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I already digged the usual suspects and will soon give an account :-) XXXDAn -
Thank you Mark and Popeye! I will put some further remarks*** and details over there ... It is getting tighter ... XXXDAn *** sorry MArk, no pun intended ;-)
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Just added the difference inbetween cable-laid shrouds and plain- or hawser-laid shrouds in the entry upstairs :-) This leads me to some further question: - The top-mast shrouds were plain laid? This means the ends are pointing the other way than on the lower shrouds. - The distance of twice diameter of the deadeye looks good on the lower shrouds lanyards. Is this applicable too for the topmast shrouds? There the distance usually looks much longer in comparison? - When was the batten on top of shrouds introduced to maintain their orientation? Marquardt only makes a small remark in the picture section telling "about 1800". - Was this also introduced for the topmast shrouds? Cheers, Daniel
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After some lenghty but fruitful discussion in our german forum about the orientaion of the free end left or right, forth or aft we found that almost all literature shows it the way that it is displayed: - for the cable-laid shrouds - Starboard pointing foreward, larboard aft :-) - for plain- or hawser-laid shrouds - Starboard pointing aft, larboard foreward :-) The opnly one showing it vica versa is Marquardt in his Eighteenth Century Rigs and Rigging, funnily, his other book Schoner in Nord und Süd shows it the "common" way. Some other information coming the way was incorporated immediately - Max. distance of the big deadeyes twice diameter - Tackle about half the diameter of the shroud - Shroud not too tight around the deadeye - free end of the tackle passes through the gap of deadeye and shroud - free end shorter And here we go Mark 2: before: After Still have to clear and belay the tackles to look less messy :-) XXXDAn
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Wonderfully done ! XXXDAn
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Harland´s Seamanship mentioned "Sword mats" on page 259 to protect the lanyards from chafing. DAniel
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Love it :-) XXXDAn
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Finally - finally - finally!!! Looks like you sensed the force growing Lawrence, I really found time for my sweety :-) First some hanging trials for the anchor ... ... just to realised that it is the point and not the fluke resting in the shoe. Then finally some rigging :-) *enjoy* Prepared some deadeyes this time not using toothpicks but using thin battens from the draw plate ... ... drilled and painted. Tried something new for the rigging procedure ... ... a round stick with the external diameter of the deadeye with a slot ... ... 4 times round and secured, taking down the ring ... ... and forced over the deadeye. Then prepared a new template ... ... stuck the deadeye into the hole and clamped it ... ... and made the two seizings. And what for ?!? Simply for that the last shroud does look good beside topgallant backstay, shifting backstay and royal backstay :-) And this is how it looks ... Cheers, Daniel
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Some thoughts of mine: One important tool is missing in most of the models: The sailors! I find odd that loose ends lay on the floor. Either they should be held by someone or secured and stored. If one looks at most of the builds, the tackles lay unsecured on the floor, one wave and a whole side´s battery makes a visit at the companions on the other board ;-) Often seen, it appears also physically strange that the takle runns in a straight line from the block to the "cheese", no hang or slack to be seen ... For my build I decided to either have someone holding the tackles or to keep it lashed. Easy for the guns lashed for the trip, for the run out pieces and ready for combat, them being lashed and the lanyards placed over the barrel, as seen on Constitution and Victory. This keeps the floor clear. Just to add to the discussion: #472 Cheers, Daniel
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HMS Victory Color Scheme
dafi replied to EinsteinTaylor's topic in Painting, finishing and weathering products and techniques
Hy Einstein, Longridge is a great source for the Vic, but please do not forget, that he represents the knowledge of the 1960, means some 55 years ago! Cheers, DAniel -
Nice start :-) XXDAn
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Nice to have the boy back! XXXDAn
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Have a look at archjofos marvelous La Creole. http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/1029-la-créole-by-archjofo-scale-148-french-corvette-of-1827-scratch-build/page-2?hl=creole#entry22428 There are plenty of brass parts, mostly done without big equipment. Simply astonishing! Cheers, Daniel
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Outstanding! Love it :-) XXXDAn
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Looking forward! What scale is it? Cheers, DAniel
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Finally had time to catch up: Wonderful work! XXXDAn
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Signal Lanterns Seized in the Mizzen Shrouds?
dafi replied to JerseyCity Frankie's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Hello Frankie, those were night signals, sometimes supported with false fires (flares). Adkin´s Trafalgar Companion describes those and the different variations of three to four lanterns. The lantern shown would have meant signal 22 for the british, no idea what it meant nor the significance for the french ;-) Hope this helps, Daniel- 1 reply
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Those pictures with the furled stay sails just appeared only briefly near the time, when the stay sails were introduced. Not to be seen later on. Can it be they could have been permant fixes in the start before the preventer stays were used for the downholders? Anderson describes in The Rigging of Ships: In the Days of the Spritsail Topmast, 1600-1720 on page 256/257 that the sails "laced to their stays with thin lines passed the opposite way of the lay of the rope. They had simple tacks and probably had downholders." And I remembered some pictures of other occasions: early way of dealing with lateen sails The Legend of Saint Ursula (Italian: Storie di sant'Orsola) is a series of large wall-paintings on canvas by the Italian Renaissance artist Vittore Carpaccio, scene: Arrival of the Pilgrims at Cologne http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vittore_Carpaccio_041.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_Saint_Ursula Or something more modern. Also this picture should be known ... ... got the small detail ?!? What the hell is this guy doing there? Cheers, Daniel PS: And a small easter egg for all of you :-)
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Oh Grant, I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry ;-) XXXDan PS: ... and you are doing grant :-)
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Hy Grant, using the last hours of holiday to catch up with your progress: Very nicely done !!! Great way of closing my free time. :-) :-) :-) Cheers, Daniel
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I already saw this in books as further protection. Normal one or just for Battle? So I would like to ask on top: When was this introduced? XXXDAn
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Already looking forward to include this in my build :-) XXXDAn
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Of course we like :-) :-) :-) XXXDAn
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Hello Dennis, thank you for your kind words. Sorry to hear that your contact did not work, strange but here is the address: webshop@dafinismus.de And yes, it would be a pleasure to provide you with parts :-) I also send you a PM. Cheers and thanks, Daniel
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