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Few more pics as I get to the main cabin windows Rob
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Upon further analysis....I think I am seeing a ghost, or a phantom image. this image from Mike surely shows that a man is freely standing/sitting behind the aft skylight. Rob
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No...I don't think it is any part of the old entry into the aft parlor. The new construction is clean and architecturally rectangular. To leave a portion of the old makes no sense. It is either an extension of the aft skylight or a makeshift structure added by the canary mod crew. Maybe Mike might have more *Hidden* images of this area. If I can't figure it out or justify it...I'm leaving it off. Rob
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Yeah....my goal(when I get there), is to replicate those skylights as close as possible. Rest is good, but my rest is making my wife a unilateral Removable partial denture to replace a tooth she had extracted. I hope to get that done tonight so I can resume my work on the carriage/helm house. Rob
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Mike emailed me these yesterday. This is the best picture of the aft skylights I have seen and if you review other images, you will se a structure between the aft skylight and the wheelhouse extension. Rob
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Rich, As I investigate further, it appears the structure atop the helm is indeed a vent cupula. As I've shown in photos the aft end tapers and the aft wall is louvered. The image here shows clearly that there is built into the front a window, or louvered hatch that opens. Opened during mild hot weather for good breezy ventilation and to be closed when bad weather is afoot. Being louvered you still get ample air movement, without water entry. A curtain is present in the forward window, surely demonstrating that the forward portion of the addition is considered an access way to the lower salon regularly traveled by passengers...hence the second door forward on the cabin, separating the working helm from the trimmed and dressed passageway. Rob
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😄 thanks Rich. I have the window of the main cabin to complete and the doors and paneling for the helm. Painting of course. These are all small pittance compared to the work I have in store for me on the carriage house front. I kept that small project for last...so I can focus on the details that will be specifically required for that project. Not to mention the scroll work for each overhang bracket. As I move forward up the deck the aft hatch, capstan and boy house(And all its trappings) will occupy many hours of fun fabrication. Rob(Forced to work slower then I'd like)😪
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Thanks Pat. Currently I can only put in about an hour a night on her. That is driving my nutts. I generally spend a bout 3 hours per session, to get the most done. This tedious small repetitious work takes the longest and I can only afford the minutest time for it. GRRRRRRRRR. Rob
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Did a bit of work on the poop cabin and helm cabin. Rob
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Wow. Great work Vlad. Just super! Rob
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Mike hit the gold mine with those open deck images of Glory during her canary refit. Rob
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Thanks......and we will discuss....looks like we are on the same track. Rob
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If you further look at post #1760, you will also see vent louvers on the back of the small structure. The structure was a heat trap and then a ventilator, Like any cupula on old barns and farm structures. The louvers would allow fresh air in, rising hot air out and prevent rain from entering. Was everything watertight....no. but is a ship ever water tight! Rob
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Super inlay work in that minute scale Vlad. I'm still tackling my approach to the forward cabin woodwork myself. One observation... Is not the forward molding of the cabin symmetrical on the prototype? Upon greater observation it appears you inadvertently failed to replicate the outer paneling from the left to the right. Look closely and you will see the vertical darker panel on the outer blocking on the right side does not go down to the bottom of the house face, as it does on the left side(facing aft), throwing off the symmetry of the molding. I don't mean to be critical at this point...but it would be a shame if you got beyond the point of correction. I also notice you changed your design from 4 panels to 2 on the outer panel block...the one in question. Any particular reason for that change...other than you moved from Rich's drawing to Mike's? Otherwise...very nice miniature carpentry. Rob
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What's funny about this feature is she had it when her helm house had an entirely open front. Unless the light was that bad inside that she needed an additional skylight...which by the way we see men resting their feet on. I gather the light entered via heavy plate glass on top or from the sides. But images show white sides. I can postulate.....but whatever direction I come at this, it can be argued. Your favorite painting of her doesn't even show this feature. If it's a skylight...why did she need one in her original state.....I can understand it being a skylight after her mods that lengthened and enclosed her helm house. Ventilation can still occur via side venting as was a design McKay employed in many of his clippers. Looking back at post #1747, notice in this image the forward silhouette of the roof light/vent. Rob
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I’m gathering this feature is a vent or skylight of some kind. She had it prior to her mods. Rob
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Thanks Tony Im trying to keep her clean and straight. Rob
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Yes. I’ve seen other images that are not as clear showing the cant of the vent. Thanks Rob
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Thanks Rich. keeping everything plumb and level so it is clean and sharp is tough in this scale. But as you can see, quite doable I still have to figure out the roof venting. It looks as if it has an aft can’t to it and that it is taller in the front. I’ll need to do more research. Rob
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Thanks Vlad. Panel work takes the longest time. Some of it is only 1/8” long. Rob
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I suspect for weathering purposes the hinges are internal hidden hinges so the door has unexposed edges to keep out heavy seas. Rob
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My search was fruitful. I knew she had to have more windows for the helmsmen and more access via more doors. Those forward doors probably are the new access below into the main aft cabin Rob
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While we are on the hunt, a new clue has arisen. This image, apart from several things, shows the port door of the carriage cabin open and it appears to be swung open to the left. Definitive for sure Rob
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