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    Karl, thanks for sharing your acurate Pictures of Artist Ivan`n lovely carving work with us Nils
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    Thanks for replying Peter I had some Problems with deckheights even though I worked 30mm from deck to deck over all 4 of them and with rather thin deckbeams. My Gage sample was the 1:64 resp. 28mm tall metal cast officer. Trust I will swap to 25 mm. The Pegasus should be capable of carrying 125 Crew and officers in total. I really can not imagine where they all found place, let allone the size of the pantry....., and the crowds and the smell in the hammock sleeping areas Nils
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    Peter, yes I think you are right, "less is more" have been in doubt about that myself. In the meantime I am doing Trial experimenting along with coppering , I have come to the conclusion that it`ll be only on the Sub-waterline area of the fully planked starboard side. For other ships I use self adhesive Aluminium foil for resembling the riveted steelplates, here now we are dealing with nails through copper sheet tiles, thats the difference and I Need to do some more Trials.......because I would`nt want to spoil the hull. This sample i did this morning, following B.E.`s advice for tiles in 6 x 18 mm. I Chose 8mm wide foil strips I cut from a roll that is 100mm wide. self adhesive Aluminium 0,125 mm thick. The contact gluefilm sticks like hell. That would require copper paint afterwards. The strips are overlapping 1,5 to 2mm. That leaves 6mm optic wideness The vertical lines are enbossed in by means of a blunt backside of my pocket knife appr. every 20mm The embossed nail Features are flattend out afterwards, by rolling over with an empty jam glass, and so I can do 5 tiles at a time (every Strip is 100 mm Long), this enables a very good alignment in horizontal direction basicly following the plank direction There is available on the market also 8 mm wide self adhesive copper tape 0,3 mm thick which is used by tiffany glass builders. (ordered a Trial roll of 20 Yards allready) The next Trial shall be in enbossing that copper tape when I have it in Hands same as with the Aluminium. If all would`nt work out as it should..... I can still increase Amati`s turnover... Whats your opinion about that Peter, ? would love comments or improvement suggestions. If it`s only for the bin... nevermind Nils attachment=76312:CIMG9769.JPG]
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    Michael, this is a facinating model you have in Project, it reminds me of the real dreamboat I allways admired so much (was the gaff rigged Pilot cutter from Cornish Crabbers), but allways remained out of reach for me. I had many happy sailing years with my Little Gaff Cormorant dinghy instead. Your model is really representing one of those plank on edge Bristol channel cutters, wonderfull... Nils
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    Hi Rosmarie, unbelievable, an outstanding Job in Card, did you take a course with Doris recently? The Fluyte is a very interesting ship, not so popular for modelling, but now it`s presenting this type at ist best. Must be very high skill and accuracy to do all this in scale 1:96 Nils
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    Hi Peter a handsome build you have there, what time did it take you to date from keellaying on ?. I like as well the figures climbing the shrouds and mast platforms. Are you using 25mm tall or 28 mm height ones ? Nils
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    Hi Martin I have thought much about Wood carving decoration and have a Dremel motortool which to date is mostly used for grinding, What rounds-speed i.e. do you suggest when considering lowspeed ? Also thanks to all the others for sharing their experience on this thread. Cheers Nils
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    Hi Popeye, that is the reason why I use stainless steel wire in spring hard Quality Nils
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    Hi Joachim an very interesting ship you are showing us, I like your attitude of modeling individual Input and improvements, shall follow further with great interest. Are you intending to doing the complete rigging (inclusive sails) as well ? Keep going, Looks great...., do you have Pictures of the plank on Frame sequences as well Nils
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    nice Methode popeye, I like the tea staining colour, and does your "pillow blow shaping" durable last even when sails are mounted and Operation ropes mounted? Nils
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    Erik thanks for replying, yes sure, there were micro size burnrings but the remaining "Centerpole" made from the hollow needlecenter, surrounded by the mini burnring, and all flush to the surface was my Intention..... The 0,8mm diam needle only should have burnt in appr. 1/3 of the plank thickness. But as mentioned it all went to the bin...after trying several attemps Nils
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    Hi Popeye I found good suitable Cotton Cloth at IKEA warehouse, is that also known in the place you live ? Nils
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    Hi Nenad trust that is the right atitude of saving down impressions as they come in. Would like to see more of your Project, Keep the building log under good steam.... Nils
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    Hi Popeye thanks for sharing, the wenzelwharft description does not look bad, was this Content of the kit ? What I would in every case sugest, is to do the straight Cloth connection seams first carrying on with the seam 1,5 to 2cm beyond the contour lines and then cut out the outside contour with the sewing thread fringes depending on if you do it my way (2 x 4mm Surplus)or more. Regarding to the America I have just sold an 1200mm Long scratch built model hull of this great ship early this year because I had no more space in my Office. In the Moment I have 4 completed models in glass cases here, 2 Steamers next to the 2 Tallships and to date I woul´d`nt even know where to place the Pegasus once she is completed scratch built mahagony lightweight hull, planked on Frame, epoxy with double glass roving coated, removeable 3000gram deadweight, ruder prepared for RC contol Nils
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    Hi B.E. good Suggestion to consider perhaps coppering the "open" side, port side of the rudder, etc, and having the stb side in "anti fouling" broken White a littkle thicker than stain application to still enable Plank and grain structure to come throug a bit. That is i.e. what I liked from many of the "HMS Fly" Pictures. Nils
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    Hi Popeye, no, the ships on the pictures of the first post in this sewing related thread are scratch built from plans and gathered Information, plenty of Research before kicking out the first work on the Frames. An interesting technique you are explaining, would love to see some pics.... Regards Nils
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    Hi Bob, I´m glad you liked log, just had the Feeling it had to be shared with others, because before starting These " selfmade Trials" I searched the web in vain for decent sail making description. By the way, I trust it is`nt the Billing boats Bluenose .... or ? I have the 1:75 Billing boats BN on the shelf 3/4 completed for several years allready. Every time after I looked at that U-tube video I suggested to Eddie, who is currently building the Elsie, I know I have to carry on with the BN asap. Let us share some of your pics with your sailmaking progress Happy sailmaking Trials Nils
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    Hi B.E. "exact, the forelast fo`csle deckbeam is allready marked for cutout in that deck space. If with "ledges and carlings" you mean the framings of the stairway on deck, yes, shall provide mahogony framing and probably brass threeside railing there same as the others shown in my buildlog. Thanks for the advice for the Surplus etched hooks availabilty. Shall priority wise have to make up my mind at this time about the ruddersystem (ref. to my`s and danny`s recent Input). What is your opinion B.E. about coppering or not. If coppering, it must be perfectly applied for optical reasons. if one should leave some plates on, that may fail ones own criterea and they are not replaced, they look at you pityfull ever afterwards from the stand (smile) Nils
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    Hi Jason, lovely work you are showing, a great Inspiration to start thinking of what make or scratch i.e. a swan class`s Long boat should be from Nils
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    Danny I forgot to feed back earlier on the "building Speed" ( your reply recently), this is seen a Little bit spiced with Humor as you recognised, even though the 4 months are real for the 1:64 deal. But I am absolutely Aware of what it takes for all 1:48 swanie builders to get the "thousands" of parts, jigs and gauges logistic wise made marked sorted and assembled, and this in a way as if it were a real ship, I also mentioned this to Toni before when sighting her buildlog, this applies as well to all the other admirable builds shown in this Forum and which I so much love to see. keep smiling Nils
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    Hi Danny , you are right with your Suggestion Danny on priority for the rudder, thanks for this reminder. The reason that it was not started before is because I to date did not make up my mind if coppering Sub waterline hull, or leaving it Wood stucture, visable (Planks, grain etc) perhaps with eggshell White heritage "anti fouling" optic. I was intending to feasten the rudder hinges after doing so. Allthough I was seeking Input opinions on that choise twice allread in my buildlog from fellow builders, i think I Need to flip the coin soon myself. Nils
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    Part 2 have to push through... "Pamir" takes 32 sails and "Gorch Fock" 23 sails textile glue with fine applicartion nozzle, works surprisingly well (found on Ebay) this is a spool of 0,5mm Polyester weaved hollow thread. Predestinated for pushing a wire Soul through, works well ! full suit sails mounted, my Tallship "Pamir" model likewise, sails attached to "Gorch Fock" Nils
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    Resubmitting of lost pictures Hi fellow builders, as some of the pics went lost some time ago I have resubmitted these, beginning with # 32 post on page 3 Nils Hi fellow builders, in Need for sewed sails, I dared to do self Trials with my wifes sewing machine some months ago. If there is interest in anyone trying likewise, pls. dont hesitate to comunicate your queries here. Also feel free to share your own experience.... I use thin fine weaved Cotton Cloth, use 100% Polyester sewing thread, medium machine needle, textile glue for Fixing, some ordinary paper for Patterns and a soft pencil for drawing the contours from the templates onto the Cloth. The Cloth is only slightly wettend with laundry starch spray and ironed dry . The soft pencil lines are easy to follow during Transit into the sewing machine. There is no Need for prefixing sewing needles along the seams. The ultimate kick I found was to place a 0,5mm stainles steel wire in spring Quality into the lower (bottom) Portion of the bolt-rope that encloses the sail. Braced to the wind, once mounted you get sails shaped as if the tradewind is just providing Swift sailing Please follow the (I trust) self explaining Pictures, I added some coments, and a Little Hand scetch for Illustration. It does not Claim to be perfect, but the anxiety for the sewing machine is overcome, improvements are welcome, but last not least the "sewing boat" has been pushed out.... Part 1 sew straight seams horizontal, vertical follow the soft pencillines on the Cotton cloth trimm off the edge fringes after doing so, then follow my handscetch at the end of this part 1 spring wire (stainless st)and hollow weaved thicker Polyester tread sorry, dont know the english Nomination for this seam making device debur (important !! slightly round)wire edge and push gently though the weaved thread Surplus wire endings shall be made to small Loops for the the sail bottom bolt-rope rings stay sail pattern after many Trials,.... seem to work now... Comes out of the machine quite clean and neat now should be self explaining... come on pls.get out your german/ engl. dictionary. Of course I shall be happy if I can help.... Part 2 to follow
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    Hi Tom a very interesting introduction into this book that raises my sences for Details on old steamships. Thanks for sharing so far. Will you be showing a few more pics as to the books Content ? i.e. are there examples for the ways those steelplates had been rivited ? Nils
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    Hi Erik beautifull work, I very much admire your build and was also very impressed of the Feature with the treenails (alone the amount of those to be set !!) When Thinking about this Point on the 1:64 scaled Pegasus I am currenty doing, I did some Trials with hollow injection Needles mounted to soldering tool and carefully burn-sinking the needle into the appropriate woodplank nail places, but had to give up this after many Trials Nils

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