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    Good morning, many thanks for your nice comments and likes. I'm overwhelmed. To answer some of the questions. Mark, the lion is already in the wood, you must only take all the wood away that did't look like a lion. And for micro carving you need only stronger glasses and smaller tools. Thats all Mike, the lion should look skinny and hungry. But with some lions you are right. The last lion I saw was that Dutch one somewhere here in this forum, but that cat was a caricature of this kind of figure head. That cat did't like water. Brian, the filling pieces are from balsa wood and plywood and I put it between the bulkheads with the help of glue.
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    Hello all, after building the Dragon, I'm starting now the blog about building the Tiger from 1747. The Tiger was a 60 gunner after the 1745 establisment. Last year I ordered the plans for the 60 gunners of the 1745 establishment, but learned later that all the 6 ships, build after that plan, where all a little different. So I decided to build the Tiger and that, because it was the only plan that shows also the artwork of the ship. Interessting is also, that they moved the captains cabin sometimes down to the upper deck! There was more space. http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections.html#!csearch;searchTerm=Tiger_(1747) Here you could see the plans. Then last fall I went to Chatham to see two models of 60 gunners, the Centurion and a unspecified ship (SLR0442 SLR0472). Both ships from the 1730s, but the models are made ca. 1745/47. They will be my reference for the Tiger. And because I had build the Dragon already with frames, I decided to be lazy and build in the bulwark technique. So I started early this year with the hull and that he is. But before I started with the hull, I made the figure head. Just to see if I could do it after pause for a year. And before the questions come, with what did you do the carving, here is most of it to see. Just with hand tools. To the right you see Leo the second. And here is Leo III. From toe to crown hi is 9 cm high, in reality he was 4,5 m high Here Leo did a sit sample. The guy in the background it's me. The next steps would be to close the counter and then made the cannon ports.
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    Hello Mark, yes, it will be the whole ship this time. But without rigging and the hull in the bulwark technic. I first thought that a 60 gunner might be not so large as a 70 gunner. Yes, but only a little.
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    Hello Mark, sorry, but I mostly forget to answer you question. I do not like writing in english, speaking is ok, but writing is an other thing. No, last fall there where less models, from our period, in Greenwich on display. But this year they will open a new wing over three floors and then should be there more models then ever on display. Now there are other models on display then four years before. But in the other display's they have some more ships who where'd there four years before. That is an other picture of Balchen's Victory now in Greenwich at display. Greetings, Druxey. To your last post. I fully agree with you about highlighting the joints. I remember the building of the Hermione, when they have caulked the hull, you could hardly see it. Even from a short distance. There was no black line between the planks. The hemp and the tar have mostly the same color then the wood. When I build the Dragon, I diluted some tar with turpentine and wipe the deck, ore what else, lightly with it and wipe of all excess. For me it is then ok. At the moment I'm busy with my new model, a 60 gunner after the 1745 establishment. I think that I will start a blog next month, when I could see that it works what I have build till now
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    Good morning Mark, it's good to see you back at the work bench. In the question of the double curve of the wales I think that there is no double curve. Also, if you want to see, at the Bellona model. Look also at the upper wales. Here some pictures I made last year in Greenwich and Chatham. First the Centurion of 1732, Model made 1745 then a 60 gunner of 1745 and Balchen's Victory and two pictures from the NMM website, the Victory and Thunderer
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    Hello Johann, I'm just back from London and also the NMM. There I found something you may be interested in I don't know how the lightning should enter the conductor Your work is as always extraordinary Regards Siggi
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    Thank you all... Yes Druxey, without the frizzen the gun is not working. I gave it away for weld some material to it. And they lost it. They ordered a new one from the shop in Oklahoma, but these guys are not the fasted at all. I'm waiting now for five month!
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    Many thanks for all your nice comments, I really appreciate it. The men of the shipyard are still on vacation. I had been busy building two rifles during the wintertime. The smaller rifle is after a Armstrong rifle and the longer one after a Jacob Ferree rifle. (48 inch barrel!) Here is the frizzen is still missing! At the moment I'm busy in my garden, I did't do very much here the last 4 years. But I think to the end of the year I will be back at the shipyard. Best regards, Siggi
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    Many thanks for your nice words and likes. Druxey, I will not build the front part of the Dragon. That part was enough for me. The next time, or the rest of the year, I have to build two rifles and than may be a 60 gunner of the 1745 establishment. But then in a more conventional way.
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    Nils and Maury, many thanks for your nice comments. Maury the water and the whole show case is made from Acrylic
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    Thank you Druxey, did you mean the rest of the Dragon?
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    Hello, many thanks for your likes and comments. Today I finished the barge and set it to the Dragon into her showcase. After the motto: the captain would go from board and his barge is ready. And here all is closed and ready All in all it was a fun to build this little boat and I think it would't be the last I Build.
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    Hello, it is done. The barge is more or less ready and when I think it over, I could build more of them. But now the last pictures. There is a rule of thumb with the oars I found out. 1/3 of the oar is in the boat and 2/3 outside. The square part is fully inside, it is the counterweight for the outside part. The point of balance is shortly outside of the boat. For modern oars they say 30 cm. So the oar would fall alone in the water, but you need not much power to get it out. That means also, that the oars have all more or less a different length at each position. You could see that also at many of the old models. A good example is the model SLR0578. I'm sorry Druxey, but for your barge you need the girls (?) of the Russian shot putter national team. But with them on board, the barge would go only in one direction, downwards Because I would set the barge to the Dragon, I tried some position of the oars. But at least I have to take all oars in I think, because of space.
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    Hello, thank you for your kind words, Mark and Nils. Mark, when I understand the descriptions of the NMM right, then an admiral would have twelve oarsmen and how the barge would be equipped was up to the captain or admiral and how much he was willing to spend. The oars are more work then first expected. But I hope to get ready with them tomorrow. Yesterday I build two masts and sprits for two spritsails and installed them today.
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    Hello again, First I had to build a scabbard for a small sword for a friend and afterwards I took my cold. If you did't take your cold in wintertime, you had to take it in July But now I'm back at the ship yard. The last two days I worked on a seat cushion for the captain. Captains are not used to sit on hard wood, so I had to do it Also new is the gangplank and the two hooks. I don't know the exactly name for these. The next things to build are the oars.
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    Hello, before I have to pause with this little barge, here the last pictures with her so far ready. There are only the oars and some little details left. But that later.
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    Hello, first many thanks for your nice words and likes. Yesterday I installed the thwarts and this morning I gave all al thin coat of varnish. That is the next step, the tholes. They are really small
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    Helo, today only a small update. The painter has been a little overzealous and painted more then he should. So I had to scratch away the color around the pictures at the captains seat. I'm glad that all went well and that I had there no damages.
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    Hello, thanks for your likes and comments. Today I finished mostly the back part of the barge. There are only some small things left. Next I start building the thwarts. For those who do not use Euro Cents, they have a diameter of 16 mm. When I started painting the fries of my Dragon, I thought that this is the limit for me. But it works even at a smaller scale
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    Hello Druxey, did you think that this are dolphins? Most of these, I say fishes, have no dorsal fin. So I think that this are more „monster" fishes, like these you could also see also at old maps. May be it is one of this species, that I found at Wikipedia. But mostly I think they are fantasy.
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    Hello, today only a small update. The picture with the fishes is 4 X 17 mm That saves paint!
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    Hello, thank you all for your nice comments and likes. Here now the latest update, I finished the inboard planking with the carvings. Next would be the back of the captains seat. I'm sorry, but I did't know all these special names. But I hope you could follow me
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    Hello Karl, that is just great!
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    Hello, today only a small update. The seat for the captain. Next come the inside planks. With the carvings over two planks, I really do not know how to manage that. At least I have to make the carvings after the planks are installed But that I left for the next week.
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    Hello, the floors are ready and painted. The next thing would be the seat for the captain.

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