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    Landrotten Highlander got a reaction from druxey in Location of the lost HMS Apollo (1779) found   
    Was just reading in a Belgian newspaper about a Dutch team of archeologists excavating canons and othe equipment from the HMS Apollo, which sank on 06JAN1779.
    The ship ran aground on the shallow island of 'Razende Bol' off Texel.  In an effort to save the ship the captain decided to dumb the conons overboard - but it was to no avail and the ship sank below the surface.  Now erosion has revealed the remains of the ship.
    The team is in negotiation with the British Navy to allow to exhibit the findings in the Texel museum 'Kaap Skil', Oudeschild, The Netherlands this summer - provided the COVID situation is under control.
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    Landrotten Highlander got a reaction from thibaultron in Location of the lost HMS Apollo (1779) found   
    Was just reading in a Belgian newspaper about a Dutch team of archeologists excavating canons and othe equipment from the HMS Apollo, which sank on 06JAN1779.
    The ship ran aground on the shallow island of 'Razende Bol' off Texel.  In an effort to save the ship the captain decided to dumb the conons overboard - but it was to no avail and the ship sank below the surface.  Now erosion has revealed the remains of the ship.
    The team is in negotiation with the British Navy to allow to exhibit the findings in the Texel museum 'Kaap Skil', Oudeschild, The Netherlands this summer - provided the COVID situation is under control.
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    Landrotten Highlander got a reaction from mtaylor in Location of the lost HMS Apollo (1779) found   
    Was just reading in a Belgian newspaper about a Dutch team of archeologists excavating canons and othe equipment from the HMS Apollo, which sank on 06JAN1779.
    The ship ran aground on the shallow island of 'Razende Bol' off Texel.  In an effort to save the ship the captain decided to dumb the conons overboard - but it was to no avail and the ship sank below the surface.  Now erosion has revealed the remains of the ship.
    The team is in negotiation with the British Navy to allow to exhibit the findings in the Texel museum 'Kaap Skil', Oudeschild, The Netherlands this summer - provided the COVID situation is under control.
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    Landrotten Highlander got a reaction from Mark P in Location of the lost HMS Apollo (1779) found   
    Was just reading in a Belgian newspaper about a Dutch team of archeologists excavating canons and othe equipment from the HMS Apollo, which sank on 06JAN1779.
    The ship ran aground on the shallow island of 'Razende Bol' off Texel.  In an effort to save the ship the captain decided to dumb the conons overboard - but it was to no avail and the ship sank below the surface.  Now erosion has revealed the remains of the ship.
    The team is in negotiation with the British Navy to allow to exhibit the findings in the Texel museum 'Kaap Skil', Oudeschild, The Netherlands this summer - provided the COVID situation is under control.
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    Landrotten Highlander reacted to bolin in Medieval longship by bolin - FINISHED - 1:30 - based on reconstruction Helga Holm   
    With all the frames fitted and trimmed down to size I have started with preparing the rivets. It's boring. 
     
    Take a bristle. Hold it close to a flame (but not in it or it will burn) until it melts to a bead in the end. Then press the bead to a flat surface to get a flat head on the rivet. Repeat some 1500 times...
     


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    Landrotten Highlander reacted to albert in HMS VICTORY 1765 by albert - 1/48   
    Hi i'm temporarily putting the stern  cant frame.

     
     
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    Landrotten Highlander reacted to stuglo in Swan-Class Sloop by Stuglo - FINISHED - 1:48   
    Knee of the Head 
    (my dyslexic son referred to the ”elbow in his leg“ instead of knee)
    The good news is that we finished chapter 2 (TFFM)!!!
    This is a set of seemingly simple pieces that make up the foremost part of the ship
    The gripe was easy- I had already made it when I made the stem  -not yet fitted but fortunately found in a “safe”box of bits.The blank is 5.3mm
    Need  to remove from the building slip to fit these parts, which is worrying as the keel is very vulnerable. I supported it with a large piece of sponge.
    This, and other parts abutting the stem, have “felt”-black paper- filling the joint.
    The next pieces, chock, cutwater,lacing piece and bobstay piece are cut  out from 5.3mm blanks.Here I cut on the pattern line, and the pieces fit well.
    Note the TFFM comment on the line of upper curve of lacing piece-a faint line under upper cheek,where it joins the extension piece.
    The pieces at various angles to the grain and joined by “black” glue (PVA+charcoal) - the contrast looks better this way. 
    Dry fit to the curve of the stem, with adjustments as necessary- a few light touches with the spindle sander was effective.
    Bobstay holes and gammoning slot as shown, with milling piece #56
    The combined piece needs tapering -from 5.3 to 2.12 mm at top of bobstay piece- the top of lacing pieces only to 3.18mm.That is from below, above and aft, forward  .
    As before, I did this by cutting a pattern of this taper and sticking this to the fore curve.
    Tapering by alternate sanding on stati sanding board.
    A small imperfection in the wood was noted on the bobstay piece but I expected that this would be removed with the taper. Instead it grew like some cancerous iceberg.No camouflaging this.
    (Of course the piece with the extra work-holes and slot)
    Remove and, of course, the cutwater was damaged, and this also had to be remade.
    Another lesson I must remember- don’t waste time on suspect material.
    When satisfied with taper, glue felt for joint to stem.
    More mistakes- didn’t allow for thickness of felt and didn’t notice thoat snug fit caused the the gripe to lift away.
    Reset and the felt removed , some sanding to allow for felt in joint.And reattached.
    Glue reinforced with wooden trunnels from aft aspect of stem. These are limited because the thin drill bits are short. 
    Augmented adhesion with rubber band and S@@$%T- all slipped off, taking gripe with it.
    Again clean all up (paper and glue is messy) and try again- this time with copper wire trunnels from front and back- and finger pressure. Ensure alignment with string midline from top of building slip supports for and aft.
    ? How to improve bond when using the intervening paper- wood is not being glued directly to wood.
    While setting, made the last 2 upper pieces- standard and extension pieces.
    These are thinner , 3.71 tapering to 3.18 (matching top of lacingpiece). Added the hole (larger, use #52) and the aft gammoning slit.
    Fitted them separately, but perhaps would have been easier to glue together before final shaping.
    Used coloured glue for joint-not sure if this was ok join to stem, but sick of using the black paper.
    Difficult to clean up-was frightened of breaking it off.

     





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    Landrotten Highlander got a reaction from Bob Cleek in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD   
    Sorry to hear about your husband.  You have made a wonderful model, and I am sure he will appreciate the thought of having the entire ship to you and him.
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    Landrotten Highlander reacted to tadheus in La Salamandre by tadheus - 1:24   
    Continuation. 
     



     
    Pawel
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    Landrotten Highlander got a reaction from DORIS in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD   
    Sorry to hear about your husband.  You have made a wonderful model, and I am sure he will appreciate the thought of having the entire ship to you and him.
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    Landrotten Highlander reacted to Mike Y in Medieval longship by bolin - FINISHED - 1:30 - based on reconstruction Helga Holm   
    Great subject! 
    I had the opportunity to help a bit to prepare it for the winter (just a few times, it's on the opposite side of town for me..)
    It was a nice way to spend a weekend, the smell of tar and the joy of helping  Great for kids as well!




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    Landrotten Highlander got a reaction from EJ_L in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD   
    Sorry to hear about your husband.  You have made a wonderful model, and I am sure he will appreciate the thought of having the entire ship to you and him.
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    Landrotten Highlander reacted to DORIS in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD   
    All that remains is to add anchors and flags.
     

     
     
    The crew was originally supposed to be on the model, unfortunately I was struck by a very cruel life event, when my husband died a few months ago and it changed a lot in my life. There will be only two figures on the model that will symbolize me and my husband, it is a remembrance and a tribute to the best person I have ever known and spent with him more than 20 years. He had a wish for me to successfully complete the Royal Katherine, and I want to fulfill his wish as best as possible.
     
    Doris
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    Landrotten Highlander reacted to DORIS in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD   
    And here are already finished sails (made of cloth), including  other rigging:
     

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    Landrotten Highlander reacted to DORIS in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD   
    Preparation of paper templates for making sails:
     

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    Landrotten Highlander reacted to DORIS in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD   
    Almost complete running rigging:

     
    Here you can see how big the model really is - towards its builder:
     

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    Landrotten Highlander reacted to DORIS in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD   
    Running rigging and completing the yards...
     

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    Landrotten Highlander reacted to DORIS in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD   
    Hello dear friends, 
    First of all, I want to wish you all the best in the new year.
    Thank you also for your comments and kind words.

    I am currently completing the model, almost all the rigging is already done and the ship also has sails.
    Here are several photos from the process of tying the ropes, as well as some examples from the books I followed and used on the model (Andreson and Lees).
     

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    Landrotten Highlander reacted to archjofo in La Créole 1827 by archjofo - Scale 1/48 - French corvette   
    Hello,
     
    between the holidays I was able to spend more time on model building.
    Unfortunately there is nothing spectacular and new to report:
     
    Continued: Ratlines - Enfléchures
    The last ratlines knots on the port side lower shrouds of the foremast have been set. Now all lower shrouds of La Créole are equipped with ratlines.

    The preparations for the missing futtock shrouds on the foremast are already in progress. I am currently making the corresponding rigging elements.
     
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    Landrotten Highlander reacted to MESSIS in Royal Caroline by Messis - FINISHED - Panart - 1/48   
    Next pictures


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    Landrotten Highlander reacted to SJSoane in HMS Bellona 1760 by SJSoane - Scale 1:64 - English 74-gun - as designed   
    Thanks so much, druxey, and a better new year for all of us!
     
    I proceeded with the spline idea. A little jig for the mill made quick work of the slots in the standards themselves:


     
    For the slots in the deck beams, I made a little marking jig, ensuring the slots would be laid out parallel to the sides of the beam, on the center line, and also the correct distance from the end of the standard. Then a few holed drilled out to hog out the main waste, and then chisel work to clean up.
     


     
    I did discover a slight flaw in my plan. If I made the splines as long as I had expected, the standard could not fit over the spline and then slide under the upper deck clamp. So I had to shorten the splines and keep them as far out from the sides as possible. This allows me to fit the standard down on the spline, and then slide into position while completely flat on the beam. But still more than enough area for gluing.
     
    Three down, just 19 to go....
     
    Mark
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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    Landrotten Highlander reacted to Gaetan Bordeleau in 74-gun ship by Gaetan Bordeleau - 1:24   
    The work continues on the second fore deck. We have 3 ovens on this 74 guns: 1 for the bread on the first deck, and 2 on the second deck: 1 for the pastries and the last one for the kitchen.
     
    To be homogeneous in their manufacture, the 3 were made with orange bricks. Emphasis was places on the different layers of the kitchen oven: plank, salt or layers of bricks, brick and sheet metal. Is it the salt or the brick which dissipates heat best, I do not know. As for the salt, we know that the salt can resist to the heat, by example in a recipe of salt crusted fish, but how the salt would resist to heat  in a long period of time is another question. We can guess it can resist, because if not, they would not have used it.




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    Landrotten Highlander reacted to bolin in Medieval longship by bolin - FINISHED - 1:30 - based on reconstruction Helga Holm   
    Now I have all the frames cut out and fitted to shape. What remains is to thin them down to about 2 mm thickness. I do that last now when I know that the shape is good in all other dimensions.
     

    In the end I cut the two first and two last frames from solid pieces. I determined the shape using the same method as for the other frames, that is using card and copying the angles of the planks to the frames. It worked OK, but since I could only fit the cards to one side at a time, I got the shape of two frame halves. The angle between the halves was a bit hard to get right. For one of the frames I ended up splitting it and gluing it back with the correct angel.
     

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    Landrotten Highlander reacted to albert in HMS VICTORY 1765 by albert - 1/48   
    Happy New Year to all of you some photos of the small advancement of the Victory.



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    Landrotten Highlander reacted to marsalv in Le Gros Ventre by marsalv - FINISHED - 1:48 - POF   
    Thank you Alex M, I have to say I learned many things from you.
    Forecastle and quarter deck beams preparation - hatchway openings, capstan steps and mast wedges.





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