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Hello All;
I am Stephen Roberts, a life long scale modeler from Fort Myers Beach, ground zero for Ian with 8 feet of salt water surge in my home shop. Aside from the more serious losses, I had a 1/4" scale scratch build of Elsie, two Benjamin Lathams, one for a kit-bash, and the 2nd for Elsie's needed hardware. Elsie made it through with only repairable scratches, she was complete to bulwarks and rails. Also in the soggy mess was an unbuilt kit for Midwest's Seguin and a Dumas utility runabout.
These two are the biggest problem; the boxes are useless, but all of the wood and most of the hardware are ( I hope) salvageable. The die cut wood is now moldy and the plans are soaked. I have Seguins plans on my hard drive but the plans and instructions were printed on thin bond paper and can't be saved. To build Seguin I'll need to find a copy of Kit 957 Instructions for Assembly booklet. I'm worried about the die cut sheets though; does anyone have a process in mind for cleaning up these wood parts. The salt in the surface fiber has continued to attract moisture which I believe will compromise gluing and finishing. They can be cleaned to where they look OK but that hidden enemy, salt, might still be lurking.
This subject is probably a good area for discussion and I wonder if any modelers out there have had some luck with their methods. Thanks for reading.
Stephen
I am Stephen Roberts, a life long scale modeler from Fort Myers Beach, ground zero for Ian with 8 feet of salt water surge in my home shop. Aside from the more serious losses, I had a 1/4" scale scratch build of Elsie, two Benjamin Lathams, one for a kit-bash, and the 2nd for Elsie's needed hardware. Elsie made it through with only repairable scratches, she was complete to bulwarks and rails. Also in the soggy mess was an unbuilt kit for Midwest's Seguin and a Dumas utility runabout.
These two are the biggest problem; the boxes are useless, but all of the wood and most of the hardware are ( I hope) salvageable. The die cut wood is now moldy and the plans are soaked. I have Seguins plans on my hard drive but the plans and instructions were printed on thin bond paper and can't be saved. To build Seguin I'll need to find a copy of Kit 957 Instructions for Assembly booklet. I'm worried about the die cut sheets though; does anyone have a process in mind for cleaning up these wood parts. The salt in the surface fiber has continued to attract moisture which I believe will compromise gluing and finishing. They can be cleaned to where they look OK but that hidden enemy, salt, might still be lurking.
This subject is probably a good area for discussion and I wonder if any modelers out there have had some luck with their methods. Thanks for reading.
Stephen
