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[Bill Short]

Originally Posted by RyanShort

Well, I don't know if there's any relation, but welcome from another Short on the board.

Ryan Short

Hi Ryan,

My father emigrated to Canada from Taunton In Somerset England in the early 1900's.

Regards,
Bill

[Bill Short]

Originally Posted by Jim Nunn

Welcome Bill.

There are quite a few wood ship builders on the forum and several members and ex members of the So Cal SMA are on the forum (I’m an ex member of the SMA) so you are in good company.

Perhaps a look at the “Decoder Ring” from a commercial model will help explain the laminating of the parts. The first scan is from a Modelik kit and is typical of most kits. The number of asterisks tells you the thickness of the backing card stock. This particular kit is somewhat unusual in that it requires 1.5 mm stock. Most models use .5, 1 and 2 mm backing stock.

The second scan of some of the parts from the kit.

The .2 mm stock is generally the same as what the kit is printed on which is 67 lb card stock. I make my own backing stock by laminating two 67lb sheets for .5 mm and four sheets for 1 mm. As others have pointed out 3M 77 spray glue is the best for this job.

Jim Nunn

Hi Jim,

Thanks for your detailed explanations and attachments. I will study these and am sure that it will clarify my questions.

Regards,
Bill

[Don Boose]

A belated welcome, Bill. Your models are superb! I look forward to seeing what you will do in paper.

I'm very glad you asked the laminating question. As is always the case, your question elicited lots of good advice and I learned some new tricks.

Don