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  1. Dowmer
    Amazing figure head carving. Well done. The ship is looking great.
  2. Dowmer
    Rob, do you make each crinkle on the jib with a wire loop? Geeeze, I’d go blind! Nice work. 👍
  3. Dowmer
    BE, l love the color and patina of the gun. The ones here at the Naval Academy and Navy Yard (US) are more black, but I figure it’s because someone has painted them black to preserve them. I’m not sure what they would have looked like back then, but that looks pretty good to me. 👍
  4. Dowmer
    Johann, You misinterpreted or mistranslated his comment. He was referring to a Tennis shot. Your work is superb.
  5. Dowmer
    Ed, how did they get up to set the sky sails? Just curious 🤓
  6. Dowmer
    😁 Just trying to help LOL 😂. Your shipbuilding skills are still way above mine. Keep up the marvelous work.
  7. Dowmer
    BE, I'm glad to see you spent so much time on the fastidious chainplates. You got the look just right, and it really enhances the “look” of the ship. So many people make this an after thought as they want to get busy with other parts of the build, but it’s so noticeable that it deserves the time and patience you showed it. Well done 👍 Why use the Caldercraft PE hooks? Why not make them out of wire like Chuck did? I think they look far superior.
  8. Dowmer
    BE, do the channels rest on top of the planking or do they go directly onto the frames. I’ve never known quite how it was done? nice job with the scuppers. A real pain to get the right look.
  9. Dowmer
    Rob, were the fore and main stays on the GR hemp or steel cable at this time?
  10. Dowmer
    BE, are the hatch comings sitting on the deck planks or on the deck beams and carlings. That could explain the extra edge. The hatch should be sitting on the deck beams.
  11. Dowmer
    B.E. I have a question that has been nagging at me. In one of your previous pictures of your hatch coamings it shows the edge square with the top rounded off. I always thought the edges were rounded down to the deck to prevent nasty ankle injuries etc. Here’s a picture of what I mean. Are there other ways to model them? I’m certainly no expert, and I don’t mean to be critical, but I’m always looking for accurate or contemporary ways of construction. Thanks
  12. Dowmer
    I agree 👍, but it looks very nice Johann. Great work.
  13. Dowmer
    Ahh yes, much better muttered the OCD crowd 🤪😎
  14. Dowmer
    Ya know. Your work needs more 👍 👍 👍
  15. Dowmer
    I guess we are an OCD bunch 😁
  16. Dowmer
    Looks really good Rob. Question, is the metal hook attaching the forestay to the eye bolt on the focsl’ scale size? It appears a little small or wimpy for such a large stay.
  17. Dowmer
    Nice run down Ed. Thanks for the update post. Perfect with the morning coffee. On your bowline sag with humidity, this might be heresy but I like the catenary sag. It looks more realistic than everything music string tight.
  18. Dowmer
    😀 No worries Rob, I’m not really that anal. It’s just one of the things I look for since so many people get the orientation wrong (unknowingly). I understand, sometimes it is just practical at the scale you work. We all make sacrifices. The ratlin’s look very uniform and tidy BTW. Nice job. 👍
  19. Dowmer
    Rob, I noticed the orientation of the bottom deadeyes on the channel. Is that correct?
  20. Dowmer
    Siggi, I agree, no shortcut and these ships were built to very exacting standards, albeit with certain artistic interpretations such as the admiralty framing which isn’t full size practice. It seems that this discussion keeps stating that gunport practice was only one way. In fact, gunport practice I believe was multiple different ways....or at least two or three. The framed Bellona pictures above clearly show no port lid rabbet, but a rabbet created by the ship’s plank sides, creating a groove for the port. It also shows that the lid total port lid thickness is the thickness of the ships side planking which includes the lining. So port planking and lining = ship side thickness in this particular case. It is also very clear there is no rabbet “cut” into the frames as you suggested earlier. A bit of a different era (1797). But here is a picture of Constitution during her 1875 refit with the outer planking removed to show the frames. The forward gun ports can be seen, and no rabbet cut into the ship frames can be seen. So in this case, the rabbet was created by the ships plank like the Bellona picture above. Also, the port gun lids in photo below show that the lining was full size. Gun port Plank and lining = thickness of ship plank. No cut rabbet into the frames. Granted, the port lids were two two piece which was a later era. It’s also possible that the gun port had an extra sill lining to create the port stop like Druxey mentioned before but it isn’t clear in the picture. The point is that the port lid has no rabbet except where the two halves meet.
  21. Dowmer
    Siggi, I find this a very interesting discussion. I think Mark P and Druxey have some very fine points. One point I would like to add reference your picture below. I do not think they rabbeted into the ship frame. If you are not going to show a port lid with a rabbet then the lining and port lid plank together “equal” the thickness of the surrounding ships side plank. Goodwin shows this in the notes as Y in the drawing you posted earlier in pic below. It can also be seen in the photos of the contemporary models posted earlier and the HMS Victory you showed earlier as well. See pic below. None that I can find, show the lid rabbet “let into the ship frame” to make up for the thickness of the lining. I think you can also have a port lid with the outer lid planks the same as the thickness of the ships side planks. But when you add the inner lining, then you will need to have a rabbet on the port lid underside created by the lining “short of the stops” created, so that when the lining is added it will clear the frames. This you can see in contemporary models. I will be interested to see where Mark P’s and Druxey’s discussion resolves since they are much more informed than me. Happy Holidays
  22. Dowmer
    It depends on the direction of the wind. Yes, they were a general utility boat ferrying supplies, equipment and people back and forth. They were also used for exploring shallow waters and depth soundings. so the answer which I’m sure you will love is......”It depends” on the winds, current etc.
  23. Dowmer
    Ditto, I’d drop the black too. No real reason to keep it IMHO.
  24. Dowmer
    BE, beautiful work and a Merry Christmas from the other side of the pond. Personal preference, I like the natural wood handles on the Elm Tree Pumps. It makes them stand out a little instead of the detail being lost if it was all black. The discharge could be red however. I figure it would need some preservation. cheers
  25. Dowmer
    Chuck, How do you know if the block stopping was served or not? I always get confused on this. Looks great by the way.

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