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  1. On 3/24/2024 at 7:56 AM, S.Coleman said:

    CA glue will just get crystallised after awhile and break apart.

    If it crystallizes, then there is something wrong with the formula, or the way it was used. Properly cured CA is just plastic, with fibers penetrating the wood, creating a mesh that is stronger than wood in some regards.  
    The bond can break under shear stress, but this is unlikely to happen with planking, and not any more so than PVA.

    The times I have seen a CA joint come apart there was always shared wood on the two pieces, which means the wood broke before the glue did.

  2. 43 minutes ago, Sceatha said:

    One question that came up (sorry if I missed it in your log) is how you treated the bowsprit length.

    I can't say that I used any verifiable reference..   I'm sort of a " if it looks good ( to me ) it is good " modeler.   I think I more or less settled on the length shown in the kit plans.  

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    The kit shows a jib boom as well as a bowsprit and I feel it has a balanced look, that I decided to go with.

  3. If you look at my Resolution build you will see that the Corel kit is based on the lines of Ferret.  
    Corel forgoes the gammoning and rigs the bowsprit much like what is found on the later cutters.

    I have yet to see any ship similar to this.  The Corel kit has many features that deviate from actual practice, so there is no good reason to assume their treatment of the bowsprit is based on good evidence.

     

    While the contemporary lines of Ferret says the ship is a cutter rigged sloop, I believe this relates more to the mast placement and sail arrangement and doesn’t account for a moveable bowsprit like found on cutters.

     

    PS

    FWIW The gammoning you see in the Chapelle drawing is based on educated conjecture and not the drawings he references.

  4. On 3/13/2024 at 7:57 AM, mediocremodeler said:

    The “basketweave” can be delineated with a knife and ruler in a minute or two. 

    Since you have a laser, have you considered making pieces like these:

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    ... and laying battens in the slots?

     

    Your laser cut gratings do look good as they are.  Nice square holes.  Some lasers don't do that very well at these small sizes.

     

  5. On 3/11/2024 at 1:47 PM, Bob Cleek said:

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    There are relatively few knots that are requred. Once you've mastered a simple reef or square knot, a half hitch, and a clove hitch, and how to secure a line to a horned cleat you should pretty much have all you need. None are complex knots. You can find all of them demonstrated on YouTube.

    Well said..   The biggest challenge is deciding which knot to use in order to “model” the look of actual practice.

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