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BANYAN

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  1. This will be an interesting build Greg, following keenly as I served ion these. cheers Pat
  2. I very much like the different display stands you create. cheers Pat
  3. Sorry all, my point appears to have not been well/clearly made. If you want consistently accurate measurement, ANY measuring device needs to be accurate to within a 'certified' acceptable tolerance. In many circumstances in our hobby it does not need super accuracy. The point I was trying to make was that it is pointless measuring the accuracy of one device with another device unless the accuracy of the measuring device is known/proven. cheers Pat
  4. But only if you know the callipers are accurate. Many of these are not certified as accurate, so which is the more accurate?
  5. Very nicely executed, you make this look all too easy Keith; but we know the amount of work and thought you have put into these. cheers Pa
  6. Nice use of modern tech to achieve a great result . A very fine model you are producing. cheers Pat
  7. The rigging, especially the associated iron-work on the spars is top-notch Rob. Looks great. cheers Pat
  8. Love your logic WRT house chores - wish I had of thought of that Look forward to following this build also. cheers Pat
  9. Very nice work on the bow rigging Rob; looks great! How did you make the iron plates on the hull for the bowsprit guys/shrouds. I have been contemplating various options for a while including a simple strap cur to length and a hole put in one end. cheers Pat
  10. Rob said: "No image I have shows clearly the belay points for the sheets and bunt lines and since the mizzen lacks a proper fife rail(short of the spider band)....I can only imagine that the rail was used as a pin rail......" Rob, if it is anything to go by, the 'Victoria' had the same issues. Her Contract specifically required a spider band to the Mizen, two sheet bitts (no cross-piece (fife rail) and a photograph I have shows mizen pin rails on her after cap/roughtree rails. Also, some of the rigging that ran aft on the other masts, ran forward, using blocks on the after crosstrees of those masts, thence to the deck, for the mizen running rigging. cheers Pat edit: Also, most of the authors of this time (and more recent times ) agree that sheet jeer bitts were fitted for the mizen.
  11. Very nice work; so very well executed Bitao. cheers Pat
  12. Steven, I have some 'privet' which is in the boxwood genus. This is a dense wood which is very tight grained and strong, but as with any wood when you go thin, it loses strength. I can spare you some if you would like to experiment/use it? cheers Pat
  13. Impressive Rob, the Mizen looks good with the rigging in-situ. cheers Pat
  14. Experimentation and persistence is the way to go until you find the method and result you prefer. Nice progress so far. cheers Pat
  15. Persistence has paid dividends Eberhard; looks very realistic and 'crisp' cheers Pat
  16. Your making some good progress there Peter, and gad to see you are sorting out the plank bending. Spiling (shaping) planks to fit correctly is an art that requires some practice. Attached is a photo of the Endeavour replica which was posted previously on this site (I think -source unknown). It may help to see how they did it on a real life replica. cheers Bluff Bow Planking Primer.pdf Pat
  17. This will be a nice addition to your miniature fleet Greg. We have the 'Castlemaine' nearby, so if you have questions just holler cheers Pat
  18. At that size, I think your plan should work. I used a two-part 'liquid glass' product from Craftworks (sold in Spotlight) to do mine, but I have seen modellers also use PVA as it dries clear. I have used acrylic rod inserted into thin wall brass tubing (cut a little thick then polished down to the required thickness) for my HMCSS Victoria build ( cheers Pat
  19. Hi and thanks for looking in. I am not sure whether this is similar to Bligh's boat as I have never done a comparison, but it did tie in somewhere between Parkin's and Marquardt's versions of a long boat. Unless we find a 'way back' machine, no one will know for sure. cheers Pat
  20. Looking good; are you going to fill the portholes with simulated glass? cheers Pat
  21. You're really making some serious progress on the rigging now Keith; looking good mate. cheers Pat
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