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Up to about 1800 there were iron bands between the wooldings as in your top photo of the main mast but you do not seem to have them in the photo of the foremast. Was this common? I cannot find anything where one is set up with iron bands and the other is not. FWIW if you use copper instead...

Whether brass or copper once the part is in place and filed the area needs to be cleaned to get rid of any filings. If that is not done, the filings will blacken as well and leave a halo around the part. For copper, once the area is wiped clean diluted LoS will instantly blacken the copper...

Are you going to leave the metal brass colored or black like iron? If the latter, copper is an good alternative choice as it can be blackened with diluted liver of sulfur using a small paint brush after the "bolts" are inserted and filed flat. Just be sure to wipe the surface with a wet paper...

As for the "hinges." They are called "gudgeons" and "pintles." The gudgeon is the half that's attached to the boat and the pintle is the part attached to the rudder. The pintle has a "pin" on it that fits into the gudgeon, so that's an easy way to remember the difference. In my experience, the...

Thanks Paul,Peter,Daniel and Rebus. When I started the stove it looked like a fun part to build. It became rather finicky and the larger brass parts did not blacken very nicely. The brass also did not take my solder. I wanted a different look to what I got however it is still pretty cool. Cheers...

One of the doors has been placed in the bow. I also completed three of the five grates, one of the two pin rails, and the gun carriages. The railing, grate, and pin rail have been installed in the forecastle. There isn’t much room on the forecastle to place everything. It took me three tries to...

Alright! I got back from Hawaii a few days ago, and not a moment too soon! (Seriously, glad everyone there was okay). I actually ended up skipping the Missouri for the Bowfin. The museum was more interesting, the submarine was awesome, and I had already been to the USS Iowa several times with...

I use the tools because I mainly use brass-plated steel wire that is much much stiffer than pure brass or copper. Pain in the butt trying to wrap around a drill bit or other form.

Making the ringbolts for the lift rings and eyes is pretty straight forward. While I have used and still occasionally use brass, my personal preference is copper wire as it easy to shape, strong, and much easier to blacken than brass. At our small scales, making an eye bolt that does not stick...

I really like the tools above but maybe because I am too cheap to buy them I go the simple route. To make a lot of rings and eyebolts that are all the same exact size and with dozens of different diameters available, drill bits work great. My preference is copper as it is clean, easy to work...

I thought you were finishing the wood "bright" and going with brass. If you want an iron railing, "blacken" or paint the brass railing to suit your taste.

The cannons fit after sanding the carriages and making the wedges to lower the barrel. I just bought some liver of sulfur to blacken the barrels on this build. I didn’t like how they turned out when I painted them on the Albatros build. I used ammonia on the last build and found the brass eye...

What prompted me to even speak up was the fact that your planking looks so good! And your hinges look...well... The most obvious thing to my eye is the loss of scale. Those hinges are way too wide for the 1:100 scale of your model. And the bolts are simply too large. It might help if you intend...

That's an interesting use of those rail spikes, John. It looks good on your Vasa. The rivet heads on the actual ship are 20-25 mm in diam. The roves are also about 25mm sq. That translates to 1mm in my scale and 0.78mm on the 1:32 version. Looking a photos from the museum, you can see that...

I ordered some liver of Sulphur today (thanks Mthomas) to blacken the brass parts. It won’t be here before I’m ready to place the rudder so I’m just going to continue forward with the build. Today I got the stern completed. The instructions called for the strakes to be installed vertically, but...

Thank you. I’ll get on Amazon and see what I can find. On my last build I tried ammonia. It worked but the brass became extremely brittle.

To blacken the brass, try either Birchwood Casey Brass Black, liver of Sulphur, or any other products used for doing this. Just google how to blacken brass.

Thanks for the answer.. Oh, this is what awaits me in the future. I'll test everything on cats first. ROTF ROTF ROTF

Ok, one by one :) Here are the oils that I bought: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07N6N61JM?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00CECVM8Q?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title...

Don't have paint for hair and stuff yet, but I did have more figures to paint, as much as I could, so... Dark blue and light blue, next is white pants Here's about as far as I can get. Let 'em dry and do a little touch-up. The new colors are due tomorrow and they'll all get haircuts and...