Luis Felipe
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Hi Wladimir, that will be excellent, please tell me what do I need to do, thanks, saludos, LFG
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Hi Gentlemen, will be feasible to obtain a copy of this laser cut pieces? Will help a lot in my upcoming Staghound project.
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Hi, congratulations, at the scale that you are working achieve this level of realism and detail is a major achievement. Looking fwd, are the hull plans ready?
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Hi, may be that this reference can be useful, browsing in the WEB I found these very detailed plans for the Flying Fish, done by Mr. Bradner, in particular this of the bulkwarks, It shows the ventilations pipes allocation. Also one specific on the ventilators. Probably will be easy to find it in the web. Flying_Cloud_Bradner_bulwarks.pdf Flying_Cloud_deck_ventilators.pdf
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Finally, an Staghound:
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Als o, I try to compare the lines of the several references, pls forgive my poor use of digital tools. The lines are those of the Monthly Nautical Magazine, Chapelle, & Crotters. More or less the lines somehow coincide.
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Hi, may be this other finds in the web can be useful:
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Also, in the Crothers book there is a midship section, in this picture is overlapped on the hull lines:
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Hi Rob: Congratulations for this new exiting project. I have been also looking at it, but no ready yet to start the woodworking. Adding some pictures and my initial drawings..
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Thanks for your advice and support, let me start another thread for the Staghound and try to dig & research, and of course, interexchange opinions, you all know that any of this project is a long run, so in the mean time lets see what we can find.
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This drawing? do you know the source? There is any clue about bow the decoration?
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Excellent!! seriously look ing into "Staghound" , it seems to me that is like a "conceptual ship" that set the foundation for the upcoming McKay successful ships.
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Many thanks again, what a nice picture of Sir Lancelot. Its interesting that depicts white masts and also white cabins, deck arrangements are the ones of the Sir Lancelot, also depicts davits, davits appear in some representations and models and by example Mr. McNarry does not include davits in its models. There is a beautiful model of the Red Jacket by Donald McNarry, very handsome ship, will check also the WILD PIGEON. About the Stephen D. Hopkins book "Red Jacket" I have been looking but it is not available anywhere, so Mr. ClipperFan if you have some scans I will appreciate a lot if you can share it with us. By the way, did you know that here in Chile we have still afloat the ship " Huascar" commissioned by the Peruvian Navy in 1864 to Lairs Brothers, Birkenhead, England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huáscar_(ironclad) https://huascar.cl/ Thanks Again. Saludos from Chile, LFG.
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Many thanks for your recommendations and support. I will start studying the material that I already have plus the books that will arrive soon. Anyway, this is not a decision that will be taken in the short term, I need to recover the enthusiasm after the last "pandemic" sprint that was required to complete Sir Lancelot". In relation to the Stephen D. Hopkins book, Red Jacket let me see if I can find a used copy somewhere, I really like to go over these books, help me to dream about being on board this magnificent hand-made machines that combine 0 emissions with outstanding beauty.
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Hi, thanks again, just order the Chapelle´s books, will arrive first or second week of Oct. Will see what I can find on the NRG. Saludos from Chile, LFG.
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Hi, many thanks for your advice, Davy Crocket is interesting, at first browse there is very few to use, a plan with the hull lines, a couple of low resolution model photos and that is, no deck plans no sails plan to be used as references. James Baines and Comet are listed on the William L. Crothers "The American-Built Clipper Ship", I found also few references for Snow Squall. By the other hand is Young America, and I agree is Ed. Tosti phenomenal achievement and an excellent choice for accuracy. I believe that you have provide me a good starting point, I will continue looking on this ships to see what I can find. Thanks again.
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Now I would like your advice to start the research for my next project, I would like to build an American clipper, there are several options: Flying Cloud: Very well documented, full set of plans available, appealing ( I read Flying Cloud: The True Story of America's Most Famous Clipper Ship and the Woman Who Guided Her See more) and its a very good history. Sovereign of the seas, I got the E. Armitage McCann book "How to make a Clipper Ship Model" documentation is basic, will require much more research. Young America, it seems that its fully documented in three books Modeling the Extreme Clipper YOUNG AMERICA 1853 Volume I, II and III by Edward Tosti, sounds interesting. Flying Fish, I got the Instruction book from BEN LANFORD, may be that I also can get a set of plans. What do you Think fellow clipper fans?
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Hi, finally Sir Lancelot goes into its glass display, I must then declared the model "Finished".
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Hi, this is a very impressive & fine work, congratulations. I was wondering on how are you able to obtain this light grey color on the deck, the wood color when is exposed to the sun and elements?
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Thanks for watching and for your motivating comments. Now the case, case size is 100x39x64cms, this is 39"x15"x25". Wood is some variety of Acacia, brittle but nice color and grain. The plan is use standard glass adding after a layer of UV Protection film. Also it will include a brief review and a couple of images of Sir Lancelot "on the trade".
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Hi, just want to say that you are doing an amazing job, the rigging details are superb and there is a high degree of coherence and harmony all over your work, its truly inspiring. In relation to wood carving, to prepare the wood for figures carving some artisans just cook the wood, yeap, this is put the piece of wood in a pot with boiling water, somehow this soften the grain easing the details carving. Again, great job. Saludos, LFG
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Hi, updated pictures, almost done!
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Some other reference pictures of a 1947 model of Sir Lancelot from the WEB and an amazing model of its sister ship ARIEL that may be interesting:
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Another interesting fact is that Sir Lancelot was initially fitted with Iron Masts but was completely dismasted in its second voyage in Dec 13, 1866. Quoting Mr. Mc Greggor “She was hastily re-rigged in six weeks with a set of Oregon pine masts with proven satisfactory”. The incident is very well described in the Basil Lubbock book the China Clippers. So, modelling decisions again, I decided to use wood for all the masts and maintain the single roller-reefing topsail with Cunningham´s patent on the mizen as shown on the Dutton´s lithograph.
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In relation to the deck plan, there are also variations, At that time I decided to follow the Sir Lancelot Deck Plan of David R. Mc Gregor (1969), what I believe proves right and coincides with the Mr. McNarry choice:
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