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  1. pianoforte

    Making sails from silkspan

    After the construction of my 1:50 gaff sloop was nearing its end, I had to decide which kind of sail to get, cloth or tissue paper. Fabric sails are very nice when they are well made and I was not sure if I could do it in this scale. So I decided on silkspan, studied Tom Lauria's video, read an...
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