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  1. Chuck Seiler
    I'm sad.
  2. Chuck Seiler
    I would be interested in a Pegasus Cross Section group build. Will it be available for the conference?
  3. Chuck Seiler
    When I went to my first NRG conference in 1999 I met a guy who wrote a book on flags. As I recall he asserted that back in the sailing ship days the length (fly) of the battle ensign was the beam of the ship. The fly of the next size flag was the same as the hoist (height) of the size above it. I'm not sure how correct that is, but you flag would be inside those dimensions I believe. The battle ensign was meant to be large.
  4. Chuck Seiler
    Many thanks.
  5. Chuck Seiler
    Kurt, Can you go on the Thursday lunch cruise without going on the dam tour? Been there...done that.
  6. Chuck Seiler
    Greg, Well done! I love the weathering. As a tincan sailor of many years, I find the look familiar.
  7. Chuck Seiler
    Not all that empty. Iwill be taking a gander from time to time through the porthole.
  8. Chuck Seiler
    You may also want to insert the eyebolt shaft at an angle so that it is not in direct line of the force of pull.
  9. Chuck Seiler
    You'll have a couple dozen of these ready for Las Vegas, right?
  10. Chuck Seiler
    What you see is what there was. As Elijah states, it was flat bottomed with no keel. With 2 x 9 pounde guns and 1 x 12 pounder...plus all the other supplies it had an extremely low center of gravity. Even so, it only drew about 6 inches when fully loaded (if I recall correctly). Here is how Philly currently appears. Here is Philly in her heyday(as photographed from one of the British gunboats during the battle.
  11. Chuck Seiler
    Another factor is that you have to work with what is available. Unless you make your own figures you have to go what is commercially available and those may not readily allow you to choose between 5feet and 5 feet 6 inches. One technique I have used is to sand off the figures feet (and maybe portion of the leg) to get the right height. I then use a little sculpy or gesso to remake the feet. ...a shorter dumpy guy. Alternatively, cut the feet off, add a little length to the legs and re sculpy the feet.
  12. Chuck Seiler
    There were pictures of Napoleon?
  13. Chuck Seiler
    Many thanks. Your secret is safe with me.
  14. Chuck Seiler
    Salty Dog! Well done!!! It makes me want to dust mine off and get back into the shipyard. How do you support the two walkways leading from the quarterdeck to the ladders? I can't tell from the pictures. Is it supported by a knee or a post?
  15. Chuck Seiler
    Chuck, Do we get a separate quarter for each frame or do we have to re-use the same one? Seriously, this looks great! I am looking forward to it progressing (in log form) and being available.
  16. Chuck Seiler
    The round ones keep rolling off my desk.
  17. Chuck Seiler
    Part of the allure of scratch building is making the parts yourself. If I wanted somebody to make all the parts for me I would go plastic. I say let Chuck get the basic kit into production, then worry about the add ons later...otherwise it may take awhile (sez the guy still working on the Longboat after 4 years).
  18. Chuck Seiler
    Pencils are 6 sided...at least the ones I get are. That is what I used for my SULTANA windlass. Getting the lead (graphite) out was quite a mess.
  19. Chuck Seiler
    I like the jig for the frames/bulkheads. I remember with the longboat, I had to take precautions that the frames wee square in all dimensions...the way that was planked you really had no room for error. This jig seems to, if not solve the problem, make it easier.
  20. Chuck Seiler
    I have been remiss in my model building for the past couple years, but I can still dream. I voted for the Pegasus cross section but the Dutch Boeier is a close second.
  21. Chuck Seiler
    Bruce, I'm just tuning in to your build. Better late than never, eh? All I can say is SUPERB!
  22. Chuck Seiler
    Brian, I applaude you idea to use a simple model as a training platform. My first piece of advice is to add alcohol to your toolbox....rubbing alcohol. (A good 12 year old scotch isn't bad either (but I digress). Alcohol helps soften wood glue and allows you to disassemebly your mistakes, er, ah learning experiences. I have done alot of that. I would like to add to Dan's advise. You will often have to bend planks, such as around the bow or edge bend up or down. This often requires soaking thee plank and fitting it into place AFTER you have spiled it. Let it dry in place and refit when dry. If you glue while wet, it will shrink and cause gaps.
  23. Chuck Seiler
    I am curious as to where the Princeton researchers got their data in the NY Times article referenced in Lou (limagna)'s earlier post. Are we to believe that colonial beds and doorways are small because they were too stooopid to make them the correct (for their height) size?
  24. Chuck Seiler
    The issue I have with this discussion so far is the use of a 6 foot person. People were smaller 200 years ago than they are today. I would shoot for a 5 foot person.
  25. Chuck Seiler
    One scene that was cut, modified actually, was the scene where they anchored in Brazil. This was related from one of the SD Maritime docents who was an extra in the film (he played the master at arms). The anchor for the movie was made of fiberglass. They came into the harbor with all the native craft escorting them, then dropped anchor....and it floated... CUT!!!!!! They had to haul it in, add weights to it then do it again. DOH!

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