wood is hardwood I can stain it without a sealing coat of somekind. The stain will not end up bloychy,but even. If it is softwood like basswood or other kinds of open grain I will need to seal it so that it will not end up very dark or uneven due to the stain soaking into the grain. I use Testors Dullcote a flat lacqure to seal the open grain. Especialy the end grain! If I am doing decks I use a light brown paint pen to color the edge of the plank,I seal the end grain with either the Dullcote or a PVA glue before using the paint pen. I do not stain my decks because most decks are naturaly light,unless you want a dirty and unkept look. In that case a grey would be correct since wood oxidizes fron the salt and sunlight. Look up photos of real ships and their decks.

Remeber test out your finsihes on scrap wood of the same kind BEFORE you do it on YOUR MODEL. That goes for caulking between planks too and treenails. And test out all the finshes you will use,be they a color coat or clear final finish. A clear final finsh might darken what you have underneth this final coat, and ruin what you wanted to end up with.

Keith from Troutdale,Oregon

Ahoy Ian

Boris always wantsto be right in front of me,most of the time he lays down before I can even get started to work at the desk. Then he is mad when I try to push him back. My late cat Pickels who was older would move out of the way,but stay right next and watch,not trying to play at all,even when I was rigging and had loose rope around. Boris loves to go after strips that move,especialy in the air. He is only 5 years old now, with still acting like a kitten. I am a widower,we live together in the house,he is my buddy and shadow with a loud voice. A Russian Blue with an attitude.

What is your cat?

Now back to working on the Confederacy's bulhead doors.

Keith from Troutdale,Oregon

Ahoy Mates

Just had to ask this simple question. Is the Capstan taking the place of a windless? Back wirking on the Confederacy after years away from the Modelshipways kit.

Thanks Keith from Troutdale,Oregon  

Hello All

Igor made this set for my Confederacy and you can be sure of his quality and prompt service. I am working on my Confederacy now. 

I am working hard to get to the point where I can mount the wonderfull set of his carvings to my hull.

Keith  in Troutdale with Boris

Ahoy Check out Modelers Workshop for Ricks custom made display cases. I have bought from Rick for over a decade, his cases are made to order and reasonably priced. 

Keith

Ahoy Mates, Here's my Mary Rose 95% scratch built using just the bulkheads from the Jotika kit.

Ahoy Mates Here's my Mary Rose while it was in progress. Used the Trust books and the AOTS book and others for the 90%scratch build using the Jotika kits bulkheads and keel only from the kit.  The Only accurate parts of the ship are the areas that were recovered and documented in the Trust book volumes. All the upper works are conjecture . I made my build with starting with a full main gun deck and up. With most of the deck planking missing so you can look down into the hull to see all the decks and cannons. All the cannons were scratch made . I used Syren Minature rope with Chucks custom made deadeyes he made for me. The rest of the rigging blocks were from Radek at HisModels.CZ . Boxwood and swiss pear was from Jeff Hern. If you would like to see more photos just PM me and I will be happy to send them to you or answer any questions.  Thanks Keith Glueck and Pickels

Ahoy  I built my Jotika Mary Rose kit only using just the keel,bulkheads and a few other parts. So about 90% of the rest was scratch built. You can use the Anatomy of the Ship book Mary Rose to help you along with the books by the Mary Rocse Trust. It took my 3 years for my build, I added the inside details from the main gun deck up with open decks so you can look down into the ship thru the open spaces in the decks. You can see more photos on this web site www.woodenshipclass.blogspot.com  . Keith Glueck from Troutdale,Oregon  Feel free to message me for more info or photos.

Ahoy Mates

Just got my Order from Joe today in the mail. 3/16 sq. and 5/32X 1/8 boxwood strips,m quantitys of 20 pcs and 30 pcs. All the same and of excellent quaity wood. Thanks Joe   . Fast service and got acroos the country in a week. From JN to Oregon. Mine are for the cross beams on my Confederacy and other builds.

Keith and Boris

Ahoy

You live in Centrialia, We live in Troutdale,Oregon. We should meet this summer some time. We have a group of wooden ship builders here. Ha Ha Ha on Boris needing affection! He runs the house and the shipyard. Being only 3 now he's a Russian Blue who loves to nbe next or on what I am building. And has as loud a voice you can imagine. Here's my planking tonight.

Keith and Boris     http:woodenshipclass.blogspot.com 

Hi Chuck

I Ordered them from you a couple days ago for the main deck.I have the others in stock here. Thanks.

Keith and Boris

Hi Mark

Did that first. Now which size carridge  do I get from Syren?

Keith

Ahoy Mates

Getting back to my build on the MSW's Confederacy and need to know which size( lenght)  of cannon barrels and carriages from Chuck at Syren do I need to Order?

Thanks Keith

Ahoy Mates

I have the basic dry dock put together now. Just waiting for the Laser Engraved Brick set to get to me now. Here's  some photos.  Advice in building is to get a sqaure block so that you can glue the uright end sections to the large outside parts square. And work your way down the sections. Look and sight dwon as you build so as to see any out of line parts as you go. I used PVA glue NOT CA! CA doesn't give you time to line up an adjust the sections that you glue. Build it on a board that is flat, I use cling wrap to keep it from sticking to the board or work surface. Boris checked out the fit-he approved! 

Ahoy, Why don't  you give Rick at Modeler's Workshop a call? He has the large Cladercraft/Jotika kits in stock and would probly be happy to work something out with you.He's in Canada and ships to the US all the time. 514-973-7741.

Keith

may be able to help you

Ahoy Mates

Just found out that Chuck no longer makes rope. CRAP! I know I am late to this issue but need to find out what my alternatives are. Well now where to go for rope that is almost as good. Is there anyone who I can buy rope from that is of the same type and quality? Or what else is avaliable in natural or synthetic fibre?  I guess I should ahve stocked up better, but now where can I go? Thanks Keith