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📝 Amity Police 1/9ème JAWS II
2 months ago by 🇺🇸 MartyInFalmouth (
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Very nice modelling work Alexandre. The pair of grappling hooks at the stern are an interesting feature.
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💬 Re: SWIFT 1805
5 months ago by 🇺🇸 MartyInFalmouth ( Able Seaman)
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re: your deadeye jigrig:
Jigs - no two alike, but every one handy.
I have been thinking about jigs recently since I am building a 35" long plank on bulkhead model and doing the hull without a jig, doing all the aligning by what my friend Donald calls the eyerometer. Not a good idea, say most of my modelling friends, but I'm not so sure. When things look good to the eye they usually are good. Jigs are certainly important when they aid in positioning small bits, as is the case with your deadeyes, or tiny soldering jobs.
On your interesting 1805 pilot boat, what makes it a pilot boat? Was it just a regular boat put into service by pilots, or did it have specific features suited to pilot service?
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Jigs - no two alike, but every one handy.
I have been thinking about jigs recently since I am building a 35" long plank on bulkhead model and doing the hull without a jig, doing all the aligning by what my friend Donald calls the eyerometer. Not a good idea, say most of my modelling friends, but I'm not so sure. When things look good to the eye they usually are good. Jigs are certainly important when they aid in positioning small bits, as is the case with your deadeyes, or tiny soldering jobs.
On your interesting 1805 pilot boat, what makes it a pilot boat? Was it just a regular boat put into service by pilots, or did it have specific features suited to pilot service?
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💬 Re: Model engineers lathe
6 months ago by 🇺🇸 MartyInFalmouth ( Able Seaman)
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I owned a Myford Super7 for a number of years. Living in the US and not being able to locate a suitable example, I bought one in excellent condition from Tony Griffiths, who shipped it to me from England, an excellent transaction. When fully kitted, the machine is tailor made for small model engineering projects, such as the Stuart Turner line. I sold the machine on when my interests turned to larger, more industrially based machining projects, and outfitted my shop with machines of more robust construction, tighter tolerances, and larger work envelopes. If one can find and afford a Myford Super7 in firstrate shape and well accessorized, it is an excellent lathe for a new and serious hobbyist.
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📝 Planking a hull
8 months ago by 🇺🇸 MartyInFalmouth ( Able Seaman)
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Thanks Roy. I will take a couple of clips apart and see if I can match the words and music.
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📝 Planking a hull
8 months ago by 🇺🇸 MartyInFalmouth ( Able Seaman)
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RoyCV - Guess I am a bit muzzy this morning, but I can't understand what you are describing. Your photograph shows 6 unmodified clips, right?
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📝 Boat storage case
9 months ago by 🇺🇸 MartyInFalmouth ( Able Seaman)
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Depends on what you mean by "boat storage/transport case". The range is from lightweight & simple to keep dust out when on the shelf, to bulletproof professional joinery for airlines handling. Somewhere in between I have seen examples of cases, with for example hand cut dovetails, that were intended in some large degree to show off the woodworking skills of the maker.
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📝 Weight/ballast
10 months ago by 🇺🇸 MartyInFalmouth ( Able Seaman)
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I've used shot - #12 bird shot as I recall. Put suitable weight of shot in a plastic baggie, pour in just enough West System epoxy to cover all the pellets, and set in its final resting place for ballast inside the hull. It will harden in place and the baggie can be removed for storage when not sailing.
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📝 Decals
11 months ago by 🇺🇸 MartyInFalmouth ( Able Seaman)
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Callie Graphics, in the US.
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📝 rudder woes
11 months ago by 🇺🇸 MartyInFalmouth ( Able Seaman)
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White metal is about the cheesiest material one could use for a component, like a rudder, that will experience strain. roycv is exactly right: make your own, wood or brass.
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