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I thought another change in direction would keep the interest up, so using the ATOS Diana I had a go at one of the elm tree pumps I made the forked stanchions out of brass filed to shape the folded over and soldered the base into one piece which I then filed down to size
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Thanks Druxey, of course I have a copy of the bible, good catch and perfect picture to forward to Mauritius Welcome Gary, I have tried to copy the rudder bolts and screws on my rudder and have done copper bolts on all the gundeck beams as they should be, the rudder has two round bolts and two square headed screws except the spectacle plate which I've only done three on as scale problem not four as found in Mauritius
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Beautiful deck and scarph joints, well done
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Very jealous of your shop, looking forward to the build
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More like this ?
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Thanks Druxey, would they have been under the step transom or over it? That would help answer the curve in the tee problem
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The lower deck cabins and captains pantry are now hidden away under the beams but they will all have to come out to finish all the things that come up through this deck from below like the fore and sheet bitts I also need to make the wooden and iron standards for the lower deck before it is closed up, two of the iron ones go on each side inside the cabins apparently
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Hi Robin Thanks for looking in, The spelling on the plans from the NNM is Syrius with a Y, the modern spelling is with an I Sirius, the spelling is also mentioned in gardeners heavy frigate, the captain at the time of the battle of grand port and subsequent sinking was Samuel Pym, Previous to that it was William prowse if that helps
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Thanks Mark and Druxey and for all the likes Druxey do you agree this is where the piece would go, my archaeologist colleagues in Mauritius don't agree and think it is an external piece, I have explained that there are no external pieces like this that I am aware of and it fits nicely on the transoms I will make it again in brass in one piece once everyone agrees that is where it should go, I think it is the curve on the tee piece that is throwing them off, but the ship was burnt first and then dynamited in the 60's, so that could have some bearing on it
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Nelson coat hook found on the syrius wreck, photo courtesy of yann von arnim
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so I thought I would make a silly little gun to check the gunports
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the rudder was made some months ago out of five pieces as per ATOS Diana using mahogany for the centre and elm (pine) for the outer replaceable pieces, I test fitted it with the transoms to make sure everything lined up, I also had a good weekend and finished all of the gun deck beams, so I tried the rudder again with a temporary tiller under the beams and the temporary tiller above
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I have also got my head around the stern timbers this weekend and now have a set of stern timbers with step transom and the transom of the quarterdeck, I morticed the short timbers into the bottom of the transom, I'm not sure if this is correct but seems to work well
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turn it over and offer it up to the transoms and it is nearly a perfect fit, with a little bending and adjustment, this makes me particularly happy as I'm obviously deciphering the plans reasonably accurately
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I thought I would try and make this piece to see how it looked on the model, so at great expense and time here it is, including the bolts
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Drawing with sizes
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Another question for the forum from the archaeology, photos courtesy of Yann von Arnim This large piece of metal was found at the rear of the ship around where it was dynamite in the 60's, I think it is a stern timber reinforcing, any body have any other suggestions It is quite large 2.7 m long and 1.2 m across the top
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Thanks Siegfried, ofencer and Albert, I have added carlings in the area of the cabins and dry fitted to mark out the positions of the gun deck beams
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got very fed up with stern timbers, so I thought I would try my hand at something different to take my mind of them first attempt at some scrolls and carving, I did them first in mahogany then in lime and now in castello boxwood, the first two just wouldn't hold an edge, I think I will need to practise a bit more
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captains pantry with shelving
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adding the cross members
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the shipyard had a visit from the wife and mother in law for an update on the build, after the oohs and how did you do that questions, I stupidly pointed to the lower deck and said that's where the officers cabin and captains pantry would be-but I'm not going to build/show them-in stereo they said "oh thats a shame" so guess what I,ve been doing the last two nights. captains pantry-cabin doors I started a little production line for the doors see below
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thanks everyone for the likes bit of a quiet period in the shipyard due to the cold weather -2 doesn't help the fingers this week I tried to finish the stern timbers and transoms, I'm on the third version at the moment and still not really happy although all the timbers are correctly spaced for the lights etc
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