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What a sweet little jewel you created! Daniel -
Do not worry, I will have a close eye on him :-) Thanks Kevin, Ian and Channell
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Thank you Sirs :-) Kevin who? - Dr dafi® still around, alive and kicking !!! - Dr. Tentacle is still there to all eternity - he can´t move any more ... - Captain Hook? Who the hell is Captain Hook? Popeye: As mentioned earlier, the only source I find so far for the preventer breeching is Goodwin. But as in the rigging all important systems are with a redundancy system to get fail safe, I see it quite logical to have one on the breeching ropes too in case of breaking while firing the gun or due to battle damage. Showing it in the build is of course some kind of risky, but I would like to put this feature up to discussion by doing so. Perhaps this helps to enlighten the affair. Does anybody has any clue or where Goodwin has his sources from? Jan: The special treatment just will be just for those 6 guns that will be run out, as they still will be in the photographic focus for some future documentation. The installed lashed up ones will stay the way they are :-) But as there is always a growth in ability and know-how, there will be always new solutions and perhaps I will still find out new tricks for the guns on display on the upper deck - who knows, I am already beyond everything that I ever imagined in my wildest dreams when I started this build :-) Cheers, Daniel
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Thank you Maurice :-) And what does one do if one is bored? One starts pimping around ... ... with the gunport lids I alreadyshowed, that it is possible, to attach the needed ring onto the eyebolts, so why not doing this on a larger scale, say perhaps the breeching ropes?!? So ripped the single guidance ring for the breeching rope out of the carriage, build in the new double one and already prepared the rest. So it looks like there still was place for improvment in the old carriage ;-) And of course attached the breeching ropes - again showing the infamous goodwin´s preventer breeching rope - and here we are, gun 2.0, aka Dr. Tentacle :-) And here he comes, Dr. Tentacle´s arch enemy, the incredible Dr. dafi ® - terror of all multi-armed creatures, in his insatiable wish to bind Dr. Tentacle and confine him down onto a secure place! Cleverly Dr. dafi ® puts up a trap: ... a needle on a shish kebab skewer ... ... makes the aiming markings on the inner hull :-) Afterwards - no not the same picture again ... ... no this time ... ... there is a fine drill attached :-) Then Dr. Tentacle was lured into the trap ... ... and detained :-) ...hihihihihihihihi... ... see him fidgeting around in despair but no more escape will be his :-) Once again Dr. dafi ® wins and shows the limits to one more abominable creature of maritime navyisms! And please tune in again next week, when we will show: Who the hell is Captain Hook?!? Greetings from the tentacle-tamer, Dr. dafi ®
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Amazing as always :-) XXXDAn
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THAT is far too near, as the gun would run over. It should be just where the opening starts. Also the breeching line is far too short :-) Gruß, Daniel
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Thank you Sirs :-) Jan, the tackle in the back usually is a single one (only the French had a double tackle for 36 or 46 ponders). It was hooked into the ring that was as much at the center line as possible. At the Vic, the plans show the rings more or less at the line that coaming/gratings give. At the last picture with the reloading of the gun, the rings are situated just beside the anchor cable, which is just enough for the tackle to work. Here two more of the rings to be seen. XXXDAn
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So the pot is empty ... ... time to do something more important and worthy ... ... as both scuttles for the vent trunks were mere black holes. So they got their wooden cases and look much more in tune now :-) And here some fresh impressions from the shipyard. Good night, Daniel
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Great update! Daniel
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I got a same thougts but the different direction: How can I make the lines slag, but in a natural way ... If the build is already done, try wallpaper glue and form until it is dry. If not pleased with the result, just wetten and reform. It can look quite realistic like this :-) Daniel
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I would like to dig up these interesting bits of this thread, that have neither be confirmed or discarded. Me thinks worth to keep it up in the focus :-) Cheers, Daniel
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Thanks Andy fopr the mallet :-) The tension being fitted with the lanyards is what I meant (but mixed), but I was wondering about the seizings already in place. Is it as predictable how long the shrouds will be needed, in regards with all the building up on the mast head? These are the one I used, most of the offers in the web are same brand. Daniel
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Small OT: The article page 9 picture bottom right:: "Lower ends of shrouds turned and seized ready for the placement of the deadeyes." HOW will the deadeyes be fitted in there?!? There is the groove around on both sides and also - in my understanding - the seizings were used to adjust the tension of the shrouds ?!? XXXDAn
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Len, I use the fly fishing line too for the serving with great effect as it is really thin. One has to pay attention to one detail: The fly fishing line has no "safe" diameter like rope, but it falls flat (like dental floss). This is very handy to serve thin ropes, as it does not add to the thickness which is most important in my eyes. Used in this way the fly-fishing line has a slight glossy character, so it is advisable to still do some tweeking with wax, matt varnish or by other means. For bigger ropes like stays and shrouds the fly fishing line needs to be laid to get a stable diameter and to achieve the wanted look. Depending on how many strands are used to lay this twine, one can very nicely fine tune the appearance. also see #153 Cheers, Daniel Thanks John & Len for the link to the article!!!
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This one I will be waiting for! Look at Jim Baumanns SMS Hindenburg viewtopic.php http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=100731&start=100 XXXDAn
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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
Magnifique! Very interesting to see the difference in design of the anchors towards the english contemporaries. The palms are bolted on? XXXDAn- 662 replies
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As Wellington mentioned above - this line submits the model to suggestions of your wildest dreams ;-) XXXDAn
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No, leave it, it is a great picture! XXXDAn
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The lower gundeck ... .. perhaps ... ;-) XXXDAn
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And I still do not give up the dream, that one day my lower gundeck will be finished, I managed to prepare some ... ... and to do some more ... ... to come closer to this dream of mine. XXXDAn
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Please also see http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/333-side-entry-ports-on-british-first-and-second-rates/#entry109230 There is a copy, for the content of this discussion not to be lost in my thread only. :-) XXXDAn
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The first one contemporary, but as build or as supposed to be build or a study? Some odd features especially around the bow. The second one is as build, as the channels are sitting lower and the gallery is still open. As I said before, there are seemingly more hints (not proves) that she was without. XXXDAn
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As for my personal opinion seeing those tests: I also would discard the inside board for the same reason Andy gives. The half lid doors are one more gap that could leak, on top the inside half doors have a slight problem with the deck because of the thumbledom and a even bigger one because of the hanging knees, that prevent opening more than 90°. The fire ship doors is a too sophisticated feature and I believe it would have been shown. The "single outside board solution" would give some intersting thoughts. It just requires battens or a small recess like the gun ports inside the opening to be pressed /pulled against. This could be done by some eyebolts and some simple lashing from the inside. As it is not part of the structure and not a permanent fitting, this could explain why it is never represented in the models - it was seen as a mere board. Another hint could be the panelling of the inside of the door frame, this one looks much more like an internal fitting than an outside part of the ship. But as mentioned before, these are pure speculations, hard proves still missing. But perhaps it allows to get a closer idea, what we are searching for, like special construction details. The only thing I found so far is, that NMM´s plans of Nelson and Caledonia show the usual gunport arrangement of eyebolts around the entry port, as if this port also was used for guns on occasions. And seen the concave outside of the hull, those breeching-eyebolts in the middle would already guarantee a secure lashing of the board against battens or recess ... Here still is a small color variation of my personal favorite: Yellow door at the end of 1804 before Nelson took possession of her and ... ... after he introduced his checker on the port lids :-) XXXDAn
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