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Beautiful scenery! In one of your photo's someone is blocking the view!!

In Australia we can buy the soldering paste from shops that sell electronic components etc.

It is also a good idea to drag the threads through beeswax, not only keeps all the fibers together but also when the rope is tensioned it will make the rope a bit smaller in diameter. Also a good idea to smooth the hole out with a small drill bit (as you have done). Waxing the ropes also...

End mills from broken drill bits as well...

Here is the link that I umm, can't remember the word now, Ahh, forgot.

Thanks guys for your birthday wishes, sorry for the late thanks. Eric

Have a look at this link, maybe better explanation.

Well, after a hiatus of 2 years and 23 days, I am ready to post some pictures, but, I will warn you that it does not appear that lot of work has been done. The port side upper planking has been done, both inner and outer and some of the "heads" have been planked as well. Above some pictures...

Hi Bonair1, usually pirate ships were merchant ships or ships of the line (aka battleships) that had been commandeered or even stolen, if a pirate ship was damaged they take over another one. So, if the ship was a "ship of the line" it would have already had a colour scheme pertaining to that...

Folks, it is two days away from Christmas here, three for you folks. I wish you all a Happy and Safe Christmas with your families. For those who don't celebrate Christmas, May your God be with you. Best of regards and hope that 2021 will be a lot better than 2020. Love and regards from Eric...

Isn't it funny haha or funny peculiar the way this "thread" has turned, Donnie started this "feeling" / "sounding" depressed of which we can all relate to in spades. We - everybody - that contributed to this thread has helped turn a "sad/serious" situation around to the funny side, well done! I...

Poem Details | by Jerry T Curtis | Categories:depression, humor, humorous, irony, Saving McGee Now down at our local pub I noticed McGee at the bar So I pulled up a chair, A bit unaware That he was a bit under par He said to me "Last night, I tried to take me own life I wanted to end my...

Kurt, will you be using the supplied bamboo strips?

Hi John, I notice that you live on the west coast, hopefully not in a high humidity area. I live in a high humidity area and on a model I made a few years ago there are brown spots appearing, through the paint, where the so called brass nails are inserted. I would suggest coating the hull with...

Mike! How are you? Long time time no see buddy. I haven't done anything with models for a while now as I have been busy with other "projects" Will PM you later.

Further to the above, page two (actually 41) still has some German text, that can be translated by copy and paste into Translator.

To translate this site https://www.schifferlbauer.com/seite40.html, just paste the link into Google translate then click on the English "translation" and the page/s will all be in English.

Hi Donnie, I noticed that on your lower deck you used a wider king plank but on your top deck you used a plank the same width as the other upper deck planks. Perhaps by using a wider king plank you would have eliminated the thin wedge plank against the waterway.

Clair, it just goes to show you, I have been wrong all these years, I always thought that the DuoBerry Cluster was south of Uranus and all this time it was the DingleBerry Cluster. You see nobody tells me anything! The alien with the speech impediment said "I'm from Uranus, take me to your Weeder!"

Got some goodies today, two bandsaw blades 3.2mm wide, one bandsaw blade 6mm wide and a double edged circular saw blade (a reversible saw blade) Two of these blades from ebay for less than the price of 6mm blade! These two items from Bunnings (Australia's Lowes)