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Volunteer replied to a thread Call up papers. in UK Fleet

We received our second shot this afternoon. As I write, it has been a bit over 8 hours. The wife is experiencing chills and a headache already. My...

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03-03-2021, 11:37

Volunteer replied to a thread Ships boats in The Chippy Shop

John the rowed boat packs also include larger gunboats Next size down Pinnaces And smaller cutters

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03-03-2021, 11:19

Volunteer replied to a thread Ships boats in The Chippy Shop

Right John, Play Doh hardens in air after a few hours and can be filed, sanded and painted. I just lay a bit over each impression on one side of the...

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03-02-2021, 18:57

Volunteer replied to a thread Medals and promotions Board. in Wardroom

Nice going Bill, congratulations!:drinks:

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03-02-2021, 13:10

Volunteer replied to a thread Ships boats in The Chippy Shop

GHQ sells three different ship's boats as well, but Langton has the crewed and oared boats. Crews are approximately 2 MM in size.

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03-02-2021, 00:13

Volunteer replied to a thread Call up papers. in UK Fleet

The wife and I got our first back on Feb 3rd. Our second is this week on March 4th. They are doing three to four weeks between shots here.

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03-01-2021, 14:07

Volunteer replied to a thread Medals and promotions Board. in Wardroom

Congrats on TWO medals are in order! Well done Paul!:drinks:

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03-01-2021, 14:04

Volunteer replied to a thread Ships boats in The Chippy Shop

I have the same issue with 1/700 scale boats. I used some Warlord Games boats and made a two part hard mold and use play-doh to make more

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03-01-2021, 13:47

Volunteer replied to a thread What's on Your Workbench for March? in The Chippy Shop

I have a "Junk" shelf......doesn't everyone?

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03-01-2021, 13:39

Volunteer replied to a thread 38-40 gun frigates. in The Chippy Shop

I did correspond with Rod a couple of times and yes he was very nice. Rory McCreadie used to talk with Rod and his wife frequently and alway spoke...

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03-01-2021, 11:04

Volunteer started a thread What's on Your Workbench for March? in The Chippy Shop

This month I am working on Temeraire class French 74s and a few Spanish SOLs. Le Timoleon

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03-01-2021, 10:16

Volunteer replied to a thread What's on your workbench for February? in The Chippy Shop

I like them Jonas! Always was partial to the tricorne:hatsoff:

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02-28-2021, 22:31

Volunteer replied to a thread 38-40 gun frigates. in The Chippy Shop

I didn't know he would do that, awesome! Thanks

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02-28-2021, 13:27

Volunteer replied to a thread What's on your workbench for February? in The Chippy Shop

Well I have decided to take a break from the wooden Chinese Junk. I now understand why many wooden ship modelers talk about spending years on a...

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02-28-2021, 09:49

Volunteer replied to a thread 38-40 gun frigates. in The Chippy Shop

Jonas are you saying Rod Langton sold you just the stern plates alone? If so, how did you order them? I would be very interested in doing the same.

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02-28-2021, 09:40

Volunteer replied to a thread 38-40 gun frigates. in The Chippy Shop

Sorry, coming in late to this. What Langton stern are you using to replace the cutaway on this ship Dobbs?

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02-27-2021, 00:08

Volunteer replied to a thread Principio Iron Furnace in The Chippy Shop

You are right Dobbs, I have both forts and mixed them up

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02-20-2021, 13:17

Volunteer replied to a thread Principio Iron Furnace in The Chippy Shop

I know what you mean there Dobbs. I fumble finger small parts all of the time and lose them. Sometimes I'll find one days or weeks later in the most...

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02-20-2021, 12:46

Volunteer replied to a thread What's on your workbench for February? in The Chippy Shop

Pete Lowe is, or was, Rory's best gaming friend. We became friends as well. Pete has a FDM printer and a variety of STL files he has accumulated. His...

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02-20-2021, 01:08

Volunteer replied to a thread Principio Iron Furnace in The Chippy Shop

My Brigade Fort Lupin and guns came from Pico Armor here in the states

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02-19-2021, 22:30

Volunteer replied to a thread What's on your workbench for February? in The Chippy Shop

I received my parts order from ModelExpo. The belaying pins are much too large for the rack holes, though they are the smallest size available. So I...

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02-19-2021, 12:29

Volunteer replied to a thread What's on your workbench for February? in The Chippy Shop

Rob you do tend to keep me in stitches at times!:cheezy::wink:

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02-19-2021, 09:42

Volunteer replied to a thread What's on your workbench for February? in The Chippy Shop

Four days to finish the rest of the sails I now know that stitching is NOT my strong suit!:erk:

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02-16-2021, 12:33

Volunteer replied to a thread What's on your workbench for February? in The Chippy Shop

Thanks Rob, this has been a challenging endeavor I am anxious to be done with so I can get back to the 3D ships.

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02-16-2021, 12:15

Volunteer replied to a thread What's on your workbench for February? in The Chippy Shop

It's a junk John.....square prow, pointed stern, masts canted forward! The stitching is all hand, why it took me over four hours and a sore neck and...

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02-15-2021, 22:04

Volunteer replied to a thread What's on your workbench for February? in The Chippy Shop

Progress so far on the Chinese "Junk"! Sorry John, you named it and it's going to stick:wink: My first sail took 4 hours! Six more to go...

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02-15-2021, 10:39

Volunteer replied to a thread What's on your workbench for February? in The Chippy Shop

Very nice Rob. The boats look great! Where did they come from?

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02-14-2021, 00:23

Volunteer replied to a thread What's on your workbench for February? in The Chippy Shop

I wonder which ship it was, how many guns? Maybe the Tripoly? Not Meshuda which was a schooner. Essex was only in the first Barbary war and really...

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02-14-2021, 00:04

Volunteer replied to a thread What's on your workbench for February? in The Chippy Shop

Yes this painting shows Essex only had the stern boat and davits. Nightmoss set me straight on that back in the What's on Your Workbench December...

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02-13-2021, 11:33

Volunteer replied to a thread What's on your workbench for February? in The Chippy Shop

Rob the first one does show a boat at the stern. The second one is depeicting the stern detail so no boat, but the davits are there.

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