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  1. Louie da fly
    I saw a ram in Piraeus (the port of Athens) in 2000, and while looking for it online I stumbled upon this list of extant rams - https://shiplib.org/index.php/rams-2/ Steven
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    I can understand that. I only carved 48 oarsmen (plus 16 others - grand total of 64) but I got very tired of carving the oarsmen in particular. It's possible you could 3D print your figures - but I have no expertise at all in this field. Maybe others could help. You'd need separate figures for thranites, zygites and thalamians as they hold the oars differently. If you look at the Youtube video of Olympias' sea trials you see how they do that - but even on a given level, different oarsmen hold the oars differently - some forehand, others backhand. Very interesting. Steven
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    The problem (as I'm sure Richard is fully aware) is that there were several values for the Ancient Greek "cubit", and the designers used the wrong one - which they only found out in practice. Had they used a larger value for the cubit the problem probably wouldn't have arisen, and in fact the literature on the Olympias suggests this as one of (many) issues to be taken into account if an Olympias II were ever to be built. I had originally intended to make a similar little man to test out the rowing set-up for my dromon but never worked out the problems involved in building it. Very impressed, Richard, that you've done so. Steven
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    I'm going to have to chase up on the anchors, which were also found in considerable numbers according to the report - I hope the info is available. Steven
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    See also https://modelshipworld.com/topic/29685-ancient-galley-rams-discovered-photos/#comment-847542
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    Henrythestaffy, don't worry about it, mate. They'd be so small that there'd be no way the holes would be big enough to put the thread through. Steven
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    Nice clean work, mate, and some nice solutions to potential problems. She's looking good. Steven
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    Having finished my Winchelsea nef, I'm back to a single model - restoring/repairing the Great Harry I built when I was 17, over 50 years ago. I've committed myself to finish that before I start on my next model, though I have spent much of the time working on two models at the same time, moving from one to the other as I lose interest/get overwhelmed/hit problems. Honestly, there's not all that much sophisticated equipment needed for a scratch build. I've finished two scratch built models (and working on a third) with a very basic set of tools. It would be nice to have a bench saw and a scroll saw, and I do plan to get them in due course, but I can survive without them for the time being (though I have had to get someone else to saw wood into sheets for me). Steven
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    He's very scathing about the French pre-Dreadnoughts, but I love 'em. So quirky and weird. Steven
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    I just looked up the Condorcet on-line - I love those French pre-Dreadnoughts. Somebody on Youtube described them as "When Hotels Go to War". Steven
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    Nice save. Steven
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    Surprising. I often find that naughty words magically fix the problem. Or perhaps it's the threat to throw the rotten thing against the nearest wall . . .? Steven
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    The Airfix Lancaster has come a long way since I built mine when I was a kid . . . Steven
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    Nice. For those overseas, Furphy was the brand name of water carts. They were used by Australian troops used them in World War I, and just like the "scuttlebutt", gatherings around the Furphy were the way rumours spread among the troops. So in Australian parlance, a furphy became the name for an unfounded rumour. It's not all that common nowadays, but I still use it. Steven
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    I thought afterwards that maybe I could have got the euphroes 3D printed - but then again maybe not - possibly still too small to be practicable. Steven
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    But you do have wonderful buildings such as the High Court and (new) Parliament House. Steven
  18. Louie da fly
    Well, not perfect, but not too bad, either. Here are the crowsfeet for the mizzen topmast stays, connected to the main backstays. In progress: I had to push the larboard backstay out from the hull before it would meet the crowsfeet so I could glue them onto it. And, complete. Euphroes would have been more elegant, but not really possible at this scale. There's a sort of "blob" made of the collected cotton threads which looks sort of like a euphroe, and that'll have to do. I'm pretty happy with the result. And here are the larboard shrouds and "chains" with deadeyes attached. Steven
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    I think that should be gold rush. Don't you just love the way spellcheck "corrects" what you've written! Took me awhile to work out what you'd meant. Glad you enjoyed yourselves. Sovereign Hill is very good value, particularly as your ticket entitles you to two days exploring the site (just as well, it really takes two days to fully do it justice), though I suppose you only got the one day there. We live close enough to hear the muskets going off each day. Dd you get to see Ballarat's main road, Sturt Street? Wonderful Victorian era (and later) architecture. And the lake? Steven
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    I've seen quite a few model galleys with working oars, but very few of them have an action which ties in with what is observable from the Olympias sea trials video (link on the first page of this thread). From the accuracy of your build so far, I'm hoping yours will be more like the real thing. Steven
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    Don't get us started, mate. You don't realise your danger - Waltzing Matilda, The Man From Snowy River, Clancy of the Overflow, Click Go the Shears . . . . Steven
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    Beautiful place, Canberra. I've been there quite a few times. Hey, if you're in Melbourne over Easter, maybe you should come up to see Ballarat (only about an hour's drive away). Beautiful, historic city. Well worth the visit. Steven
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    Welcome to MSW, KJ! Where in Oz are you? Steven
  24. Louie da fly
    Here's an example of using Lego to make things square - - but I have to say if you want something rather more stable, make something like Kikatinalong's jig - - by no means the only possible configuration, but it might give you some ideas. Steven
  25. Louie da fly
    Agreed. But making a euphroe at this size is also very difficult.

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