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Enjoyable build :-) Here is another version of how to put the name onto the stern. #24 Cheers Daniel
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Thank you Aussie, very appreciated :-) Hy Lawrence, it is a berry flavor, good for working! Aye Mark, finally one that understands, I think I should change the code book in the office - perhaps the official book of the Cat of nine Tails would work better. XXXDAn
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I just found a first contemporary hint to this topic: In the book "Nicolas Pocock" from David Cordingly (Conways) there is an interesting remark on page 76. Topic is the painting "The Defense at the Battle of the First of June" and it reports about the historical facts behind: "Midshipman Dillon observed that, ´The lower deck was at times so completely filled with smoke that we could scarcely distinguish each other, and the guns were so heated that, when fired, they nearly kicked the upper deck beams`" As source is given: "Diary of William Dillon, midshipman in the Defense, Quoted in Warner, The Glorious First of June, p. 79" Looks to be from Warner, Oliver, The Glorious First of June, London 1961 So perhaps really more than only an invention of modern dramatisation? Cheers, Daniel
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Sometimes, yes sometimes I love my employees ... ... they were meant to buy new tea for the office - guess what brand they brought especially for me :-) ...hihihihihihi... XXXDAn
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One can find models where the staysails are fastened all over the length of the stay. Model of "Royal George" from 1715 with its contemporary rigging http://www.universitaetssammlungen.de/modell/2 And here some french graphics showing the same big question: How was this done ?!? - getting the sail to the top and binding it, pulling up, binding, pulling, ... - or get some monkey up to do the job up there? There are some sketches showing sailors hanging in the middle of the stays (f.e. Souvereign of the Seas) - fake or stupid idea? - other ideas? Cheers, Daniel
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That casting was not planned ... The letters where just fixed with clear varnish, that allows good positioning and leaves almost no trace. As I still opt for the 1920 Vic, I thought it could save me some work, as the figure head was already heavily overworked compared to oob. Cheers, Daniel
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Thank you all :-) @Dubz The hooks next generation are already on the way, rest is in preparation :-) Cheers, DAniel
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... only wanted to do a cast from the figure head ... ... but after taking down the form, I was wondering about the itzy-bitzy-teeny-weeny letters in the casting form ... ... ... ... grrrrrrr... XXXDAn
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No, this is no broadside ... ... nor fire alarm ... ... only ... ... one of the easiest ways to prevent things falling inside of the ship. Cheap, easily placed, easily taken out without danger for paint or flimsy details :-) Cheers, Daniel
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This topic wasn´t abandoned, next steps were at my Vic´s report. #335 Here some teasers: Cheers, Daniel
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Cheers and thank you all for the feedback! More impressive than the models were of course the personalities behind - meeting plenty of the builders in person for the first time, after having been corresponding already for ages with them. @mtaylor If you need any help, please feel free to contact me :-) Cheers, Daniel
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Sphinx from Alex Amerigo Vespucci from Schiffebastler Real de France Friesland by Dieter Lady Nelson by Lady Hamilton Royal Sovereign from AVbiker Wappen von Hamburg SMS Trinkstein As time goes by ... Prince America from Werner - I like it, its a plastic kit :-) Cardboard models What a day!!! For those, who have access, find plenty-plenty-plenty more pictures at: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/t2644f93-RE-Forumstreffen-Sued-Das-Happening.html Cheers, Daniel
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Just came back - and can you believe it ?!? My small plastic-flower-pot standing in the middle of all those exquisite first class modells ?!? Going bananas! Just some teaser: Dockyard british 74 Tarjack Wappen von Edam/Pollux Chebeque from Woodpecker Thetis from Robbi Caroline from Tarjack La Creole archjofo Bonne Homme Richard from Norbert und Bellona from Peter Queen Charlotte from Achilles
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What do those guys and you have in common? ... ?!? ... -No food for the wicked ;-) Yet :-) XXXDAn
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