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    John, From the East side of the same state, a very warm I am about to enter the journey of building the MS Bluenose, I am awaiting deck planking from HobbyMill. As far as hull planking I am sticking with the basswood coming with the kit. Deck will get a combo of boxwood and maple. So I am looking forward to see what you are coming up with. :)
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    Shaping the frames towards the end I have used a tool that I found at HobbyTown store, I found them (three in one set, #220 #400 and #800) useful specially with its curved edges. This way I won't get stuck on any of the frames and dislocating any. I have also used one of them on the inside of the planks to get a smoother finish. I was also thinking of painting the red part of inner hull before adding the cap rail.
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    Steve, Being a former drummer I understand the collection of "odd" things we can have laying around. That's a nice use of the grommets. Are you going to do some fills where the small grooves are in the grommets? Ha, , fills and grooves two terms used in music as well...... :)
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    I bought a sample pack of veneer from Woodcraft (in store), over 20 assorted domestic and exotic species, altogether 20 sq.ft. Each sheet 12" long various width 5.5" to 7.5". Price USD 31.50. The sample pack will be part of a wood reference binder. The best with the sample, I can definitely tell what wood is useful (fine grain) and not. Thickness is 0.5mm
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    Seems like ModelExpo removed all the goodies like practicum(manual) and related plans for their kits, I found out because I wanted to download the material list for one of the kits. This as I like to have another copy or pre-copy before ordering.
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    Number five was the correct size for me. Guessing printers varies a lot, as the supposed black for me didn't come out black even at the highest and best settings. It got a dark green/greyish tone. However, the pdf version is much much better than the provided in the kit. Both with the resolution and pigments. Chuck, thank you very much for providing a much better solution for us.
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    There is a very nice review of Jim and Donna Byrnes machines available at this site
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    George, First of all, a very warm to A forum where all questions old as new will be answered. There is an on-going discussion regarding this in the following topic, Please read this topic, which I think you will find very rewarding. Personally, still not an owner, the Byrnes table saw is the way to go, yes you will spend more money but the tolerance and accuracy, along with future value of machine speaks for itself. Buy cheap and repeat it, buy Expensive and keep it!
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    Shop vac I like to get, price wise not bad at all...... the little bigger brother only 50 dollars more. And much quieter than regular vacuum machine.
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    Beautiful job, I am about to add the cap rails to mine. Debating between MS paint and Vallejo paint.......
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    I think I stay with the modern world tools to a certain degree....... thank goodness
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    Roman, Scratch building by using our teeth? That would be something new.....
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    David, Being a Swedish-American I have my set of Mora knifes, but I haven't used them for modeling carving. Love those knifes, and yes they stay sharp for long time even with excessive usage. Perfect to have around when working in the yard.
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    Jack, I understand your issue, but I think if I would measure it out on my plans I would get a different size. Hope you understand what I try to say, the tolerances are so fine, work it the way you feel best and looks best for your longboat. Cheers
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    An anti-cut glove for USD 20-50 is certainly a very cheap insurance, versus all the other issues that otherwise can happen.
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    Cap rails with "extra meat" according to instructions. The basswood is easier to work with than boxwood. As you see I have a lot of wood to reduce, but better to much and re-doing it. The opening for the stem will be reduced to have a flush connection.
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    David, It is a curved shaped.......
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    While I have been sanding the frames, I took on the delicate thing..... cap rail. I did three trial with the boxwood and each resulted with broken pieces. Due to the curves it was easier to do the cap rail with the bass wood. When "cutting" the cap rail out from the sheet, use blade #22. Cap rail done!! :D
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    Matti, that is just beautiful! I am so glad to see a true Wasa master.
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    Take a look at my topic of Japanese saw. I wrote this one back in 2013. http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/4171-japanese-saw/
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    I like this little boat. It's a fun and great project. Thank you Chuck for creating this model!
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    Using the Dremel idea from other builders of reducing the frames I cautiously started the project. Here I noticed the frames are very thick. There is a lot of wood to reduce. Then I thought why not use the soft head from Dremel, I cut out a slightly larger piece from regular sandpaper ( I used 320grit ), having the soft head. It became easier to sand the curves of frames. I wondered how much "meat" from the frames on the inside needed to be sanded out, here I used the caliper and set it to 3/32" which is according to the instructions and marked each frame. There is a lot to sand down.
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    I haven't sanded down the frames nor the keel, meanwhile I did make a copy of the plans and cut out the cap rail as for a dummy. This just to get an idea how it will look like. The rap rail in the plans are correct and I can use the cut-out as a template for making the rail.
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    Oldpaperone, glad to see you back at the building table. I also lile the usage of wooden cloth pins and wooden screws. Very genious!

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