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second thought: is that perhaps the reason that Reed uses compound blanks for hislarger frames? (he claims that it is for minimizing on the amount of wood needed, but.....) Jan
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McNarry is stacking thin slices of boxwood to each other to a sloid hull. Next he carves the hull from the block. Soon as the hull is 'perfect' the slices are taken apart, there inside is removed, and parts of it are removed in total, to get the timbers/futtocks-effect. The same method (with a small twist) is used by Reed. He remarkes that it depends on the quality of your wood to get crisp results. Boxwood is the way to go he writes..... Jan
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I guess you were pretty pleased with yourself yesterday Jan.
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Loking good! However, looking at the rendered version, i wonder whether the bands along the hull are correct. As far as i know the pictures, these are just rubbing strakes, or simple doublings of the hull. Going by the shadows visible in your modelthey are to large. Jan
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Again a question: you used thread for the rigging. Did you glue the ratlines,, sewed them, or did you use proper knots? Jan
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Somehow it looks very familiar. She's not a random trawler in disrepair. It looks a bit navy but with a civilian remake... Jan
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Always messing that up with the r's in red and green.... knowing which side is which doesn't help you with the colours... Jan
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Ah, that one again. This thing is around for some time..... Jan
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I haven't been here for some time. I see I have to do some catching up... Jan
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I'm not quite sure what you mean: when you build at twice the size, everything should be multiplied by two. Or did I not quite get your question?? Jan
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Yeah, you're a snob, but we don't mind As a 13 year aged kid I did a couple of small-scale solid hull models. I wasn't too impressed by the result, mainly because it proved quite hard to get the hull in good shape (the kitmaker in his wisdom made the hull slightly over-size, but did not provide a full set of lines to use as a template). And unless you set youself the goal to show the ship as it was actually build, no-one will ever bother whether there are bulkeads or a solid block of wood behind the planking. Jan
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Hi Piet, It's a fantastic model. The railing adds to the realistic appearance, especially whuile you took no shortcuts in the top ends of the stanchions. You disappointed us (well, some of us, and only a little) by just simulating turnbuckles. Jan
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Real beauty is on the outside Jan
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Again two questions: Q. Are the carvings carved from wood, or made of something else Q2 is it all gold that is shining? Jan
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I was awate of some people trying to calculate the load using basic integral calculus, but i wasn't aware of the use of matehematics in hull design. Could you tell me where you found info on how they did it? I know the books by witsen and van ijk, but they do not give any design-rules, apart from rules of thumb, and "it should be done this way, as we always did it this way...." Jan
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It puts things in perspective. There aren't that many small modells around here. Showing how you did it will be appreciated. At least by me Jan
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I am still wondering: the title of the post states scale 1:96. But is 28 meters not very small for a 70 gun ship. I guess it is not 1:96, but 1:192.... Jan
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As Chris states: 'length' has various meanings. There are a couple of options: 1. length overal (i.e. including bowsprit etc) 2. length between the perpendiculars (which is what you indicated in your sketch) 3. length over deck, which is more or less the length of the deck (between the sterns) 4. length over the waterline, which is the the distance between the points were the sterns 'hit the water' 5. keel length. Sometimes only the lenght of the keel is mentioned, which is consierably shorter that the other lengths. One of these lengths corresponds with your stated length. As Lady Nelson is a hypothetical ship, modelled to a more or less standard design, there is no reason to be 'off scale'. I suspect that the 16 meter refers to something else than the length between the perpendiculars. Jan
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That explains a lot ..... Jan
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There is another site: bestscalemodels. Is that a valid one, or is it also a site to avoid? Jan
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