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@Jared thanks for that detailed focus stacking description. You learn something new every day. That detailed bow image is crystal clear. Not to be a "kill-joy" but for the 8 specific contest entry pics, I would simply use duplicate normal shots just in case judges don't accept focus stacked ones. I can't wait to see your beautiful series of focus stacked ones.- 417 replies
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@Jared looking at your 3D printed crew on my laptop, I noticed that their arms are short compared to a real person's. I suggest comparing them to Revell 1:96th scale sailors from Cutty Sark to see the difference. Meanwhile, when you're ready to make your finished model pics do yourself a big favor and take 8 specific ones to precisely match contest entry eligibility. I bent over backwards to appeal to a chief judge to try and get @rwiederrich and @Vladimir_Wairoa incredibly detailed Glory of the Seas replicas (both featured in a Winter 2023 Nautical Research Journal article) approved and was denied since they didn't meet strict photo angles as required.
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@Jared seeing tiny crew on your model emphasizes how large McKay's California Fleet Clippers really were. Great job. I'd appreciate seeing some overall pics of your Flying Fish when she's finished before she's encased.
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Rob, No surprise that I agree with our prior assessment. Instead of trying to jam things in without thought as to how people would actually function in such cramped spaces, we're taking an opposite tack and using common sense to sort out how a space would have been laid out in a real world environment.
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Rob, those safety chains are such a brilliant touch. They really drive home that this was a real vessel on a human level. Nicely done!
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Rob, she's really coming together nicely now. All the realistic human scale details really makes this a believable vessel and not just a pretty mantlepiece decoration. I just received 3 cleaner Howard Chappelle lines scans from Mike and was able to integrate them better. Here's those results. I also find it fascinating that the small Stag Hound half hull model on the Donald McKay statuette is quite accurate compared to the Cornelius McKay model.
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Rob, bordering each side of the entrance to the main deck on USS Constitution 'Old Ironsides' there are these 2 beautifully carved gangway boards. They project slightly above the cut-out gangway entrance. I'm not suggesting you try to do any carved boards, just that you might appreciate seeing these.
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Rob, I don't always put much stock in the full accuracy of Buttersworth all the time. It can be maddening to try and reconcile such issues. It makes no sense to have safety rails beyond the aft poop deck. Duncan McLean, a sailor himself and friend of Donald McKay listed the aft poop deck as 44'. That dimesion is repeated in several other reliable articles. I would disregard those extended rails as being inaccurate.
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Rob, This looks exactly like it is on the Buttersworth piece. Nicely done!
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@Jared you have indeed built a very pretty McKay California Fleet clipper ship Flying Fish. When she's finished, you may want to take these 8 exactly specific pics before you encase her. It's best to have her well lit with a plain neutral background. That way in the future when there's another model ship builder's contest, you'll be ready.
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Rob, Mon Dieux! Is she thinking along the lines of Louis IX, the "Sun King" like the Palace of Versailles or more subdued like Monet's Garden Home in Giverny?
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Rob, by the way, it's a huge relief to know you're maintaining pain free. That's wonderful news indeed.
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@rwiederrich not to be a royal "pita" but I just wanted to remind you not to forget those pesky "cavils" that Michael Mjelde insisted upon and that the McKay bollards are wooden posts seperated by a low connecting bar as can almost be completely seen in the sailor's pic.
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@Jared your friend did an excellent job saving your fore royal-skysail mast. Thanks for sharing your mishap with us. Doing so humanizes the experience for all of us.
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@rwiederrich that is huge news! Congratulations! Only someone who's had the trauma of bearing chronic pain for months can truly grasp the momentous relief being pain free can be. I wish that experience on nobody else. Don't be surprised if you feel a little more tired than usual. Nurses informed me that's a person's body's normal reaction to stress relief of no longer suffering. Now you can relax again.
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Rob, Here's a toast to "Stone-Crusher" living up to its name!
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@rwiederrich she's coming along nicely. I hope you're feeling better.
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Rob, pain just sucks.... Suffering for two months, you have my sympathies. By any chance, did you find anything useful in the supplement link I shared? They're supposed to help dissolve kidney stones.
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@EdT I am honored that you remember me too. Thank you. Your meticulous replica is well represented and in very good company.
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@EdT I still remember meeting you and viewing your recently finished Young America twin plank on frame and plank on bulkhead hulls in Mystic, CT like it was yesterday. You had just published book I of the eventual three publications. You were gracious in allowing me to take multiple pictures of both. It truly was an honor to meet you. And it was quite rewarding to see your spectacular finished clipper in all her glory!
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Rob, "May you pass with flying colors!" 😉
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https://kidneystonereport.com "Top 5 Kidney Stone Supplements - Dissolving Kidney Stones @rwiederrich my sister-in-law who suffers from kidney stones said that passing them is tougher than childbirth. You have my sympathetic support. I found a study which recommends 5 top supplements which are supposed to help dissolve kidney stones. I took a look at the #1 supplement evaluation which said that besides naturally dissolving stones, it helps prevent new ones. The link is typed above, since copy & paste didn't work. In case it still doesn't work, I screenshot it too. Your Stag Hound build is progressing beautifully. Those black sided boats with green bottoms really reflect the Buttersworth painting exactly. Again, nicely done!
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@Jared nicely done.
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Rob, As usual your work is clean and impeccable. Stag Hound is such a beautiful clipper.
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Rob, Welcome back! It's great to hear that you had an enjoyable vacation. Your little helper really does give a sense of the size of this vessel.
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