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Do you have any sources for the model? The cover of Marquardt's Anatomy of the Ship book shows a relatively sharp bow, as does this contemporary painting at the National Maritime Museum..
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FWIW The long guns on HMS Victory and USS Constitution use the double + single block arrangement as seen in your plans..- 61 replies
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A picture would help..
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Just a thought Chris, you might consider a built up stem of 2 or more pieces where you can get the grain to follow the long axis as much as possible. You are way ahead of me in doing this sort of thing, but I am just learning with a laser cutter, and experimenting with fabricating some embellishments to one or more of the kits I am working on. One of them is the Corel Resolution kit, that comes with the typical veneer stem, keel and stern.. I orient my pieces to align with the grain of the stock I'm using. Still in the early prototype stage for me, but I hope to improve as I go along..
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Just noticed a new post to this topic.. Just curious.. I'm wondering how a selection of only 20 kits is a problem for a first time builder?
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You will also find that the hoops that hold the sail to the mast will add traction down the length of the mast and also provide points to add a touch of white glue..
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I believe the weight of the boom pretty much keeps the sail taught at that point. Someone with more knowledge than me might be able to add to this or correct me..
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Here is an online copy of The Elements and Practice of Rigging And Seamanship, 1794.. I didn't see anything about oars.. I'm still looking.. This appears to be what we are looking for. The Elements and Practice of Rigging, Seamanship, and Naval Tactics It is a four volume set, but further googling provided information about oars in volume one. There are excerpts here: GoogleBooks But no complete free version that I can find.
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Roger, Do you have Steele Handy? What does it say about a boat of 14 feet?
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Looking for tips before beginning Charles W Morgan
Gregory replied to spars's topic in Wood ship model kits
You might consider looking at this topic and tidying up build log title.. Before you post your build log please read this - Starting and naming your build log -
Walnut Wood
Gregory replied to scottpollack's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
While my link took you to the ModelExpo sheet wood, there walnut strips should be good also. They have always been good about taking stuff back if you are not happy with it.. -
The model kits can also be found on eBay. They show some closeups of finished model details, and they don't look very good IMO.. CSS Virginia for example.. P.S. Just saw Kurt's post; perhaps some kits are better than others...
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Walnut Wood
Gregory replied to scottpollack's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
I know there has been some questionable 'boxwood' strips from Modelexpo, but I have recieved some excellent walnut, cherry and mahogany sheets from them. Spend $100 and get free shipping ( while promo lasts ).. WOOD SHEETS At ModelExpo -
In a fabric store or Amazon, you are looking for " tulle " or millinery netting. It would probably require an inspection to check the size of the weave.. Too bad it is sold by the yard, when the need is only a few square inches.. A place like JoAnn's might give you a small free sample, which might be all you need..
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Here are some drawings from Mondfeld. The illustrations are for a double wheel, but you should be able to adapt the design for a single wheel.. You can also check out the excellent ship's wheel kits that Chuck has at Syren Ship Model Co.
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Plank Bender....
Gregory replied to dvlp47's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
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I understand why a painting would not be a primary source.. However, I have often seen them referenced here for other details, including colors, for other parts of a ship. Why not sails? P.S. I notice in James' review of the cutter Alert kit:
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I would also think that contemporary paintings would be a good indication of color..
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To find out what someone is willing to pay, see if you can display it in a consignment shop and put a price of at least 2x the price of the kit, and see what kind of offers you get.
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It's going to be exciting to see these kits show up in the build logs! I would contribute to a fund, to award one of Chris' captain figures to a builder who has reached the rigging stage..😁
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If this is one of the older Mamoli kits, and not laser cut, they are notorious for having out of shape parts. It looks like you are coping well...
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If they are not synthetic, you might try wetting them down with water.. They might shrink some.
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I build guitars, so why not model ships?
Gregory replied to cooltouch's topic in New member Introductions
A good compromise between a scratch build and a kit is Chuck Passaro's Cheerful starter package... You can download the instructions and see step by step what you will be doing, before buying the package.. In addition to what you get in the starter package, you can see that Chuck offers a lot of options for purchasing additional parts and mini-kits for details or build them all yourself from the very detailed full size plans.. There is also an extensive build log here at MSW, that documents Chuck's development of the kit.. You will also find many completed and in progress, build logs here at MSW for this ship... Check it out... -
Why do I suspect you are messing with me? I'm a " if it looks good, it is good " kind of person...
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In what context is it measured by circumference? All the rope I can find for sale seems to be listed with diameter and length. E-rigging for one example.. The rope I'm mostly working with right now is about .6mm in diameter.. I'm not sure how knowing the circumference would help me at this point.
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