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  1. Fairly simple principle in theory, more complicated to build correctly in the innards of a ship. The chain pump is type of a water pump in which several circular discs are positioned on an endless chain. One part of the chain dips in to the water, and the chain runs through a tube, slightly bigger than the diameter of the discs. As the chain is drawn up the tube, water becomes trapped between the discs and is lifted to and discharged at the top. The discharge varied by vessel - some discharged directly to the deck and then the water would run off through the scuppers. Others there was a pipe from the top to the scupper to contain the flow - particularly when the discharge was not on the spar deck. There is a really good description of the different types of pumps used in Historic Ship Models by Wolfram Zu Mondfeld. I found a preview on Google books - definitely need to get this book for my collection!
  2. I second the above - this has been one of my favorites to follow. Amazing work, Paul - thanks for re-posting this!
  3. Durned autocorrect Same basic meeting. In the older nautical speak - to fit or be fitted closely or tightly Hope this helped!
  4. Sometimes a picture can explain it better. This is from Longridge (1977) The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships. Note how the Hawse Timbers widen out from a straight side. Hope this helps!
  5. Good Question! In Steel's 1805 Shipbuilders Vade Mecum, he defines SCANTLING as The dimensions given for the timbers,plank, &c. Likewise, all quartering under five inches square, which is termed scantling; all above that size is called CARLING. Griffith, in his 1853 Shipbuilders Manual and Nautical Reference, provides several tables relating the moulded and sided scantling of various frame and structural members to the length, depth and breadth of a vessel. Oops - another set of terms! In general, MOULDED is the dimension from inside of the hull to outside, and SIDED runs perpendicular (more or less) to that dimension or along the curve of the hull. Based on the narrative you provide, it sounds as though the dimensions of the frame members around the hawse holes is increased (probably SIDED dimension) so that they can be fated (or fitted may be the more modern term) together. If you look at some of the exceptional scratch builds here, there are some good pictures of how that works. Hope that helps a little!
  6. Hi, Sarah. They did not come with the kit - I think I got them at a really great price (I think it was about $1.50 for a 12 pack of 2.0mm brass airports) from Model Expo. I knew the anchor chain needed to go belowdecks and didn't want to just leave the hole open. Have you started on your deck yet?
  7. This is a very impressive build, sir. The Connie has been a lifelong favorite and is on my list of future builds. I think your mixing of photos of the real deal and what you are doing is a great way to spice up the log - keep on keeping on!
  8. Augie - Aye aye, sir! Thanks for stopping by! Frank - afraid she'll only have 4 cannon when done, so not much support when Sjors starts rattling his sabre again. But, if the wind is light, can pull your ships into the fight Carl - I am certainly having my fair share of "Crud" events, but still loving the life! Wish i had started this years ago! So, have done a tad more since our last visit. As I think I mentioned before, I took the Harriet Lane out in public for her first viewing earlier this month. She was well recieved, and it felt good to have other folks give her a thumbs up! Have done a bit more fitting for the main boom. This shot gives a pretty good idea of the saddle in relation to the jaws. Still need to find some .75mm beads to make the parrell from. Have done some more of the detail work around the bow. Windlass (used the metal one that came with the kit) installed and forestay seized. Working on building new cateyes - the ones I had built were (harumph) determined to be too short when the bulwarks were raised....
  9. FIL6S - If you look at the link Mark gave you, there are some ideas on using thread to "fair" the hull as opposed to a batten. Particularly on a small hull like you are woking with, that may give you a bit better guide to work with. As far as the rabbet goes, it does not appear based on the photo's in the instructions that you would be able to. According to the plans, do the bulkheads extend all the way to the bottom of the keel or is there supposed to be a small gap there where the planking fits? Also, looking at your picture with the batten, it appears that the batten is not flush on all the bulkheads - if that's the case, you would need to do some evening out (probably by adding some onto the one that is short?) What you have is certainly a difficult planking arrangement!
  10. Chariot of Fame was a sister ship to the Star of Empire. Lot's of description about the Chariot of Fame in Howe, Octavius T. & F. T. Matthews, but no description of the figurehead. A little bit about some of the features (stanchions, knees, bottom color) in William l. Crothers The American Built Clipper Ship but no good drawings. David MacGregor doees have a picture of Chariot of Fame and copy of part of the plans for both in his British & American Clippers (pages 122-124). I do not have the book, but a snippet on Google Books of Donald McKay and His Famous Sailing Ships (page 103) states that as a figurehead, the Star of Empire had as a figurehead "...the Goddess of Fame with outspread wings. A trumpet was raised in the right hand, and her left hand, which was also raised, held a garland. her girdle was emblazoned with miniatures of our distinguished statesmen. The figure wasa robed in vestments of white, fringed with gold, its pedestal was ornamented with carved floral work."
  11. The American Fishing Schooners: 1825-1935 By Howard Chapelle Hardcover: 690 pages Publisher: Norton; 1st edition (April 1, 1973) Language: English ISBN-10: 0393031233 ISBN-13: 978-0393031232 This is a great reference book for any serious model builder, with lots of details and illustrations, clearly charting the evolution of the design of the American fishing schooners over the golden age of their careers. The evolution of the American fishing schooner from the 18th century to the last working and racing schooners of the mid-1930s is recounted in this book. The designers, builders and crews are discussed, and 137 plans of schooners show graphically the development of the type. An important feature of the book is its illustrated glossary-appendix, which covers items of hull construction and equipment, rigging and gear, colour and carving, and includes notes by the builders and riggers themselves. Chapelle was born on February 1, 1901. From 1919, he worked as a marine apprentice and designer for a number of shipbuilders. After 1936, he went into business for himself, and later served as head of the New England section of the Historic American Merchant Marine Survey, a New Deal project designed to research American naval history and staffed by unemployed marine architects. During World War II, Chapelle served in the United States Army Transportation Corps ship and boatbuilding program. In 1950, he ventured to England where he researched colonial ship design on a Guggenheim fellowship. In 1956/57, he served the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization as a consultant on fishing boat construction to the government of Turkey. Upon returning to America, he was appointed Division of Transportation curator of the National Museum of History and Technology. Ten years later, in 1967, he stepped down as curator to assume the role of Senior Historian. He retired in 1971, accepting the title of Historian Emeritus. Even though some of Chapelle's adaptations of historical designs were imperfect, his large collection of draughts and information is still valuable today. Many (most?) of his plans are available from the Smithsonian Institute at the History of Technology Division of the National Museum of American History. His other books include: American Sailing Craft American Small Sailing Craft The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America, with Edwin T. Adney Boatbuilding: A Complete Handbook of Wooden Boat Construction The History of the American Sailing Navy: The Ships and Their Development "Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiffs" The History of American Sailing Ships The National Watercraft Collection The Search for Speed Under Sail: 1700 -- 1855 "Notes on Chesapeake Bay Skipjacks" Yacht Designing and Planning
  12. I will pass along your greetings to Brett. He is working on his Phantom a little at a time. He will be signing up this week with his own account and then posting his build log. He is in a college course on digital photography, so I am hoping to recruit him to take pictures for me as well (I am an old dinosaur that hasn't mastered all the new technology around automated cameras...still have my 1977 version Minolta 35 mm camera for sentimental purposes...a bit of antique, I guess).
  13. Yeah, i guess they need a couple of more years then. My 5 year old grand daughter is helping with some simple painting, as you can see below. Cricket painting her "assigned" part of the ship My oh-so-proud apprentice!
  14. Robbyn - What a neat story! Not sure how useful the remaining timber would be, but it might prove to be an intersting opportunity to try and complete the build! If the current materials are too dry/fragile, you could always look into getting replacement lumber from a number of vendors. I am sure that, somewhere on this site of now more than 1,000 members, there is someone who built the CWM back in the day! Time to get the grandbabies started in ship building yet? Enjoy, and welcome!
  15. Ms. Anja - Your vesel is looking very sharp! I see your workmanship (workladyship?) and wish I could do as well! This is a truly beautiful ship - I may need to look into it in the future (once I get my current one done and Brett gets his finished...)
  16. Very nice jig - thank you for sharing this one! A quick question - do you use CA or dilute white glue for the serving?
  17. Eighteenth-century Rigs & Rigging - By KARL HEINZ MARQUARDT Publisher Conway Maritime Press, 1992 ISBN 0851775861, 9780851775869 From the dust jacket: Studies of the masting and rigging of sailing ships have hitherto been limited in geographical scope or in types of vessels covered; Eighteenth-century Rigs & Rigging is the first truly comprehensive work in its field. Coverage includes all major ship types of Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, the Middle East and Asia, both warships and merchant vessels, throughout the century in which the sailing ship was at its apogee. Drawing together all the major contemporary sources (including Steel, Chapman, Falconer, Roding and Darcy Lever) as well as the most authoritative studies from more recent times, the author presents an astute synthesis of all available knowledge. Commentary on the development and significant features of each rig is complemented by detailed descriptions of lines, blocks and the sails themselves, by belaying plans and descriptions of knots, hitches and ropework, and by extensive tables of rigging dimensions. Over 1200 of the author's high-quality line drawings illustrate the book throughout, and rigging terms in the text are given in French and German as well as English. This is an indispensable reference work for ship modellers, maritime historians and enthusiasts and provides a remarkable insight into the most complex technology of the period, from an English First Rate to a Fuchow pole junk. This is, as described, an amazing compilation of highly detailed and useful information for those working on 18th century ships. It is lacking in details from America, but that does not detract at all from it's utility - many of the Colonial ships would be following the European methods during that time period.
  18. Ships and Science: the Birth of Naval Architecture in the Scientific Revolution, 1600–1800 - By LARRIE D. FERREIRO Publisher Mit Press, 2010 ISBN 026251415X, 9780262514156 Length 441 pages "Naval architecture was born in the mountains of Peru, in the mind of a French astronomer named Pierre Bouguer who never built a ship in his life." So writes Larrie Ferreiro at the beginning of this pioneering work on the science of naval architecture. In Ships and Science, Ferreiro argues that the birth of naval architecture formed an integral part of the Scientific Revolution. Using Bouguer's work as a cornerstone, Ferreiro traces the intriguing and often unexpected development of this new discipline and describes its practical application to ship design in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. According to the author, the three main topics of naval science were: Maneuver, concerning the movement of ships under sail (including issues of masting); Resistance, concerning the speed of ships in water; and Stability, concerning the ability of ships, when inclined, to return to their upright position. This book provides a mass of original new data on the history of naval architecture for the period 1600–1800 in its most fundamental theoretical aspects. Also, it clarifies the central contribution of Pierre Bouguer whose Traité du navire, de sa construction, et de ses manoeuvres truly constitutes an intellectual hinge between the two worlds of scientific and technical ideas and besides takes into account the practical applications. For those interested in both the philosophical and scientific basis for the evolution of ship form and construction, this book provides a very detailed and readable narrative. For those seeking specific guidance to build any ship, however, it will not serve the purpose.
  19. Hank - I will definitely be following this one along with the crowd. I have seen it discussed in several books (Grimwood, Chapelle, etc) and have been hoping someone would build one!
  20. That, unfortunately, is not in the narrative! I did stumble across a painting of the ship which can be viewed at http://blueworldwebmuseum.org/item.php?category=Maritime_Portraits&title=Captain_Oliver_Lane_With_Neptune%27s_Favorite&id=351&catid=76 From http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/News/BDA/BDA%281854-06-21%29.html we have the following: Her bow rakes gently as it rises, and it is ornamented with a full female figure, blended with the cutwater, for the ship has neither head nor trail-boards, but is finished like a clipper.
  21. Carl - I love the challenge of finding stuff! Helps that I have a lot of good books to refer to...
  22. There are a number of additional downloads listed in my post "Nautical and Model Building Resources" under the Book and Magazine reviews and Downloads. Questions and Discussions for Books and Pubs forum here.
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