Gregory

Can someone have pity on a landlubber and tell me what the " hair bracket " is?

You can imagine what Google came up with.

I apologize if I'm being too much trouble, but I'm thinking of the end like this:

 Once I see the end of the box, i can tell you what I have in mind..

Thanks

Thanks!

Do you have a picture of the box ends?

I want to verify something from my youth?

There is also the option when building a POB kit, of using an offset strip a'la Chuck, down the center of the backbone ..

Image from Chuck's Cheerful instructions.

Notice the groove created by the rabbet strip, that serves as the rabbet at the stem.

Of course, kits that haven't provided separate parts for the stem, keel and sternpost, would not lend itself to this method.

This is far above anything available in a kit.  Beautiful work..

I don't think it would be unreasonable to try to recover some of your development cost in your pricing structure before the cheap knock-offs show up.

I know there is already a lot on your plate, but perhaps sometime in the future you could offer headrail upgrade kits for kits like Syren and Confederacy.

Here is a basic drawing from some of the  ModelShipways kits.

The idea, is that the final planking fits flush with the keel and stern post.  So the depth depends on the thickness of your planking material and whether or not you will be

doing single or double planking..

For instance, if the keel piece is 3/16  and your total planking material is 1/16, you would want the bearding line and rabbet  to be recessed 1/16 on each side of the keel piece.

Regardless of the thickness of the keel piece, the depth of the bearding line and rabbet needs to be the thickness of your planking.

There is tapering to be done, but you have to refine that as you go along.

I helped out in a school cafeteria for a while.

 Even though we are talking about simple dishes that the staff had prepared hundreds, if not thousands of times,

if a supervisor came through, and you did not have the recipe nearby, you would be severely reprimanded.

Reading them, is sometimes the only way to determine they are useless..😄

Now, if you would kindly show all the lines and their belaying points...😁

I see you answered your question, but keep in mind, you can do as much or little as you see fit.

While my decking would not survive a test of realistic accuracy, I got everything as close as I could within a mm or so, then used the waterway to fill any gap.

P.S.

Let me add one more thing.

When I glued my off the deck planking onto the false deck, I used yellow glue.  I had to take few minutes of smoothing and pressure with my fingers until the glue started setting up,

which it did pretty fast - 5-10 minutes

You mentioned you have a kit..    Which kit?

Does it have a rigging plan?

Big tease..

You might consider planking the deck off the model on card stock, or your file folder stock.

I do it on tracing paper, but this is when there is a false deck in place.

My quarterdeck..

Take a look in this index for Enterprise logs.

https://modelshipworld.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=644868

Consistent, rather than " various " scale lengths would be found most often and also look best..

Here is a pretty good example of some deck planking.

7 minutes ago, VTHokiEE said:

I apologize for all these minor updates,

Apologize?  It's your log..😁

I think blocks look better if they are darker than the usual light colored blocks that come in kits.

Some oil or varnish improves the appearance IMO..

If you look in this index of  logs, you will find about 20 for Lady Nelson.

https://modelshipworld.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=641465

Several of them are finished and should give you a lot of information to work with.

I believe it is for cutting angles without tilting the blade..

Someone correct me if I'm wron..

1 hour ago, shipman said:

Makes $0.99 for 20 look pathetic. 

Not sure why you say that.. 920 hooks for 47 euro.  & $56 US..   What is shipping?

This is a snip from Dafi.  Largest size is 2mm

These from Crafty Sailor ( Falkonet )

The ones from Crafty Sailor look better IMO and are available in six sizes from 2mm to 5mm..

You can get 1,120 for $56..

I'm sure Dafi's are good stuff, and a better price if you count the  eyebolts  and don't need anything larger than 2mm, but maybe not the best option for the US.

My time is worth more than $.05 per hook..  🙂

2 hours ago, mtdoramike said:

I don't see how they can make them for 99 cents.

 

But I'm hooked on both counts.

 I stocked up on them a while back. 

They look just like the picture, and the 2mm ones are as good as you could make at that size.

I think they will be great for ~1:48 cannon tackle.

Look nice, but not priced very competitively..

Check these out at one of our sponsors:

Crafty Sailor

20 Pieces $0.99

I'm rebooting this because I recently came across this five part documentary..

SS United States: Made in America

A nice walk down memory lane.

I remember seeing the Revell kit at the five and dime in the 50's...  It's price, probably less than $5 at the time was way out of my budget..

Don't forget, you can always scrape the profile on bigger stock then slice it off..