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bruce d

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  1. Chuck, I'm catching up. I thought i had wandered into the Twilight Zone. This is staggering.
  2. Mike, just catching up on your build. I really like the realism-first approach built into your processes. Great stuff, will watch for the 'ta-da!' moment when you declare it finished.
  3. Title = ' The ship-builders assistant : or, some essays towards compleating the art of marine architecture Sutherland, William, (1711)' This document is incomplete but does include a chapter entitled 'Of Beauty'. I was hooked immediately. There are guides to acceptable styles of imagery used on stairs, rails and figureheads. I did not realise there were industry standards for decorating newels on stairs! It is not a downloadable PDF but can be viewed page-by-page up to the point where (apparantly) the record is corrupted. The link below should take you to the opening of the 'Of Beauty' chapter but don't ignore the earlier pages. https://echo.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/ECHOdocuView?url=/permanent/library/AE4UUGBR/pageimg&viewMode=image&pn=93&mode=imagepath
  4. Test first. From experience, some dry transfer products react with some spray coverings. It will be an easy test because, again from experience, the effect is immediate. So just rub down a letter on some scrap and spray it, you will know pretty much straight away if you have one of the uncommon mis-matches. I must emphasise, most products will not cause a problem but it is possible, so test.
  5. From 'The American Neptune Pictorial Supplement 11-20' Includes billetboards and other decorated pieces as well as figureheads.
  6. Hello from Sussex and a warm welcome to MSW. You are clearly fearless if you used iroko in that lovely boat. Regards, Bruce
  7. Thank you, Wayne, three good finds. A quick skim through the thesis on hammocks unearthed something new on just about every page, will give it proper attention later.
  8. I am glad someone asked this question, well done Helge. Bruce
  9. Quite interesting comparisons, hope it is useful to someone working on ancient craft. arts-08-00165-v2.pdf
  10. Hello Vladislav, and a warm welcome to MSW. I hope you will create a build log for this uncommon subject. Are there plans for your cutter?
  11. Well, that's different. Looks so cool I can see the attraction. Keep us posted?
  12. Good luck. 🤐
  13. From 'Coleman Journal', Alberta, January 5 1928.
  14. Nice images Keith. Not sure, isn't that book still in copyright?
  15. A figurehead for two ships:
  16. Harvey, welcome to MSW.
  17. Well done, Sjors. That is a good looking model. I believe I will go back to the beginning and read the whole log.
  18. Figurehead of HMS Cruiser in Malta shore establishment survives bombs in WW2
  19. Admiralty Barge
  20. Ships not named, again IWM is source EDIT: see post#35 below, druxey identifies one of the figureheads.
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