Moonbug
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Hey Bob, I've got a whole pile of broken drill bits I still use! -Bug -
Hah Sjors! Easier said than done. My lovely wife now insists that I have to have a plan for what to do with the completed ship before I can start it. And I still owe her the Artesania Latina stagecoach that she got for Christmas last year. I might just go the route of the "double build" soon though like many of you guys. -Bug
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Hey Mark, thanks for stopping by. Following your scratch builds always provides great little tips for builds. Nice work on the Licorne. Thanks for the info on the pins. The good news is, by the time I got my recent book and discovered the time frame of when pins came into play on caravels and naos (well after the SM obviously) I had only errantly built the mainmast rail with pins. So that's the only one I need to fix. However I still need to figure out HOW the ropes were tied to the rails at that time and how the excess rope may have been stowed against the line or on the the deck. -Bug
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Nice work Sjors, Except you all are making it very difficult for me to decide what my next build is going to be. :-/ -Bug
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Watching all of this between you and mobbsie and Lawrence makes me want to hurry up and finish my Santa Maria so I can build another 18th century vessel! -Bug
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Thanks Jason! -Bug
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Thanks Nigel and Lawrence I appreciate the comments. Today felt like a day where I did a lot of work but got very little accomplished. I did quite a bit of reading but still haven't discovered a solid infor on belaying to the bulwarks. No worries, I'll press on with my best instincts. I applied a couple cleats and some rails to the poop deck. Which turned out to be a much bigger challenge than I thought - I had to make sure I mounted them while still having enough room left to "open" my poop deck so that the captain's cabin can be seen. Pretty narrow window there. We'll see if it holds up later when the rigging goes up. I'll post some photos when I get a little more done and get a chance. -Bug
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Awesome, the copy of "Vanguard of Empires: Ships of Exploration in the Age of Columbus" I requested showed up at the library already! My lovely wife couldn't help but make fun of me of course - noting that this was likely the first time the Librarian every needed to notify anyone of this book. This was compounded by the fact that the last time it was checked out was apparently in November of 1998. Nonetheless... let the research commence! Thanks again for the tip Marktime! - Bug
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Hey Sjors, nice work. What's your reference for being able to tell what will be visible and what to plank on the lower deck? -Bug
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Thanks guys. Can't wait to see your aporoach Grant. -Bug
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Nice work Vivian. How did you add the cross? Was it already on the sail? -Bug
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Time for cleats. After a couple failed attempts at making wooden cleats for the bulwarks, I finally came across this entry from Floyd: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/1906-wooden-cleats/ which of course made me feel silly for not looking here in MSW first. Doh. At any rate, I used a very similar process starting with a 3mm X 2mm strip, measuring off every 10mm for the width of the cleat I needed. I used a 10mm dremel grinder for the bottom of the cleat and a 3mm to 7mm conical shaped grinder for the top. I then sanded and rounded the edges with 400 grit sand paper. I did this BEFORE I cut them apart since sanding any kind of small piece is much easier for me if it's still on a stem. After cutting the cleats apart I rounded the edges.
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Hey Wolf - I'm telling you right now that although I'll need to alter the shape a bit to fit my Santa Maria's time frame - I'm totally stealing your techniques for my second life boat. Nice work! - Bug
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The church model is the mataro found here: http://www.maritiemmuseum.nl/digitent/mataro/online/eng_mataronline.pdf which proved to be pretty helpful for me when constructing the head beam and prow of the ship. The Artesenia Latina plans and inclusions are pretty weak also. I completely abandoned the plans early and have since relied very heavily on Xavier Pastor's book "The ships of Christopher Columbus" as well as some other research. I just ordered the book "Vanguard of Empire - Ships of Exploration in the Age of Columbus" Roger C. Smith to be delivered to my library, as pointed out to me by marktime. - Bug
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Very cool. Man, I see so many of those proxxon's... Drat, my next birthday is too far away. hehe - Bug
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Love the sheaves! I gave it a go with a working sheave, but ended up having to bail on the idea and went with "simulated" because I just couldn't get it to work. Congrats! - Bug
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Yes of course - and regarding the entire ship. I didn't realize how little actual information there was, and how much conjecture there was before I started this build. I assumed such a famous vessel would be easy to reference. But alas, no. That has turned the project into a fun history lesson, a very interesting challenge in trying to balance historical accuracy with aesthetics, and of course a fun build. There's a lot of "yeah, that could have been right" as opposed to the "that's the way it was" builds like the HMS vessels of later centuries. - Bug
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Today has become a research day in between "real" work. I've secure delivery of the "Vanguard of a Empire" book to which maritime referred to my local library. Now I'm trying to nail down what the cleats and belaying rails would have looked like. I can't imagine they would have been rails with pins, but it's a tough go finding reference that specific. -Bug
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Really enjoyed being able to re-locate and catch up on your build, and then to start following it again Danny! - Bug
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I use the same as Russ. I purchased a standard size container of carpenter's glue, and so far it has lasted for two builds and sets relatively quickly. - Bug
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Good stuff! Can I see a wider shot of your makeshift guide and drill? - Bug
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Great color and stain for that piece. Nice. - Bug
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