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Big day today, my daughter in law (a front line doctor) was the first in the family to receive the Pfizer vaccine, hopefully this is "The end of the beginning" to quote Churchill. She gets her second dose on January 11th. So this will be my last post before an unusually quiet Christmas. I have been trying to work out the "wanderings" of the anchors before I make them. The story starts with the plan. Here the anchors are positioned well forward about half way between the forward deck house and the foot of the bow sprit. The circle shows the sweep of the anchor derrick, the pivot being just aft of the sprit foot. I don't believe that Germania was ever fitted out like this as none of the photographs supported this arrangement. Most of the photographs show Fisherman's anchors to port and starboard but they are significantly aft of the plan poisition. They seem to have been moved as far aft as possible, their position being just forward of the foremast shrouds. Their position is so far back that they cover the foremost pair of holes in the pin rails, making them unusable. The anchor derrick has been repositioned accordingly. I can guess at two reasons for this change. The anchors are fairly massive and their weight further forward (where the hull is slimmer and less buoyant) might cause the bow to dive into waves rather than rising over them. The less technical reason is that in the original position they can take out the bow sprit stays if dropped carelessly. Other explanations are expected???? Finally at some point the port anchor seems to have been replaced by a self stowing Danforth anchor. The starboard Fisherman's anchor seems to have been retained. I really don't like this set up as it will inevitably catch the waves when healed. I think I am going to complete the model with two fisherman's anchors mounted on the rails in the rearmost position. May I take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas (no matter what the restrictions are).
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Hmmm! tricky Tom. Not sure it can be done. Best bet might be to carve it deeper and then sand. At least you already have a guide.
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Thank you all for your comments and likes. It would appear that the usual shipbuilding disruptions of Christmas will not apply this year, in fact building may accelerate. The Government have just announced that a new strain of Covid is now in circulation which is about 70% more transmissible than the previous strain. As a result significant areas of the country will go immediately into the highest level of lockdown with mixing of households banned, all non essential shops closed etc, etc. I think we may have over ordered the groceries. Progress over the last week has revolved around pin rails. Four large rails run alongside the bulwark on either side of the main and fore masts, one pair of rails has 8 pin positions while the other pair has 7. The rails were made as previously described. Holes were drilled before brass tubes were inserted and then slit off to the correct thickness. On Germania the rails are mounted to the bulwarks with small metal brackets. I feared these would be too fragile to take even the modest forces imposed by the rigging. Accordingly I made heavier wooden mountings and consoled myself that they wouldn't be very visible. The rails were glued in place with CA. The previous rails relate to the foremast but the main mast rails are very similar. It was then into a long belaying pin production run that took the best part of 2 afternoons. While I was about it I made the 2 pins for the jib foot. I am now going to drink a vat of Gin as consolation for the cancelation of Christmas.
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HMCSS Victoria 1855 by BANYAN - 1:72
KeithAug replied to BANYAN's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
The good news Pat is that by the time the Australian winter arrives vaccines should be widely available. May you all have a happy and unrestricted Christmas.- 993 replies
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Keith, I hadn't realised the body was white, so I agree with Eberhard, use black and white plasticard and avoid having to paint. Do you need the banding to stand proud? In real life the banding is probably less than 1/8" so at your scale that means the banding is only .001" above the surface. If you want to exaggerate the banding I can think of an option but its bit difficult to explain without a sketch so I'll get back to you once I have found a pencil.
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Keith / sailor. The mast is of composite construction and clearly the power and instrument cables are routed through trunking on the inside of the mast. This being the case I am unsure why they don't enter the mast below deck level as this would leave the cables less prone to damage and deterioration. The cables in question seem to enter the mast via a pair of junction boxes on both the main and fore masts. Now you have drawn attention to this detail I am going to have to reproduce it ------- Aren't I.
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How are you doing Richard. I hope your distractions from model making are all pleasant ones?
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All progress is painful.
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Keith, things do get difficult at this size and compromises do have to be made, My best suggestion would be to glue up a laminate of various discs - possibly 3 discs of black plastic separated by two discs of wood, then turn the bucket from this. by making the thicknesses to scale the result should look pretty convincing. But then again what do I know and no-one will notice the compromise you have made once the model is finished.
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That's a possibility Pat although I think the original design would also have allowed for removal. I did quite well with the list, knocking off about 70% without accumulating many additions. I have parked the list for the last month or so. My guess I will restart in the spring by which time I should be supercharged by the Covid vaccine.
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Yes I have been following the market developments. I think a high quality inexpensive machine is several years away.
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Thank you Eberhard. I had been thinking of trying for the very reason you identify. However I don't think that I will use it a lot and newer technologies might come to my rescue first. I am waiting for good quality 3D printing to become more affordable.
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Plenty of scope for your imagination Tom, should be fun.
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A fascinating project, I bet few vessel match her for lack of aesthetic appeal. I will watch with interest.
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Keith - I particularly like the way the crew have dug into the coal but feel they will need to repaint he deck white when they get a chance.
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Druxey - My wife has a long list. Allan, I just used the bynes saw with a fine toothed slitting saw blade (108 teeth x 3" diameter). I have blades that I reserve for cutting metal and ones which I only use on wood. As for cooking I can do most things to a modest standard but I am the go to member of the household when it comes to curry's with all the trimmings.
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A very good point Eberhard and I suspect the designer agreed with you. The picture below is one of the later pictures I have of Germania which clearly shows the hex nut albeit with a domed end. You will also notice the brass rubbing strip on then rail edge. However here is an earlier shot with the rail in the "as built" state with no nut and with no rubbing strip. I suspect that at some stage the original design proved a bit fragile and this led to the modifications. I made the nut too large so I may lop it off and revert to the original design. No one is ever going to notice the cheat. Sometimes life needs to be a bit easier.
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Thank you Keith. Dinner is delayed so I will finish the post. I machined flats on a 3/32" rod to form a hexagon and then parted off 8 retaining nuts. These were glued in place and then the pins were inserted into the rail.
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