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Ian_Grant
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Bill, you're right port lids are a challenge on plastic Heller kits. The way they're hinged in reality, when open the outer edge of the top of the lid would just be kissing the outer edge of the top of the opening ie nothing overlaps. On my Victory I added small styrene strips along the top edge of the port lids and left them unpainted. When gluing these strips were aligned with the unpainted top surfaces of the openings, giving a solid glued joint with the lids in exactly the position they would be in when open and the unpainted strips hidden in the hull. Hard to describe in words but I hope you see. -
I'll need a crew for my galley. I think I looked at Blender, or something, but it was geared to making wargaming figures with exaggerated bodily proportions. I'll look again; what is this other app you mentioned?
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Hi Bill, on Victory those eyebolts are very near the hatches too. I don't think you have an issue. I've seen those in-hauls called "steady tackles" too, somewhere.
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HMS Victory Renovation - Outer Planking Removed
Ian_Grant replied to Steve20's topic in Nautical/Naval History
My jaw dropped when I found this thread. They're removing outer planking? It seems a short while since they spent time and money repainting it in that new ochre tint! I know they are in the midst of a 20-year refit, and I was hoping to cross the pond and see her at the scheduled completion date by which time I'll be in my mid seventies, but this seems like they are going backwards. 🤨 I'll have to check for schedule updates. Will try to stay alive in the meantime. 😆 Hello again. I checked up. Seems they started a new 15-year refit in 2022, although already about 10 years in to a 20-year one. Now I'll be nearly 80 when they re-rig her. Sigh. -
Like lacing a bicycle wheel - get most of the way then realize you goofed and the two spokes either side of the valve hole are converging.....hindering pump access.......😒
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Hi Michael; sad to say I haven't touched her for months. I've been working on my Roman galley for RC. Hoping to finish Preussen next winter.
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Wow Kevin you have been busy! She looks amazing; incredible printed details! 😲 👀 You have become an expert 3D man. ps have you ever tried printing human figures? ... asking for a friend.....😏
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Dick, thank you very much! I don't know how you and Steven find all these books and drawings........it will be a while before I have to implement something. Before I even try I want to get some protective coat on the lower hull and try it in a pool with oars installed; if it ain't going to work then it will have to be abandoned. 😔 I don't want to cheat by adding a little propeller. 🙄
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Thanks Steven! That does help, a lot. I can imagine the mast pivoting aft since the archery tower is forward. Actually, it would be cool to make it hinged so as to lower it when "drydocked". Will see what I come up with.
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Nice model! I'm interested in the mast step; I'm making a Roman galley and I'm not sure how to depict this. I am sure it didn't drop down through a hole in the deck or they'd never be able to pull it vertically out by hand. It seems your crew hoists the mast to vertical, and lashes it to the sturdy upright? Would that sort of thing be applicable to my galley, does anyone know? I have several books on galleys but this detail is not covered as far as I have found.
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Looks great! Is it possible to print this at 1:180 scale?
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She looks great! I just scored this kit for free at a model club meeting; someone had passed away and his wife gave a club member three ships to bring in to our last meeting and give away to any interested members - two built tugboats and Calypso with very little done. I don't have time to build her right now; perhaps my wife will end up passing it along again after I pass away! 😏
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Bill, I can't imagine them leaving a pile of wood on deck as a source of flying splinters in an action, given that they towed or abandoned the boats for the same reason. Spare spars yes, lashed near the centreline. I planned to just omit the wood. If I ever get there. As for the sponge tubs, well, they were full of water and probably did double as fire buckets so I wouldn't worry about changing them. Hope my SR looks as nice as yours; again, if I ever get there.
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According to the English translation page on my old instructions, that barrel is a matchtub ie for lit matches I presume. Quite why there would be only one is another question. Looking splendid Bill !!!
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Hi David; thanks for the reply. Yes, it is something to ponder. I thought about cloth and resin over the smooth hull before applying walesetc; on the other hand this is a made-up hull (ie, there were no plans available) and my hull displacement calculations and estimated total weight were a little uncertain so I'm trying to keep weight down. In my case, the skin is all 1/32" plywood with joints over framing members; if it was planked I'd definitely use cloth and resin on the exterior, and resin on the interior. I hadn't heard of TotalBoat before, I've always used West System which as far as I know only has one type of resin. Thanks for the reference; I will read up on TB's resin varieties. I notice that the finishing resin has wax in it but they say it can be painted; that's a little unusual. Will post later and report on whatever I end up doing.
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Thank you. 🤙
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We're off on a bucket-list trip tomorrow so I thought I'd post the ship status. I added the thicker plywood containing the ports for the lower oars, and also the main wales. Transition from the ram up front getting more refined. The extreme stem is now a flat surface with two holes for aluminum rod "pins". The actual ram will be 3d-printed with matching holes. The real ship's wales went right into the ram casting to distribute the shock of impact along the entire fabric of the ship. This will be simulated with angled projecting "ears" on the ram to match the wales (same for the stem). Next step is to add the external keel. Too bad as the flat bottom has been handy to have, but I don't want to be adding it after the perhaps fragile outriggers are on the sides. Wouldn't mind painting the bottom too, before adding the outriggers. I made a start at sanding/filling. Hull actually feels pretty good considering. Does anyone have a recommended product to "caulk" the cracks where two surfaces meet? eg the wales and the hull? On house trim I'd just use latex painter's caulk and be done with it. Not sure if this would be suitable on a model boat on water........ Hope to hell this thing actually moves on the water!!! 🙄 😬
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First layer aesthetics don't really matter. Yours looks clean and fair, so it's great!
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It's only that valuable if someone pays that for it. 🤪 There are ridiculous price ranges on amazon.ca for specialized books too, ranging from reasonable to astronomical. Always bugs me.
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On my model, I frapped the guy pendant and flying jibboom guy tackles around themselves since they are rarely adjusted. I belayed the traveling guy to a timberhead on the front rail since it would need to be adjusted every time they moved the jib traveler. Made sense to me. 🤔 Note Longridge calls it the "traveling guy" in the text describing the guys (pp 227-228) but it is labelled as the "jibboom guy" on pg266.
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