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I also have the book and the only thing that makes me wonder is why Davis didn't just state the sizes in relation to the shot size rather than just giving the formula? I'm just being lazy i suppose. You need to consider Wayne's information as well though. Sometimes, like in converting a merchant ship to carry guns the ship would be too small to have the ideal ports for the size of gun or number of guns that were intended. I suppose that could apply to warships as well. Lou
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Hi shipman I suppose that if there was time, changing out sails was always certainly an option and in battles like Trafalgar where closing was carefully planed and not really much of rush, it could have happened on a number of ships while waiting their turn to close with the enemy who was not really trying to avoid the engagement. But it seems like an awful lot of work when there were so many other things to do while closing for battle. If it was a along chase like it seems so many smaller engagements were, then there is also the fact that while changing sails you would loose the extra speed, not good whether you were the chaser or the chasee! As for the tops being a busy place to be during a battle it seems that may be an understatement. Between people shooting back and forth with muskets and small cannons loaded with grape or whatever, and cannon shot trying to take out rigging it is a wonder that anyone was willing to go up there at all. Lou
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Virginia Armed Sloop question
lmagna replied to Senior ole salt's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
I agree, also that way you can print out any page you want when you need it. Lou -
Hello Thedeacon I am pretty certain that others more knowledgeable than I am will be filling you in soon, but I would hesitate in increasing the depth of the joint and lowering all the bulkheads. If you do that then your sub deck alignment will be off by that much at the top of the bulkheads. The distance involved at each bulkhead appears so uniform that it seems like it is supposed to be that way, as if it is compensating for the first layer of planking. Looking forward to what others have to say. Lou
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Virginia Armed Sloop question
lmagna replied to Senior ole salt's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
SOS is now done with his fantastic build so this information may be a little dated for him, but for those who are interested in this type of vessel the book is still available. Although it is out of print like carlosgf says Amazon or Abebooks still offer it used if you are willing to go the cost. Lou -
Not long ago I read of an account of a topsail schooner who did just that in a desperate attempt to avoid being captured by a more heavily armed British ship. Desperate times make for desperate measures. Can't remember the exact outcome but I do believe she did loose her topsail after several hours. Lou
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No excuse RMC. I have grand children as well! (I suppose in my case it doesn't count as they are also adopted, so in reality they are just "kids, part 2").... Never mind carry on with vacation time. Lou
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Nice windows Sometimes it seems like this is one of the main areas that define a ship model and it appears your transom will more than fill the need. Looking forward to your next installment. Lou
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Hello Barbara I do not know how large the sails would be in 1/38th but I imagine they would be quite large. One somewhat expensive option could be to buy a sail set, https://www.modelerscentral.com/decorations/sail-sets-sail-plans-sail-cloth/mantua-sail-sets/sail-set-hms-victory-178-scale/ and scale them up to your size. Probably a less expensive option would be to buy a plastic model and use the sails from the kit as a pattern and again scale them up to match your scale. wish I could help more as your father and you have made a fantastic model truly to be proud of. Lou
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The .75 range of size i used above as an example was just a figure off of the top of my head made rather late in the evening and I suppose i should not have done that. I apologize for my laziness. The real range at 1/48th scale between the largest and smallest tree nails in Jaagers formula is .3333 mm. Hardly a significant amount when viewed with the normal human eye. The difference becomes even less when in all probability you are dealing with tree nails that are somewhere in the mid range anyway. If 1.25 mm is what works for you then Jaager worked it out with his formula. Might give him a thanks. Still don't know what ship/period you are building or are contemplating to build so really sorry i can't comment on your decision further than that. Lou
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Nice work in close quarters! The stern is really coming together. Lou
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I forgot to say that the 1" per 100' quote I used above was for hull tree nails not deck, based on archaeological excavations on the Thames. The paper does not state anything about deck tree nails. I personally like Jaager's numbers best. But at this scale it will make almost no difference I think as you are looking at less than 1/32" or .79mm if you are using MM, between large and small. Still an interesting question. I learned a couple of things from the answers as well. Lou
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About 1/4 of the real size. Sorry I couldn't resist. No really. I don't know what era or type of ship you are building but at least one research paper states that based on excavations at Pacific Wharf in Rotherhithe England that in the 16th and 17th century they were made in three sizes and seemed to be about 1" for every hundred feet. Others here may have more precise information. Hope that helps. Lou
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Hi Mark Probably a pretty dumb suggestion as I have never in my life worked with tackle as small as this and therefore it is kind of like the student talking to the Sensei. Would it be possible to pin the blocks to a flat surface like a bug collection with pins to hold them until you are able to secure the outer rope and hooks? Then you could hold them with a third hand type of tool by the secured lines and run the pulley ropes through them until they are fully rigged. I am almost certain that there is something that probably prevents this method from working but I thought I would throw it out there anyway just in case.
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Thanks Moreplovac Today's pictures came out perfectly. When I saw them missing on the other two posts I found myself going into withdrawal. You are doing a fantastic job with your build and I for one miss it when I can't see what you have accomplished! Reading about it just is not the same, besides I'm lazy! Lou
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Hello Moreplovac I do not know if it is just me, but the pictures in the last two posts just show up as file number and JPEG references. No actual pictures. Lou
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We almost never had to use sick time. Every time we had to work a holiday we received double time, I always took half of those days as comp time. If we had to show up for court or had stand by for court on days off we received 1/2 a day or a full day if we had to show up. I would take those as comp as well. Then any overtime or special duties for city events could also be added to the list. As you can see one could build up comp time pretty fast and it was not uncommon for some officers to have a month or more at the end of each year. We also could give sick time away to another officer. I only did it once when an officer was hit by an drunk driver while making a traffic stop and was standing next to the driver's door. He had both legs broken badly just above his motorcycle boots. The State only supplied a certain amount of workman's comp for recovery and his recovery time went for something over 18 months so he ran out of state money and his available time on his own books. Several of us pitched in some time and covered him until he could come back to work. Like CDW it was not all that uncommon for guys to retire with as much as one or even two years of comp/sick time to add to their retirement. If they left early though they lost all of their sick time! Lou
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I hit the like button but not sure that 182 hours of not feeling well enough to go to work is really a "Like" thing! Get well and stay well would possibly be better! Lou
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First your face and glasses and then your finger. I am beginning to think you just don't want to go to work. It's OK with me though as it means more pictures of your great build, Keep it up............. The build I mean, not the breaking of personal parts! Lou
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Your work still looks fantastic so hopefully that means like others have said that you are right handed. Lou
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Hi Mark At last you are really getting some shipyard time in, and the results are starting to show! Great progress and workmanship. Lou
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Hello Daria Great work and I like your "Eye". Tell dad that you are a pretty good photographer as well but your pretty socks look MUCH better than his hands! Are they special Easter socks? Lou
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Greg There are people like me who only wish they had "inadequacies" at your level! Lou
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