Re: John Grantham's Iron Ship Building (5th Ed. 1850's) in PDF form for those interested.

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“@AlessandroSPQR È un piacere - credo di essere proprio quel tipo di persona.”

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14 days ago by Avoca

Re: Image constraints?

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“@fireboat Rats, at the previous resolution/size my dodgy editing didn't show. Now everything is out of focus. So, smaller images it is.”

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15 days ago by Avoca

Looking to purchase unstarted or partially completed Speedline model kit

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“Hello, I learned this morning that Speedline is closing, unfortunately. If anyone has a Severn in 1/12 or 1/16 in a partially complete state that they would …”

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15 days ago by pbratten

Re: Caldercraft Sir Kay minesweeper

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“Hello Stephen, I am bulding Sir Kay now. I even have a spare set ot plans that you can have. Unfortunately rhaplans are not very accurate so if you want accu…”

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15 days ago by tim morland

Re: WWII Minesweeper HMT Sir Kay

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“@tim-morland i went on to chatgpt today and asked it to colourise that photo, look what it came up with !!!”

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15 days ago by StephenR1

Re: "The Cartoon Maker"

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“@chugalone100 Hi Julian I imagined you had been forced to leave your Cuba, but I didn't want to open up an old wound by bringing it up—partly because it’s su…”

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16 days ago by AlessandroSPQR

Re: Modifying Project Blog Titles?

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“All I have a new title forone of my blog build projects Col”

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16 days ago by ColRay

Re: Waterproofing new cut hatch

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“I would use some O-ring material in a shallow trough. Cut to fit, and join the ends with a tiny drop of CA. I like the little rare earth magnets for fastenin…”

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16 days ago by Fishercat

Re: At times I feel like I'm like that hamster on its wheel.. Oh I can't get off.

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“Mamamia!!!! *** At times I feel like I'm like that hamster on its wheel.. Oh I can't get off.*** . . . That title says it all, and I think it's great! But my…”

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16 days ago by Mike Stoney

Re: The towns pond

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“Not a boat in sight. So. I will try again next Sunday Col”

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16 days ago by ColRay

Re: Those Immortal Words!

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“@jumpugly Thank you for the kind comment. I feel very blessed to be able to have this space. The green one in the picture is not an old ShopSmith. I do, howe…”

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18 days ago by DWBrinkman

Re: Random Problems Loading Pictures?

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“I don’t have the problems discussed here. The problem I do have is after posting with successfully loaded photos & then for some reason editing the post the …”

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19 days ago by Chum444

Re: Table Saw

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“@ChrisF . The difference is in the name. An Abrafile is basically a completely round fine file, and this is why it is able to cut (or file) equally well in a…”

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19 days ago by zooma

Re: TVR1A Steam Engine.

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“@GaryLC TOP!!!!”

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23 days ago by AlessandroSPQR

Re: In the beginning there were convicts, now I find a famous shipwreck. My poor ancestors...

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“@Avoca Try searching in the UK National Archives as this often contains ship information and occasionally newspaper articles with illustrations of the vessel…”

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23 days ago by OldieNewbie

Re: Has anybody built any of the “Tremendous Marine RC” models?

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“@chugalone100 I'm sorry, Julian, I can't be of help since I've never tried them, but thanks for sharing this site; I want to take a good look at it as soon a…”

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24 days ago by AlessandroSPQR

Re: Those were the days

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“I never 'mastered' a slide rule but could use it for simple stuff. I was always intrigued with logs. I liked the way they worked and then there were antilogs…”

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25 days ago by roycv

Re: Searching for large model of the RMS Tayluer.

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“Murray The printer, why such a long wait ? Col”

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27 days ago by ColRay

Re: men figures?

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“I was referring to your hawk tugboat”

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27 days ago by JohnB9

Re: THE VASA; A SWEDISH GALLEON FROM 1600, A WRECK, A MUSEUM.

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“@RossM Hi Ross, yes, I agree with you; it is a magnificent galleon nonetheless. Had the proper precautions been taken—and had the King's ill-advised whims be…”

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27 days ago by AlessandroSPQR

Re: More Ducks Than Boats at Southport MBC Today.

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“Double Promenades and Blue Swans? When the Victorian’s became dissatisfied with the unreliability of the tide to come onto the Southport beach when they want…”

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28 days ago by zooma

Re: Gongoozelling.

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“Morning Bob "Never too old to learn" yes each and every day Col”

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29 days ago by ColRay

Re: Couldn’t access over the last two days

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“luckyduck That's the way that I always get on the website, by clicking on a notification. But I have only just started to get new ones today. The last ones s…”

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29 days ago by Steves-s

Re: Sailing ship "full rigged ship", "Af Chapman", now "Dunboyne".

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“@AlessandroSPQR A moving traveller system was my second guess 1) I visualize a side-to-side slit in the deck and all the mechancial parts for the shifting BE…”

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29 days ago by RossM

Re: Precedent Perkasa 49” GRP Hull

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“I'm in exactly the same position, I know the bulkheads are missing so will need to handcraft them but no plans (although I do have the parts list) :-(”

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29 days ago by ian-t

Re: Site load speed

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“@SimpleSailor Yes, I can confirm that I’ve recently experienced slowdowns, and not just that. For some time now, I’ve encountered the following issues (I’m n…”

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1 month ago by AlessandroSPQR

Re: I may try something new

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“@ColRay So, does something like either of these fit the bill? (Personally, I like the second, smaller, vessel).”

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1 month ago by Avoca

Re: German model shop

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“@IGinBasel Thank you for your reaply ,my friend will be disappointed . Cheers Chris”

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1 month ago by Chris W

Re: Sheets and sail winch

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“@OldieNewbie Hi OldieNewbie, It would actually be helpful to know which model ship you are building. The challenges vary significantly from one model to anot…”

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1 month ago by AlessandroSPQR

Re: Suspicious contact received

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“Just had a look in my PMs and it's gone! Col happy with that”

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1 month ago by ColRay