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    Yeah mate, absolutely a compliment: "The jocular Australian-English expression 'the ant’s pants' denotes an outstandingly good thing" The model is looking great and you've done a grand job with it. WRT the cows and snakes (and other critters crawling or slithering) - well they don't get too much to eat in our outback paddocks - so this is sort of a 'dietary supplement' Maybe you should start feeding these to your herd? They may not be so skittish about those 'B' words cheers Pat
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    Dan, based on a letter (report) written by the ship's build superintendent (Commander Lockyer, RN) to the Governor (Hotham) of 4 June 1855, about the progress of HMCSS Victoria's (1855) construction: … About two thirds of the False Keel is on, the main Keel having been first coppered on the underside, ... This suggests, that least in 1850s, the coppering passed under the keel but the false keel (Lang's safety keel in this instance) was not coppered. Not for the exact time period you are looking at, but I hope this helps? cheers Pat [i] PROV; VA 475; VPRS 1189/P0000; 580, Unregistered Correspondence; Lockyer second Letter to Hotham, 4 June 1855.
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    Thanks Bruce, that's quite useful to have confirmed. Is this an online record? I tried a quick search of TNA Admiralty 1782 but nothing came up. cheers Pat
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    Nice recovery on the trysail mast and rigging Glen, she is looking 'the ants pants' Also happy to hear you were able to celebrate in style. I must add that I hope "your chooks don't turn into emus and kick your dunny down" - sorry folks an in-joke based on a very corny Aussie song - you really don't need some oversized chickens running amok when working on this little beauty. cheers Pat
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    Impressive workmanship and results Ilhan; that skylight looks stunning. cheers pat
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    Great photos and some significant progress on the rigging Glen. You're doing a great job with her. Enjoying following along with your rigging journey. cheers Pat
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    WRT the lanyards, they were possibly 'white rope' which is a general term for untarred plain-laid natural fibre rope; it can be of any type including jute, manilla or sisal hemp. According to Luce (1868), page 49, white rope is used for lead and log lines, ensign, pennant and signal halliards; and for making block straps and tackle/purchase falls. Trevor may have better information as to whether used with deadeyes though. cheers Pat
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    Great info; many thanks for posting Pat
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    Absolutely stunning 'smithing' Ilhan - they look great. A very well executed bit of metalwork. cheers Pat
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    I found the local Railroad Modelling clubs to be the best source as they do a lot of PE in making their locos and rolling stock. cheers Pat
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    Nice result Eberhard. I am enjoying following your foray into the unknown with these materials. cheers Pat
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    Agree with Trevor. The contract for Victoria called for mats as well as baggywrinkles. The best I have been able to determine so far,. is that the mats were usually laid across yards whereas the baggywrinkles were applied to lines (both at any point of contact or potential contact with sails). cheers Pat
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    That looks so good Ilhan. I now have to go back and possibly adjust the funnel on my Victoria as I didn't even think on hand rungs to climb the funnel. Great seeing more of your quality work. cheers Pat
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    That a great achievement Bob, and you didn't even go cross-eyed. cheers Pat
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    Be over in a jiffy mate - just have to save my pennies for a while. Seriously though, your rigging is looking great, clean and proportionate in scale - well worth celebrating. cheers Pat
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    Hi Richard, I actually do all my spars on my Sherline (long bed) lathe. I first cut the required square and hex shapes slightly oversize, the (very roughly) shape them to a hex taper using a plane and then set it up in the lathe and use small machinist jacks and a follower rest to shape the final profiles. I use a combo of rasps, files and sandpaper for that process constantly checking the profile with calipers etc. For shorter sections I sometimes use the duplicator, especially about the hounds and masthead doubling. I then refine the squared and flat surface manually using a file rest and fine needle files to get them to the final dimensions. You can see some of my earlier dings (collision scars) between the Y cross-slide and the chucks before I made a stop for it Well, one has to learn some lessons the hard way; I put it down to the experience of learning. PS: Sorry, I should mention that I mainly work at 1:72 so, at your scale you might have some difficulty setting up spars etc. cheers Pat
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    A great diorama Greg, looks good and nicely detailed. I wonder though how they drink those beers on the Quarterdeck table with all that protective gear on I have enjoyed following this build. cheers Pat
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    Sorry to hear the news of the delayed recovery mate; best wishes for a better progress. cheers Pat
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    Good to hear you are on the recovery path Mark, I hope all continues to go well for you. Look forward to seeing the up[dates... and, I know whay you mean by the scales for older ewyes. 1:72 is straqting to do my head in also cheers Pat
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    Hi Richard. This is one (home-made) that I use with my Sherline. The idea is to cut a profile (template) in metal that is used as the master profile for as many duplicates as you need - works best with more complicated shapes but will work with a simple flat/tapered profile also. However, I usually use a compound slide to cut tapers on the Sherline, but that only works well over shorter distances. Hopefully the photos are self explanatory, but essentially, the cutter (top) will only cut as deep as the profile follower (bottom bar) and the template will allow. cheers Pat
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    Well here's raising a cup of very strong tea (only slightly laced with ...) to your success with the gingerbread Keith; that is some very nice work. We are becoming accustomed to your very fine work but you continue to impress us. cheers Pat
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    You are being too kind to the crew Keith - a good flogging to drive them up steeper ladders/stairs should be the order of the day Seriously though, Lula is coming along nicely, great work. cheers Pat
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    Interesting but very effective approach to cutting the tapers Richard. Appears this approach may be easier than setting up a shape follower (duplicator) arrangement. cheers Pat
  24. BANYAN
    Hi Bob, sorry I am late to this log; somehow missed it. Great job you are doing here in completing the model - she is looking very 'shmick' - Jim seems to approve. cheers Pat
  25. BANYAN
    OK, I'll continue the thread - fourth! Seriously, nice work Glen, looks really good, especially the proportions. cheers Pat

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