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Tom Lauria shows nice stuff (small boats, large scale) https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC7JA3n2QuMoR2b68BzfxSoA/videos And apart from a bunch of family video's that are not so interesting, this guy has some nice tutorials: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC1Cio5JqAxvQ92-vlyJgsJQ/videos Not on rigging, but 'wood only': https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCPfLMf2BV5PsI9m72Kqd8IQ/videos And once you have seen all these, youtube will understand what you are looking for Jan
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Depending on the period of your ship: there is on MSW a quite extensive buildlog (not blog) on hms Vulture by Danny Vadas, showing quite detailed how he did the rigging, and there is Young America by Ed Tosti, giving a detailed desciption of a clipper-rigging. There are also a number of youtubes available showing 'how to's' not of a complete rigging but of details: how to attach a block to yard, howto strop blocks, etc. Will look for the link. Jan
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Your quality in plastic matches your woodbuilding qualities. Motorbikes are not really my cup of tea, but this one is a joy to look at! (And just for reference: is your cutting mat devided in inche sized squares, or in 5cm squares?) Jan
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Beautifull ship, and a very neatjob so far on the model! Jan
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That's also a nice set-up. Much better than an iceberg Jan
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No, iceberg-dio's are not my thing. a conversion to olympic or brittanic would be my choice. And in case you would like a diorama, you could consider one of the two in a harbour scene, (in wartime dazzle-livery, when you want a nice paintjob, or their hospitalship-livery, when you want something less daunting ) Jan
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Good to read that you did not forget us. Hope you will get back on track soon. Jan
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You can also check a few logs that show the rigging process very extensively. hms vulture of dan y vadas of young america of Ed Tosti show quite a lot of how to's when it comes to rigging. From own experience: the paperclipmethod does only work when the shroulds do not have very different angles. In my build I discovered that the angle of the aft shrould was so much different from the foremkstone, that using a fixed distance between the deadeyes had as result that the upper row was nor parallel to the lower row. The trickwith the pins and the cardboard did better for me. Or use a piece of wood, as shown in a parallel thread on the same subject: Jan
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And with respect to arches inthe inside of the wall. Not uncommon in medieval walls: Jan PS this is the inside of oneof the gates you showed before: the Helpoort in Maastricht, Netherlands, dating back to around 1250, although in its current form mainly resulting from a rather romantic view on the middle ages in 1880...
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Reading of your new layout, for one moment I thought you were making an attempt to do this: typical mainland Europe solutionto have a river (and harbour) inside your city, and unwanted guests outside. Jan
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I needed a cable, and cables are made from three separate ropes. Normale ropes should be made from single yarns.. The thickness needed can be computed, but has a large trial and error in them. Amati rope has some stretch, but it required no real stretching. What I did not like in the amati rope, was that especially the smaller sizes were not so clearly defined: you can't see the separate strings that makes up the rope. Jan
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And yes, making rope although the kit alteady provided it sounds silly, but it was like this: I have a corel-kit, providing 3!sizes. That didn’t eork out: too little variation, so I decided to take the plunge, took the aforemdntioned table, bought a number of sizes (amati, as that was what the shop sold), and started. I missed however the largest size, and made that one myself, usung an improvised rope walk build from lego-parts. You can make your life as simple or complicated in this hobby. That is the fun of it. (My private problem: the complicated route takes more time than I have available ) Jan
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Suppose this is a silly question, but doesn't amati provide you with rigging thread? That would be a nice guess for the amount you need...... Using amati-thread, I didn't stretch it. Had no problems whatsoever. I did stretch the rope I made myself (using the amati-thread as basis). Jan
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Nice! Can I have a grandfather like you? Jan (ps. I guess one of the moderators will shift this buildlog to somewhere else - no idea where they will place this one. It doesn't quite match the sorting system.)
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Stitching sails with sewing machine
amateur replied to Jorge Hedges's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
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Stitching sails with sewing machine
amateur replied to Jorge Hedges's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Hi Nils, is it just me, or does the link not function? Jan -
Help with keel layout .
amateur replied to LEGION 12's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
Looking at what I can see from the drawings, my guess woud be: the basswood strips run to the sides of the stuffing box, the strip K4 is glued on top of the basswoodstrips, thus connecting the two (the grey area that is indicated on the drawing) K7 is glued to the inside of the keel. The part of the keel that is not coveredby K4 at the underside is to be sanded away when all is dry and removed from the building board. What I can’t make out: drawing and sketch do show the keel left-right changed... Jan -
Help with keel layout .
amateur replied to LEGION 12's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
I can’t help you, but adding a more ‘informative title’ to your post will probably attract a more knowledgeable builder to you question. Jan -
Shame.... I was hoping for an update. Question: how are you going to prevent the air inlets from cloggi g up when painting? Jan
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How did I miss the end ofthis journey? Congatulations on a very, very impressive model. Following your log has been a pleasure. Jan
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Those birds are as good as your ships. I especially like the second one: just before getting the fish out of the water. Jan
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Prins Willem 1650 by mhkash
amateur replied to mhkash's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
The size an number of the gratings is based on the contemporaneous model. So, why should you change? Gratings were used for all ships with a lower gundeck. Real warships had even gratings over the full length of the ship.Or do you mean the number of strips used for the gartings (the size of the holes. Than you should try to follow the rul that the size of the holws is slightly smaller than the with of a foot (ie around 10 cm). The museum-model has holes slightly wider than that, but not as wide as yours. Jan -
Prins Willem 1650 by mhkash
amateur replied to mhkash's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
Nothing wrong with the gratings: rather like the usual standard in 17th century dutch shipbuilding..... Jan
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