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Just a thought, but have you considered making your own? Re: Korabel, keep in mind possible boycotts. Allan
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Hi Jorge, Your workmanship looks great! A question, hope you don't mind. What are the holes in the picture below for? They look to be for belaying pins, but this ship would not have any belaying pins in real life as they were not used until about 1745 thus my question. Also, the openings in gratings were about 2.5"-3" or about 0.05" (1.25mm) at your scale, so a seaman's foot or heal would not get stuck in the openings. These look about double that size but it may just be the angle of the photo. Allan
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Well done!! Seeing a framed model of a schooner is a pleasure especially considering your beautiful workmanship. Looking forward to the next post. Allan
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Vanda-Lay treenail maker
allanyed replied to JerryC's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
Hi Tolis, Welcome to MSW!!! Assuming it is a ship, what ship are you building and to which scale? Allan -
Mark VERY interesting explanation, thanks for sharing! Allan
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Tiziano Are the two colors of wood used on the foremast partners different types of wood or was one stained? I really like the contrast as it shows the individual pieces very clearly. Looking forward to the next post!! Allan
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I am also a fan of 3D resin printed cannon barrels. The trick is getting or making your own STL drawings which is another skill that takes practice. Once done, at least they can be scaled by the printer so no need to have a new drawing for every scale. Allan
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These may be a haphazard set of photos but they show your skills, which are formidable!! Allan
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Hi Jonathan, The tops of the bitt pins around the fore mast would usually be about 42" +/- above the deck (14mm at 1:75) and the cross piece about 28"-30" (9mm-10mm at 1:75) The ones in the photo look to be much higher, but it may just be the photo. If you look at some of the high resolution contemporary inboard profile drawings on the Wiki Commons site you can see what I mean. While these are different ships, the contemporary drawings would be closer to the actual dimensions. For one of a number of examples go to https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ship_plans_of_the_Royal_Museums_Greenwich and scroll down to Essex 1741 RMG 3912.png Allan
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Dave Your wood work really is clean and looks great! Regarding the copper sheathing, I think the tape you mentioned using in the past would look far more realistic. Those giant pimples on the kit supplied material really detract from any model if realism is a consideration. Allan
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Welcome to MSW Gene. It is hard for me to find time to work on models living in SW Florida, but if I was in the Keys, it would be even more difficult as the fishing and snorkeling is too good to pass up unless the wind is blowing too hard. Which of the 200 miles of Keys are you on? Our biggest population of part timers here in the Naples area are from Minnesota and none of them are heading north before May. You must love the cold to be heading back in March 😀 Allan
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Grey, Study the build logs here at MSW on any kit you are considering and compare to contemporary models and you will see the collection of mistakes in many kits, especially OcCre, Artesania and some others. They are are more like someone's fantasy than a realistic looking vessel from incorrect planking methods to out of scale and inappropriate parts. As you are a beginner, look at the David Antscherl series at Model Shipways. They will teach you skills that you can carry forward to other more complex kits or possibly scratch building at some point. Allan
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Do you use these, comments?
allanyed replied to Dave_E's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Totally agree with Eberhard's statement. They will cause more mistakes than doing things the old fashioned way. If the third pieces are proposed to be used for rigging, as posted above, make your own, buy some cheap dental tools, or tap your dentist for worn out tools. Allan -
https://www.mcmaster.com/wire-brushes-rotary/ Scroll down a page or two and there are a number of choices Allan
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Mr. Baron You are not the only one to have sent their fleet to the bottom with M80s. Cherry bombs did a good job as well.😀 Welcome aboard Allan
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Nicely put together! I realize it is typical of OcCre's numerous mistakes in their kits but I just don't understand why they continue showing the use of belaying pins on these older vessels when they were not used until about 1745. Allan
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Hi Roger I am very curious to know which books you gave away or better, which you use on a somewhat regular basis. I have about 40 or 50 books I rarely, if ever, use and could probably let go and not miss them. There are another dozen that get used once in a while and my top 15 or so that I reference on a regular basis depending on the project and/or item I am dealing with. Thanks Allan
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With Seawatch closed and no new ownership solidified it is a bit crazy with many of the books they offered for sale. IF there are any copies left in their inventory you can get pricing by going on their website )https://www.seawatchbooks.com) which gives an email address to contact for more information on their stock of books. Allan
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Forming a garboard
allanyed replied to rudybob's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
THAT was funny Gregory!! -
Forming a garboard
allanyed replied to rudybob's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
Spiling (with one "l") 😀 is a great way to go per Gregory's post. There is a very good tutorial on this here at MSW. https://thenrg.org/resources/Documents/articles/APrimerOnPlanking.pdf Allan -
Peter Have you studied the planking tutorials? There appears to be no taper to the planks you have installed so you will run out of the space needed to land them at the rabbet where they should be. If the planks are not tapered properly you will wind up with this, which no shipwright would have ever considered.
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Eberhard I agree that it seems like the kit makers do indeed follow the old protocols as you describe rather than doing any research into contemporary practices. Three of the worst offenders to me include the belaying pins on ships that would not have had any or if they do belong are the size of bowling pins , gratings that look like dividers in a card board box, and copper sheathing with giant rivet heads instead of small nails. Allan
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Touché Roger!!! My first book was from Davis followed by Longridge (quite a leap, I know) I no longer have the Davis book by I remember it inspired me to get my tool collection started including my first table saw and planer and start building model ships. I guess I can say his book cost me a fortune over the years, but it also led me to thousands of hours of pleasure in my little shop space which has value far beyond money. Allan
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Hi Sonny Thanks for that lead for the videos. I did some searching and found his episode 60 on HMS Victory which has him making the sheathing. I cannot speak for the rest of his videos, but this particular episode really is a disservice to those trying to research how the coppering really looked. He makes the incorrect huge pimples like most kit plates have rather than tiny dents which would have been correct. Cheers Allan
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To which parts are you specifically referring? Allan
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