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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. -
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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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
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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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