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Hello Peter, I have been following your build for some time,excellent work indeed. One thing though,it appears that you have rigged your mainstay collar wrongly. It should be lead through that hole in the Stempost (you can see the hole below the Bowsprit in your 3rd pic) and not around the Bowsprit. Maybe an error on the plans showing how you have done it. Keep up the good work Dave
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Cool tool lathe Unimat (moved by admin)
davyboy replied to Sjors's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Sjors, I bought one of these Cooltool I classics several years ago. It is ok for turning down masts,spars and other small wood items only. As others have said it is underpowered and also inaccurate in its other applications. Much better to look on Ebay or similar sites for a good second hand Unimat SL or similar lathe. Dave -
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davyboy replied to fnkershner's topic in Painting, finishing and weathering products and techniques
I always polish up brass or copper parts with fine (green) scotchbrite before cleaning and blackening. I´ve found this gives a good surface for the blackening process as doing this removes any oxidisation on the part. I use a 5 to 1 mix leaving the parts in for 5 minutes,or longer if required. Never had any problems with flaking. Dave -
Hi Jay, That is a very fine model you are building. One thing I have noticed is that your jeers have treble upper and lower blocks. In this case the standing part of the jeer rope should start from the mast head and not the yard as you have done. When the standing part starts from the yard only double blocks are required on the yard. Regards, Dave
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Pat, Lovely job on your masts and tops,however I have a question. In your photo of the fore and fore topmast the top rope sheaves are running in the fore and aft plane. Is this how they were fitted on the Endeavour ? Lees says that top rope sheaves ran diagonally,the lower sheave fwd port face to aft starboard face and the upper sheave fwd starboard face to port aft face. Not criticising,just curious. Kind regards, Dave
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Hi Tom, Have a look in the HMS Sphynx scratch build log by Alex M. It shows how he makes his mouldings. Dave.
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Daniel, Was nice to see this again,saw it last year on the Bolitho & Co forum. True Dafisimus Dave.
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