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BANYAN

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  1. Sorry to hear this news Keith; my thoughts are with you. I hope Maggie has a full recovery. cheers Pat
  2. And note the warm clothing in the MIDDLE of SUMMER - yikes. It has been one of those seasons down this a-way. BTW, nice carving Steven. cheers Pat
  3. Paul, if lines were bent to the sheer poles, this would probably have been done using the tails of the line. The excess would first have been made up into coils, a length of the tail end then wrapped around the coils on their upper end, forming a sort of eye, through which the tail will have been passed. The length of the tail will have been long enough to form at least a clove hitch by which to bend it to the pole, but probably a little more to allow a constrictor hitch, or safety turns in addition to a clove hitch. However, if carelessly/haphazardly bent to the pole, this could also have led to several of these made-up coils dangling and swinging freely if the pole was fitted much higher than the cap/roughtree rail. This would have imposed a significant hazard for the crew when stepping into the ratlines? This could be somewhat mitigated by bending them onto, or even around the shroud, near where the poles crossed them, leaving the parts between the shrouds clear to access/step-on? Hope this helps? cheers Pat
  4. I would hardly say 'suffering through the build' Glen; I have enjoyed every second of it; especially when you keep building these interesting and well executed projects. cheers Pat
  5. That is one nice diorama Glen, you may not be a florist but I think you could give Bonsai a fair old shake cheers Pat
  6. You have done a superb job on this model Eberhard; such great detail at the scale you use. I know that term is overly used, but in thios instance well and truly deserving. I have enjoyed the voyage. thanks. Pat
  7. A wonderful display Rob, she looks great in her final home. Congratulations on an excellent build. cheers Pat
  8. Druxey, at least you recognized them, I was perplexed until the hint given by the more observant FlyingFish. cheers Pat
  9. Thanks for the info Eberhard. In hindsight, and as I am working at a larger scale, do you think drafting linen might work?
  10. I love this model Steven, especially in her quasi-diorama - a very nicely displayed model. Hopefully you won't accidently catch one of those protruding corners in her new home? cheers Pat
  11. Those gripes/sea lashings look so good Eberhard, very nicely done. Now I have something to try and emulate for the Victoria's boats Can I be so bold as to ask for a link to that material for making them? cheers Pat
  12. Hi Ron, I have a Sherline mill also. That chuck usually comes with a draw bar (threaded on one end and a bolt type head) that you put in from the top of the spindle assembly. I partially engage the thread of the draw bar into the chuck bore, give it a tap or two with a small rubber mallet (small hammer will work also) which usually disengages the tapered (morse) chuck head. If you don't have the draw bar, putting a metal rod of suitable OD down into the spindle bore and tapping that should also work, BUT put a rag or something under the chuck so that if it dislodges completely, it will fall onto a padded surface and not damage the cross-table or the chuck etc. The rod could be one of the many different bars/rods provided by Sherline, but should be a smaller OD than the bore, but bigger than the internally threaded bore in the top of the chuck (so that you don't drive the bar into this and damage the thread). I hope that resolves the issue for you. cheers Pat
  13. Hi Clovehitch. I had to do these for my build at 1:72 recently. I found I had to use very dense grained wood for any success. My method was to first file flats on either side of the boom inner end. To make the jaws I printed scaled copies of each jaw set as templates l(that is, the jaws as a full integrated piece). I thicknessed the wood to the appropriate thickness, and pasted the paper template onto it; and double sided taped (low tack) a sacrificial thin piece of wood under it to keep a clean cut. I then cut these to the required shape following the outer lines. Once cut, I sliced these in half to get the individual jaw pieces and sanded the centre cut back to the required line (to allow for boom neck thickness and taper. I removed the template but before separating the sacrificial piece away, I drilled holes at the required places to simulate the through bolts (leaving the sacrificial wood in place helps with protecting these thin pieces. I then removed the sacrificial piece and edge glued (two part epoxy for strength) to the flats on the neck being sure to keep them aligned. The following shows my test boom to prove the method and the final results. I hope this helps? The outer reefing combs look slightly large, but at this scale they are quite small and look better scaled to the naked eye. cheers Pat Pat
  14. Your build is coming along very nicely Harry; looking good. WRT deck furniture, basically followed the dimensions given by Marquardt in his drawing (at scale) in his "Capt. Cook's Endeavour" Revised Edition. The exceptions being that I waited until I had placed the steering wheel and other deck equipment before making the skylight to fit. cheers Pat
  15. That looks really good Baker. That hull looks pretty spot on despite having to use some 'guesswork'. cheers Pat
  16. Wow, .... simply WOW! I stand gob-smacked Chuck that looks so very realistic (and thanks for sharing your technique). cheers Pat
  17. The detailing is looking superb Greg, nice work. All that extra detail really takes your model up to another level. cheers Pat
  18. Might be slow progress John, but the result is great; looks very good mate. cheers Pat
  19. Looking good Keith; a few pointers (about the 'inside work' as you call it) that I can take away also - thanks. cheers Pat
  20. Hi Richard. This is really nice work. I have been following along in the background (Stalking ), so I thought I had better post. This a very well constructed model and a very interesting subject for a model. cheers Pat
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