Nirvana
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James, that is very nice job you got done there. My best and Happiest Holiday wishes to you and wife.- 488 replies
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I have been dry heating my planks, with an heat gun. Don't put your fingers in front of the nozzle!
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I can see you building Speedwell. A suitable ship for you.
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My warmest greetings to you on your special day!
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During the last hour online, I have found out that several of my accounts (passwords) has been compromised. This doesn't only include my account at MSW but many others as well. Please don't reply to Any new "FRIEND REQUEST" or weird answers!
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I did use West System epoxy. And I very certain that's not the problem. The hull doesn't show any cracks. Am more convinced that is where hatches are and the vaselin in the rudder stock was old and not holding water out.
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I couldn't find where the leakage were. I can imagine due to the somewhat rough water the hatches were not sealing properly and I haven't changed the petroleum vaseline for the rudderstock since 2012. Reason I am re-doing the deck is that many of the planks didn't adhere to the subdeck, resulting with water getting under and lifting the planks. I did find out on various wood sites that varnishing the subdeck prior epoxying down the planks will result with a better sticking. This is something I am make a trial of before planking the deck again. The deck is now clean, have only a few areas there to touch up. Got new sails as well.
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Accurate Triangle metal square
Nirvana replied to michael101's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
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Accurate Triangle metal square
Nirvana replied to michael101's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
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What is the weight of her? She looks massive!
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Chris, is there three sets? 🙂
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Welcome Phil, I am looking forward seeing your build log.
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Removal of epoxy laid planks are a pain. But progress is there. I learned something new today; applying a varnish or polyurethane to the wood is a good idea. This allows the epoxy not to be dried out. Once I have the false deck cleaned I will do so before the new planks are putting in. Hoping to have a clean deck tomorrow Sunday.
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Starlight and Zac, don't only take pictures to upload to MSW but save it to your own drive. It's always good to have. More pictures are better than few. My saved build logs also have copied helpful information from members so I can easily go backwards and find what is needed quicker than using MSW.
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Zac, A warm welcome to MSW. I am looking forward to read your build logs, and I know you will do it. You have more than 40000 members backing you. Ask questions even for something trivial. Many (I guess most) of our members don't belong to any clubs to get help or support from. That's why we are here. Think of us as a huge club where help is available 24/7. Again
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Another golden piece behind glass! Very nice.
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After some time in hiatus, I got my dear T37 back in the water some weeks ago. However, when sailing with others I noticed my yacht started to get sluggish with the maneuvers. When I got her back to the pier, I saw how low she was sitting in the water. And yes, I am glad I got her back in time. There was a good quarter inch of water inside of her. Fortunate no electrical equipment got damaged. So I have her back in the shop ripping some deck planks which was in need of replacement. New material has been ordered. Removing epoxy glued parts is a pain and when sanding a good mask is in need. She will also get new sails.
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Michael, I like that you are approaching Vasa as she was seen in Stockholm when coming out of the water. I have walked her deck back in the early 70's and at that time she was still very much without any paint. Last time I saw was in 2012, at the new museum (there is a new museum to be built for her) and a lot had changed. Best of luck with your model, I never finished my Airfix model.
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BMT, warm welcome to us at MSW!
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Welcome back! It's important that we let our bodies to heal, I know exactly how it is.
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The plugs may differ from to country to country in Europe however taking Sweden as an example; The plug in the original picture is what is called Euro-plug, fits in most countries in Europe besides UK which has a different prong setting.
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I have this plank bender (haven't tried it yet), mine is older and made for the 110V. Once they appear on ebay the price starts to shoot up so at 1 pound it's a real catch.
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A friend of mine built the MS Longboat and had a heck of a time with planking. When Chuck released his bigger version and with prespiled plan. He said this made it easier but was a challenge for him. For me, I have no issues with regular planks. One disadvantage with prespiled is if you break one by mistake....... then what?
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