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druxey

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  1. I was also once caught out by 'brass' wire, like John Allen. So, beware!
  2. Remember, if silver soldering, that you can 'protect' already soldered joints by painting them with a slurry of yellow ochre paste.
  3. Neat work on the bars for the teeth, Frank. Hope your soldered side pieces will survive better!
  4. Just stumbled on to your log. How wonderful to build this model together! Terrific work, Daria and Mike!
  5. The drawing provided by Heinrich (post #854) is interesting in that the two mermen seem to be transposed from those in the image above it. Check the poses of their arms. Your theory of the re-purposed 'dark' carvings seems a reasonable one.
  6. The gaff was loose footed at that period (no driver boom), so the only control lines were the vangs - no redundancy. One needs one each side to move the gaff to port or starboard.
  7. Two earlier sources are Steel, Rigging and Seamanship, 1794, Volume I, p. 207 ("Brace-pendents are stopt to the yard four feet within the cleats at the yard-arm") and Lever, A Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor, 1808, 1853, p.37, figure 242 ("As the Braces lead across (see page 49) the Bight of the Pendent close to the Block, is seized down to the Yard at (d), by which means they lead much clearer. Instead of the Pendent, some have an iron Strap around the Yard with a Block at (g).")
  8. I. too, was surprised at the fact six years have passed by since you began, Ed. Amazing and spectacular work! As a footnote, mizen yard braces were taken inboard on the yard to clear other lines on 18th century ship-rigged vessels, so this was well established practice.
  9. Silly question, perhaps, but would the spur be sheathed on top to fire-proof it, in case the Greek fire dripped down on it? It would be ironic to set your own vessel alight.
  10. Oh, my! It seems (and this may be total heresy) easier to start a scratch built hull than wrestle the plastic kit to the ground! My sympathy at your dilemma, HH.
  11. Nice going, Dan. The cargo boom with the dot distinguishes it beautifully, until you wonder, "Did I mark it on the port one, or the starboard...?" I personally prefer 'S' or 'P'!
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