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gerritv 🇨🇦 Basic

Able Seaman  · 48 pts St. Catharines, Canada Member since Jun 2018 Last online 4 years ago Age 77
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“Restoring a 1:72 HMCS Athabaskan (G07)”

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Forum reply dutch sailing barge Hi Ted Near top of your page on this site you will see Messages, just click there. Should say something such as 1/4 Gerrit 2 902 Forum reply dutch sailing barge Ted, check your PM's, you have a message. Gerrit 2 907 Forum reply dutch sailing barge I will find the scans of photos taken while my dad was building this one. Should have an album in the next week. Gerrit 2 925 Forum reply dutch sailing barge The good news is that you can still sail on them, once tourism opens up again. There is a very active group keeping these ships afloat. The last model my dad w… 2 587 Forum reply dutch sailing barge The site is part of the Dutch Model Builders Association (https://modelbouwers.nl/). Members get 25% off on drawings. My dad as a member used to get the magazi… 2 580 Forum reply Are these any good One thing to perhaps change is to run the small drills slower. I know the usual wisdom says to run at high RPM but without a high feed in rate to with it, the … 562 Forum reply Are these any good You are getting HSS drill bits (the ones from Microscrews are HSS) or you are going to try drilling HSS? HSS is generally rock hard and them tempered. I will v… 556 Forum reply Are these any good Perhaps it is what you are trying to drill and thus using the wrong drill technology? if I can drill silver steel/drill rod and stainless all day long with the… 556 Forum reply Are these any good Are the drills not sharp? Drilling oversized/undersized? I love mine, in steel (esp drill rod/silver steel), al and brass (although most drills unmodified are … 556 Forum reply Are these any good Maybe but someone else had 8 years after her along with the union to get to today's place. Esp. in recent years the union demand history reminds me of Billy Co… 556

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