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    I understand that the center eye bolt in the following cropped portion of the painting by Daniel MaClise (The Death of Nelson) circa 1860, is for the training tackle, but what are the outboard eyebolts at the rear of the cheeks for? These are Bromefiled pattern carriages. I have not seen these on other carriage drawings but would like to see these on contemporary drawings if they are indeed supposed to be there. Note that there is no handle on the quoin and I understand that they were not on all quoins. Must have been a bit difficult to maneuver it without a handle. Allan
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    Just checked in on your build again and I think it is gorgeous. The details are top notch!! Allan
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    Welcome aboard Andy. Your model looks lovely and I hope you will be starting a build log on a future project. Allan
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    Druxey, Mark Porter steered me to that site and I found it to be extremely helpful. I would recommend it as a good read for anyone wanting to get into transcribing the old contracts. It's all part of the fun of the research we do before making any sawdust.
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    OK Keith, summers in Michigan and winters here. Allan
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    Rick, in my profile I put my email address in the MSN and YAHOO lines and it seems to work. Otherwise I have sent PMs with my email address in the PM itself to whoever I wanted to email me. There is probably an easier way, but I am not sure what that is. Maybe one of the moderators will add to this. Allan
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    It is bad enough when reading in typeset, but when in long hand, oh my goodness, it is a chore to transcribe. It has literally taken hours for me to transcribe a single page of some contracts. Others are a breeze, mostly depends on the scribe. Oh, and don't forget the use of capital letters for all nouns, spelling compared to today, and then not always as consistent as one would think from scribe to scribe. And a number of contracts I have gone through have multiple scribes as it easy to see the different handwriting on different pages. Below is a small example. I cannot show more as there are personal use agreements for the contract as a whole which is 9 pages long. Allan
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    Larry, I would edit your post and get rid of the email address. It will open you to all kinds of spam. You can have your email address in your profile for members only to have access.
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    Dave, Understood, they are laminating rather than assembling as was done in actual practice. The only problem is that when the wales are laid in as another strake of planking, it parallels the strakes next to it but this does not seem to be the case in the photos above. Regarding sealing and sanding I would think that this would be done after all the planking is complete rather than doing it with the second layer of planking and then the wales done separately. If you sealed the planking then glued on the laminate to represent the wales, were there any issues with the glue bonding to the sealed planks? With the sealer, I would worry that this would block the glue from penetrating and make the wales susceptible to delaminating in the future. Allan
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    Dave, Not sure what you mean. The wales are just another strake, but of thicker material and go on as you are putting in the other planking. Why would you leave them off and then try to add them later? I am probably missing something here, so my apologies if I am a little dense this morning. Below sketch is how I envision this and it may not be what the kit suggests. Allan
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    And please give my hearty thanks to your son as well!!! Allan
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    Thanks for sharing your methods Keith! I have two wishes --- One, you would move to Ave Maria, Florida and two, you would give classes in the use of a milling machine. Allan
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    For what it's worth, Lees writes a bit about the martingale stay being spliced round the the dolphin striker and the martingale backstay being seized in the bight round the striker but makes no mention of these lines being served. Allan
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    Welcome Gregg from a frequent visitor to Lansing, KS. Not that it has a lot of attractions for tourists, but our youngest and his family settled there when he retired from the Army. Allan
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    Belated welcome Richard. Take a look at the planking tutorials and other tutorials as well as the build logs here at MSW. There is a wealth of information on proven techniques and everything from glue to tools to study. As a relative beginner in this type of modeling, you may spend more time in class than in the lab for the first build, but it is well worth it. Allan
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    Jon, Your post is the best response on one my build logs I have ever received. THANK YOU VERY MUCH for sharing!!! Allan
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    I agree with Eberhard. I made cutters of brass in the past much as he describes, to cut axles and such, and for hardwood like box or similar, they would not hold up for thousands of treenails without continually having to sharpen them. Carbon steel that is hardened is the way to go. In the end, I believe a drawplate is faster and will work with the tiny sizes most of us need. Gregory, when you say softwood, which are you referring to? Just curious. Thanks allan
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    Hi Allen, Can you post couple photos. Thanks Allan
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    I suppose I am one of many that get joy out of the details. Alas, this also brings a LOT of agita because it can be difficult, if not impossible, to achieve at times depending on the object and the scale involved. As you had done with Dove, I set aside this project for about 7 years before picking it up again, and am once again torn as to what is more fun for me, ships from the 18th century and earlier, or schooners from the late 19th century into the 20th century. Allan
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    Looking forward to your progress reports Jim. How well done are the plans from the Smithsonian? Allan
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    I would like to also offer my sincere condolences Doris. Your work, especially in the clay decorations has inspired me to give it a thorough try on my next project. Allan
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    I truly envy you having access to the inner most parts of Ernestina. It would almost be worth spending a winter in the frigid tundra of Maine!! Allan
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    Rick, Per our earlier conversation, at the time of Trafalgar, the carriages, at least for the 32's and 24's would have likely been the 1795 design which had cleats on the sides and breasts on the front edges of the brackets. Perhaps other members can shed some light on this. I have attached the portion of the painting The Death of Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar by Daniel Maclise that shows these items. These are addressed with some detail in The History of English Ordnance, Volume II, pp 379-80 Allan
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    With the main mast stepped and secure, time to work on the shrouds. For the Effie size and late 19th century she has three shrouds on each side for both the main and foremast. The shrouds are galvanized steel, 3.25" in circumference and painted black. Having totally failed using wire in the past, I have painted appropriate line black. In this case I am using 0.025 diameter line from Syren. Easy enough to put a full coil in a small jar of watered down acrylic paint, give a few shakes then hang the line to dry. A small clip for weight on the end prevents shrinkage or kinks as it dries. Because the line is steel and the deadeyes are wood, canvas was wrapped around the line where it went around the upper deadeye then painted white. Same thing where the shroud goes round the mast head. I used silkscreen painted with tubed acrylic titanium white and glued with matte medium and wrapped it around the line as can be seen in the photo. I went overly long as the shroud was spliced then served from the deadeye upwards for a few inches (at scale) so the serving covered the excess "canvas" on the model shroud. As there are three shrouds, the foremost was a swifter as described by Chapelle in his notes in The American Schooners. The swifter was cut spliced with one shroud starboard, one port. The next two are paired, with the starboard going on first. Allan
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    With those sizes, there-in may have been the problem getting anyone to buy these. For a 1:96 scale those are 2 to 3.5 inch diameter treenails which are way over scale. Still would be a good fit for 1:48 scale, not so much for 1:64. Allan

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