Mark Pearse
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Hi Vaddoc, If it is a print that you are talking about, one possible reason for a small error is that some printers slightly shrink to fit the page, without telling you. If you drafted in CAD to a certain size virtual page (eg A3), then when you print, you print to A3 paper size, but the virtual A3 is slightly reduced by the edge margin of the paper that the printer can't print on. The solution is to find the option in the print dialogue window that allows you to set the printing to 100% scale. -
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La Lomellina by Louie da fly - scale 1:100 - Theoretical Reconstruction of a Genoese carrack sunk in 1516
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Hi Steven Some responses from the gallery: In modern traditionally built yachts: yes, definitely. The planks ends are then housed which gives you a backed recess into which to bang the caulking, pitch, putty etc. it's a really important joint. And if the stern post is hit heavily by anything (such as a dock), the impact load is somewhat transferred to the planking & on to the hull at large, instead of pushing the stern post only. To my simplistic thinking it's logical they would have rounded it. But it would be easy to have it square & not foul anything - it's just a question of where the pivot point is, closer to hull or further away.
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Thanks Steve, the first legs are quite exposed to the south & SE, & of course the weather changes pretty quickly down there. I'll post some photos on return.
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Your exploration of the hull via CAD was very interesting, & CAD drawings are useful in understanding the object drawn. Like you, I also used CAD to get an initial idea of the planking angles where they meet the keel, stem etc.
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thanks John, my trip - but who knows, I might bump into Trevor
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Hi Trevor That sounds like an amazing trip. The weather changes more rapidly in Tassie than in NSW, & I'd rather keep the wind below 20 knots ..... IF HUEY IS LISTENING.....
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We're all boat trajics here, so I doubt anyone will mind if I go off-topic, on my own blog: I'll be away for a few weeks, happily going to the Wooden Boat festival at Hobart. But, even more exciting, I'm sailing on a small boat raid for 10 days leading up to the festival. The red dots are the intended stops, starting down the bottom. For context, the detail map is the orange rectangle on the other one. The first few days are obvious exposed to the south & south-east. But assuming the weather is ok, it should be really good, some wonderful country there.
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Große Jacht 1679 by Baker - Corel - 1:50 - (modified model from the Yacht D'Oro kit)
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Le Gros Ventre 1767 by woodrat - Scale 1:48 - POF - French exploration vessel
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Atlantica by Wintergreen – Scale 1:30 - POF - sail training ketch - a smack of English heritage
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Hi Vaddoc, Good progress, & this is something of a departure for you - most of your builds have been for smaller planked sailing vessels. I look forwards to seeing how this unfolds,
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Hi Dick Have you been using local hardwoods, & how do you find them to work with? Some of the timber looks to me like Jarrah or Karri, both seriously dense & hard wood.
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Best wishes Håkan The mast is lovely timber - what species is that?
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Thank you Roel, & I like the colours too. I'm doing a model of a specific boat that has these colours, so the timber choice in the case was to replicate the timber on the original, but it does go very nicely with black. One aspect I'm thinking about is the stand. I've decided to do a flat rectangular base that replicates a boat yard hard-stand area....spilt paint, etc, & the model held up with scaled support frames, some photos below. Maybe a piece of thick compressed fibre cement sheet as a base....
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Almost like bought one....it looks like the top edge of the boot top line didn't have quite enough lift towards the bow, just the last part. I usually find that going back & adjusting something is less work than I expected, so I jumped in & started it. I scratched the black paint off, after carefully cutting against the side of the masking tape to give a sharp line to scratch off up to. Will undercoat, sand, topcoat, sand etc etc. A bit like the Spam song....
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Bravo Vaddoc, a great result. I'd better start following the Hercules build....
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Thanks everyone. And no longer a whiter shade of pale.... I'll give the Humbrol paint a few days to harden, but it seems less hard than previously. The unmasking went ok, quite a few small tears, even though I sanded everything between coats. I'll need to work on them, one tiny spot at a time. The paint mix ended up about 20-25% satin & the rest gloss, with a few drops of Penetrol. Black is quite unforgiving, it shows flaws more than paler colours. But I'm pretty happy with the most recent coat & I'll have a good look over the next few days.. The transom may need another coat, as the flatness is even more unforgiving than curved black.
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