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Tony Hunt

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  1.    Herbs Ships reacted to a post in a topic: Copper plate overlapping (< > 1794) - lower overlaps upper or vice versa?
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  7. Tony Hunt
    Here are a couple more pictures to add to this story. The example of coppering is the bow of the clipper Snow Squall, now on display at the exclellent Maine Maritime Museum. Nearby was a fascinating exhibit, seen in the second photo, showing a machine used by the shipyard to pre-punch the nail holes in the copper sheets. The sheet is put in, the lever is pressed down, and presto, out comes the sheet with all the holes pre-punched. I'd never seen one of these before!
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  15. Tony Hunt
    Did you print the name onto the strip with a laser printer or similar? It looks really good. Also, how did you decide on the font? So many questions! 😀
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  21. Tony Hunt
    I bought one of their drill presses a little while ago. I haven't used it much so far, so no in depth experiences to share yet! First impressions - it's true, it's a bit of a toy, but it is well-made and works quite precisely. For small work I think these machines probably work quite well, for the money. But don't expect to be milling steel with it! Wood and plastic, sure, small cuts. Aluminium maybe.
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  25. Tony Hunt
    I love the gratings at the stern! This is going to be an exquisite model of a very beautiful ship.
  26. Tony Hunt
    I was thinking exactly the same thing. Such beuatifully precise and uniform work.
  27. Tony Hunt
    Or coffee cups! 😀
  28. Tony Hunt
    I remember reading the articles Harold Hahn wrote for Model Shipwright magazine, MANY years ago (!), about building his model of the Oliver Cromwell, and being awed by his superb craftsmanship and his skilful use of differently coloured woods to build a beautiful model without using any paint. You're doing an amazing job of matching his standard!
  29. Tony Hunt
    Fascinating. 3D printing continues to revolutionise the art and craft of ship modelmaking! We live in such interesting times.
  30. Tony Hunt
    Spectacular work, Valeriy. As we've come to expect!
  31. Tony Hunt
    It's a masterpiece.
  32. Tony Hunt
    The steamed Swiss pear that lots of specialty modelmaking wood suppliers have is very reddish and very fine-grained. Harold Hahn used it for the inner faces of the bulwarks on his model of the Oliver Cromwell for that reason. I think it would be a good mahogany substitute, you should be able to get it in veneer sheets or scale lumber dimensions.
  33. Tony Hunt
    With a bit more detail and you'll be able to fire it!
  34. Tony Hunt
    Like Clipperfan, I recently visited the Mystic Seaport and got to admire Ed's wonderful model of Young America. It's even more impressive in real life (which is really saying something!) because of the fine scale - the detail and sense of grace that he has achieved at 1:72 scale is amazing.
  35. Tony Hunt
    I think Howard Chappelle redrew this plan and published it in one of his books - probably The American Sailing Navy?
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  37. Tony Hunt
    I second that motion!

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