Tony Hunt

Do any of Robert Kipping's mid-19th century texts on sails and sailmaking have anything to say on this subject? Unfortunately I don't have any of his volumes in my library.

Hi Pat

Five feet apart does seem to be a lot for the eyelets, although Victoria was a fair-sized ship and the sailcloth and boltrope would be reasonably heavy grade materials, I'm sure.  I'll have to take a look at the photos myself 😀.

Light it up and start cooking!

Hard to believe that's a kit. Fabulous.

Making gratings - the eternal challenge!

There's also a 1:400 card model available https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/221896517945

I believe Chief Mark is referring to the plans for the steam frigate USS Minnesota when he refers to the plates from the US National Archives.   

That's looking really good Steven. It looks to be about a foot long?  It will be a very striking model when it's finished.

That's a nice drill set up you have Pat. 

Which piece of tubing did you end up using - looks like the thick-walled one?

That's really interesting. It looks like gains might be a relatively recent innovation. 

That is looking REALLY good JD.

Thanks Dick, interesting. It does look there aren't any gains on those planks, although it is a little hard to be sure from the photos, as you say.

Fascinating!  That's going to leave a nasty mark when it hits the side of your ship!

Vladimir, your model is looking really impressive. REALLY impressive!

Druxey makes an interesting point about the "gain" at the ends of the plank making the overlap of the clinker planks disappear as they approach the stem and stern posts. It raises the question about when the practice of using gains was first developed?  Did the Vikings use it on their ships?  It's way outside the date range that I'm familiar with for shipbuilding practices, but someone must surely know.

12 hours ago, yvesvidal said:

I really like the shape of that ship. Greg, you do such a fantastic work: it could easily pass for the real thing !

 

Yves

I was thinking the same thing. If it was a waterline model, I think a photograph would be indistinguishable from the real thing. Amazing work.

Incredible, exquisite, too close to perfect to be able to tell the difference.

Nice choice of subject, it will make a fine model. I loved Model Shipwright magazine, sadly missed.

Hi Pat, PM me your postal address and the job's done. I've got to go to the Post office later today anyway.

Cheers

Tony

Pat, I've got some fairly thin walled tubing that is about 5.5mm ID (on the right), and a smaller piece of thicker walled stuff that is about 6.5mm OD and 4mm ID (on the left).  

Hi Pat, I'll have a look through my brass bits collection later on today too.  I surely must have something close to what you need.

Yes, the colour in the middle looks good to me.

The whole model is looking incredibly good.

Absolutely beautiful.

Those belaying pins look really good Rob. At 1/96 they must be tiny - 3/16" at most?  Impressive detail and consistency of shape.

I think it's the Harriet MacGregor that Grant is building, built in Tasmania, so unlikely to have some of the more sophisticated fid designs of that period. Since he drew the plans for her, I'd be inclined to use the Underhill version as a default choice.  My two cents worth! 😀