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  1. BANYAN
    Nice progress Jason, she is looking good; some nice detail on the stern. That cumulative factor can bite eventually, but I think what you have achieved is very good and as you point out, should not be a great problem for the gallery moulding. cheers Pat
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    Very nice work Dan, she is looking great. No alternative solutions from me as I think you have a great technique going. cheers Pat
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    Great to hear all went well Greg; see you at the modelling desk again in due course. cheers Pat
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    You're nearly there Russ cheers Pat
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    She certainly looks like she has done some 'hard yards', some nice techniques there Greg. Good luck with the procedure. cheers Pat
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    Hi Ed, thanks for this update; very nice work. I need to do these at some point in the future also and this is a very good technique for making and fitting the shroud fairleads. cheers Pat
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    Your quickly becoming a master of the card model Danny; nice work on the stand also. cheers Pat
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    Beautiful work Chuck. cheers Pat
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    Just found your new project John; looks like it will be a very interesting build. As she was built 1851 she is not that far off Victoria (1855) so we may have some common areas cheers Pat
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    Thanks John, just ordered it cheers Pat
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    Hi Dave, you are correct; it doesn't do the blocks for you unfortunately. The tables you create are a great way of doing that. cheers Pat
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    Thanks John, as a matter of interest can you please point me to one of the references for those towing bollards? I have developed a spreadsheet that records the source of information for all the decisions I am making so that others may re-evaluate the decision process if needed. cheers Pat
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    That looks very good Gerhard, a great job of constructing the gun. cheers Pat
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    Can't blame you for wanting to share this Russ, the lines of these schooners are very lovely indeed and your planking sets this model off nicely. cheers Pat
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    Dave, that is a great idea and I did something similar but also used the Rigging Spreadsheet Danny and John developed. It was very useful in that it generates the sizes of the ropes in the actual ship rig and also the scale size in metric or imperial. I then rounded these and reduced the resulting list to about 6 sizes all up to allow me to make up rope of the appropriate sizes. Your method appears to be paying dividends as the scales and their relative ratios look right to the eye. cheers Pat
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    She looks great Greg; she should take pride of place in your display area. cheers Pat
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    Great idea, especially as some of these types of tools/measurement devices are becoming so cheap. cheers Pat
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    That looks really good Jason, I think you have nailed it. I would stay away from further tinkering with the paint brush. cheers Pat
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    Hi folks, another conundrum. I have been trying to determine exactly what the 'towing timbers' cited in the Contract might be: "To have three pairs of towing timbers on each side, as shown in the drawing, of Africa oak, secured in the usual way, each timber having an iron cap over it with a pin through the head." Unfortunately, this drawing is not available so I am trying to determine exactly where these would have been located? Note the statement about - fitted in the usual way - which implies these were not top timbers from frames etc. The following is also cited: "… gallows, bitts and cross pieces, warping blocks on each bow and quarter with scores in them." I am assuming the bitts and cross piece would be the bitts (with cross piece) for securing the heel of the bowsprit? Would the warping blocks (perhaps the bollards?) also be the towing timbers? This extract from the Contract also alludes to this: "Bowsprit Bitts to be fitted as required."? There is also this: "...stanchions on knight heads for man ropes..." The ship was also fitted with Elliott Riding bitts. So we have knight heads, warping blocks and bowsprit bitts. So what are, and where would these towing timbers be located? My only other thought might be that the bollards (three sets) might also be these towing timbers? These were located in the bow, midship and quarter (one set in each location each side). cheers Pat
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    Thanks John, that will do indeed. Much appreciated. cheers Pat
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    Ed if you haven't already considered it, I have had some success passing/running my line over a very warm/hot incandescent light bulb (bought a cheap lamp stand and tried several types of globes/wattage - settled on 40W) - doesn't completely remove the attrition ratio but minimised it considerably cheers Pat
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    Nice job on the filling Danny; the paint match is spot-on. Those hair clips look familiar cheers Pat
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    Hi Sailor and thanks for that. Agree about period Jarvis winches were used - I was suggesting that based on the photo of the Jarvis and Halyard winch (in the same shot) that John provided earlier, the two winches appear to be of about the same height. Therefore, if I can get the rough height of the Jarvis winch (which Eberhard suggested may be available as tech drawings with dimensions), then I can approximate the height of the halyard winches which were around back then It's a starting point at least unless I can find a better solution. cheers Pat
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    Thanks John, there is actually a drawing of a Jarvis Winch in Underhill but it does not show any dimensions (same style as the halyard winch drawing). It the dimensions that I need, especially height to give me some perspective for the halyard winch. In all of the photos and lithographs I have of the ship, nowhere does the top of these halyard winches appear to show over the very low bulwarks, so either, the artist did not bother (yet they included the belfry eyc), or, they were quite small/low? Thanks again for your assistance on this. cheers Pat
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    Hi Sailor123 - thanks, what you say is the tought I first proposed - she would have some sort of halyard (hoisting) winch which I think is much like that from Harold Underhill as John as also confirmed. Victoria was fitted with some very 'leading-edge' equipment including flushing heads, rigmaiden lanyards, Browne Capstan, etc . Based on Underhill the halyard winch was available in the 1850s so I think this is a safe assumption. that said, i will keep searching Thanks for the feedback; all input is very much appreciated and helps me get to a much more likely equipment fit. cheers Pat

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