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Thank you guys :-) And yes popeye, those gents were a bit cross - someone stole the Hustler, the whiskey and the cigars from the loo ... XXXDAn -
Nelsons bunk is hanging beside the gun :-) HE had the space ;-) XXXDAn http://www.hms-victory.com/things-to-see/great-cabin
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Keep teasing me Dirk, keep teasing me ;-) And now we come to the topics, that the dafi most enjoys! If someone gets pissed by this sh*tty topic - no worry, that is life ;-) First the press gang was send out. Then I realised, that a quarter drop of superglue can replace some tweezers ... ... and as usual, there was some serious cutting, bending and reassembling of limbs and wings ... ... and out came some characters that were a highest delight to create - including some bare bums :-) And here the gents are already doing their business, tight fit starboard ... ... everybody just one hole, the stressed faces are easing off ... ... as everybody eases off, at port a space is free ... ... but the gent in the red head already comes rushing in with urgent business ... ... while those sailors in the corners ... ... can ease off in peace and quiet ... ... while the double stools in the front ... ... are more cosy :-) The inside of the starboard roundhouse was for the lower officers that could follow the rush outside by the small window ... ... while as far as I know the one on port was also used by the sickbay. So that is the way that they are busily sailing towards victory ... ... but still have to check if the loo paper was used that way hanging into the water to give it always an appearance of clean fresh spring ;-) XXXDan
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Before somebody gets pi**ed, here some new endeavors. If one has a nice beakhead bulkhead, one of course wants also some nice planking with it. I dicided against the parallel planks and this is a challenge in that scale :-) The back - and with it the sides - of the planks sprayed black for the caulking and defined the ideal spacing of the planks onto the carrier plate ... ... and slimmed and glued. The front part of the waterpass was still easy, the plank just wetted and tamed ... ... but the little teeth were hard, first tried a carbon copy ... ... but was too undefined for the scale, so scanned it and printed out the template ... ... and worked much better :-) And already destroying the nice planking to carefully fit in the bowsprit :-) XXXDAn
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First as a starter the doors with the stiffening now pointing in the right orientation :-) And also to be seen: good planning is everything - two of the slots in the timberheads had to be closed again as the mariners walk sits in front of them. XXXDAn
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How the hell did I know that I would get your attention with THIS one?!? ...hihihihihihihi... XXXDAn
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Almost Zeh, almost ... ... it´s a pi**-in ... ... and why did this come up to me? XXXDAn
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Just had a look through the thread and realised one small detail: Many sources, especially the ones, do quite often not respect the lashing of the guns. AOTS Bellona: Look at the cabin right top. The bed/bunk/hammock would not fit there, neither under the barrel nor on top. Same the gun in the middle, the bed should be turned by 90°. The most aft gun should be ok. Also Bellona: The cabin walls do not respect the lashing wich takes some space left and right the gun port. This reduces the size by quite a big proportion. Better here: Here the Victory of 1737 ... These are the small details, one just realises by building all these items :-) This also has a big effect about the orientation of the beds/hammocks. XXXDAn
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Just by thinking that the doors need something to keep them open :-) Still a rope needed, and I prefere the kevel to a simple eyebolt, faster to belay. XXXDAn
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No Jan, your question was perfectly right :-) In the museum in P. there are the lanyards running up higher inside the bulkhead and are lashed onto the deck beams and fixed on a clamp. The clamp you see is an option but also serves for the door. XXXDan
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Thank you Dirk and Mark, yes very happy - still :-) Thank you Frank, I will do so! I still was asked how the slots in the timberheads were done: Opened the hole by twisting the drill carefully up and down. Then I used the file that I already used for the glazing bars of the stern for the sides of the holes and made a even more pointed one for the top and bottom surfaces. Then I used a toothpick to smoothen the edges. And here still the comparison to the original part :-) Replaced the gunports, added a threshold, added the outer timberheads, guides for the ropes. XXXDAn
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Jan and Orca, you are reading me like a book - but even though not quite right ;-) I already was unhappy for quite a while withe the appearance of the beakhead bulkhead ... and this since July/August 2010 ... ... front nice ... ... inside horrible, visible internal structure as the planking was missing, and on top color going astray! But 5 years are enough! - And now comes something unbelievable, never seen and out of this world - I continue building without knocking something down ;-) First fitting doors and gunport lids ... ... then the inner planking, the stiffening of the door and of course seat of ease :-) Then the fittings of doors and lids ... ... and to use the attachments to the sprue to fasten the lids. First step ready :-) Just freshly fitted, I realised that the seat of ease was meant size wise to be only for children ... ... so small demolition program and a ergonomically better rebuild was to be done. And as there was no thrill so far in the update, I thought this was to be changed :-) In the first step 5 years ago I already drilled holes into the timberheads of the beakhead bulkhead to better guide the lines coming from the bow. But they should be rectangular to each house a sheave. But how to make a 0,75 hole into a double as high rectangle? Some tests and it proved realizable :-) This knowing I dared to touch the almost complete beakhead bulkhead ... ... working my way through ... ... inserted the sheaves ... ... and I am happy :-) Cheers, Daniel
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Thank you Mark, Kev, orca, poppeye, Nils and robin! " Just replace him." ... and rip him to shreds ;-) "Will you ever get to the next deck I wonder." I wonder too ... "Is this the new year new destruction plan" YES, and this is part of the ten years plan! “would there be sailors tending the capstan while this is going on?" ... jut a little TLC to keep things moving ... "there`s real life action on your decks,." ... and you should smell them ... ... argx ! " there have I over done the soft soap no I dont think so" *blowing bubbles away* ... I*blubb* am *bluppa* fine Very appreciated! also the likes!!! XXXDAn
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The messenger still moves backwards and changes direction on those solid stanchions ... ... towards the capstan ... ... and the strain of the pulling already worked the messenger up the drum. Behind the capstan 3 gents are pulling the rope clear ... ... in that area I placed two more stanchions as they are out of the way and on the rest of the track ... ... some other gents make sure that the messenger is moving swiftly forwards again. Cheers, Daniel
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That´s why Ms. Cyrus inspired me ... ... using the wrecking ball and ... ... even though fully dressed taking carefully out the components in question. Luckily the nippers were fixed the right way and ... ... could get off easily. Just call me a smart Nipper :-) The original build was shown in details, so we have only a fast tour of the changes The lashing of the messenger ... ... the rolls to guide the messenger around the bows and the guy with the hose to water the incoming anchor cable and the boys to clewan it with a brush. The bosums mate surveys those 4 gents nipping the two cables ... überwacht diese vier Herren beim Befestigen der Nippers, der Taustücke, welche Kabelaar und Ankerkabel zusammenhalten ... ... while these man escort the cables backwards ... ... and those to open the nippers for the anchor cable to disappear in the hold. I gave a bit more space to those gents by taking out the pillars in that area.
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Naughty-naughty-messenger, naughty! When I first installed the messenger I was opting for the display in Portsmouth, showing a left handed rope as described by Nares for later periods. Now much time later, I have not yet found a source for this setup in the period around 1800. Here are the two cables to compare.
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Oh yes the spech, Mark - still in the phase of having to peep away most of the expressions ... Do not worry Kev, all Tic Tacs are all doing well! So Jan, kudo now! XXXDAn
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