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Keith Black
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Grant, thank you for the tutorial on making sails from silkspan. I think your sails turned out great, very realistic at 1:300 scale. -
Marc, I guarantee they're not seeing the light of day over at Ships of Scale. I want to continue this discussion but not here, I've highjacked Marc's build log enough, I'm moving further discussion on this to the "Gun Carriages" link. Marc, thank you for your patience.
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Never say never, Dave. You're young enough to learn to carve and I'm betting you'd be pretty good at it.
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The ladders turned out looking great, all of the second ship looks convincing. Nice job, Glen.
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Please see page 16 of the below, maybe I'm misinterpreting what I'm reading.
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Brig Le FAVORI 1806 by KORTES - 1:55
Keith Black replied to KORTES's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1801 - 1850
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For those wishing to go down the gun carriage rabbit hole see the link below. https://thescholarship.ecu.edu/bitstream/handle/10342/7250/BUNYARD-MASTERSTHESIS-2019.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
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Steven, what is the block size? I picked up some 3mm single blocks form Cornwall Model Boats a couple of years back, they are tiny little buggers. https://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/cgi-bin/ss000001.pl?page=search&SS=3mm+blocks&PR=-1&TB=O&ACTION=Go!
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Marc, nice to see you having a great time/trip with your family. In regards to the above quote. If you'll note in the photo below, there are no gun tracks for the Parrott rifle (on the right as you're viewing the photo) to move across and into position. If it's a 60 LB rifle the weight is a little over 2.5 tons, if it's a 100 LB rifle (which is my guess because of the size) the weigh is almost 5 tons. If a deck was going to get ripped to shreds this lump would be the one to do it. Gun carriage trucks (wheels) could have been iron banded. Sea battles were intense but its not like they were happening on a daily basis. Deck plank repair is a simple task and could have been carried out by the carpenter's apprentice with the aid of a couple of crew members if needed.
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MCB, good to see an update. The hull is coming along nicely.
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Eberhard, sorry that you and your wife contracted Covid, the both of you get well soon. The cutter is a little jewel.
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They look great, Dave.
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Carlo, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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Randy, it's better to PM personal information that putting it out there for public consumption. Not to fear any MSW members taking advantage but I'm sure we get trolled by those that might would take advantage. You need to delete David's email addy.
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Good morning from the banks of the Ohio River
Keith Black replied to Mike James's topic in New member Introductions
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Mark, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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Dave, just found your new digs, I've got a chair.
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Grant, I look forward to seeing your work with silk span.
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Rich, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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It's worth what someone is willing to pay for it. That's a cheap answer but probably the best answer unless you have it professional appraised. If your goal is to sell it, let the market decide what it's worth. Stick it on eBay and let the ponies run.
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Roger, thank you for the explanation of the fitting out process. I know that comes from personal experience and I appreciate you sharing. Mark, I would think that the majority of the tanks would have been off the shelf items. The Navy signs a contract for X number of tanks in X number of sizes and installs them as required? That seems logical but...Roger maybe able to shed light on that. The tag is slightly cupped and I assume the dark area on the reverse is where tag was soldered to the tank.
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