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mcpwilk reacted to a post in a topic: 'Nisha' - The Brixham 'Mumble-Bee' by James H - Vanguard Models 1:64 - FINISHED
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Superb modelling to date. I enjoy splicing but splicing scale ropes is a little more taxing than splicing full size ones! Having a scale figure helps improve perspective. If you want to try some larger scale Nelsonian sailors, the Victory Miniatures web site is worth a look (https://www.victoryminiatures.co.uk/index.php?id=about). Mike
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This has been done beautifuuly. I have one query before I fit the bowsprit on my own model. All illustrations of the time show a simple bowsprit without a dolphin striker or "jig boom". Other firms models have only the simple bowsprit. Where did Mamoli get the idea of a more involved set up, which was not uncommon on ships of the time? Mike
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Brittanic was not empty when she was mined. On the morning of 21 November 1916 she was shaken by an explosion caused by a mine near the Greek island of Kea and sank 55 minutes later, killing 30 people. There were 1,066 people on board; the 1,036 survivors were rescued from the water andthe lifeboats.
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Very nicely done in an unusual scale. I find clinker easer than carvel planking. If using metal pins, I cut off the ends and push them in flush. Treenails I use coctail sticks which I thin down through a home made jeweller's draw plate and then sand flush. Black cartridge paper between the deck planks is a good substitute for caulking and tar (see below). I shall look forward to future progress, Mike 1/48 Schooner for Port Jackson (scratch built) 1/48 HM Cutter Andromeda (kit based)
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I'm often in two minds about sails. They show the ship as she is meant to be but they also obscure the rigging. They are often made overscale, especially where sticthing is concerned. Your sails are a masterpiece and I am sure will enhance an extremely accurate and impressive build. Mike
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I use sewing thread for whipping and ratlines. Overscale cordage is very common on model ships. Mike
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This is very nicely done and the sails look just right. I understand that the plans for this kit were based on drawings by Karl Heinz Marquardt. I am currently rigging my scratch built 1/48 scale model, based on the plans from the National Maritime Museum with a sail/rigging plan drawn by David MacGregor. The NMM plans show two options; sloop rigged with a single mast and channels with three deadeyes or schooner rigged and channels with four deadeyes for both fore and mainmasts, the forward three deadeyes for the lower mast, the aft deadeye for the topmast. The rigging plans also show yards crossed on both masts with a topsail as well as a driver on the mainmast.
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I alway find it easier to plank a clinker than a carvel hull! Mike
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I am in the process of rigging my scratch built 1/48 scale Schooner for Port Jackson based on the lines and details from the National Maritime Museum archives and the rig details from the late David MacGregor. The kit does not match the either the NMM plans or the rig as drawn by DM. This may not matter because there is some dispute as to whether or not the vessel was built as drawn. Persoanlly I enjoy the research as well as the build, but accept that for many people it is the build and display which floats their proverbial boat. Mike -
The planking is superb, but is carvel, not clinker.
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