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Thank you Bob! And 🙂 if things speed up, they speed up 🙂 Missing the mast for proper alignment, I put some irons in the middle as spacers for orientation. And suddenly things are done. Knowing my fat fingers, I will do the final alignment just before the final finish. And too, looks like I need better light on my working place - for better enlightment and pictures 😉 XXXDAn -
But some small bit I still managed to do yesterday: First organised the parts on slightly adhesive tape for not messing up the running order of the different lengths. Then fixed the iron supports ... ... and as usual started with the shorter irons of the smaller deadeyes. That was the state of yesterday night, just to remember, there will still be a batten in front of the board hiding the slots. XXXDAn
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News from the new man cave 🙂 Need some deadeyes for the 1805 slice. First try to make a barrel grinder some times ago did not really work: The sanding paper was too fine and too weak. Also one wing gave up quite fast. So did some research and build a new one, this time better and stiffer paper, took 3 sheets with staggered length and a broader axis to be able to tack the sheets properly together. The barrel is fixed with a M3 screw. First I used my Proxxon but this one was too weak as was to be smelled immediately ... So took the stronger Dremel. Height and side direction have to be adjusted well, or the machine gets hot immediately. Set the Dremel to step 2 and twice 10 minutes and the deadeyes are well done, depending your taste 🙂 Used the good deadeyes from the Syren shop. Last time using PVC the parts have shifted a little laterally 😞 Also using slow binding CA I had this experience, so I build a gauge to press everything together properly in place. Result: Dropping-dead-sharp deadeyes 🙂 Tumbled and done. Here as a comparison the 5 mm Krick deadeyes. On top à la natüre, then tumbled - it really does a good job on them - and on the bottom with the notches for the lanyards, and a Syren deadeye for comparison. XXXDAn
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Coming. it´s coming 🙂 here some hints for the looks: Trafalgar companion (poop deck with boarding), a note from a Trafalgar midship man and a contemporary painting. A very elegant way ist to cover most of the hammocks and have one section with the cloth opened to show the details underneath. XXXDAn
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Very enjoyable build 🙂 Some options to think about: - Rudder hinges not black as iron would rust fast away. A little bit more yellowish copper or the same color than the copper would be more suitable - If you still look for options for the hammock netting, have you considered showing them with their sail cloth cover on? Take a core of foam, give it a bit a shape with the marks of the stanchions, a slag in between for gravity reasons and the ripples for the covered hammocks, and cover with paper-hankies diluted with PVC and paint. All the best, Daniel
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But even today one can find quite large ensigns, see the Eagle in full flight!
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Not only the Spanish had enormous ensigns, the french could do that too. This one is believed to have been at Aboukir on the Genereux and being seized 18 months later. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...et-display.html The flag, which measures 52ft by 27ft, approx 15,8 m x 8,2 m
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Also very impressive the size of the spanish and french ensigns. Spanish naval ensign (1785-1931) Spanish ensign captured with their warship, 'San Ildefonso', 74 guns, by the 'Defence' at Trafalgar (see PAD5735). It was hung in the crossing of St Paul's Cathedral during Nelson's funeral service on 9 Jan 1806 (see PAH7332) AAA0567 http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/567.html PAH7335 http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/147282.html Flag: 9830 x 14400 mm
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I always love the "inaccurancies" of the scotish and irish crosses 🙂
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British Union jack (post-1801 pattern). A hand-sewn, wool bunting flag with a linen hoist and a rope and toggle attached. The flag has been repaired and the design is inaccurately made up in a manner characteristic of early Union Flags. If used at sea, the flag would have been flown in harbour from a jackstaff on the ships bowsprit and is therefore a 'Union Jack'. The flag is said to have belonged to Admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell (1757-1806). AAA0575 http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/575.html flag: 1295.4 x 2336.8 mm
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A Red Ensign, hand-sewn and made of wool bunting with a linen hoist and a rope for hoisting. Date made before 1848. It belonged to Captain Sir Robert Oliver who died in 1848. AAA0777 http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/777.html flag: 812.8 x 1498.6 mm Naval ensign (before 1864). Hand-sewn wool bunting. Belonged to Lieutenant James Everard RN (1796-1825). Rope and toggle attached. Date made 1801-1825 AAA0773 http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/773.html
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Blue Ensign (before 1864) A hand-sewn silk, Blue Ensign (post-1801 design). Date made circa 1807. The linen reinforcement at the hoist and the rope for hoisting is in place. The size indicates that it was probably used as a boat ensign. The ensign was handed down through the Forbes-Robertson family with a diary kept by Lieutenant J. Robertson from 1798-1835. The ensign was said by the donor to have belonged to HMS 'Tigre' 1795 . 'Tigre' commanded by Benjamin Hallowell took part in Nelson's pursuit of the French Fleet to the West Indies but was not present at the battle of Trafalgar. Hallowell commanded the naval part of the expedition to Alexandria in 1807. AAA0746 http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/746.html Flag: 1066.8 x 1371.6 mm
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There is even larger 🙂 White Ensign (before 1801) A pre-1801 White Ensign in hand-sewn wool bunting. It was said to have been worn by HMS 'Brunswick' at the battle of the Glorious First of June in 1794. The British fleet wore red ensigns during the battle to avoid confusion with the enemy so these may be 'Brunswick's' squadronal colours. The size and construction of this ensign are entirely consistent with a late 18th century date and it may well be the only complete naval ensign of this pattern to survive. AAA0937 http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/937.html flag: 6248.4 x 12065 mm
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What happened so far ... But what is this? Is nature trying to get her rights back? New home, new life, only the intended tinkering area is still under construction :-0 First Emergency-workplace was not too successful as every tool proved to take ages to be located in the moving boxes ... Also the place in the gardens was nice but good for fitness as all the necessary tools were still missing ... ... but at least it was flowerpower! ... as then my bottle-ship decided to part from this world ... ... it was time to CLEAR. Then finally my sweet litte darling came back to stay with me 🙂 So than working tools out on the table ... ... and lets have some fun tinkering! The chains for the 1805 slice are needed to be done. And I already managed to blacken them. Hope to see you soon again 🙂 XXXDAn
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Airfix Revenge & Revell Golden Hind Accuracy
dafi replied to Robert Taylor's topic in Nautical/Naval History
In our german forum the late Hagen/Stüermann had started a wonderful Golden Hinde before he passed. He found plenty of contemporary paintings and carvings depicting the pelican feeding his young ones. A great approach which he unfortunately could not finish ... https://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/t4334f953-Die-quot-GOLDEN-HINDE-quot-von-Airfix-oder-der-Versuch-sich-einer-Legende-zu-naehern-2.html#msg71877 https://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/t4334f953-Die-quot-GOLDEN-HINDE-quot-von-Airfix-oder-der-Versuch-sich-einer-Legende-zu-naehern-3.html#msg72046 XXXDAn -
There was a solution as the companion ways needed to be covered to work the capstan. See this contemporary model with the 2 lids in front of the capstan. Amazon class Frigate; Fifth rate; 32 guns SLR0315 https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/66276.html Scale 1:32. Built at this slightly larger and unusual scale, the model is a fine example of the Georgian style of modelling, with a fully planked hull and partially planked decks. The hull is constructed 'bread-and-butter’ fashion, of wooden planks glued together horizontally and then shaped externally to fit templates taken from the building plans. The wooden core is then gouged out internally to produce a shell of about an inch thick, over which the planking, deck beams and decoration are applied. The model has been made to a high standard of workmanship and includes some fittings not always shown, such as the compass binnacle just forward of the wheel, shot racks between the guns, the hammock-netting stanchions and swivel guns on the ship's side. Date made circa 1780
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No that´s Foxtrot from Augsburg. Chris has more beard I believe 🙂 XXXDAn
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The length of the slot can be verified easily on the cross section drawing. @druxey the slot we are taking about would be one deck above. In case of the Vasa, there is the whole part of the deck above elevated, so that no slot is needed. On the Vasa one can see the enormous height of the staff, must be about 4 Meters above the swivel, if one takes the pilot on his elevated place as scale. And yes, that is me, showing the direction to a fellow forums mate 🙂 XXXDAn
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Thanks for the discussion, there is one flaw in the set of the last drawings. The whipstaff should almost be twice as long, as otherwise in the 73° positions - as already in the ones before - there is missing the space to hold and handle the staff 🙂 Especially in the positions with extreme angle, there is much force needed to keep it pressed down, as the pressure against the rudder would try to put it straight again. My guess is that place for many hands is needed. Here is the set-up from the William Rex in Amsterdam. Behind the binnacle one can see the top of the whipstaff, with a cover underneath, that is why many people do not realize it, even I only discovered it afterwards on the pictures 🙂 My guess is - compared to other heights like the rails beside the companion way - that it protrudes about 80 to 100 cm above the deck, too little to manipulate it from the upper deck. So my conclusion is, that it was worked from the deck underneath. XXXDAn
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Just realised, that I never congratulated you for that wonderful build! A marvel! All the best, DAniel
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Hello @Charles Race 1 The entry port was created the conventional way by tinkering 🙂 https://modelshipworld.com/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-heller-plastic-to-victory-and-beyond/?do=findComment&comment=151797 2 This was self-adhesive Copperfoil from a role from the tiffany shot. Width about 4 mm, check on your hull the sizes you need. https://modelshipworld.com/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-heller-plastic-to-victory-and-beyond/?do=findComment&comment=1274 3 These are the cannons from the kit 🙂 Just a bit detailed wit hooks and the gun monogram from my etch parts ... https://modelshipworld.com/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-heller-plastic-to-victory-and-beyond/?do=findComment&comment=69202 https://modelshipworld.com/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-heller-plastic-to-victory-and-beyond/?do=findComment&comment=73019 http://www.dafinismus.de/plates_en.html#anker5 Hope that helps, Daniel
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Thank you Mark, yes also looks like the others have plenty of time to build, I had plenty of etch and resin parts to deliver 🙂 Luckily "c" does not affect me in this way, just the posting is a bit strange as the cue in front of the post-office is sometimes a 100 Meters long due to the distance regulations. All the best and stay well too, Daniel
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Small sign of life 🙂 Heavy times in the office and also very funny moving home at Corona times, as the dozen of helpers had to be reduced to 2 as the local regulations required. Also I kept to my credo: knock down and build up again, this time larger scale, the kitchen proved to be the place of my darkest desires. My wife now understands the term of dafinism 😉 Only difference is that what used to be a 0,4 mm eyebolt is now a 4000 mm worktop in the the kitchen - a magnification of scale of the factor of 10.000! Start of March, when life was still almost normal, I was with my Vic and my Soleil at the exhibition at Augsburg. Here some pictures from there and also some from the temporary display of my set of the 4 slices. I am already looking forward to finish the 1803 version 🙂 Happy Easter and stay healthy, cheers! XXXDAn
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It is documented on british ships in several models and drawings/paintings. But no clue to me if used in real life or not, as other models and drawings of the same time omit it. Perhaps a fashion or test? In opposition to french ships, the english ships had rudders that were more slimmed towards the aft edge. Perhaps this had the same effect. As for my Vic of 1803 I decided not to show the groove as the contemporary rudder of the St George lost in 1811 in Thorsminde does not have one. XXXDAn https://strandingsmuseet.dk/en/a-sneak-peek-of-the-exhibition/
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