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  1. Gregory
    That's never stopped anyone before..😄
  2. Gregory
    I really like that decision.. Your planking looks like a fine piece of furniture.. Would be a shame to paint it.
  3. Gregory
    Sorry I didn't get back sooner, but didn't find what I thought I might have..
  4. Gregory
    Keith, I came across this when browsing through the drawings at Wiki Commons, and thought I remembered someone commenting in this regard. Whoever drew this didn't get the word..😁 Link to Wiki.
  5. Gregory
    The counter looks like an excellent preview of your usual planking prowess.. It's almost a pity the that the fancy stuff will hide your fine work in that area..
  6. Gregory
    I will look in my stuff and get back to you later...
  7. Gregory
    The Master Korabel boats are similar to the Falkonet, and you can find them at our sponsor Crafty Sailor.
  8. Gregory
    They look great! Those would work well for any 1:64 cutter..
  9. Gregory
    I 2nd that!
  10. Gregory
    here is a sketch from AOTS Royal Caroline that illustrates it rather well.
  11. Gregory
    That is probably because many kit plans and instructions often present it that way. If you dig a little deeper, you will find many build logs where that is not the case.
  12. Gregory
    That stern looks a lot like one of the Bounty replicas..
  13. Gregory
    The plan I used was to illustrate how the rudder post enters the transom and determine the position of the tiller. Not necessarily how you plan to build Sophie. Your plan doesn't show where the rudder post enters the counter.. That would determine where the tiller would lie.
  14. Gregory
    Well, no.. All ships with a wheel did not have the same amount of space below decks to accommodate tiller mechanics, but it would have been adequate for the tiller as designed. Where does your rudder enter the transom? What kind of space do you have at that point for the swing of the tiller?
  15. Gregory
    The cables would do that if space permitted, however you have to consider how far up into the boat the rudder post extends in your ship as she sits. Is there enough lateral room for the tiller to swing below the cabin?
  16. Gregory
    Any details about the results?
  17. Gregory
    Did Aubrey talk about the tiller and accompanying rigging that would have complemented a wheel? Your earlier drawings would put the tiller and cabling somewhere in the great cabin...
  18. Gregory
    Well, Tom says he wants to build according to the book, so I suspect Sophie will have a wheel..😀
  19. Gregory
    Definitely Historic Ship Models by Wolfram Zu Monfeld.. Considering they are free, any number of the instruction books available at ModelExpo would be my 2nd choice.. Particularly the one's by Chuck Passaro.. They are like tutorials that would apply to any number of ships besides the kit they are written for. A good example is the US Brig Syren Look down the page for the 20 part instructions. You will find similar if not as detailed, instructions for all Model Shipways kits.. They are not just instructions for the kit in question, they provide a lot of basic kit building and rigging information.
  20. Gregory
    Very nice look of the rudder! You may have it finished by the time you read this, but have you considered faking the Pintles and Gudgeons? The method is to pin the rudder to the stern post, then use card or tape to simulate the straps.. One of my pins is not as well hidden as it should be.. Do you see it?
  21. Gregory
    202mm x 64mm = 12,928 = 508.97638 inches = 42.4 feet, which sounds realistic for a beam of 30 feet..
  22. Gregory
    What was the reason given for his dissatisfaction?
  23. Gregory
    For future reference, if you know the measurements for the full size ship, you can divide that by the same dimension of the model and get an approximation.. Or Divide the full size dimension by the scale and see what you get. A length I see for Victory is 186 feet on the gun deck.. Divide by 98 and you get 1.897 feet or about 22.7 inches. So if your victory model is close to 23 inches on the gun deck, I would consider it close to 1:98.. Close enough that it is unlikely to be another common scale, such as 1:72 or
  24. Gregory
    The idea is to apply a heat source to the wet plank. Water is a better transferrer of heat than air. Not knowing how your steamer works, a small iron is probably better.. I believe a couple of our members use this or something similar .Steamfast SF-717 Mini Steam Iron
  25. Gregory
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