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    The interior grating comes in two halves and when putting them together it looks awful. I am very tempted to make alteration to have it looking like one plank.
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    Keith You are an inspiration of making small and intricate details. Now I wish I had a lathe and mill to do the same.
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    Tor, A good morning to you..... This is something I think we all have experience from time to time with MS products..... the close shortness of one item or two. Hopefully you don't have to run out and getting replacement. Forgot to mention, send me a 3 1/2 as it is more than two years ago I had one.
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    Lovely light effect!
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    Gil, I just found the most comfortable chair and following along you build. You have come far with the built. And I like the varnishing you are doing. Considering the last ship, you are going to have this one done in a heart beat. Edit: Some extra history regarding this sailing class. The Dragon class was initiated by the Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club, who gave Norwegian yacht designer Johan Anker a brief for a cheap cruising/racing boat with about 20 square metres (220 sq ft) of sail area.[4] After the Second World War, the boat was considered slow, and genoa and spinnaker was introduced.[4] Since 2008 the Dragon is one of the Vintage Yachting Classes at the Vintage Yachting Games.
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    I should have done this long before to get cleaner cuts as I dug out the cutter. This made each strip equal in length.
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    En tre och en halva, jo jag tackar. Guys, this is the type of beer I miss so much over here in the US. They are full of flavor and low on the alcohol. So it is a good modeling beer. Edit, glad to see you back at the work table.
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    That is a huge cross section. Looking forward to the detailing!
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    Kees, Very nice final pictures, and of the creator of the ships.
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    MS paint dried up very quickly once a jar was opened. So I did a try with our food vacuum sealer, shh don't tell the admiral, Process: 1 - opened the jar - did some painting on a test piece of wood, that meaning returning the brush back to the jar. 2- closed the lid - only hand tight 3 - put the jar in a sealant bag, used the vacuum sealer 4 - had it sit for one week. 5 - open the bag and jar, not completely dry paint but much more dense. Couldn't get it diluted properly. Wonder if there is something of the chemistry of the paint that causes it..... I am not a chemist maybe someone else has an explanation.
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    Mike, I think wooden ratlines is more accurate for this type of vessel. Looks better that way.
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    Keith, very nice winches. How do make several of them looking the same? Are you using a transferring jig?
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    Stupid question, and I hope there is an answer. But sending a DVD instead of plans, how do you get a correct measurement when needed?
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    Puckotred, Very nice re-thinking of the instructions. The combo of "wood - water - drying " which equal shrink and gaps is something we all can relate to. Like the recovery you did.
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    Skeppsholmen is an amazing place to wander around. Small cafe's and specially in the spring this area is like an ant stack. There is activities every where. One can spend a whole day and then realizing you have seen just a small part of it all.
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    Mike, the planks are pre-beveled. Continuation, I haven't been able to do any building in the beginning of the week. One of the "wire wheels" lost it all and the garage door got stuck in a very bad angle. But my good friend Joe did a fantastic job to do a recovery and getting things back into place. So yesterday evening I got an opportunity to get back to the boat. I have installed more of the simulated frames. Maybe an overkill going all the way down to the keel as it all will be covered by the floor. Could probably have done only the three last planks. But I feel it makes it more accurate and also another nice part of if is the stability this provides to the planking. Yesterday I figured out I could have used the empty frame laser cut outs for forming the strips. Kind of late but I still have some strips to do. Unfortunate when they did the laser cutting, the cutting was done from the wrong side making the visible surface filled with burn marks. The other side doesn't have them. Soft sanding with fine grade paper should do it.
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    Mike, Very nice, but one serious question; Isn't that trailer little to big for your tug? Or are you to haul both of the Ts' on it?
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    Sorry for the late chime, Something I would like to see is 1920-1950 Motor Yacht POF 1:20-1:30 scale (not to small or not to large) Maybe removable superstructure to emphasize detailing. This is just an idea I like and found on the internet.
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    The double sided for small parts is working for me very well, even for brush painting.
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    Well, I just pulled up a comfy chair, Sjors please pass the popcorn, all we need now is the beverage from Mark. I am getting a little tired of my coffee.........
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    There is a company in Sweden making blocks. I have bought from them and the quality is high. The company name is Eskader located in Stockholm. Click the link and you have the blocks.
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    Check this link out, might be helpful.
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    They are cut perfectly. You will see once I get the top plank installed. I could just imagine all the bevelling I would had to do otherwise.
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    This little boat has a fairly sharp bow, Take a look at the real thing, and a lot of work is needed for the model.
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    Mike, The planks at the stem are all to be leveled. The boat is clinker built so there is a lot of sanding once all the planks are in place. I was wondering about it myself, but I have dry-fitted the remaining five planks. The planks are all laser cut! Which is amazing. And oh my, there will be shaping and sanding! Thank you for the observation, though!

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