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General Topics / Help with Models

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HELP! HOW DO I MOVE MY MODELS?
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guitar strings as fully served shrouds - in case you want to try...
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Inexpensive Chinese fishing boat kit " Nxos "
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making paper fittings
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Model Shipways Bluenose 1:64 main rail template
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mast construction....
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Retribution
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Help find Pear Wood. I'm desperate...
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Which comes first, the planks or the stem.
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Foca Class submarine (1937)
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new mode to make crewmen
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Stuart Little
HMS Victory - Caldercraft
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Is there anyone out there that has done a recent kit build for the Cutty Sark that can part with the directions?
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Model Shipwright # 114 magazine wanted
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Jerome
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Photo Etched parts
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Ornholt
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Instructions for Artesania Latina Independence 1775
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Gunports Corel
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woody joe instructions
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Model Trailways Concord Stagecoach Build
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glennb17
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Black Pearl - english Instructions?
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Newbie builder - finishing Connie plus two Cutty Sarks
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Help with rigging knots
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Custom Built Wooden Boats
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Jerome
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Metal decorations ZHL Le Soleil Royal
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Stripwood Supplies in Australia
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Jerome
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Victory models or Occre??
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Which Waterline to build a jig?
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MThomas
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Walnut planking
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Ted Robinson
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Help with model
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Jerome
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Occre The Revenge, my second wooden ship build and the first attempt with sails
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MicroMark no longer has Proxxon or Sherline!?!?
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Which saw to buy?
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Jimsky
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billings
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Removing pencil marks
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Should I varnish as final step to complete model?
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Jerome
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Short Lines On Sails
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Le Hussard diagrams - Looking for
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Rudder
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Mantua or Mamoli?
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Types of wood
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Unknown mast features, what are these for?
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HMS Endeavor longboat
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Waterways, ,margin planks and plank joggling
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Creole queen
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Building the titanic
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Sticks or no sticks
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Shrouds
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Ships of Pavel Nikitim
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"Bolts" in Step 37, Stay Plates for Norwegian Sailing Pram
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Masts length Occre San
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Occre San Felipe Mast Lengths
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New Model Shop Under Construction
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Tytis
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Mast diameters
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Two builds at once?
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Le Husard 1848 user manual pdf
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New Shop
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Captain John Smith Shallop Question
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Help needed with rigging
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Constructo kits
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Math Whiz
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Ship Research
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Mast alignment
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Converting scales
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