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Oh...I've discussed with my wife about doing just that....I will. Rob
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I hope you find it helpful. Not everyone can get a hold of a wringer, such as I have...but they are available on the web......just keep looking. It is best they have rubber rollers. I invented this technique, because, generally, I'm a lazy model builder....always looking for the fastest way to do just about anything. NOT chinsey, but faster. At my scale, 1/96...it works great.....allowing for the *hint* of detail, without overstating the detail. Plus, I coppered my hull in half a days shop time. I had other things to do......😁 Good luck. Rob
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I hope to plan a cross country trip some day to visit Mystic. What a thrill. Rob
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There could have been some kind of *flapper* valve with a float attached. I'm going to see Mike after work today to get him to sign his latest book and to discuss our current project...Staghound. He's very interested. I'll tell him you said Hi. Rob
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Indeed. White….pearl. Whatever…….I ain’t leavin them brass. My point. I believe they were probably painted. Less maintenance. Rob
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“Now, I wonder since they were brass wouldthey have been left natural and polished for routine maintenance or painted to match the hull?” Im painting then to match the white bulwark. Polishing brass is a military torture….Not so much on commercial vessels. Rob
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The metal to metal rollers are not a good fit….. you need the rubber rollers to press the copper tape into the former. The metal from my experience, crushes the copper. But if done gently it might work. Rob
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I just found mine on line. It took some searching. Rob
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We’ll giving it a try may pay off. Use stick glue first to see how it looks. A little while glue or Shellac will due. Rob
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I have real gold foil, but it leaves small wrinkles. No good. Gold is actually edible and my wife has some expensive gold powder used in cake decorating. You dilute it in alcohol (Vadka). Then paint it on. Bright shiny gold that when the alcohol evaporates, leaves a bright gold finish. Can be fragile if handled roughly. But still works well. I then got nervous and removed it and painted it with Testers extreme gold. What can I say…..I like to try different and unorthodox ways. Rob
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Just so you know...the rail cap IS the pin rail on CS. Her fancy rail could use the white paper trick....if at all possible. Your model is looking sharp.
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Make the white portion out of paper. Simply find a piece of copper tubing...bend it to the appropriate dimensions, by squishing it down to make the form.....then using a Dremel sanding disk/drum...bevel the edge into a nice sharp edge. Place your small stack of paper on a soft wood surface...then using a small hammer *punch* out all the paper imprints you need. Just glue em on. Your problem is solved. Task may vary, and is dependent on the skill of the fabricator and hammer user.....☺️ Rob
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On a single vessel there may be a dozen different colored lines. All dependent on the life of the line. Newer lines are darker.....and older lines fade and become grey. Still functionable, but discolored. I try to use at least 3 colors of line on my models to represent this phenomenon. Rob
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Well...I wouldn't say it is not historical. At any point in time a vessels rigging changes for various reasons......all being historical...but not necessarily historical to all points in a vessels history. In most cases...to protect the public and to preserve and provide for adequate maintenance...some items have to be altered from their original condition. A minor detail the general public is totally unaware of. Rob
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I was just reading your reply over on Ships..... And my next question was....how do you keep water out? Possibly the length of 5ft and the proximity of *Just* under the rail, behind the pin rail, protected the entrance as a hood would, from encroaching water? Told you, this was going to be an issue to solve. A lot doesn't make sense currently. Rob
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Ask yourself....it is a fact they tarred or oiled the shrouds and backstays...no issue there...so what makes the ratlines any less susceptible to weather and decay then these other structures? When they rerigged the Constitution several years ago, they used all black line to simulate the actual tarred line of the original rig. Lanyards too, are part of the standing rigging...susceptible to the same elements and decay. Though they are used to sinch up the shrouds...they are NOT part of the running rigging. Tarr-em. Cutty Sark is no longer a working ship....she is set up for tourist, and many such details have been slightly altered for maintenance purposes. Rob
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A ball float valve. Right. Makes sense. Pretty complex valve system to manufacture for 1850 ships that used wooden bitts till 1869. Im working through it all………….. Rob
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Wonderful documentation… Rich. Great job! Rob
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One minute I’m making great sense, then the next minute I’m making no sense. I’m not talking about the ventilators you referenced, but the ones atop the plank sheet, between the bulwark stanchions. These guys can become submerged in heavy seas. Here’s some examples from Campbell and Rick’s Flying Fish.
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I don't mean to stand boldly in the face of those who are more experienced than myself on such matters, but history shows us that McKay was terribly dedicated to his workers and from that it is not a far stretch to gather that, that dedication extended to those who would use/sail his creations. As clearly as you have pointed out the failure of the most competent replicators, to recognize the *secret* of McKay's genius ..his now famous... Naval Hood. It is not a far stretch to see that these simple winches must have been omitted out of the same neglect. How could they have missed it....was your battle cry. I believe the same can be said about these lever winches. They are extremely plausible. Rob
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This would suggest....she had ventilators similar to those found on Flying fish. Tucked within the stanchions of her bulwarks. I've never been a fan of these kind of ventilators. When the bulwark goes under green water, and the decks are awash....the ventilators get submerged and most likely are flooded with water....which, subsequently spills into living spaces. Rob
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Personally, I think the addition of a third deck while under construction,...truly a modification from her designed two decks, isn't enough reason to assume that was the sole reason she had lever winches. We have to assume....because McKay was sucha stickler for having the most modern, technical advances built into his clippers...that he would overlook the seriously advantageous application of any kind of a winch to assist in working heavy loads aboard his vessels. 3 years later he clearly added many monkey winches to his largest design....Great Republic. It just makes no sense to me that McKay's ships were produced with no winches of any kind. It flies in the face of logic. Why would Staffordshire require them and no other vessel....just because somebody failed to mention them? McKay truly cared about his workers...and I can assume, he also cared about those who would work his vessels... Not to provide them the ease and advantage of a winch...appears idiotic. The jury's still out on this.... Rob
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Mike said he doesn’t believe they were on it…..but since McKay just started his clipper run and his preferences had not yet been fully realized…..I think it is possible, since at this point McKay was simply copying known practice. He had a strong opinion on the hull design, but I would guess not on all the deck furniture. You depicted large knees supporting the bitts…..that is not an issue. I think the bitts were vertical, had the side and fore pin rail …..AND the side lever winch beneath. If it is on top, it interferes with the lines being belayed. Rob
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You didn’t bring the right tools for the job(a very sharp pencil)…….🧐 sheeeesh . Hey…I talked to Mike , and he had a lot to say about Chapelle. He said he didn’t have a peer review to check his work. But further research shows that the kind of winch I’m referring to was found on clippers of the period. Campbell has a good drawing of one…..and this matches that of Chapelle. Mike wasn’t definitive, but was sure no such winch was on Staghound. I’m hoping to stop by and visit him this week….an discuss it further Rob
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1/32”. That’s a small drop of paint. If you’re any good at spilling paint. Now draw up a schematic where they’d be on the poop deck. Rob
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