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  1. dafi
    One can never have enough Victorys ;-) Great work, just the mast top is put the wrong direction in the second picture :-) Cheers, Daniel
  2. dafi
    Hello Gary, is it this corner you are looking at? ATOS Victory; McKay DAniel
  3. dafi
    THIS is the celebration ;-) XXXDAn
  4. dafi
    ... yep ... ... there was something ... ... sometimes things slip with age ... ... one tends to forget ... ... but not important things ... ... never too old to rock´n´roll ... ... and never forget ... ... one is only as old as one is partying :-) All the best, Daniel
  5. dafi
    love it, Daniel
  6. dafi
    Very nice and crisp work, thanks for daring to show off in this driftwood infested area ;-) All the best, Daniel
  7. dafi
    Thank you very much :-) ... so easy going tackle knitting watching Sanctuary on TV ... ... goes down the hand easily ... ... or better saying the serving machine :-) XXXDAn
  8. dafi
    Interesting topic Chuck and very much up to the expectations of the builder respectively the beholder. Historically I do believe the running rigging was a shade of grey as all natural hemp ropes I saw were almost without a tint*. The black I do strongly believe depended upon the tar used. I see no real black as we know it today. First the tint of the coloring is not to be compared to modern products. Then only the elements alone will soon make color disappear resulting in darker shades of grey. My question here is how much the color of the tarred rigging had a ton of brown in it. Many tar products have this brownish soul, especially if deluted. Then there is the expectations of the classical model making that opposes this. As much as we prefere quality wood with warm tones, many prefer real black standing rigging and light brown for the running one. What perhaps is misleading the eye is that the rigging in real life very much reflects the ambient light. So with sunlight the rigging gets the warmish tone that stays in our minds ... So I can´t tell which color to take, my personal preference is gray for the running rigging and a very very dark brown for the standing rigging but as it is known, I even do put rust of the iron fittings onto my models ;-) Cheers, Daniel
  9. dafi
    Coming along nicely :-) Daniel
  10. dafi
    Thanks Mark and got me Popeye ... That was the corner that was too tricky for wanted result: it will not show to apparent on the pictures :-) This is just a omission for the lower decks, visible guns will be fitted properly, promised! Dr. dafi
  11. dafi
    Made a small scale to measure the required length ... ... and put the blocks into my serving machine. The compass allows easy reading of the required length. Fitted the lanyards, fixed with glue ... ... and wrapped around. Looked strange and impracticable, so decided to consult the literature again. Then tried a final wrap in the middle and ended up with no major wrapping, just a big loop and some minor wrapping in the middle. Looks much more logical. The the final assembly on the trucks and it finally worked the way I wanted! So after months of no sleep, dafi finally will have a good rest tonight :-) Sleep well all of you and dream of me nicely ... ... that is what one could call nightmares ;-)
  12. dafi
    ... didn´t dafi already make these nice little blocks from wood !?! No messy dying and so on?. So I tried a simplified version. Prepared two wooden battens accordingly in 1 x 1 mm und 2 x 1 mm - made a distance holder into the drill stand for the distance to the edge and pushed the batten upwards (green) and then moved according to the red mark to the side. For the double block still turned 180° and did a second round. Works rather fast :-) Then some bondage with Sello-Tape ... ... and lenghtened with grinding disk which does not create splintering ... ... and unpacked. Then empaled the blocks on a old 0,5 mm drill ... ... and cleand and rounded the corners ... ... bound a thread onto one of my etch hooks and glued it well centered onto the back side. Then a knot and some glue on the other side ... ... shortened the short side of the tread ... ... and ready the single block :-) The same for the double block, just both ends cut.
  13. dafi
    Thank you Jan :-) ... and here I go again ... ... the blocks ... ... as discribed before punched with the scribing needle, drilled ... ... one side already rounded ... ... and after putting to lenth trapped underneath the finger´s nail to get the opposite side rounded ... ... and like shake´n´bake we got some nice great little itzy-bitzy-teeny-weeny sweet blocks :-) BUT! Stop Press! First I was not in a mood for the messy story with the dying stuff and second, isn´t there a better way ?!? Tja ... that´s dafi ...
  14. dafi
    Nonononononononononono, I swear! It was nat copy-psatedIt was nat copy-psatedIt was nat copy-psatedIt was nat copy-psatedIt was nat copy-psatedIt was nat copy-psatedIt was nat copy-psatedIt was nat copy-psatedIt was nat copy-psatedIt was nat copy-psatedIt was nat copy-psatedIt was nat copy-psatedIt was nat copy-psatedIt was nat copy-psatedIt was nat copy-psatedIt was nat copy-psatedIt was nat copy-psatedIt was nat copy-psatedIt was nat copy-psatedIt was nat copy-psatedIt was nat copy-psatedIt was nat copy-psatedIt was nat copy-psated ;-) XXXDAn
  15. dafi
    Thank you Popeye, Lawrence, Frank, Mark, Kevin, Dubz and Davy :-) No more cheating attempts! No more cheating attempts! No more cheating attempts ... And one more reason why ... ... as the cheat was already planned for a long time, when I assembled the carriages, I omitted the eyebolt for the side tackle ... ... and fixed the guns ... ... yes the ring was meant to be faked ... ... meant ... ... yep ... ...and now ??? So learn it the hard way dafi. Luckily the Flying Spaghetti Monster made me do the holes for the eyebolts at the times that the carriages were assembled, so with pointed pliers ... ... the CA-hardened breeching ropes were slid beside and the ring pushed in. Unfortunately just makable in the wrong vertical orientation ... ... so it still had to be turned with a pointed scaler :-) Luckily I did some ships in the bottle when I was young ... And after being in a teeny-weeny-mode, I decided to want to have the rings for the back tackles done the right way, so I took some of my smallest etch eyebolts (attention product placement for dafis smaller than life etch parts), combined with the next size ... ... and got something that just fitted the purpose :-) Cheers, Daniel
  16. dafi
    Karl, the usual stunning and wonderful quality! Daniel
  17. dafi
    Hy Verne, all obstacles, means ladders, stanchions, guns and other equipment had to be cleared before using the capstan. Hatches within the spars radius had to be closed. I do not know the american systems, bit the english had the large companionways made in two halves to make moving "easier" and had jacks to lift the decks beams to remove the stanchions. The french appearently had iron stanchions on hinges, which made disassembly easier. See here: #136 #146 #150 #156 Cheers, Daniel
  18. dafi
    *sittingdownwithabigboxofpopcorn* XXXDAn
  19. dafi
    Hy modeltec, can you explain further or show pictures? XXXDAn
  20. dafi
    My best one only had about 500 pieces - but all of equal shape ... .. what a hell. My actual one has about 2.500 and is threedimensional - Vic-Vic-Hourray ;-) Daniel
  21. dafi
    Finally worked my way through - wonderful look and feel :-) :-) :-) Keep on going! DAniel PS: Please do not scare the non native english speakers: I read procastration in n# 254 ... #254
  22. dafi
    Lovely work!!! XXXDAn
  23. dafi
    Lovely :-) ... if one is allowed to say this about a man o´war ;-) XXXDan
  24. dafi
    Now THAT will be a great party :-) Looking forward to see you all! DAniel
  25. dafi
    Hy Bob, it means "Trinking Stone", pure coincidence or more, non lo so* ... ;-) XXXDAn *I do not know

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