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I know it is a bit too late. but I think I read in one of the logs that the friezes that come with the kit are just a bit out of scale. this is why Chuck has posted them to the forum in electronic form so you can scale them as needed. Now that you have gotten this far do you intend to do any painting on the exterior? Very nice work so far. You have inspired me to get back to my long boat. Maybe some time in the boat shed after work tomorrow.
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I hope you wont throw something at me. But my first R/C boat was the Phantom. I thought it was a good deal. $300 and complete including stand. Well it was a pain to sail and I had to add the ballast to the bulb keel and the connect from the Keel to the hull leaked.
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Nice job on the planking! I hope to return to my model in the near future. Real life has thrown me a big curve.
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Nice work Bill. She looks great.
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Oh you mean Bing?
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How do I get ship's curves?
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Dave - I just returned from 2 week out of town. As you can tell your log is the only one I have been commenting on while away. now that I am home let me first look at my Kit to see what they have and then do some research to show you the fitting I am referring too.
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Dave - I am sure you are going to get tired of all my comments. I like the pole and the close up of it on the deck. But the close up shows something else is missing. The fitting for the pole on the mast. The pole is not very useful unless it can attach to the mast much like the boom.
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Dave - I would definitely suggest you add the spinnaker pole. The Endeavour could not win any races without it.
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Brian - I don't know about you but during a race it seems that most of the blood goes somewhere else other than the brain. You do things you would never consider in any other circumstance. Did you read about the Foredeck guy for AU who found himself waterskiing next to the bow of his boat during the America's cup In Australia? He was knocked overboard and was hanging on to the Jib sheet of a sail that were taking down. If he let go and was picked up by the chase boat, they would have been disqualified and lost the race. So he pulled himself hand over hand back onto the boat. And they continued to sail.
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Ok let me offer some more input from a racing sailor. The "long pole" is the spinnaker pole. The spinnaker is the huge light weight sail that is attached to the head of the mast and used only to go fast down wind. Depending on your point of sail (angle on the wind) you fly the spinnaker with or without the jib. The spinnaker is also called the chute or spin for short. Often the last leg of a race is downwind and so you will often find the chute flying for the finish. The member of the crew known as "mast" (often this was me). Is often found laying flat on his back staring intently as the top of the mast (head) and watching for the slightest indication that the chute is collapsing. It is his responsibility to control the spin sheet and pull in or out to keep the sail flying. This guy has no idea where the boat is and where it is going. He concentrates on just one thing. Fly the Chute! The spinnaker pole is attached at one end to the mast and the other end to a clew of the spinnaker ( a spinnaker has 2 clews and no tack, i.e. there is no corner of the sail that is permanently attached to the boat.) PS you have never lived unless you have had the Spinnaker "sky the pole". I.e. some idiot did not keep the downhaul taught. This idiot (yes me) got lifted off the deck and for a few seconds Hanging over the water off the port bow. PPS if you are crewing on a race boat you should remember to let go when something bad starts to happen.
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Dave - I hope you will not be offended by the question - but have you sailed on a real boat? I can just see my sailing instructor turning in his grave the Hypot of what!!! Let me humbly offer a quick lesson which has been drilled so permanently into my brain. Triangular sails have 6 parts - 3 corners and 3 edges. The names of the corners are Head (can you guess which one this is?) Tack (the tack never moves & Clew. The edges are the Foot, the Luff and the Leach. I think everyone will know the Foot. The Luff is the first edge that will luff. ie the edge that meets the wind first. For the main sail power is derived by having an airfoil shape. so yes the Leach will not be straight and the sail will not be a flat triangle. Careful tuning of the air foil is what wins races. Which is why this boat has so much tackle on the boom. This boat has an aluminum boom. This was a huge advancement in technology for the time. Also the boom was allowed to flex which also helped with the air foil shape in certain conditions.
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Blackie - Great to see you back at it!
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JD you are a lucky man.
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That is a real good shot at the running rigging. If I look very close to the standing rigging at the side of the mast I think I see a turnbuckle. If so this would confirm that the standing rigging was wire rope or steel cable. This was common for this period. I also like the blocks on each side to control the bend of the mast. similar to what we do today on the backstay when preparing for a race. A good title for this shot would be - "Gentlemen Meat to the Rail!"
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Dave - the problem with this picture is that it is recent. are you building her as she currently sits, or as she was during the America's Cup? Also it is hard to see enough detail to see if the shrouds are metal or rope. I think it is interesting to see the rest of the running rigging. I also agree about using several diameters of line. I believe my kit has both black and tan. But 1 size of each.
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Dave - I believe the Standing Rigging was made with wire rope. So the color was either black or silver. We have to find a period picture and see if they were using turnbuckles.
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Chuck - Have you been to the Smithsonian and seen the real thing? It was quite a thrill for me a couple years ago. She is a very dilapidated state. but still it was fun to see. I was also very surprised about the relative small size.
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Bill - Its great to see your build. I had a wonderful time last year on the Jerimiah O'Brian. I will be very interested in seeing how yours comes out.
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Doing good. Now I want to see that 1/2 oz. Spinnaker! you got a pole on the deck. Rig it!
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Who makes the best model ships ??? - moved by moderator
fnkershner replied to Gundorph's topic in Wood ship model kits
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I always make a copy of my plans for many reasons. In this case I would just cut out the deck from my duplicate plans and lay it on the model. From there it is simple to transfer the locations of everything to the model.
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Nice deck!
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Very nice build. What did you use for the sheaves in your blocks? I also like the contrast in wood colors. I would darken the belaying pins similar to the ones around the mast but not make them black.
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ROYAL CAROLINE 1749 by Doris - 1:40 - CARD
fnkershner replied to DORIS's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
Can I ask what wood you used for the belaying pins? And are they scratch. In other words did you make them or buy them?- 881 replies
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