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| (...) Nice work indeed! That SNOT hull is a work of art - I love the combination of slopes and the bow and more traditional plated SNOT at the stern. I'm not a fan of schooner rigs generally, but I'd love to see this one under full canvas - she'd (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| Well, I've been saying that I need to get this privateer of mine finished, and I've dropped her name a number of times. At long last, photos of 'Her Ladyship' have arrived! The pre-moderation teasers: (URL) the gallery, with pictures predominantly (...) (22 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) <snip> (...) I find they work well when the arm is studs up (ie attached to the mast with a 1x4 plate with rod down), and less well for studs down (ie attached to the mast with a 1x4 or 1x2 plate with rod up). The Port Brique workaround for (...) (22 years ago, 15-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) If you're going to use a paper punch on fabric, you might want to buy a dedicated paper punch and never use it on anything _but_ fabric. Paper will dull any cutting edge (in theatre, you learn that a very painful way to commit suicide is to (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) I'm not familiar with it, but I'm sure most of the fabric stiffeners would be fine! You may have to experiment with whether you want to dilute it or not. In my case, I didn't like the amount of stiffness that the full strength solution (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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