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"A couple of before and after shots." "I think the modified version looks better." As I said - worth the pain! Improvements look wonderful :-) XXXDAn -
This brings me back to my dilemma - all sources so far bring me back to Goodwin ... ... and my desperate search for contemporary sources. Thank you, Daniel
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That is my Tic-Tac, man :-) As many countries do not know the size of different coins of other ones - they vary largely in between the countries and values - the Tic-Tac is standardized so it gives a good scale for all countries. :-) Cheers, Daniel
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Nice build! XXXDAn
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Some more petiteness: The salt box for the cartridges ... ... used my etch monograms and pressed them with my vice into the wood to be more leveled, nice side effect is that they became less high :-) Glued the fittings and afterwards some red paint - careful, explosive! The buckets from Master of Buckets were wooden ones from the lath with brass eyelets and copper handles, for the small ones I wanted to try something else. 2 mm poly rod, drilled open and milled out ... ... and then shaped them with a conical device pressed into it. Then cut and filled with PVC and we have a nice water bucket for the small boy, that is supposed to have a wet wipe up on all remains of powder on the floor. Then I realised - too much space - pillars were missing ... Tja und dann etwas bemerkt: Soo viel Platz war da gar nicht Mal, denn das dafi hatte in seiner großen Weitsicht noch nicht die Stützen platziert ... ... so I had to replace some of the stuff Two more shots for the subject: red salt box for the cartridge, round transport case, wad, multi purpose water bucket and a barrel with slow burning matches in case the flint lock does not work, everything as far off the guns as possible. In P. the wads are hanging in a netting in between the hammocks, I omitted that, as there was not enough space for that. XXXDAn
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Thank you Druxey and wq. wq, I meant the small air scuttles on the lower Deck lids. The lid itself is clear that the lanyards were used and the inboard rings to secure the lid for seagoing. Achilles gave me in the german forum a hint to the slider, used on some of the scuttle lids on the display in Portsmouth.For some reasons do not believe it to be the original solution ... Druxey My first reaction too was some kind of bolt with rope or a rope nailed into the lid. Seeing the way the scuttles are worked on Endeavour was a hint, but it would only work to close and keep them closed by lashing it somewhere. One can push them open, but how do they stay open? Alex M brought into the game a hook, that secured into the scuttle link would allow to open, keep open, close and seal the small lid. I know this system from my grandmas windows in her very old house. But still nothing than those hints ... ... any better contemporary sources known? XXXDan
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Coming along nicely .-) XXXDan
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Dolphyn by Jan B. - Corel - kit-bashed
dafi replied to Krelis's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1751 - 1800
Nice build .-) Daniel -
Possible new technique for making sails.
dafi replied to rckdr's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
It is right, the stiches on the seams themselves usually are not visible, due to the almost same color as the cloth. What one sees is the different transparency because of the doubling of the material in these area. Looking forward for the reports on this material ! Cheers, Daniel -
When I was working on the gunport lids of the lower deck of my Vic a question arose: How to close the little scuttle? They can be pushed open but how to close them? I arranged them in a way, that a wave from the front would smash them closed, but what to do on a calm sea? I believe there should be a ringbolt for a rope, or a rope nailed onto it, otherwise there should be no way of closing it - apart of waiting for an angry sea ;-) Also this should be the way of securing the scuttle lid for high seas. Is there any informations about this detail available? Cheers and thanks, Daniel
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Why-why-why?!? ... did I loose this gem out of sight ... Just three words: Fun, Tas and Tique Love the outcome of the stove, the pumps and all the other things. Thanks too for sharing the techniques, very interesting things, the rivet punchers, depth ranger for the kebap skewers and much mores. Cheers, Daniel
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And then the assembly, taking measure by putting the lid on the barrel, marking the positions with a needle ... ... drilling and fitting test. Still missing the lanyards . Took my drilled and streched sprue ... ... a template gives the right distances ... ... open the holes with drills step by step ... ... introduced the tubes ... ... still spliced the lanyards to the rings and introduced them into the tubes ... ... and with some luck ... ... one gets ... ... something like that. XXXDAn
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The nice thing on a project like this is, that one can find so many small models that coincidentally gives a nice Vic. One of those things are the gunport lids, haven´t yet tried the lower gunport lids with the scuttles :-) First preparing parts and erasing the wooden grains and old fittings ... ... and think. First doubling for extra thickness. Did not want to cut the hole before assembly for positioning reasons. So made a steel stamp and used it first to give a color mark on the appropriate place. Used a 1 mm drill to give the depth and a scalpel for approx. shape and then used the stamp for the right form. Gives a nice and crisp edges and also flattens the bottom of the hole. Then used my etch parts ... ... the parts can be positioned easily, the split line for the scuttle was cut with scalpel and needle ... ... and first color test. Than tinkered the rings out of etch eyebolts and 0,2 mm copper thread ... ... and folded lovingly together by the help of two pliers. Still showed the planking , mounted the rings and imitated the bolts from the fittings ... ... and done.
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Holy cow, we forgot the gun powder ... ... hurry-up, hurry up, I can already hear the sound of the starter ... ... and the smell of the cat´o´nine tails ... ... but how do we now get this stupid ball out of the barrel? ... XXXDAn
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Thank you Sirs, very appreciated! @Mark: As usual, I will make them work! The starter is already waiting to bite the last man! XXXDAn
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At the very beginning, I was desperately searching for crew. Still have the HÄT ones floating around some where ... ... but too big, too clumsy in form, too little and wrong positions ... ... then found the Preiser. First planed to make some and cast replicas - but first quite challenging casting in this scale and second, would have end up with a multitude of same positions. Now I know that the change goes quite fast and I can give them custom postures - just whatever their duty needs :-) Here some more pics from along the way. Last charge were too clean and were too lollypop-like on deck so I had to filthy them up in situ. Here the latest press with before and after, but remember, the originals are a mere 18 mm, this means the eye is more lenient :-) The last gentlemen is very serious about occupational safety - he got himself a jockstrap as the steel helmets to sit on were not invented yet ;-) Also some gents with an immigrant background are finally to be spotted, something documented quite often. XXXDAn
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weathering sailing ship's
dafi replied to stevetuck56's topic in Painting, finishing and weathering products and techniques
I did build and had some fun :-) http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/1487-by-the-deep-17-by-dafi-royal-navy-17801805-display/ XXXDAn -
Last warning! ...tic-tac-tic-tac... ... be sure, the guided tour will continue :-) ...tic-tac-tic-tac... XXXDAn PS; Thank you all for the nice comments!
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"... and swapping ideas over many more years i hope." Years? Decades! :-) XXXDAn
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Hello Tim, nice to see this build here in all his glory! The first time I really see somebody taking over someone else´s build and really working on it! Makes me happy and Bob too I think! Good luck with it, all the best, Daniel
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Thank you Sirs :-) @Frank: I found them on my cutting board underneath the scalpel ;-) XXXDAn
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Straight after the manger, some man are fixing messenger and anchor cable to each other, called nibbing. For that there are no open ends traveling through the ship, I positioned a man at each free end of the nibbing rope walking with it. On the other side some men are bringing back the ropes to the bow. The next tricky job is to untie the nibbing cable in time before the anchor cable disappears in the cable tier. I took out the stairs of the companion way and still should have taken out the grating too, but unfortunately me stupid glued it too well in in my dim and distant past ... And now the messenger is free to travel back to the capstan to be hammered into place. Looks easy, doesn´t it? One only needs some men ;-) These are just some 40 men, in real life I would guess the double quantity, plus some supplements for special duties, possibly some 100 men altogether. Cheers, Daniel
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