Veszett Roka
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Hi John, thats the same, and you're correct. If you measure an inch on the model, thats 78 inches on the real thing. Or, other words: a foot long model would be a 78 feet long boat in the reality. If you have a Bavaria 35 yacht which is exactly 35 feet long, its model will be 35/78=0.448 feet, so 5.378 inches in 1:78 scale. If someone can give you the exact plate sizes, just divide them by 78 and you will get the scale size.- 39 replies
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Very impressive Bill. Your Vic made me to want another one for myself, but my Pamir is stalled due other projects and i will finish her before start any other.
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Those brackets purpose primarily the direction and elevation measurement. On the picture, you can see a bearing scale ahead of the crew, and on his left side you can see the elevation scale. With those scales the watchmen can give precise direction of incoming threats. Their binoculars were equipped with a very basic rangefinder in the right eyesight.
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Hi Jan, yep, same situ here in Hungary. However, i was in a shipmodelers' meeting once, and a guy came with a 40*40 cm chess set, with all the board and figures was constructed from card. Of course, the figures were all different type of ships. The pawns were small boats with a single latin sail, the knights were frigates with 2 masts, the king was a ship-of-line and so forth, of course identical ships with black and white sails. You should have seen the dropped jaws there (mine included). I think the hobby shops just followed the demands, shipmodeling is not too familiar due small scales, much more modelers interested for armor and planes. Also i remember when i had to order my Titanic abroad (Academy 1:350) in 1995 because nowhere i found a kit before the 1997 film, which skyrocket the interest again to her lately. Still have the original Korean instruction sheet
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Unfortunately not yet. There is no available copy in local antic shops, so i'm checking the internationals.
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Varery, wish i could send more help, wish all of that aggression and war never happened. Keep up.
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Simply marvelous. It is real, not need to think what this or that could be, all of the fittings, ropes, rods, and other things are perfectly recognizable at first sight. Few models can present this 'feature' for me. Accept my congratulations, even it worth nothing.
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Sorry Yves, i can't resist. Hope you listening THIS on your hifi, while looking the Snowberry between the loudspeakers Beautiful work!
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Please send me a few 'doubler beers' and i will stare my bank account after. I think it worth a try
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It depends on the wind direction. In full backwind run there is no lee side (of course there is, but the spi must be on luv), and sometimes no space to steer the boat closer to the wind, therefore need to collect the spi in full 'energy'. This must be controlled by the sheets behind the foredeck crew and need great attention of the skipper. I never used the lazy guy configuration either, but seen this one on a 35ft daysailer. Although our soling had double sheets, but the small sets used in very light breeze only when the stronger one kept secured. Anyways, since the fashion of reachers and fixed bowsprits, our spinnaker knowledge is a bit obsolete.
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Hi Keith, Releasing spinnaker sheets upwards is dangerous. In this case the spi can get wind and start flying like a giant parachute, pulling the now breaching boat, as the halyard and the lee side still connected. I know a boat sunk due this mishap. Similar event pictured here from the 2010 world's championship. Anyway, i found references that spiboom used with upwards looking latch (jaws up) position too, but i would avoid this on my boat for sure. But i don't want to waste up your build log with my mumbling, also i believe all of you guys have experience sailing smaller or larger boats.
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Folks, just take a look my avatar: as a soling racer i'm quite expert handling the spinnaker Of course, you are too. The latch always facing down, allowing the outer (luv side) sheet to fall out from, and allowing the spi to come back to the lee side of the main. Usually jibs are lowered when spinnaker in use, if the jibs are on, the spi will get less wind and will much harder to handle it correctly due the jib's vortexes. Collecting the spi rod (spibaum in terminology) is according the taste of the crew: can be the first to avoid ripping out the spi, or could be the last to give time the crew to pack up the spinnaker, raise jibs up, new course set, and gather the necessary speed - then easily collect and store ready. Larger boats keep the spibaum latched to the mast, just pull it up in vertical position. Roger, when the chute falling, the crew will pull the sheet first, then grab the spinnaker's lower leech, and manually collect it for a long 'sausage', the lee side of the mainsail allow it to do - it is practically impossible when the spinnaker is full because the pulling force easily catapult the crew out from the boat, even on smaller boats like Soling. Then the crew collect the sausage under the deck, carefully to keep the sheets clean, otherwise the next attempt to raise the sail will end to pull up a giant bra. Dinghies can collect the spi on luv side, to be ready for next tack on olympic course.
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I wouldn't delete them, it is a good reference. Anyhow, you can start your own build log, and link the pictures from it. Personally i'd love to see your log as well, i'm always impressed by models with interior.
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You asked Chris, so sorry for barking in. I do use a spot of blu-tack on a toothpick, it is much cheaper. Cons to have to wait till the glue fixes, to release the grabbed part.
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Following you. ... this build - i'm always admired by card models, but the free HMVS Cerberus kicked me down. Still have the sheets somewhere.
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Hi Attila, the 'loading opening' correct name is cargo hatch (fedélzeti raktér nyílás) and then cargo hatch doors on it (raktérfedél)
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It looks so better than i expected in this early stage. Sad to hear. But anyway, i'm the guy who never show his works to the community so i understand. Keep modelling and carry on!
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You did indeed. Welcome to the MSW community, and have good times!
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Not at all Chris, you forgot the most important word: Nazdrowie! Believe me, 'polak' has excellent sort of vodkas. It is must for ship modelling Kev! Good luck for PoW, i will follow you.
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Hi Ian, in the background i made a little research. Preussen's chimneys were foldable. Let me cite the picture from the wreck: You can see a round shaped holders for them, at the top of the boiler room the short base visible. This is why we didn't see the remarkably high columns on some pictures - the crew fold them back to the holder when they were not in use, and raised if needed but in this case the sails had to be furled. So you just followed the practice to lay down the too high chimney.
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That should be fine. I found you a detailed drawing, maybe this helps.
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Hi Dan, i think the battens would need covered from this side, wouldn't they? As many sails i see all had little sacks for the battens, but this could prove only that i didn't see all of them.
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