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Key word there is "old"!!! Welcome aboard, mobbsie - glad to have you along for the ride. I think Sjors has the popcorn machine set up in the corner.
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Greetings, Frank - will keep you posted on how that goes! If you want I can send you some to work on ;)
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Greetings, Mark, and welcome. Thus far it has been enjoyable. It is quite a change as there are no instructions but rather seemingly haphazard drawings on the plans sheets. Most of the notations are just the dimensions, not guidance on installation. I did find a site with the sheets in English and Italian - they are not a perfect match (newer version of the kit than mine) but close enough that I can figure out what is being said! My biggest concern is when it comes to cutting all those small pieces out of the wood sheets - something like 8 sheets with 10 to 100 small pieces on each one.
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Thanks for the kind words, Lawrence. Glad to hear that there is some progress on getting some plans for the Annie M. Parker! Your hammocks look fantastic on the Victory - I can only guess how long that took to get them looking so nice! As I recall fom other discussions, vertically is the way they were stowed. Only had the one storm here this week - about 8 inches. Nice to have the ground covered again. If it is going to be cold, it may as well be snow covered!
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Scott - Thanks for stopping by! I must admit to a degree of trepidation when it comes to cutting out all of those tiny bits - I guess the scroll saw will need to be brought out of storage. I have a nice space I can set it up in the basement - during war weather only (it is unheated and a tad chilly right now). Fortunately I have a great deal to do before I reach that stage! The pressed wood bow & stern fillers went in well with no twist added, although I do have some sanding to do to get them flush with the bulkhead outer surfaces.
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My dad didn't share a lot about his time in the Navy - mainly some letters he wrote to his parents when he was deployed. He went in during 1942, served until 1946 on Tin Cans - did a lot of R&D work improving sonar, a couple of convoy escorts across the pond. His interest in photography sprang from those days - they would take photos of the oscilloscope to show the expected display for specific conditions to use in training sonar operators. They had to develop them quickly and verify they came out else re-run the scenario.
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Geez, Walt - you prodded me to pull my Dad's 1940 Bluejackets manual off the shelf. For a short splice, both ends of rope are unlaid for about a foot. For an eye-splice, the line is brought back upon itself enough to give the desired eye size and then tucked into the body of the rope. For a long splice, and this one is a real kicker, the ends are unlaid farther than for a short splice. Big help there!
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Sounds like it could be a new contest to try for the most distance. Next would be for accuracy and aerodynamics!
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Coming along nicely, Tom. And my wife wondered why we kept all those tubs of Legos - Model building tools!!!!
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Wow, Sherry - those came out wonderfully! Have fun with those 120 little bitsy things...I am quite sure you will get them right!
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Teddyedward - Welcome aboard! The most effective way to get advice and suggestions is via a build log. See the post here http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/53-before-you-post-your-build-log-please-read-this-starting-and-naming-your-build-log/?p=210 for information on setting up your build log. in terms of resources, there are many build logs for the Bluenose 2 here on MSW. You can glean a great deal of useful information from them. The order of rigging - opinions vary. Many experienced builders suggest doing as much of the pre-rigging as you can prior to installing on the model. Others strongly encourage doing it all on the model. Adding sails introduces a level of complexity i haven't dealt with yet, but I suspect they would be among the last pieces added since many of the blocks etc. need to be installed before they are hidden by a sail. One book that may prove useful for you is The American Fishing Schooners, 1825-1935 by Howard Chapelle. In addition, there is a very good practicum for building a POF scratch built Bluenose available here http://modelshipbuilder.com/e107_images/custom/msbimages/eisnor/bn-1-4/Bluenose%20Practicum%20Standard.pdf (the section on masts, spars and rigging may be of use to you). One additional resource which you may find useful is here - http://www.modelboatyard.com/bluenose2_articles.html Good luck - looking forward to following along!
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Thanks, all, for the information on the 5x5 mm pieces. Have gotten the Port side installed and preliminary fairing done - the rest will wait until i get ready to fair the full hull. Now on to the starboard side! An additional question - This does have the pressed wood stern galleries. If I were to try and scratch them, would I build up the stern framing as in a POF model? Right now I have the filler blocks in place that I would need to remove.
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In the US, the foot is based on the International Foot which = 0.3048 meter. The US foot is essentially the same - the conversion just takes it to 10 decimal places (1 US Foot = 0.3048006096 meters). For those of us geeky enough to want more info, the National GS has a PDF format document from the National Bureau of Standards in 1959 (NBS is now NIST) called Refinement of Values for the Yard and Pound that defines the "U.S. Survey foot" as 1200/3937 meter or 0.3048006096 meters. For more detail on the SI units, see http://www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/metric/metric-program.cfm The SI meter is now defined as the length of the path traveled by the light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second.
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Inboard Bulwark Color
trippwj replied to wq3296's topic in Painting, finishing and weathering products and techniques
There is some recent research (I need to find the sources - believe it was in The Mariners Mirror) that red was not necessarily as universally used as once thought (relates to cost of the pigment and other factors). For the Fair American, being a privateer, you could go with the buff or green and be as historically accurate as any other choice. -
There were various styles used over the years. For a description (and diagram of one type) see the attached PDF from 1835-ish Hawse Bucklers 1835.pdf
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Eddie - The book by Peterson is definitely worth taking a look at, although it is focused on rigging a somewhat larger frigate from the same era. You may find that things lay out a touch differently on the smaller Snake. Another source, though much more complex, is James Lees The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War, 1625-1860 ISBN 978-0870219481 Between the narrative and drawings in Lees and the exceptional drawings in Peterson you should be able to both understand and make any adjustments needed. ENJOY!
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that planking is absolutely SUPER. Your skill continues to BOWL me over!!! (think that will make it past the licensing folks???)
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Continuing to look good, Eamonn. They seem to be matching up well on both sides.
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Looks great, Sjors - the tree nailing came out very well! :dancetl6:
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Good luck with that one, Mark! maybe, just maybe, if that side project for "She who must be obeyed" is of suitable result, she may relax the requirements for just this once...maybe.
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And at the time of launch, the name was mis-spelled as GLENMHOR (I found the pictures on boatnerd.com once I had a name!!!)
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Assume you mean the laker being launched, not the tugs or small craft? :huh: Gee - a Laker - that was unexpected! :P :P
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Well played, Eamonn! It is, indeed, the USRC Thomas Corwin The U.S. Revenue Marine Steamer Thomas Corwin, also known as simply Corwin, was completed in 1876 and was commissioned on 17 July 1877 in San Francisco, California, which remained her home port during her career with the Revenue Marine. She was then under the command of Revenue Captain J. W. White. She sailed for Sitka, Alaska on 30 July 1877 where she began a patrol in the Arctic Ocean, returning to San Francisco on 28 August 1877. She then made annual cruises to Alaskan waters. She also patrolled the waters off Washington and Oregon when not in the Arctic. She enforced fishing regulations, customs laws, prevented the trafficking of liquor with the local native populations, established the authority of the U.S. Government on the new territory, and assisted mariners in distress, among other duties. On 9 April 1898 Corwin was transferred to the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War. She served in the San Diego, California area until 15 August 1898 when she was returned to the Treasury Department. She was sold on 14 February 1900 for $16,500. She was used as a merchant vessel after her sale and continued sailing the Bering Sea on a charter basis. She was a topsail schooner with an inverted cylinder steam engine; single propeller Your turn!
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Been a long time since i got one right! Try this one on for size...
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