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Looking for Aeropiccola Serapis instructions
navarcus replied to pinel's topic in Wood ship model kits
I have built the Nonsuch many times and the pre-formed/sawdust/glue/heat-moldable cookies for the carvings were light, accurate and solved many problems that 3d printing 're-solved' 40 years later. Search MSW for 'Nonsuch ketch 1650' to see how wonderfully Aeropiccola exploited this technology. Here is a sample from this link labeled internally as 'Album created by chas.' -
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When I look at a book about the replica Nonsuch built by the Hudson's Bay company there is a picture of the captain sitting in front of a very substantial rudder trunk in his cabin. The picture below gives a hint that this area of the Sultana replica may also have a rudder trunk.
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Portia Takakjian ignited the single-foothook HMY Fubbs fire (as rebuilt 1724) 33 years ago. Romero wrote a great book a little later and Bob Hunt made 30 nice kits after that. Some kit-maker needs to step up and make the WW guys a worthwhile offer.
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If I remember correctly, part of the genius of Art Montgomery's POF America was that the company got two kits from one loaf of bread. Every other slice of the carved hull was in one kit and vice versa. Lovely kit to build.
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Bluejacket had a carved-out tug hull model that was fun to build. The yellow box Fair American (solid hull) was good and I think better than the present one. Aeropiccola's thermo-plastic wood-dust-waffles for carvings and sterns were and are still the best solution. Sometimes the good old days were better.
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The yellow box Fair American was the best hull I ever worked on.
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I can't see in my mind's eye what exactly frame 29 needs to be shaped like. Do you have a couple of pre-glued pictures? Very much like the wood only approach.
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Thank you for the framed hull pictures; and wow aren't they something! The Franklin book is really great and I like how page 91 illustrates simple cannon carriages. Makes me think I don't have to do coils on my next Nonsuch, just focus on the goldleaf stuff. Aeropiccola did such a good job with their waffle-like wood-dust cookies for the mermaids and its fully formed stern. They are light, feel like wood, are easy to glue and thermoplastic to boot -- what was not to like?
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Would the bitts which the anchor cables are wrapped around come apart when the anchors need to be dropped?
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If I were any good at this, this would be pretty. OTOH it was pretty simple - the bow hawse part is just solid wood. Built 'rack of eye' almost in mid-air but with plenty of meat to sand down - more to do! Single-foot-hook can split if not seasoned, but Fubbs kit worked up pretty well with LSS 2009 CNC cutting.
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Looking at pics of Navy Board ship models, many don't have cant frames. Did you ever consider this option for less skilled modeler?
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