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Treebeard

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  • Birthday 07/30/1956

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    Bealeton, Virginia
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    Anything Sea related, Ship modeling, Helping those who are disabled.

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  1. What beautiful work Gary. It’s not that you have not been busy with other more important things. guy
  2. Hi Jason, yes I saw that indeed. I am debating. I’ve been told that eventually there will be a reprint. thanks guy
  3. Hi Folks, I bought Vol 1 of this series from Seawatch Books. I wanted to buy Vol 2 but it is out of stock for over a year now. https://seawatchbooks.com/products/the-naiad-frigate-38-1797-volume-ii-by-ed-tosti Does anyone have a volume 2 with prints to sell? I don't need the whole set.. Thanks! Guy
  4. Heh.. the Orion.. boy does that bring back memories from Charleston.. base is now closed.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Orion_(AS-18)
  5. Welcome aboard Joe! Greetings from STS2(SS) Guy Mengel. I was in Navy from 1974->1980 on Fast Attack Subs (SSN 649) in pic.. and then on tiger teams. You are way down southwest in VA.. Coal and good OT music! I hope you enjoy the site. I have indeed. I am working on a outer banks fishing ship (I will put a log up when I am a bit further along) is a fully POF model.. lofting frames just now.. Welcome aboard! (PS.. most here are in the Goat locker (age wise)). It would be difficult for me to get down the ladder to the diesel room (for quiet) these days.. Best! Guy
  6. Hi Sir, Most likely a top-sail schooner. I have not gotten that far yet! Thanks for asking! Guy
  7. Hi Chapman, Yes you are correct. I don't want to cause any confusion but this link shows the HMS Orestes ex dutch I should have caught this. The RMG site is so so very hard to navigate and sometimes searches just disappear and the search results are just plain wrong. Thanks for the note on the Musquidobit from Admiral Paris (online).. I will search for the link. But so far no success. I had not heard of these plans before. I will fix the original post. I have not been feeling well, thus have not posted. apologies. Guy
  8. Good day. I am starting the POF build of the 1816 Musquidobit. Tons burthen 22392⁄94 (bm) Length 97 ft 7 in (29.7 m) (overall); 73 ft 1+1⁄4 in (22.3 m) (keel) Beam 24 ft 0 in (7.3 m) Depth of hold 10 ft 3 in (3.1 m) Propulsion Sail Complement Lynx: 40 Musquidobit: 50 Armament Lynx: 6 x 12-pounder guns Musquidobit: 8 x 18-pounder carronades + 2 x 6-pounder guns The Drawings are ZAZ6139 Lines https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-85930 ZAZ6140 upper and lower decks https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-85931 The lines drawing ZAZ6139 at RMG is slightly damaged now. I have attached an image. My line drawing gotten from RMG years ago is not damaged. (attached) I also received 2 nice copies from a friend on MSW of both the lines and decks. Notes: I will be manually drafting the frames and re-drawing lines. Reason, manually drawing helps the brain heal and develop new connections. I had 2 right cerebral strokes. Some initial discussions were held here: Lynx-Musquidobit-construction methods Set up frames per discussion and learn. This will take me a bit of time. I will use my camera to share the drawings with you as well as any manually drawn things to understand how this was done. I will be updating this with some historic information too. I live just off the upper Rappahannock river where lower down where the US Lynx was captured. MAP Thanks to all (especially friends made here) PS. If things seem a bit terse. Please bear with me. Guy
  9. Hi Pete, A technical question and I think one of a lot of discussion. I have all the plans and am starting to understand how to lay out my frames ( I am going to build a framed model, or try to do so). There is ~ a 2 deg drag in the boat. It is drawn with stations (and looks to be frames ) perpendicular to the water line. From this I am thinking that the frames are set perpendicular to the water line and not the frame. At least that is what I am thinking I see. I have all of Mr. Cothers books and am going to frame according to it. There is a large section on frames and keels. I am thinking to put the frames in perpendicular to the water line and not the keel. Is my thinking correct? Thanks for all your help! Guy
  10. I see.. I am so sorry.. maybe I will continue his legacy using EDT' Naiad treatease with prints.. maybe he would be pleased. Guy
  11. Hi All, I have enjoyed this build and am sad that Paul is not updating it. I sent him a message over a month ago and it has not been read. Anyway. HMS Sirius has been a love of mine for a while indeed. I hope Paul comes back! I would love to see (or do) a fully rigged model.. I hope he is ok. Guy
  12. Hi all and Phil.. I love schooners, always have. I just ordered The Global Schooner by Karl Heinz Marquardt, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, USA but it is not inexpensive. I have most all of Chapelles works too. Thanks Phil. Guy
  13. Hi USS Frolick, What a nice first read. I will need to get the CD with the articles stated. I will do this in a month or so, due to a somewhat limited funding.. heh.. Thanks for the article again! Off to Cad. Guy
  14. Hi Uss Frolick! Thanks for this. I am still reading a lot of things but this is great too.. I will read with gusto.. Guy
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