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Keith Black
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I guess this means no penguins, lions, tigers, and polar bears.- 194 replies
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Craig brings up an interesting point that I've always wondered about. How often was the compass or compasses checked? If compasses were set to either side of the ship's wheel as in the case of the Tennessee, they were constantly monitored. But if a compass is stowed inside a cabinet or in an out of the way location, how often was it checked? If there wasn't a compass at the ready I would think the course would have been more zig zag than in a straight line which would have added sailing time to a voyage. I suppose that a lot of course correction would have been dependent on the direction of the wind and how steady the wind blew from a given direction. So, was the compass only checked when the sails were reset to accommodate a change in wind?
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Glen, congratulations! That is so cool and you managed to stuff a herd of Longhorn in there too. Wait a minute, WAIT A DOGGONE MINUTE, your next project..........the Ark!
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Roger, I've been following and things were moving along but I hadn't expected to see the progress represented in the last photo. All of a sudden, POP, the BN's presence showed herself. Well done.
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Giuseppe, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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NAIAD 1797 by Bitao - 1:60
Keith Black replied to Bitao's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Bitao, each new post is more impressive than the last. Your model is a testament to your skills as both craftsperson and artist. -
The hull turned out great. Nice going, MCB.
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Grant, you'll undoubtedly hit it out of the ballpark.
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Congratulations, Glen. She looks right smart and right at home, perfect.
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Grant, I don't know if you're familiar with Gary's work but he provides tons of helpful hints for building dioramas.
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Simon, I think it's something far less sinister, Ebooks. As Ebooks gain in popularity most branch libraries are eliminating the number of printed books and leaving printed materials to be housed by the main libraries.
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Jerry, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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I love the BBC show Escape to the Country, what part did she settle into, Keith? The mast work is beautiful.
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See page 7 of the below link and note the binnacle on the left was used by the British Royal Navy in 1839. The base was 18 inches square and 24 inches high. http://www.balogh.com/binnacleflyerad.pdf
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I couldn't find a email addy for Dr Mathew Betts but here is his twitter account if any of you tweet. Ask him! https://twitter.com/HMSTerror_model?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^embeddedtimeline|twterm^screen-name%3AHMSTerror_model|twcon^s1_c14
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I'm confused as to the direction you're headed and the reasoning behind it, Keith? Or am I missing something?
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A binnacle is merely the housing for the compass. They wanted to get away from the cabinet type housing because of the deviations caused by the nails that held the cabinets together. One would think that a date for when the first column type binnacle was developed would be readily available but Mr Google is playing hide and seek with it.
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Simon, you can order a set of Thermopylae plans (they're 1:124 scale) from Cornwall Model Boats. https://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?WD=thermopylae&PN=Thermopylae-Construction-Plans-Set-961.html#SID=136
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I've pulled up a chair, Simon and like the cats I'll be following you along on your journey.
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Make it a black and tan for me, laddie. I'll be along shortly as I've got to pack away this wee bit of knittin'.
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I want to step in here and defend knitters as I don't think there's anything "easy" about knitting. For one, there's hundreds of different types of knitting needles (of course my wife requires at least one if not two of each) two, there are at least a hundred different types of knitting stitches, and three, there's all the different types of yarns and their respective weights that go hand and hand with those hundreds of different needles. The real kicker is being able to visualize making a three dimensional object out of a single strand of yarn from one of the countless patterns that if placed end to end would stretch from here to the moon.
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