Background: building a #lego minifig scale model of HMS Surprise, from Patrick O'Brien's books. #modelshipbuilding

Been at it for nearly 10 yrs as a secondary hobby. Fwd progress gets stalled regularly as I do research or try to solve a construction problem.

Latest issue was masts curving or catastrophically breaking under rope strain. I already resorted to CA glue, wasn't enough. I broke down and bought aluminum CNC milled technic axles.

Finally have stable 4' main mast without scaffolding.

#Introduction My day job is prof of quantum physics in Amsterdam, but I've got a bit of a split personality, reflected in my multiple other accounts besides this one:

- #Science: https://fediscience.org/@jscaux
- #OpenAccess: https://scipost.social/@jscaux
- #FOSS: https://fosstodon.org/@jscaux
- #Photography: https://mastodon.art/@jscaux

Here, you'll see me toot about some other loves of mine: #Go, #metalworking, #modelshipbuilding, and all the rest.

Things I’m doing these days:

#guitar
#woodworking
#modelshipbuilding
#datascience
#homeimprovement