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allanyed

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  1. The wood they gave you is not well suited for planking so this may create problems for some folks, not all, from the start. In a nutshell, the advice above is worth following, along with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCWooJ1o3cM This is part 1, study all four parts. https://thenrg.org/resources/Documents/articles/APrimerOnPlanking.pdf here at MSW for a great how-to on spiling planks Your photos show that you seen to be trying to edge bend and that usually is problematic unless following the methods similar to the videos above. Allan
  2. Not sure about historical accuracy but the system looks like it would work. Thanks again for sharing. Allan
  3. Extremely neat work!!! I realize this was probably supplied with the kit, but how do the oars work on the single tholes rather than between a pair? On the contemporary sources regarding British ship's boats that I have seen, when tholes were shown they have only been as pairs of tholes and all were made of wood. I really am curious how these single pins would be used as they really do look nice. Allan
  4. Thanks JJ this a great stuff. I had downloaded all the drawings you mention from the high res group of plans on the Wiki Commons site as well as the many that you were so kind to send me. I love the fifties and Bristol or Salisbury are on my hit list to draw up frames and hopefully build as they both still have a lot of carvings and no copper bottom sheathing when launched as it is my understanding coppering did not really come into common use until the late 1770s. What are you using for scantlings in addition to the plans? The closest I ever found find are those in the 39 page 1745 Establishment and Shipbuilder's Repository 1788. There are likely some differences and the plans are the obvious go to rather than these two sources if there is a controversy. I greatly admire the research you have done! Allan
  5. JJ Your work looks VERY good! What contemporary plans did you use for the deck layouts, including gratings, ladder ways, &c? I assume you used the inboard profile as a guide, but curious about this. I could only find one contemporary set of deck plans for a fifty of that era, Salisbury 1770. She is not listed as a Portland class but there are many similarities. Thanks for sharing on your log. Having a high qual kit of a fifty looks to fill a niche in our hobby. Allan
  6. I love the silk span sails! It is so nice to see these compared to the burlap material many kits supply and the ensuing out-of-scale sewing that goes with it. Great looking model overall!! Allan
  7. Can you post a couple photos? If the planks are spiled or otherwise tapered and pre-curved before attaching to the hull the sanding should be minimal as described by Gregory. If the planks are lifted due to edge bending, it may require additional work if, hopefully, there is still enough wood to scrape or sand. I prefer scraping to sanding in some few cases, depending on the situation, especially deck planking. Allan
  8. By far one the nicest renditions, especially at that scale, and I love the false keel being bare and stapled!!! VERY REALISTIC-- KUDOS!! Allan
  9. Your ship would have carried Borgards when launched but as she lived for over 20 years could have been re-armed with Armstrongs. If you want to go with as- launched I imagine if you get hold of the Armstrongs you can file off cascabel ring and the "2" on the George II cypher which to me are the only really noticeable differences at small scales. Either way, Ron has done outstanding work and has allowed us to fill the huge gaps in cannon patterns and sizes from kits and after market suppliers. Allan
  10. Dafi, Those photos are great to see. Comparing the number and size of the nails on each plate in a real situation confirms the many comments here at MSW and elsewhere that at smaller scales, it is nigh impossible to accurately replicate these on a model ship at scales smaller than 1:48. With the many out-of-scale plates and nail dents (or worse, rivet like bumps) that we see the idea of plain copper tape or just painting the bottom will look more realistic. Allan
  11. Hi Linda, As you already have the holes drilled, maybe something to consider for the future...... Using James Lees proportions in his The Masting and Rigging book (which may not apply on a modern training ship like the AV) and guessing the lower mast is about 8mm, the royal stay would be about 1/4 mm at 1:100 scale so the slot for the sheave (or hole itself for the line, if foregoing the sheave) would be less than 1/2mm. Regardless, a safe proportion would be to have a hole that is no more than about 0.0625 times the diameter of the lower mast where it pierces the deck. Allan
  12. Very nice work Rod! The stove mini kit is a gem but raises a question. In the Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War Lavery states that with the advent of iron stoves, they sat on a flat metal base, but this looks more like brick or stone work, thus my confusion. I realize very little is set in stone in shipbuilding in the days of sail and would not be surprised if one or the other or perhaps both types were used on various ships, but I am curious if there was a so called norm and if anyone knows of other sources of contemporary based information on this. Allan
  13. Something modern such as the latest Auld Mug winners including the New Zealand Te Rehutai (Sea Spray) in the photo below. Then again, these may be better suited to plastic. It might be very interesting to have a model of America 1851 and Te Rehutai on display side by side. Video below is really interesting --- 50 knots in a sail boat!!!! Allan
  14. Big OOOPS on my part Chuck.😁 I really should have thought about that possibility. What threw me though was the plank(?) in the second photo which is inside the hawse piece. Allan
  15. Shipfic A warm welcome to MSW. It would be nice if you posted a little intro in the new member forum with a little about yourself. Again. welcome to this motely crew. Allan
  16. I am not sure you have done anything wrong yourself. Regarding the frames and deck beams (ribs and spars😀), while the decks were almost horizontal midships in many cases there was often some curvature. Looking at the kit, which is purportedly 16th century design, there are a number of inaccuracies so it MAY be the kit designer got it wrong. For example, there are belaying pins which were not used until two centuries later. Instead of triangular or heart shaped deadeyes there are round deadeyes which did not come into use until much later. The carriages have four trucks (wheels) where as they were usually equipped with two trucks and a sled at that time. No matter. it is part of the learning curve and the main thing is have fun while learning the intricacies which just takes time to do some research along the way. Allan
  17. Hi Srenner I think Greyhound (20) 1720 carried 6 pounders, probably Borgard pattern, which were issued on new ships from 1716-1724. Is there a reason you want to mount 18 pounders on such a small ship? Allan
  18. Hi Srenner, Is this for your Greyhound (20) 1720 build? Allan
  19. Hi Paul, I may be completely misunderstanding your problem, but here goes. When you say battens, are you referring to the hull planking? Looking at the contemporary drawings of the Syren at RMG the angle of the plank that you show looks to be too sharp. but the piece that looks to represent a hawse piece looks right. If that is the case, the plank needs to be bent more to give the bluff bow appearance called for in the original drawings (the red strake below.) See sketch below. For the contemporary drawings go to https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-83191 at RMG, (low resolution) or https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Ship_plans_of_the_Royal_Museums_Greenwich&filefrom=Sail+plan+for+18-gun+Brigs+RMG+J0057.png#/media/File:Siren-Syren_(1773)_RMG_J6306.png for a high res version on the Wiki site. Check the shape of the bow at the forecastle to see what I mean. This drawing was taken off the ship after she was launched so is more of an as built thus very accurate. Again, I may be completely misunderstanding your problem, so apologies if this confuses things. Allan
  20. Is there a reason you did not taper the planks so they end at the rabbet? They were pretty much done as the ship planking and would be much easier to get in place. Chuck Passaro’s four part video on planking on You tube is a huge help. Allan
  21. I take that as a compliment but I rarely have the answers. I do have a decent library and enjoy doing the research though. When research fails my go to folks are mostly members here at MSW including Druxey, Ed Tosti, Mark Porter, and a host of other experts who have taught me so much over the years as they know far more than I do. Regarding belaying pins for British warships, James Lees gives 1745 as the approximate time belaying pins came into use in the RN. Did this apply to merchant ships such as the Mayflower? I would think that is the case, but maybe they were ahead of their time. Study photos of contemporary rigged models at RMG, Preble Hall and elsewhere and you will see the rigging terminating at rails, not pins on models made prior to 1745. Were there exceptions? Maybe, there was a lot of variation in the early days, especially in rigging. The below are a couple shots of early 18th century ship models (1705 and 1714) taken during a visit to Preble Hall. Allan
  22. Nice start on the construction Rick! From the second photo it looks there are belaying pins in the kit. The British did not use them on navy ships until about 1745 so, to me at least, it seems odd that they would be in use on the Mayflower more than 100 years earlier. 🤔 Allan
  23. It appears that the copper is covering both the area of the keel and false keel. There has been a good bit of discussion the past few days at https://modelshipworld.com/topic/36042-copper-plate-overlapping-1794-lower-overlaps-upper-or-vice-versa/ that some may find interesting that indicate the copper did not cover the false keel. Sketch below of the overlap &c. Allan
  24. Yep, gun ports and lids take some work as each is made of about 6 pieces of wood, 3 port lining pieces, hinges, nails, rings, rigging line, metal leads through the hull, all told, about 25 individual pieces to each. Plus there were ventilation ports with small lids on some of the gun port lids on the lower decks on later ships-of-the-line. Allan
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