cotrecerf

Hello CDW,

I just stumbled on your interesting build log. As I've not found an indication in your log, what is the scale of the car and the personnel?

Thanks

Joachim

Very nice work, Valery! All hull details are no "drowned" in paint but still crisp and clearly discernible. Did you use airbrush and what kind of paint (acrylic, 2-component car paint or else) did you apply?

greetings

Most beautiful result, congratulations!

Joachim

Giampiero,

So, all I want to say is: leave your rigging as it is, it is authentic and correct. 

Giampiero,

i have just found the booklet about rope making in 18th century in France; it is showing excerpts from the Duhamel book. Have a look at the colors shown on the cover:

Buon Giorno Giampiero,

here are some photos concerning the rigging of French ships of the Venus era. They can be seen: https://www.aamm.fr/modelisme/louis_le_grand

There is ample information on the French Marine Nationale and its ships through the centuries.

Giampiero,

the brown coloring of the "light cables" is shown on some authentic period  French ship models of the National Maritime Museum in Paris and on the cover of a modern issue of 

• Traité de la fabrique des manœuvres pour les vaisseaux, ou l'Art de la corderie perfectionné, 1747. I will send a photo later.

IMHO the darker "cables" look like "goudronné" which means soaked with tarry substance like the famous Stockholm Tar. I personally like the soft colour contrast between the shrouds and the "light cables" much better than the drastic Black and White seen on many models.

Greetings and your Venus is very beautiful!

Joachim

I fully support John's description of the advantages of working with a wider table.

Sorry and shame on me Ron for mixing the letters of your name:

CORRECT is Ron Thibault

Hi Kronvold,

I support the accessories list by Tim Boultron.

The comment from Charles Green requires an IMPORTANT UPDATE:

Jim offers now a wider table for the TS: from 12 inch to 18 inch.

I for myself would opt for the wider table, but conversion of an "old" version TS require shipment to Jim's shop USA and a retutn shipment. Involved cost is too high. So I would recommend to order the a TS with the wider table from the start. I find one more valuable accessory is the SLIDING TABLE.

Greetings

brilliant. Great inspiration

very nice ratlines showing the right sagging! Perfect.

Taking the contemporary launching plan from Frederic H.Chapman's  "Architectura Navalis Mercatoria 1768" as a valid pattern I see the frames mounted in right angle (90 degree) to the keel timber. In the ship plans of this first scientific naval architect the frames are always shown at right angles to the keel even with ships having an extreme  difference of drought between stern and bow.

Joachim

The German modelling specialist Steingraeber offers metal figures in 18th century garb: https://www.steingraeber-modelle.de/Figuren-18-Jhdt-1-64_KR62200

many firehips were converted regular ships, ex Navy, merchant or prizes. Have a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_ship and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fireships_of_the_Royal_Navy

I think their original decoration was not taken off out of two reasons: too much work involved and if one could distinguish an enemy fireship on the first glance due to "low end" outfit it was easier to to adjust own tactics. 

Hello John,

you may have a look here: https://www.preiserfiguren.de/. They offer all sorts of figures in various scale sizes. These model figures are offered by some model railway shops as well. I bought some in 1:48 scale some years ago. The can be adopted  quite easily to all historical model eras.

Greetings

Joachim

Hi Kronvold,

I purchased the Byrnes Table saw plus accessories  directly from Jim in the USA mid last year.  They packed all items expertly for save shipment with lots of

well fitting foam parts in a big carton box and shipped by FEDEX Int'l.  It took approx. 4 weeks until the shipment was finally released from German Customs and delivered to me. I would recommend to order all spares and relevant accessories with this first lot due to economising on shipment and import costs.

 Technically seen it is a wonderful machine in high end manufacture. I love it.

Just inquire on their homepage and they will send you an offer including FEDEX delivery cost to your place.

Best Greetings to Denmark

52 minutes ago, Cathead said:

Mark, good idea, but it's already reversed from the symbol in question (whose arms bend to the right, while mine bend to the left), but it still strikes both of us as resonant. However, we also both feel that (a) flaring the ends, (b) using colored pencils to mute the colors, and (c) using multiple designs tones down the resemblance enough. 

Hello Cathead,

the shield version shown presently with its arms  going to the left is definitely NOT Nazi but amongst in many cultures a Scandinavian lucky (sun) sign for centuries and as it was for instance used by Finland's Armed Forces prior and during WW 2. Flipping the sign (mirroring) would bring the arms to the right and then it is DEFINITELY a Nazi symbol. So keep it as it is, so there is no ambiguity.

Allan,

thank you very much for your efforts in clarifying the matter for (not only) me. My issue of Falconers Dictionary is a reprint of "a new edition, corrected, printed for T. Cadell 1780" which I will search for finding the relevant passages you mention and will try to look up the 1765 ordnance store regulation.

And yes, being a traditionalist when it comes to the original form of words, i also stick to the proper word for that splice.

Great help of yours.

cotrecerf

Allan,

P.S.

I will check Falconer's Marine Dictionary (1780) for relevant details.

cotrecerf

Allan,

as you are I am of the opinion that the Oxford Companion's entry must be based on a reliable contemporary source. I guess they would not list a very exotic and rare method. I have checked  Lavery's arming and fitting but could not find a matching description. I have no access to Caruana's book, so hopefully you will find something there.

cotrecerf

Thanks all,

I got it now1

Allan,

thanks for the details. I interpret the wording in the Oxford Companion as follows:

" a thimble stropped to the cascabel" implies that that a separate thimble was bound by a piece of rope lengthwise onto the groove between the knob and the breech of the cannon.  As the Blomefield pattern had the breeching ring as an integral part of the cast, I assume that the thimble solution was in use before 1787. 

I am scratch building the English cutter presented in af Chapman's drawings having 3-pdr guns at 1:50 scale and warping or c*nt seizing the breeching rope seems to look too clumsy. While searching for an feasible and elegant approach I happened to stumble into the entry in the Oxford companion. 

Hello Thomasz,

I just experienced the same. Strange!?

Hi Bob,

thanks very much. It's so embarrassing for me: I "studied" the first illustration several times recently, alas, apparently not thoroughly enough, as I  did not identify the separate thimble but took it as a cast thimble.

greetings