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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
Why?!? Why did this gem did escape my attention so far? Wonderfully build and thank you for showing so much of the "how to". Cheers and congratulations! DAniel -
Very nice work :-) For the gun tackles: There are plenty of ways to store them your version I saw on the Costitution :-) But if nobody is holding the free end, I would advise to secure them somehow. Either like I did behind the pulley with a kind of half hitch that can be opened like a lacet, or Boudriot shows something secured around the breech, in your case a nice tie around the faun´s head. Cheers, Daniel
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Great tool :-) I think there are some little tricks that could still improve the outcome: First when cutting the thread unravels. Better pass the whole length though PVA or wallpaper glue to stop this. Second before cutting put a drop of superglue onto the knot and the 1 mm underneath - so the will keep the direction. Cheers, Daniel
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Thank you Izzy, Popeye, Steve, OC, Jerry and all the kind likes! Special thanks for information about Brown Betty, very appreciated! Great picture you and Bess :-) Looks like mine are 135 cm, have to lengthen the next ones by a 1/10 mm ;-) Luckily the strap is hiding the lump :-) Cheers, DAniel
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Slowly hunger was shifting the mood and there were some concerns about the two sentinels being able to handle their mates ... ... so back to plan B and deliver the goods in form of the earlier proposed 10 course dinner. But small oupsy happened ... ... the meal was historical, but 107 years to young, I found hints it was from the 14. April 1912. So thinking about the side effects of this meal, the marines discussed and with an ice cold mood decided to opt for the normal stew. We should have a small look into the bucket, that would give us a hint, which day of the week is displayed in the small setup: Sunday 1 pound pork, ½ pint peas Monday 1 pint oatmeal, 2 ounces butter Tuesday 2 pounds beef Wednesday ½ pint peas, 1 pint oatmeal, 2 ounces butter, 4 ounces cheese Thursday Same as Sunday Friday Same as Monday Saturday Same as Tuesday An overview over our gay* party shows an increasingly raising mood, as the mess on the right is already served - with a lovingly elegant gesture the wooden spoon scratches out a blop of food out of the bucket and conveys it to the square plate with the metal dish *floush* Also the mess on the left is starting to giggle in anticipation as their bucket full of delicious food is coming nearer and perhaps even can be guessed through the olphactorical chaos of the lower deck. And dinner is served :-) Usually a mess consists of 4 to 8 man that shared cooking and eat together. One had the duty to bring the food to the Brody stove a deck above and take care that nobody stole food from it while being cooked. In case of the Victory there were about 160 messes. Next bucket with food for souls is drawing nearer. Now that is party time! See some already took off their jackets and hung them up on the ceiling. But nobody dared to throw them over the gunz ... One can see it simply is a tight and cosy place :-) XXXDAn PS: The drawings of Bray´s album still show the pre-1803-uniforms. http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections.html#!csearch;searchTerm=bray * and gay here in its original meaning ;-)
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Hy Izzy, I have a similar piece in even better condition. I do believe it is to coarse for the pulleys. Perhaps for the windlass of the grand barge? Cheers, Daniel
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H.M.S. Victory, Heller, 1/100, Onward and Upwards.
dafi replied to Izzy Madd's topic in Plastic model kits
It follows the rope sizes :-) It is indicated in the rigging tablature in the end of McKays AOTS :-) XXXDAn -
Thank you Jason and Jan. The return question is: Will the lower gun deck ever be 'done' ... ;-) XXXDAn
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And what does one do, if one has a bunch of hungry marines waiting for food and sitting in front of the gun room? Of course, one should take precautions. Preparations include getting the equipment ready ... ... and the arms too ... ... and to dress the guards. Ok I missed the epaulets ... ... but I shortened the tails according to the 1803 regulations. Just the officers had long tails, thanks to Foxy for that detail! Larger than life :-) And very important: place them in front of the gun room ... ... for that the Haute Volée can stay in peace and quiet. And the long tails of the to red men in the background clearly show. Yes, we are officers :-) Cheers, DAniel
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And always remember: There is not such a thing as one specific length of the plank, as the butts always had to be atop the deck beams, which had different distances! XXXDAn
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Makes sense, as the waves would slam it close and not open, which facilitates emergency closing. I already respected this for the etch parts on my Vic :-) Cheers and thanks, Daniel
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For that there will be no mutiny because of the empty plates, here is the proposal for the menu, according to historical sources: First Course Hors D'Oeuvres Oysters Second Course Consommé Olga Cream of Barley Third Course Poached Salmon with Mousseline Sauce, Cucumbers Fourth Course Filet Mignons Lili Saute of Chicken, Lyonnaise Vegetable Marrow Farci Fifth Course Lamb, Mint Sauce Roast Duckling, Apple Sauce Sirloin of Beef, Chateau Potatoes Green Pea Creamed Carrots Boiled Rice Parmentier & Boiled New Potatoes Sixth Course Punch Romaine Seventh Course Roast Squab & Cress Eighth Course Cold Asparagus Vinaigrette Ninth Course Pate de Foie Gras Celery Tenth Course Waldorf Pudding Peaches in Chartreuse Jelly Chocolate & Vanilla Eclairs French Ice Cream *dream* XXXDAn
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A very enjoyable build :-) Cheers, Daniel
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ancre LE BONHOMME RICHARD by Jeronimo - FINISHED
dafi replied to Jeronimo's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Simply a dream! Thank you for sharing with us all, Daniel- 662 replies
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Even a better source is Bray´s album in NMM Shows chest everywhere and being seated on :-)
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Thank you guys for the feedbacks and the open eyes! @ Frank: Thank you, the scissors already are working their way through the compliment :-) @ Izzy: Beches still will be hanged on the inboard side - but still missing the beam ... @ all: was the out side fixed on the hull or was it hanged too? @ Izzy and Jan: Thank you for the nice pictures of the handles. I actually decided on the wooden handles, as the rope ones were too invisible. Will be a nice detail on the show chests. Actually the pictures of Bray show plenty of chests used for people sitting around. Cheers, Daniel
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This too was described by Nares Seamanship in ca. 1860. Possibly this is the source of the Victory being equipped with the left hand breech ropes. Further research did not yet find earlier sources so far. So I personally find it doubtful for the use in 1805 on Victory. Has anybody further hints? XXXDAn
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Thank you all, very appreciated! And the birthday party continious. On Modellmarine, Germany´s best known daily Marine-Blog there is a short introduction into anchor handling:-) http://www.modellmarine.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4238:hms-victory-ankerhandhabung-auf-einem-linienschiff-1100-von-daniel-fischer&catid=491:daniel-fischer Please find the Google translation here: https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=de&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.de&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://www.modellmarine.de/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D4238:hms-victory-ankerhandhabung-auf-einem-linienschiff-1100-von-daniel-fischer%26catid%3D491:daniel-fischer&usg=ALkJrhg8ngeoPyT-nnQFrEo3I02RztiPnQ Part 2 probably on Thursday :-) Heep-Heep-Hurrayh, DAniel
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HMS Victory windows fram
dafi replied to diablo0007's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
Also it is a question of scale :-) Both are for larger scales. XXXDAn -
Coming along nicely :-) Cheers, Daniel
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"It looks quite cosy, this way." ... and dark and stifling and humid and oppressive and smelly and loud and claustrophobic and ...
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Ok, time to take a seat :-) In NMM is documented, that the marines were positioned in front of the gunroom on two deckers. http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/86584.html ZAZ6793 The Trafagar Companion localises them on the Vic in front of the wardroom, means the middle deck. I checked and found that if all 120 marines were positioned just there, it would fill the area up to the mainmast. As the marines were also used to keep an eye upon the sailors, I split the group and positioned half of them in font of the gunroom, so the lower deck could be observed too. And suddenly it gets packed :-) Now just missing the food, not that the good mood tilts ;-) XXXDAn
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Some small thoughts about the life in between the guns. First about the personal belongings of the sailors. Classically one thinks of the sailors chests. But in clearing for action maneuvering 800 chests into the hold? Logistically not the easiest task. Masefield reports that only officers were allowed a chest, for the sailors it was just a bag/kit. A small trial shows, that only about 8 chests fit in the space but about 20 hammocks were positioned in this area ... ... so 1 man 1 chest is impossible and confirms Masefield. Also 800 bags are more easily cleared. In the empty space in between the chests still are missing some barrels of the ready to use provisions. Then the thoughts about the benches: how to store them when not in use - as contemporary drawings show them with fix legs - and where did the mess store the things of daily use? Personal conclusion is to skip the benches and use the chests for stuff of daily use and for sitting - also shown in contemporary sources. Masefield also reports that sometimes the sea bags were stowed in the orlop, possibly in the area of the carpenters walk and access being restricted to two times a day. I think could have worked for two deckers, but from breeding my own little maggots I have seen the space it takes - for my own taste a bit too much for a three decker with double the compliment. Space taken, that could otherwise been very useful especially on long voyages. That is why I decided to test fit 20 bags in the area of each mess and it is easily fitted in between the hanging knees where there are no hammocks anyway. And the stage is set :-) XXXDAn
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...hihihihihihi... As a starter just something, most of you should know: http://nygeschichte.blogspot.de/2014/06/lunch-atop-skyscraper-building-search.html By the way a very interesting german site about the picture where it was taken and the story about. But back to my own roost. Then there were three ... ... seen by the german Assembly Act it already is a mob, but I needed more ... ... so knocked off some heads and limbs, twisted bodies ... ... and reassembled them. Some got some coattails ... ... and all a nice washing in 50 shades of dirty-white. And all these basically out of the three basic models :-) In the meantime my small shipyard worker and his lovely assistant were on the quest for the perfect sea chest ... ... and looks like the quest was successful by the sparkle in her eyes :-) XXXDAn
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So, the public already took place ... ... and is wondering what to come ... ... and also my little seed of maggots looks like is ready to be harvested :-) Ok, let´s clean the stage up :-) XXXDAn
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