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What a pity you couldn´t make it, you would have loved it. There were some other english speaking guests present :-) And I was caught in the act, taking the chance to get all the authorities present to have a small anchor workshop - experimental archeology. Thanks for archjofo for the picture! XXXDAn
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Thank you Steve, here is a better shot, together with its builder Helmut, 80 years by now :-) He knows the art of making plastic models in a way, that even being close, one believes it to be wood. Even I got tricked! A very very lovely and kind guy he is :-) XXXDAn
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Just being back from Augsburg, and I love Man staring at Goats Ships ... ...hihihihihihihihihi... It was marvelous, more than 70 people and about 50 models, and my small little plastic bug in between :-) XXXDan
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Thank you Ian for the good story :-) Have been in Cornwall and Wales, Bristol not, was too much in the middle in between of that ;-) Had a check on the nails: https://www.google.de/search?q=bristol+nails&biw=1631&bih=1089&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwihpYruu7nLAhXoNpoKHbcOCtAQsAQIKQ Also Wikipedia.com mentions them in "Bristol" Also thank you Mark and druxey!!! Cheers, Daniel
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As the great model maker meeting in Augsburg (near Munich) is approaching, I found it necessary to just knot some of the loose ends together. The officer´s hammocks have been prepared already for a long time ... ... and some more petiteness like a small desk and a chair for Mr Rivers the gunner ... ... some of the lumber to be seen on contemporary pictures: (under-)deck chairs and packages wrapped in sail cloth. And immediately we have some homeliness in the smallest confinements ... ... and soon all is shipshape und Bristol fashion for coming Saturday in Augsburg :-) Cheers, Daniel
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Just finished furbishing Mr. Rivers small cabin. You see he is leaving with a happy smile on his face :-) XXXDAn
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Thank you Gerhard! And now, what were those parts? ...hihihihihi... They were a provocation!!! Why?!? As always, when i find obscure details, I just build and wait for the horrified outcries ;-) These parts are the shoes for the fishing david, mentioned in Marquardt and described by Lee, but only found two very vague contemporary drawings that do not really define the form. The shoe serves for the david not to damage the hull or channels and also avoids it sliding sidewards. To define the form of the shoe, of course the davit is necessary, just to fit like a shoe :-) Some blocks help rectangular sanding. Eine erhöhte rechtwinklige Unterlage und ein fixer Führungs- und ein geführter Schleifklotz sorgen für geraden Abschluss. As already done with the anchors, I used my Edding-technic ... ... as the color shows nicely ... ... if the sanding is getting even ... ... also at the conus. Applied some paint and it is finished fast ;-) And to see if the shoe fits, immediately applied to the place McKay suggests. But that looks strange as the deadeyes are in the way. I think one more deadeye aback there is the opening for the chasing gun, that would be the mire appropriate placement also no hammock netting in the way there, which would facilitate handling a lot. XXXDAn
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Thank you Sirs, now back to the front, doing some catting :-) First mistreated some wood ... ... rounding things up ... ... and prepared for blackening. And there it already hangs ... ... depper darling, deeper ... ... ohohoh hihihigher ... ... and all on top ... I hope the next updates will get more exciting again :-) XXXDAn
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The assembly was even easier than expected ... ... and once again had enough luck for the job :-) Cheers, DAniel
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Ok, some more Brain Salad Surgery ... Nurse - scalpel, swab, scrapping certificate! In those days, when I was still jung and inexperienced but full of zest and enthusiasm, those days that I was not yet able to do my own ropework, and then those days of often enjoying showing off the moving of the rudder, but by now the gear is looking a bit deranged, a tad tousled ... ... so out came some brave cuts ... ... but also the big table was shredded to pieces :-( So carved a bar of blocks ... same nice bondage with the 4 sisters ... ... and the most difficult, the clearing off the traces of old glue, the patented kardan drill made it possible ... ... and prepared the new tackles.
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Everything to delight you Gerhard, my pleasure!!! But then disaster, the eminent authority from my german forum destroyed my hope of getting more "like"s ... ... "the securing thread of the hook should be done in figures of 8" he said, how can one do such a failure ... ... so back into the ship yard and - this time with 3 spectacles one placed over the other - some micro chirurgic minimal invasive wizardry to satisfy my master. Then on onto the other side ... ... and with the experience even the smartening of the splice came out more ship shape and Bristol fashion. Then used my drawing plate ... ... to get the small toggle for the securing line. And a small overview. Looks great, but dear Dirk/Dubz started a discussion in our german forum about the rope extension, if this one was a correct feature. The chain is shown on many models, the rope not ... XXXDAn
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Thank you Mark for reminding me at this thesis, have to scan it again for ideas that escaped to me in the days. Unbelievable, how certain topics get the full attention ;-) Thank you Sirs!!! As I am told being jumpy, I jump from the far front to the far back of the boat - mind the fully framed marine-technological technical terms ;-) So went on for the rudder pendents. Used a 1,5 mm Evergreen rod and made a core hole with 0,5 mm ... ... and enlarged to 0,7 mm, lengthened to 1 mm and used a cherry miller to round the edges. First trial with a properly smartened rope was far too thick ... ... next trial with just the splice being smartened was far better in appearance. Still a lashing for that the hook stays in place ... ... and things are already in place. XXXDAn
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I would guess that the weather had much more an influence upon the calculation ;-) On cold windy days with a lot of spray I would guess, one would not have to wait to long for a seat to get free ... By the way, small trivia, did you realise it in MaC, THE film, the sequence, in the pursuit in the icy stormy waether, everybody hanging in the shrouds to balance the ship, but one who appears to be sitting and easing off ?!? I think no good idea! XXXDAn
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@Sal A small detail, very often seen in dutch drawings, here analog the ones in the stern ... ... also to be found on the heads. Also Colbert shows something alike: I just do not know if this was still in use with the Royal Navy or if a bucket and a wet finger was meant to do the job. @Jason: I remember an order for the constitution that the pi**ing in the hold and other areas was meant to be stopped. I do not remember the source or details.
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Just wanted to remind you at the calculation that I already made earlier about the average stay time there and at my prove, that this was a mere leisure event :-) #5589 I cite myself: Some small thoughts ... ... with 800 men crew and 6 seats we get this optimized calculation: 800 men (NCO) / 6 seats gives 133 men/seat In a optimized 24 hours use using all seats we get the following numbers: 24 hours = 1440 minutes 1440 minutes / 133 men = 10,5 minutes/man per day. This means no second wasted and the next user always stand by. If you take account of that not the whole day it is possible to have this steady usage because of time, scedules and weather, the usage time per person sinks dramatically. If I remember well, constipation was widely spread, which leads to longer men mean residence time. So the conclusion is, that the heads, regarding the weather, daytime and service schedule, could possibly be a quite crowded place at certain moments. This account only includes the "big business". There still would be some persons too to be expected at the heads for the "small business", if they are not preferring hanging out in the shrouds (leewards): One hand for the ship and one hand for yourself - now that line is finally understood. A quick research in German Law and regulations indicates the following: Puplic Law of the State of lower Saxony says for a leisure event of 800 visitors the calculation should be: 800:100 x 0,8 = 7 seated toilets and 800:100 x 1,2 = 10 urinals (always rounded) The Law of Working Spaces "Arbeitsstätten-Richtlinie, ArbStätt 5.037.1, vom 26. Juni 1976 (ArbSch. 9/1976 S. 322)" for 250 employes one needs 10 seated toilets and 10 urinals, that means more than double for 800 employees. In a converse argument that leads to the conclusion: For a working place the ship should have 5 times more seated toilets and this leads to - that by the number of seats - the ship must be a leisure event - Join the Navy - see the better world! Sehr geehrter Gruß, Ihr treuergebener Diener most sincerely, your humble servant, dafi
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SHAME! ON! ME! How did this gem did escape from my attention. Luckily one of my stablemate of my german forum just made me aware of this marvelous build. Even though we discussed some details on other places of the forum, never realised this marvel here :-) It was a delight of the highest degree to find it and to have a fast scan, and I am sure, I will still have some delightful and inspiring moments to have a deeper look! Thank you for the report, Daniel
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We are in a calm***, that is why two guys dare taking both hands for themselves :-) XXXDAn *** #1
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Yes eagle eyed Jan, there should be :-) But that was to small for the wood I used ... The waterway is about 2 mm wide. XXXDAn
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