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You are right Frank, closer one can´t get! I do believe, that this collection is not the first one being issued, there are other books with a different choice of letters too. So it can easily be that your feeling does not betray you and you read something alike :-) XXXDAn -
Oups, sorry I thought it to be a contemporary book of the 18-hundrets ... Thank you for clarifying! XXXDAn
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As it is old enough to be public domain, is there a online version of this book available? XXXDAn
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Microwaving the wood?
dafi replied to a topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
Careful with the microwave!!! I once tried it out and after some few seconds the wood was charcoal, the alarm ringing, the house smelly, the wave had to be replaced as no way of getting rid of the smell inside and the worst: the piece of wood was lost ... XXXDAn Epilogue: Still today the Admiralty looks cautious if I enter the kitchen ...- 12 replies
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That is not the recoil :-) 24 feet is the length of the pure rope. Divided by the middle for left and right minus the "knot" around the eyebolt on the ships side. This makes 24 feet divided by 2 = 12 feet 12 feet minus bores length of 8 feet makes 4 feet left These 4 feet minus 1 or 2 feet for the knot as the rope is quite stiff makes not too much distance towards the hulls side. Fits more or less the model shown in my last post :-) XXXDAn
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Before the iron guns were painted black (in the 1850ies?) there were a lot of recipes for a "paint" that the guns were painted with. Never tried it out but apparently this coating gave a brownish color. (not like the one that Bluenoses´s guns came like) XXXDAn
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I love the small film of the Constitution, gives a rough idea, but the details - all participants should be keel hauled :-) First, no breech line installed, then too, the gun could be retracted 2 more feet, thous giving a inside clearance for the muzzle. So those two acrobats would not have to sit outside the gun port. Also handling the heavy shot hanging out - possibly dropping it in rougher seas - if one would have the possibility to do this in a safer (for the shot) and faster to handle environment on the inside. Also the working attitude looks very relaxed ;-) And nice of them turning away from the firing gun - and basically looking at the gun beside that is fired possibly the same moment, jumping exactly onto them. Better move behind the gun, stay clear and a bit more safe. Best to be seen on Master and Commander the bonus disc, were the gun drill for the actors is shown. XXXDAn #1154
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Not quite right yet, my dear Jan, not quite right. Too two-dimensional. Much more ups and downs, much more like this :-) XXXDAn
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And then still, the kit was bought on 02 November 2001 and started not too long after, but had a 6 year hiatus due to missing working space. XXXDAn
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A tad longer my dear Jan, a tad longer :-) That is how the gun deck looked in 2010! As my dear wife says: Did not change too much, did it?!? XXXDAn
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There are plenty of these systems for fresh water shown in modern compilations and contemporary sources as seen in #40 and in NMM. Some come through the bottom, some come through the sides, some straight into the pump, some filling up a cistern and being pumped from there. And if one looks at all the links here in NMM about the heads and other fecal facilities, one understands, that the fresh water is taken from some way underneath the surface ... In my understanding, the chain pumps were only to evacuate the bilge from normal drainage, condensation and normal leaks and of course emergencies. But back to my mystery of the middle deck chain pumps: The "normal" chain pump for two deckers and lesser ships is quite well documented, as there were hundreds of them being in use. First and second rates were only about 30 in the whole time from 1760 to the end of the era. So that could explain the lack of hints about these "phenomena".
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Thank you Druxey, but this is what I still doubt. The chain pumps are for the bilge water, and this - in my humble opinion - is not really suitable for cleaning. On top the chain pumps do not give water with pressure, essential for fire fighting with a hose. Both Fresh water and water with pressure can be given by the elm tree pumps, getting their Water from the outside of the hull. So still it remains a mystery to me, why the Princess Royal and many later drawings show cisterns in the middle deck, while early plans show just a part that could be interpreted as a cogwheel with handle. XXXDAn
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Thank you Walter for your input. If the handles of the crank shaft in the lower gun deck have to be given up, I do strongly believe, that the ship is really lost beyond hope :-) As you state the strongest guess for the upper handle is to have more men handling it. Other reasons are still not yet to be seen, as there seems to be enough fresh water pumps for washing and fire fighting. Just rediscovered this topic as in another place there was another discussion about it and this seemed a good idea to check if any new resources popped up to this topic :-) Cheers, Daniel
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Thank you Sirs for comments and likes! After the model makers meeting in march I originally wanted to tidy up the anchor handling presentation, in the meantime stumbled over the top-tackle scutles, so it is time to link the both. For this I need the pendants from the tops, so time to look for that ... So first step to worm, smart and serve the rope ... ... bound the loop, threw it over the mast top ... ... and let ot a big scream as the binding was on the half round chock and not underneath ... ...AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH... So a longer loop was done and a picture taken for that nobody can say they did not see it properly. And really this time it fits underneath the chock :-). Making the cringles is a mostely easy task and already documented some time ago ... ... oup there the 1 mm tube from the old tests, now the slight thicker one of 1,3 mm :-) But then turning the cringles in, thaaaaat is something different ... Left the first trial, right the newer one, I think some more 2716 pieces and the result will be fine And the pendants in place :-) :-) XXXDAn
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And following the disaster end of August I proudly declare that Captn Hardy ... ... has the ceiling of his cabin finally repainted :-) And the forecastle is done too :-) :-) ... and some more beauty shots from the kitchen :-) :-) :-) The pikes are only on one side of the mast as the main stay is passing on starboard. XXXDAn
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Thank you Sirs! As a small sign of life, I did some parts that look easier than the way I wanted them to do :-) The gunwale from fo´castle to waist, the on-molded partners needed to be replaced. In P. they have to rolls for some running rigging incorporated, so that was a "wannahavethat2" ... ...ok, once in the mind, never to leave again. Made a green master, that far that good, but ... ... to get 2 fitting holes into that thin structure proved quite a task. Some pre drilling in 0,25 mm and finalizing with 0,3 mm and the holes were through ... ... and still fitting a base underneath the circular section that houses the spare spars ... ... and then the exciting moment ... ... of the mock rigging, and it worked, the rope went through. XXXDAn
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For me the best is "The voices of the battle of Trafalgar", a collection of plenty of letters written in the days or hours before an after the battle. https://www.amazon.com/Voices-Battle-Trafalgar-Peter-Warwick/dp/0715325566/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478626444&sr=8-1&keywords=voices+of+trafalgar XXXDan
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Wood masts for a plastic model... Tips?
dafi replied to SomethingIsFishy's topic in Plastic model kits
Here is a test I did a while ago with Heller Victory´s plastic jib and a replacement wooden one of the same dimensions. Both having the same weight hanging on, does one have to say more? Cheers, Daniel -
Lost in time ... and found :-) In ... Exactely on the same spot as seen on the model of the Vic, this time on a british 74, signed as "Scuttle to Top Tackle" And even better, the expected "Top Tackle Eye Bolt" is also shown, at the right distance to the capstan :-) Both finds are 50 years apart, does this mean, that this feature was common for quite a while? XXXDAn
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Actually ... ... some parts out of this box already ended up on other builders Vics :-) XXXDAn
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US Brig Syren by Gahm - Model Shipways
dafi replied to Gahm's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1801 - 1850
Simply love what I see :-) XXXDAn -
@ Jan This is material to do with flower decorations, parcels, wedding dresses and this kind of stuff. A forum mate in the german forum found it and I got a whole role for use with my etch parts. @ Thank you popeye :-) But I think that would be too emotional for me ;-) The belaying pins are on base of Phillip Reed, always worth to have a close look at his technics. XXXDAn
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In March 2012 I did the fore top to try out the first material for the nettings. And also a small provocation. I placed the lantern not in the main top but in the fore top as indicated by Lavery as Nelson was only Vice Admiral. But by now I have enough contemporary sources that indicate the "classical" version. By now it was time to do the two missing tops. Also I was using the new netting that I deliver together with my etch parts. So I did the wire frame, glued the netting onto it, brushed the paint onto the material and sticked it into place. To get the length of the holding line I used a tooth pick and a cheap thread :-) And then, the surprise, the new netting appears even thinner than the old material, an effect that I liked a lot. And yes, that is why the old netting had to go. And in the box with the discarded parts we go :-) XXXDAn PS: And yes, the opportunity was taken to bring back the lantern onto the main top :-)
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