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Tom, I have the drawings from Alex for the Sphynx and since this week for the Anson. A few years agos before I start my Swan class sloop I thought a longer time to build HMS Sphyx as POF model after Alex drawings, At that time I don't have enough knowledge to reconstruct the frames. I don't know the original drawings so I don't know where he got the information for the swivel gun mounts on his drawing. I don't found information about installed swivel guns in Winfield, but I think that she had them until 1794. At this time the ship got carronades.
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In my opinion they are the best source together with the original drawingfor your ship to build a model of this class
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Tom, do you know the fantastic drawings of Alexander for the Sphynx?
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Welcome back and good luck with your third attempt.
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It's not model building, it's an art. Every step so clean and crisp. There I have a lot to learn
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This looks really interesting. I've the same kit in my stock and like to change the timber. I'll follow with great interest.
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Wonderful pictures and descriptions. I need also a clnker build boat for my sloop. So there is a lot to learn.
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Congrats for a really beautyful model. And thank you very much for your build log. I -and I am sure a lot of other MSW users also- got a lot of information which is very helpful for my own projects. I hope that your will start another project in the near future.
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Congrats, Siggi. I love the coloring of your model. It's exactly what I like to do on my sloop. I hope you show us a lot of pictures of the finished model in her case.
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Druxey, found your build log this morning. I'll follow your work with great interest and I am sure that I can learn a lot from your log. Thanks for sharing
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Continuing the assembly of the stem.. I used temporarily spacers to fit the Knee of the Head, which is only 10'' thick, to the stem. Next I shaped the Knee of the Head using the info David Antscherl gives in his books. After this I glued the completed assembly to the stem. Therfore I used brass pins and the earlier descriped spacer. At last I shaped the competed stem to the hopefully right thickness. In the moment I work on the lower apron and the rising wood.
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Sorry, for the late reply, Jack. I add a picture from a reconstruction drawing of Werner Dammann. It shows a possible viking style figure head for the Gokstad ship. If you have a look at the original in the Oslo museum, you see that stem is also a little smaller than in your model. Werner Damman shows in his wonderful book about the ship also another solution that as far as I know is the most common interpretation
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Really nice progress and very clean work. The only thing I don't like are the very old styled sterns, which are part of the kit.
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Welcome to the Triton Shipyards and a lot of fun and success with the build.
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It's looking really nice. Well done
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Welcome to the Triton shipyards and a lot of fun with your build
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Buying an Expensive Kit and throwing most of it away
AnobiumPunctatum replied to pirozzi's topic in Wood ship model kits
I think Chuck's idea to sell parts for a ahip model as he does with his cutter Cheerful is an excellent idea. You can buy the drawings and perhaps the bulkheads, choose the timber for the planking job and buy then the smaller parts if you like. I hope that other manufacturers will copy his idea (if he don't has the Copyright for this ) There are a lot of talent modelers who don't have an own workroom or the money to buy the machines. For these kits especially on Chucks way are the only possibility to take up the hobby.
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