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I wish to pursue the idea of using 1/16" to represent 7" H.O. scale. Am I being too finicky about precise scale? It would make things infinitely easier to use the 1/16 stuff, of course, so I'm tempted. Give me some opinions on this so I can decide, and thanks.
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Many thanks to you all for the advice!
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The thing at the back in the first photo is an eyebolt screwed in real tight. The next one looks like a cleat, and the near one seems to be a kevel. Just guessing.
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This is going to seem pretty retarded to some of you, but I need a large amount of basswood strip to lay the deck of my Great Eastern model, which is over seven feet long. I've never been terribly good with anything involving numbers. so I need advice on what size to purchase. The deck planks of the prototype were seven inches wide, so I assume I'll be needing some obscure (to me) metric size. At 1/8 inch per foot scale. this comes out to a tinch over 1/16 inch. What metric size would this be equivalent to; those .20 type numbers mean nothing to me. Also, what would be a good source for such a large lot of lumber? Many thanks to anyone who could help me.
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And here I thought it was little old men with jeweler's loupes. I'm thinking my 50 l.p.i. chain will be fine for the forestays, topsail sheets and lifeboat rigging; maybe just a tinch large but satisfactory. Many thanks for all the advice; I'd be lost without this website. I'll look out for that bead cord, too.
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Looking through my 'stash' I found some 42 l.p.i.; it is pretty darn small. I've just ordered some 50 l.p.i. from Floating Drydock; I don't think it comes any smaller. even the 3-D printed stuff. I wonder how they make this stuff; the copper, I mean.
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I kinda think they might be engine telegraphs also; I'll see if I can find one on the web to clarify things. Thank you all for trying.
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Yet another update (can you stand the excitement?). There is a copy of the above mentioned image on WorthPoint, an antique and auction house. If you put in your search as "steamship great eastern deck photos" it's in the second image section near the beginning. Maybe this'll settle it...
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To Jersey City Frankie: the photo you reproduced is a classic and full of useful details; the end of one of the pin racks for 'tuesday' mast is visible in front of the deck house, which itself is useful for figuring those out. Also if you look up on the mast you can see the lower yard truss, which is a double u shape just like those on the USS Constellation.
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They did have some tiny chain at Michaels though the links are a bit long; maybe I'll check Moores as they have somewhat different stock. Many thanks for the tip!
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This just in on this probably overblown topic: one of my old bridge photos actually shows a close-up of the top of gizmo! There seems to be a central hob with two parallel cylindrical objects above. one of which looks like it has a handle. Hope this helps, but at any rate I can replicate it, even if I have no clue as to what it is.
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The Great Eastern had around four feet of teak bulwarks - higher at the bow - which seem to have all kinds of attachment gadgets like kevels and staghorns and things I don't know the name of. There don't seem to be any under weigh deck photos. There is one photo showing a bunch of bigwigs posing at the base of 'friday' mast and there are so many rope coils on both spider bands that you can't actually see the mast!
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How Realistic Can One Make Sails?
brunelrussell replied to Julie Mo's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
I intend to use archival tissue. It needs to be dyed to simulate flax. I'd use tea but I understand its fairly acidic. If anyone knows a good alternative lay it on me. I would kinda like to keep the translucency. -
The scale I'm working at is essentially HO, or one eighth inch = 1 foot, but I'll still need to use eentsy-weentsy wire to achieve scale. I'm fresh out of granddaughters, and could somebody wire gauges to me?
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Maybe I'll just twist two wires together to just suggest chain.
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There is a lot of small-scale chain on the Great Eastern, everything from sail sheets to long stretches of it as forestays near the funnels. What's a good way to simulate this? There is book on building plastic ship models (the name escapes me) that shows a way of weaving tiny wire into what's called a sinnet that looks good but I'm not sure I have that kind of manual dexterity any more. Any ideas would be appreciated,
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There is a company called Resistance Wire that caters to craftsmen by supplying small amounts of wire instead of big spools.
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I think they're called kevels; there's lots of 'em on the Great Eastern, and I believe they are belaying points.
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A real gold mine of neat ideas! Thanks!
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Vallego model paints makes textured coatings for dioramas and such.
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There's a company in Germany called Preiser that makes dynamite figures in several scales. Since my Great Eastern model turns out to be HO scale, that's what I'm using.
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How Realistic Can One Make Sails?
brunelrussell replied to Julie Mo's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
I intend to make sails for the Great Eastern out of archival tissue. Does anybody out there know if tea is archival or acidic, and if it's acidic, what else could I use to tint my sails? I'd kinda like to retain the translucency. -
How Realistic Can One Make Sails?
brunelrussell replied to Julie Mo's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
I'm going to use thin archival tissue paper for sails on the G.E.. Can anybody tell me if tea is archival or acidic and if acidic. what can I use to tint my sails? I'd kinda like to retain the translucency. -
No, I'm referring to the compass in front of the ship's wheel; remove the dome and what's left looks like the things on the G.E.. Maybe I'm making too much of this, since the things will be less than half an inch high on the model!
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The only thing I could find on line was on the National Museum of Ireland web site, one of the photos made when the ship visited Arklow near the end of her career. The specific image shows the deck area between the paddle boxes with the flying bridge. A man in a bowler hat on the bridge is standing next to one of the instruments in question. Hope this helps.
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