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  1. Ian_Grant
    Those videos with Malinois dogs literally running up walls and trees to get the suspect are awesome!
  2. Ian_Grant
    No no, it's the helmsman whose arms will need amputating! I received an update that my Polish girl will be with me by Sept 6th. 👍
  3. Ian_Grant
    Cute!
  4. Ian_Grant
    Looking very nice! What is her length? What type of motor(s) are you planning to install?
  5. Ian_Grant
    Painting coming along. I ordered two figures via Etsy; the helmsman who will need his arms amputated and reattached should be here by the end of the month, but the girl I ordered from Poland might not be here until October.😕 HaHa....... I want a lot more stuff for aesthetics: anchor, cleats, bollards, dinghy and outboard, yellow pinstriping tape, lettering to put name on transom, liferings, wheel, maybe even stanchions and grabrails. After looking at prices I will be making the dinghy and whatever else I can using the library's 3d printers and laser cutters. Can't detail the cockpit until my people are here unfortunately. The mast step is screwed down.
  6. Ian_Grant
    They do look great Eric.....could you possibly submit a pic with a ruler in view so we can appreciate the scale? 🙂
  7. Ian_Grant
    Glen, you've knocked another one out of the park. Beautiful! I particularly like the water wash astern of the paddle wheels.
  8. Ian_Grant
    Very clean, neat job! Shaping up to be a great model...
  9. Ian_Grant
    It's more a British-ism, many of which I picked up from my parents (remember the Scots slang words from an earlier post in some log or other?). 😉
  10. Ian_Grant
    No, we're very lucky in that our local library has 3d printers and laser cutters freely available once you take a little orientation course. For 3d printing, you pay for the plastic you use up. Laser cutting costs nothing if you bring your own material. I made extensive use of both for my Roman galley. 👍
  11. Ian_Grant
    Oh, it's Texas! I hadn't twigged the shape. Now I see. Very creative Glen!
  12. Ian_Grant
    Looks like a theatre stage. Maybe for a production of "Showboat", one of my favourites.
  13. Ian_Grant
    Ferrus, ship's boats look more alive if you add ribs inside the hull; fairly easily done with fine Evergreen plastic strips. Keep up the good work!
  14. Ian_Grant
    Cabin taking shape, with laser-cut window frames. Main access is via large cabin roof which will be held down by rubber-bands. Rudder area access via rear hatch which will be screwed down. Mast will be stepped on top of the forward part of the structure. Plan is to have an inflatable dinghy tied down on the aft platform. Cockpit layout and finishing will have to wait until I have figures in hand. Still no luck finding a helmsman although G-scale girls are relatively plentiful. They're pricey. I need to tour some toy shops looking for ideas.
  15. Ian_Grant
    That's what my engineering student daughter said the first time I had it in the pool. Sigh. 😐 There are a couple of videos of other galleys moving effortlessly through the water. I have often wondered if they have prop assist. One of them I think must have because the oar motion seemingly does not justify the speed. It would be quite a major job to bash a prop shaft hole through the stern given the embedded lead ballast. 🙄
  16. Ian_Grant
    Thanks Bedford.....As always in this log your comments are insightful and got me thinking something might be done. Now that the heat wave has broken I will try some experiments in the pool - skeg, LARGE rudders, software changes. Ian
  17. Ian_Grant
    Thanks Richard. Yes, that's what I was doing before fitting the (ineffective) rudders. I backstroked on the inside which completely stopped the boat while it swivelled on its centre point but I can't do that every few seconds. I'm not sure it would even turn with oars stopped on the inside with my hull bilges; need to try some stuff before our pool closes. Love your Olympias!
  18. Ian_Grant
    Love the electronics engineering in submarines, though I doubt I'd ever try one. 😊 Aren't Arduinos amazing to use!
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    Richard, you have a far better understanding of the underlying physics than I. Have you any ideas of what I could try? I can think of (1) a midships skeg (which Javelin does not think will work), (2) huge rudders, (3) internal water pumps which could act as thrusters by sucking water in on one side of the bow/stern and pushing it out of the other via nozzles hidden u/w, (4) modify software to shorten oar stroke on inside of turn. I can find 6V water pumps for RC, self priming, but don't know what force they'd generate at 1 liter per minute. I now regret my simple flat-bottomed hull design. Experiments are required but I just can't find the motivation right now. I've moved on to restoring my old 70's Marblehead yacht just to get something in the water this season. At least yours went in a straight line! Mine always curves one way or the other. Thanks for any suggestions you may have! Ian
  20. Ian_Grant
    Looks great Glen! So you just apply those products (with a brush? a popsicle stick?) and they blob up of their own accord? Or do you need to do some rough sculpting on application? Thinking of my future Soleil Royale as a waterline model since the Heller u/w hull is so implausible........
  21. Ian_Grant
    Keith, she's a thing of beauty!
  22. Ian_Grant
    What about cherry planking with walnut wales, since it will be finished natural?
  23. Ian_Grant
    I hope so. I'm a bit discouraged about my Roman galley's steering ability, so I thought I could at least get this boat working on the water this summer.
  24. Ian_Grant
    C'est magnifique!!
  25. Ian_Grant
    Good work Bill! Sure is a crowded quarterdeck - bitts, mainmast, bitts, hatch, windlass, skylight, binnacle, wheel, and mizzenmast all chock-a-block. Still can't see how they could have employed the windlass effectively. I saw a rumour here on MSW that Occre might be coming out with a model of "Great Eastern"; that might tempt me to the dark side of wood modelling. 🤔

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