OllieS
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If you flex the deck so it is concave with edges going up it will inevitably get stuck like a monkey with its fist in a jar of nuts. I think James H meant flexing the deck the other way with the edges lower than the middle, then it will easily lift out by bending slightly more.
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You may also not know that we have a social problem with homeless unemployed (and employed unfortunately) who camp out in shop doorways amongst other places. That was of course a joke. In reality a genuine site has been hijacked and altered is my guess. In Britain the website would be co.uk not .com
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The head office is a Poundland in Inverness Scotland. Presumably the CEO is sitting in the doorway.
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From what everyone has said it seems likely that the use of wales has evolved as the (gun)deck sheer became less pronounced Another point is that they may have had a predominant importance during construction to hold the framework before planking and gunports etc It also makes sense to me that the outer planking follows the wales just because it's so much easier to do.
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Ropes of Scale presumably have what you want. Their link is one of the side panel sponsors below recent replies here on MSW
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I have spent the last 18 months trying to turn the Occre Revenge into something I'm happy with using Amati builds on this site and the Kirsch Galleon book. With hindsight it would have been a lot simpler and quicker to buy the Amati kit, but that would have been a different occupation. It really depends what you want from your hobby i.e. more or less of an out-of-the-box build. I also agree that if you want sails you really need to make your own. Another great resource is Baker's Pelican build log on this site by the way.
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Cheerful build on hold....drop plank phobia
OllieS replied to bigcreekdad's topic in Wood ship model kits
This is not a model boat problem. iI's just another example of a the universal human problem which is the creation of the mental obstacle of perfection. You can't scale it, all you can do is keep going upwards at an angle to the slope you can cope with. It also helps to switch to another part of the same project to change the mood. Many people switch to a different project but this doesn't solve the initial problem. -
Rigging the Endurance by Occre
OllieS replied to David Enghauser's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
I don't have this model but hope this helps: 1. The lower shrouds are in pairs and in reality are looped around the mast one side pair and then the other. An easier modellers way is to pair through the platform one on each side as shown in the Occre Enduance video 61. on youtube. 2. Looks like those holes are just holes and nothing to do with the rigging. 3. Stays and shrouds then running rigging. You will make life easier if you do the ratlines after. You can then access ropes for belaying etc through the shrouds. Occre instructions mostly leave you to it at the rigging stage The belaying plan is the most useful diagram but it really helps if you have some understanding of what the various ropes are for. You will by the time you've finished. Good luck -
1/48 or 1/64? An impossible choice
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On the Jotika website there is some information on the research for Pickle which suggests a longer gundeck for the plans used which are closer to the (presumably accurate) Pickle length of 73 feet rather than what has already been mentioned above: Pickle How that relates to the kit and plans you have...? Book looks great and a bargain so on my shelf soon.
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There has to be an interpretation of Occre's motives that makes sense. These people know what they're doing. The only thing I can come up with is that this kit is aimed at those who happily make an out of the box Occre kit and then move on to the next one. For those people ie most people, this kit is the upgrade they want. ....anyway back to my Occre build which is not out of the box
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Also maybe standard wood sheets for laser cutting. You can just see someone setting the scale on the cutter to nicely fit the blank. Suddenly all those strange scales make sense: 1:46 Pilar; 1:54 Endeavour; 1:85 Revenge etc. Mamoli do the same thing. Given a choice I would prefer a standard scale to make a pleasing comparison between a collection of models like Vanguard's or Caldecraft's1:64
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Best Box btw
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So a partial POF with some better components of Victory.. I admire Occre for doing this. Anything that extends the hobby has to be a good thing and they are very active compared to others. I would be very interested to see an independant unboxing and kit review.
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I went to see Victory a couple of years ago. Research has been done on the many layers of paint and the colour has changed over time. As a child I remember a nice bright yellow for example. Now using the latest research scientist have determined the colour in 1805 and painted the ship accordingly. It is a horrible sort of pinkish beige. Nelson didn't like it and asked for some new paint apparently. At the time colours in quantity were very limited i.e. red ochre, yellow ochre, black and white and I'm guessing they were short on yellow. My next model will be Victory and I intend to use yellow ochre. Nelson would approve
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I would say find anything you really want to make (not too expensive, this is just the taster) and then just make it. Like a month or two. If you really want to make a very good static model then a small kit from Occre, Amati, Vanguard, Model Shipways... I know Occre but I suspect the best for hand-holding instructions is Vanguard. People like plastic hulls because they want them to float. Otherwise you'll have more fun and more choice with (static) wood builds.
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They seem very much a different scale probably 1:64
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This should not damage your enjoyment of model boats! The hobby is for you I think. I am very selfish in this regard. Maybe less so in future retirement The snapshot was someone's brilliant idea; you stay connected but the model (ling) is King. ...and I must use it myself.
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I wonder if for the scale you are using thick paper or card would be so much easier. Both are made of wood.
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Plank thickness
OllieS replied to ricky86's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
The Occre hull planks are 2x5mm and the deck planking is .6x5mm If you really did try to plank the hull with the deck planks that would end badly I would think. -
Kit review 1:48 La Renommée section - CAF Model
OllieS replied to James H's topic in REVIEWS: Model kits
CAF have 'induction coil LED lamp bead' on their site for $2 each and a 'wire transmission luminous system' , which is a larger induction coil, for $47. This is a great idea and generally useful for modelling -no wires! I haven't seen these mentioned anywhere else. Anyone with skills in electronics could make their own version quite easily I would think. -
Thanks. Perfect advice.
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I am trying to decide whether the mizzen mast on my Revenge should have a small lanteen sail above the large lanteen sail. The mast is set up with a top so there is certainly room for one (unlike the bonaventure) but various prints seem to show it on slightly later galleons and in the Kirsch book Galleon but not on earlier Elizabethan ships like the Revenge. So it looks like it wasn't normally used and if it existed then the spar was on the deck not aloft. I think the Amati Revenge does have this spar fitted but I'm not sure I want to follow that. Any help on this would be appreciated
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To add to this: I have been making my version of the OcCre Revenge for about a year. I am now fitting shrouds to tops on unstepped masts, in the sense that bits of thread now hang there. Along with the breast stays and the lift blocks tied to the mast (as was the fashion back then). Everything is nicely tamped down and sits tightly in the top with straggley bits below. The point being that everyone assumes that if you're building a tiny boat that makes you a tiny boatbuilder. This is not the case; as a modeller you have the flexibility to make life easier. Once I have the masts pretty much finished they will be set and stayed. As part of that ongoing experiment the sails will then be bent to yards and then the yards fitted. Most of the running rigging will then be set. Finally the shrouds will be set. The point of doing this is you get an open deck to rig; then the shrouds get in the way. Too much for a comment, sorry!
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Your careful style means a great future I would say. With your precision, thinking outside the box will add a great deal so you will want to read around when you feel like it. Probably the next one...
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