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Gregory reacted to S.Coleman in To use full length planks or not. (EDIT BY MOD)
Its best on a double planked hull to use full length planks on the first layer, This way you get the nice even shape of the hull. Then the second layer with scale planks are easily layed with the right contours.
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Gregory got a reaction from Sargon in To use full length planks or not. (EDIT BY MOD)
Here is an example of something I am working on.
I think it depends on the model, and the desired effect.
I like a wood finish rather than paint, and with this in mind, using various ( scale? ) plank lengths, creates an interesting look, that might not be as
effective when painting.
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Gregory got a reaction from reklein in To use full length planks or not. (EDIT BY MOD)
Here is an example of something I am working on.
I think it depends on the model, and the desired effect.
I like a wood finish rather than paint, and with this in mind, using various ( scale? ) plank lengths, creates an interesting look, that might not be as
effective when painting.
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Gregory got a reaction from mtaylor in Run of Main Stay
Meant to add, as popeye2sea mentioned, moving it forward very much would interfere with the foresail..
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Gregory got a reaction from mtaylor in Run of Main Stay
There are several images in another thread..
This one has the main stay attaching near the fore mast..
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Gregory got a reaction from mischief in To use full length planks or not. (EDIT BY MOD)
Here is an example of something I am working on.
I think it depends on the model, and the desired effect.
I like a wood finish rather than paint, and with this in mind, using various ( scale? ) plank lengths, creates an interesting look, that might not be as
effective when painting.
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Gregory got a reaction from src in Run of Main Stay
Meant to add, as popeye2sea mentioned, moving it forward very much would interfere with the foresail..
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Gregory got a reaction from src in Run of Main Stay
There are several images in another thread..
This one has the main stay attaching near the fore mast..
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Gregory got a reaction from riverboat in To use full length planks or not. (EDIT BY MOD)
Here is an example of something I am working on.
I think it depends on the model, and the desired effect.
I like a wood finish rather than paint, and with this in mind, using various ( scale? ) plank lengths, creates an interesting look, that might not be as
effective when painting.
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Gregory got a reaction from druxey in Trying to understand the functions of some rigging components.
It would seem that Peterssen's problem would be with the models he chose to document, unless there is a reason to believe he did not
accurately report what he observed.
Seems a bit ironic, in that contemporary models are often the go-to authority in these discussions.
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Gregory reacted to grayarea in Armed Virginia Sloop by grayarea - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:48 - First Wood Ship Build
I'm still plugging away, an hour here and an hour there. It's summertime and the basement workshop gets moist and unpleasant. So I keep the model on the dining room table (I'm on borrowed time with that), and carry it downstairs when I work on it.
I'm literally tying up loose ends - coils. I'm down to my last 10 or 12 of them, all at the bow. After than, I just have to put in the swivel guns and the flagstaff on the stern, and it will be done.
I'm starting to think about a display case, and am realizing it involves tools I don't own.
All the bites that hold the coils together are real; I made them the way I was taught when I was first learning to sail. As everyone here surely knows, getting them to lay or hang naturally is no small trick. Here's what it looks like.
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Gregory got a reaction from mtaylor in Hatch covers
Except for refinements and materials, everything is pretty much the same as it was hundreds of years ago..
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Gregory reacted to JerseyCity Frankie in Topmast crosstree dimensions.
Here is how I THINK you can arrive at the dimension you're looking for: look to the t'gallant shrouds, these are the ones that pass through the tips of your crosstrees. If they were to continue down to the hull on a mathematically straight line-after passing through the tips of the crosstrees- they would hit the channels on the same for-and-aft line as all the rest of the standing rigging lower deadeyes on the channels. So the imaginary line I'm describing is the Hypotenuse of a right triangle that uses the mast and the deck as the other two legs. You should be able to make a simple diagram using tracing paper over your plan, OR measure off the model itself if you have the mast components ready and you can measure them.
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Gregory reacted to JerseyCity Frankie in Blocks, making and supporting.
There are rope stropped blocks that have a fiber line Eye seized into one or both ends of a block and these can also have an iron hook if the grommet that makes up the rope strop is first worked with an iron eye in it before the block is assembled. Then there are internaly stropped blocks which have flat bar stock as a strop. Only the bent end emerges from the block. Again an iron hook can be incorporated at the outset into the blocks structure. Not all blocks will have hooks on them. I would say well less than a third on a typical rig. Hookless rope stropped blocks are fixed with seizing and hookless internaly stropped blocks are fixed with shackles. There's a LOT of block variations within both types I've described but this is the general picture. I do not know when internaly metal stropped blocks came in but certainly it was before the 20th century, going by old photos.
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Gregory got a reaction from John Allen in Blocks, making and supporting.
Do you have more information; pictures , of what you are referring to?
I recently posted a tip about attaching hooks to blocks..
A little CA goes a long way..
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Gregory got a reaction from thibaultron in Blocks, making and supporting.
Do you have more information; pictures , of what you are referring to?
I recently posted a tip about attaching hooks to blocks..
A little CA goes a long way..
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Gregory reacted to JerseyCity Frankie in Where are my braces?
In the deck view drawing there are some bigass cleats set right into the deck at that location so if it was me I'd take the sheet through the bulwark sheave right to that after most cleat.
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Gregory got a reaction from mtaylor in Rigging Question (Probably first of many!)
If you will notice, the number and set-up of those stays of your 50 gun ship, appears identical to Petersson's frigate.
As far as belaying, taking the natural lead of the line to the closest pin, while avoiding interference with other lines, will probably not get you in trouble with any Admiral who may view your work.
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Gregory got a reaction from mtaylor in Rigging Question (Probably first of many!)
An excellent resource is Rigging Period Ship Models by Lennarth Peterson
Here is a sample that covers your question.
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Gregory got a reaction from mtaylor in Bowsprit 'Steps' not Step
If I'm not mistaken, the Constitution has steps on the bowsprit.
Seems like a convenient thing to have on a large ship..
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Gregory got a reaction from MEDDO in Bowsprit 'Steps' not Step
If I'm not mistaken, the Constitution has steps on the bowsprit.
Seems like a convenient thing to have on a large ship..
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Gregory got a reaction from piratepete007 in Bowsprit 'Steps' not Step
If I'm not mistaken, the Constitution has steps on the bowsprit.
Seems like a convenient thing to have on a large ship..
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Gregory got a reaction from davyboy in Rigging Question (Probably first of many!)
If you will notice, the number and set-up of those stays of your 50 gun ship, appears identical to Petersson's frigate.
As far as belaying, taking the natural lead of the line to the closest pin, while avoiding interference with other lines, will probably not get you in trouble with any Admiral who may view your work.
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Gregory got a reaction from md1400cs in Rigging Question (Probably first of many!)
An excellent resource is Rigging Period Ship Models by Lennarth Peterson
Here is a sample that covers your question.
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Gregory got a reaction from Bluto 1790 in Rigging Question (Probably first of many!)
If you will notice, the number and set-up of those stays of your 50 gun ship, appears identical to Petersson's frigate.
As far as belaying, taking the natural lead of the line to the closest pin, while avoiding interference with other lines, will probably not get you in trouble with any Admiral who may view your work.
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