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  1. davyboy
    I,m seriously thinking of buying this book now that I know the plans are 1:48. My Cheerful build should be finished by late autumn and I fancy doing a second scratch build of a small ship, Guess I'll just have to suck up the ludicrously expensive postage of 30$ US (over 40% of the book price) Dave
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    HI Sandor, Having enlarged the pic I notice that the two broadside cannon are not on gun carriages but on what appears to be pivoting slide carriages. Not much scope to stow these for transport as they are fixed to the deck pivot at the front. The stern chase guns could be stowed and lashed against the stern bulwarks I guess. You don't show a pic of the fwd cannon which I expect is a slide mounted or swiveling large bore cannon as this is a gunboat. No idea what would be done there i'm afraid. Dave
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    Hi Patrick, The Golden Hind would not have had Boomkins, they didn't appear on English ships until circa 1710. (Lees Masting and Rigging states the Foretacks were led through holes in the stem) Her Foretacks would have been led almost identically as shown in your last pic with the red pointing arrow,also as in the pic's Christian previously posted. The 1637 engraving of the Sovereign of the Seas also shows the same lead for the Foretacks. Regards, Dave
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    Hi Patrick, In Brian Laverys Book the Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War he writes this on page 37. According to Sir Walter Raleigh,the Capstan was first used for weighing anchor in the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1st in the second half of the 16th Century. Though there is evidence it was in use by 1546. No mention of double Capstans in English Ships until the latter part of the 17th Century. Hope this is of some help to you. Dave
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    Jack,this is a really interesting build of an unusual subject and a good job you are making of it too. Hope you can easily repair the boom attachment,Murphy's Law strikes again I imagine it's a pretty exhilarating experience sailing a full sized Ice Yacht at 40 - 50 MPH with your rump about a foot above the ice. Dave
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    Does the photo show the platform grating fitted as to what I think is upside down ? I've never ever seen a grating fitted that way on any ship or model. A real stumbling block to say the least. That's just my opinion of course. Dave
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    Hi BE,there's nowt wrong with your planking,much better than some I've seen With regard to the square tuck it's pretty straight forward really,I just took the outer shapes from the plans and went from there. I had to have a couple of goes making the tiny outer planks however,fiddly little things. As you bought the kit likely the shapes are provided. I have made and am still making everything on my model excluding the windlass,didn't have a mill or table saw when I ordered the plans and it 3 years ago. Have fun, Dave
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    Hello Ed,absolutely superb work. I can well imagine that the air was blue when belaying in such a confined area. I had a similar problem belaying,what I did was pass the line through the pinhole then placed the pin in. This let me adjust the tension as necessary then leaving the line in place pushed the pin tight,belaying the line on the pin as normal. When the rope coil is hung on the pin this can't be seen. A fiddle of course but it saves a lot of cursing etc etc. Dave
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    Hi BE,have you considered using Birch for your deck planking? It is also a light coloured wood but not as white as Holly,I used it on my model and am happy with the result. Dave
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    Excellent work BE. You really can't go wrong following Chucks' instructions. One question,are you going to stain the hull a darker colour ? Personally I find that South American "boxwood" far too pale for my taste. The hull of my model is mainly built with dark pear,much closer to the colour of oak but that's just my preference. As usual,keep up the good work. Dave
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    Hi Siggi, I have 2 photographs of a contemporary model of the 60 gun ship HMS Achilles of 1757. I took these in the Science Museum in London 11 years ago,there are no Fish or Horseshoe plates shown on this model. It postdates HMS Tiger by a decade so it may be ok to assume they were not fitted on your ship. However,it could be that they were just omitted on this HMS Achilles model,who knows. Yet,all other hull fittings are shown as fitted. Hope this is of help to you. Perhaps one of the very knowledgeable forum members hopefully may be able to answer your question. Kind regards, Dave
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    I do believe the comment was just a poor joke,observe the winking smiley. Aviaamator,your workmanship is superb. Dave
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    Hi Karl, I have just been admiring your superb workmanship but one thing puzzles me. The large stern grating has the fore and aft planks raised higher than the thwartship planks. This seems to me to be rather dangerous and could cause a person to catch a foot in this gap and trip up (stolpern) Then,I see in a later photo taken below the stern and notice that the grating planks appear to be flush with each other. No criticism meant, just an observation but I would have thought this should be the top side of the grating giving a level area to walk upon. Kind regards, Dave
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    Hi John,it's very easy to blacken copper with a liver of sulphur solution. Takes seconds to do after cleaning the part then just rinse off with water,you can also blacken copper items in situ then rinse it off. It doesn't do any damage to nor discolours the wood. Check out Ed Tostis' Young America build log,he uses it for all his copper work. Is that very nice Tearoom still open in Harrogate ? I was in there several times many years ago,very nice pastries were enjoyed to be sure. Dave
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    Nice job on the drop plank BE,yes,it was bit of a pain to get it right. My first attempt was not good enough (a couple of tiny gaps) so was ripped out and replaced. Had no problem on doing the other side,lesson learned. Apart from that the planking was/is straight forward. Regards. Dave
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    Hi BE, I planked my model with individual plank lengths as shown in the plans. I find it's easier to get a good fit between adjoining plank strakes doing it this way using scale lengths. My model is built using Pearwood and European Boxwood,the deck planked with Birch. Just finished making the chainplates today (the second attempt,don't ask why) As always,keep up the good work. Dave
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    Hi Charlie,JMO but I think 2.5ft is too short,not much leverage there. The Cheerful pump handles scale at 4ft long at 1/48 and a drawing at 1/96 I have also measured has the pump handles scaling at 4ft long. Still,as they say"up to you" Dave
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    Hi B.E. She is coming on nicely. I did what Kurt mentioned,vertically planked between the bulwark extensions with 1/16" limewood. Makes sanding the extensions to the right thickness easy,adds strength plus giving a good base for glueing on the inner planking. Keep up the good work Dave
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    Congratulations Nenad, I too had Cataract surgery done today on my left eye,I had the right eye operation done in January. The increase in vision in that eye was spectacular (40% to 100%) within a few days. I hope it is the same for you. Dave
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    Hi Doris, How nice to see you are back with your model of the Royal Katherine. Sorry I can't help with the book in Swedish but the following book may be of help to you. 17th and 18th Century Ship Models from the Kriegstein Collection. Second revised and expanded edition. It was published by Seawatch Books ISBN 978-0-9820579-7-1 but unfortunately it does not appear now on their current list. Perhaps your local library could obtain a copy for you. Some of the models are of ships of around this period with very good colour photographs nearly all showing the ornamentation,these are:- The Royal James 1671 1st Rate. A Charles the second 4th Rate ca 1680. The Coronation 1685 2nd Rate. I have this book and it's a treasure. I just checked and see there are copies of the first edition for sale on Abe books but am not sure how much difference there is from my edition. Probably not a great lot I would think. Kind regards, Dave
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    I like your shade of red B.E. very nice indeed. Kurt,I made my wales at the full thickness,easy enough to bend with no worries about a second layer being feathered down to nothing at the rebate. Dave
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    Hi BE,if you are interested have a look at this website. www.massiv-holz-werkstatt.de He has a large selection of timbers at good prices, eg a 1000mm x 200mm x 1.5 mm plank of Linde (Limewood) would cost €7.30 +p&p. I bought all the Pearwood for my Cheerful build from him,excellent quality it is too. He says he will cut wood to any size you wish,so I guess he would do Imperial sizes if you asked. He does speak English,however his website is in German. I did my order by email and bank transfer. On his homepage click on Produkte,then scroll down to Brettchen (planks) all are from .5mm to 50mm thick x 1000 x 100 mm. I've no connection to his company just a happy customer. My order arrived within a few days of payment. Kind regards and thank you for your good wishes, Dave
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    Hi BE,your Cheerful is coming along nicely. Have you considered using 1.5 mm ply for the false deck it's only 5 thou thinner and you can cut it in one piece out of a sheet. I did for mine it worked a treat,just epoxied it down. I had the same problem as you with the bow fillers just added a thin piece on top. Thought I'd made a booboo as I'm scratch building mine except for the windlass. Building is on hold just now until I have the cataract op on my left eye next month. My vision just now with one good and one bad eye leaves much to be desired as my specs are now useless. Regards and keep up the good work. Dave
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    Hi bluenose2, I believe the original Endeavour didn't have bumpkins fitted. For certain the replica has the foretacks led to a block on top of the catheads. I'm sure that they would have got this right. I think that where boomkins would have been fitted the foretack fouled on the catheads due to their position. Google HMS Endeavour and you will find many pix,some showing this lead of the foretack. The ones shot from just aft of the windlass show this best. That I'm sure is why there is nothing on the plans about them. There was a short discussion about this a couple of years ago,in one of the build logs as I recall. Dave
  25. davyboy
    Hi again Tom, Sailmaking section :- page 153,left hand column last sentence, page 154 left hand column first sentence. Regards, Dave

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