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    Yes Bruma..I too tried your method..but still the scale was off for me too. I did , however devise a press to impress or emboss the lateral stretch into the sails...similar to what you have created with your sails. The wrinkles and creases caused by the stretching sail to the sheet points is a very convincing effect...but I had to make the call as to what minute detail had to be eliminated to achieved the overall look I wanted Here is an image of the experiment, the sail is not cut or billowed completely...just the stretching was tested. Rob
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    I added stunning sails booms to the Great Republic..just no sails. My booms *Hung* below the yard were as some are on top of the yard.....both methods were used. Rob
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    Fantastic job. Awesome.
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    Just like the prototype...…..
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    You may have mentioned it earlier...but what do you do as a profession, if I may ask? If designing and creating the intricate tooling is one of your favorite things to do, then I can only assume you have engineering and machining in your background? There are other folks on this forum who are acute in fabricating their own tooling to create their models as well. What a skill......what a desire. I built telescopes too...but I don't always have to build the tools to build the telescopes. What a hobby. mmmmmmm Rob
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    Thank you for the explanation. *extra* tools? I am quite overly impressed with the amount of custom tooling you have already amassed. I can't wait to see what other genius you have imagined that you still need! Rob
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    Isaac Webb would be doing flips if he could in any way have had a similar technological advantage to building his clippers. With near robotic precision the process of cutting, fairing, pinning and assembly has taken the lengthy eye/hand approach out of building a fine ship model.....not to mention the time required of such practices. One question: From our vantage point (the viewer), and with compressed photographic evidence, one could imply, through lack of process data, that you have completed this much work in only weeks. You either are working 18+ hours a day, You have mastered an expeditious acuity that baffles simple thinkers, or...... my original premise is correct, and that you have compressed months of true labor and have edited it for our delightful consumption. Regardless how you're pulling this build off, it is as masterfully done as it could even be imagined. Rob
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    Amazing! I’ve seen it done other ways but not at the expense of specialized CNC Machining. Ever so impressive. Following in anticipation
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    Magnificent! By what means did you create the brass bands (Strips) for the iron lattice works? Hand scribed or with a paper cutter of sorts? Uniformity can be a challenge...so too, to prevent *curling*. Good job. Rob
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    Indeed..production imagery can induce production error if one is not particularly tasked with the imaging. Not to mention, as perfectionists, it is not within us to parrade our failures...even in process. Production of finely crafted members is the ultimate goal anyway....it doesn't hurt our sensitive egos either. I live by this motto: *Quality is never an accident, it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution. It represents the wise choice of many alternatives* From what I gather, you exhibit this motto in spades. Rob
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    What the H**L......Wait! How are you producing these members...what was your process for creating the pumps and windless...everything is far too clean and shows no signs of soldering or casting. The end results are amazingly astounding....perfection in miniature metallurgy........ Where are your fabrication steps.......? Your work is as perfect as can be imagined...but you are leaving out the manufacturing steps...Is that by design? Rob
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    What are we witnessing here? We are witnessing mastery, we are witnessing the highest degree of miniature shipwright carpentry that I have ever seen, or IMA, has ever been witnessed or recorded. To begin with, (If that can even be accomplished), how does one come by and acquire an overwhelming collection of specialized, extremely well manufactured tooling, especially designed for such an adventure? That is my first bewildered question, and secondly, the skill and acuity, coupled with an extreme control over time management must be characteristics of an extremely disciplined individual....who on the planet can master all of these so successfully? What species of individual are we in the presence of? I'm beyond impressed...on so many levels....that I can hardly articulate the appropriate words of astonishment! I'm glued to this thread to its completion or until my heart gives out...……. Rob(re-evaluating my model making perydime)
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    Love you work and love to listen to your plans
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    I was going to say the same thing..... Smokin.....beautiful work.
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    Nice....I can assume your attentions are needed elseward….Been some time since you posted any updates...how you doing? I know the summer months can fill up with so many other things that need doing. Rob
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    Vladimir...your corrections are spot on.....looks like the prototype for sure....well done. Rob
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    Sorry for the delay. Yes I added the sail (when I furled the sail) while the yard was off the mast. However all the billowing paper sails were added after the yard was added to the mast and they were all set to the cant I desired. Rob
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    Amazing work and tooling. Just wonderful
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    Coming along nicely.... Rob
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    Just added another painting to my collection..here is an original oil by Bill Larsen, Titled: Spirit of the Sea. It looks great in my library.
  21. rwiederrich
    Here are some better images of the hull lines. And a bit larger... and by combining the 4 profiles you will have the entire plan...
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    I'm glad you are getting *Hooked* on the Glory...you can now see my own interest and how much history I have collected on her myself. Rob
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    In my photo stash I found some pics of a model of the Glory...not sure of the builder.... but she has a full entry. this model represents the time frame I also built her in....notice the deck furniture and the locations of her boats and lack of chicken and boys houses..... this models bow is slightly incorrect...but I hope to create a better replica...based upon the drawings we come up with...….
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    Hope some good scale drawings can be made from all of this in the scale you want. I will take some much better images that are actually clear and clean. Rob
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    Vladimir...I found drawing that Mjelde has drawn in his second book..*Clipper ship Captain* about Daniel McLaughlin the captain of the Glory. Great drawings

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