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    Your Indy continues to be an inspiration! If you have not already seen them you may find the plans of 28 foot and 32 foot pinnaces from RMG helpful as well. ZAZ7175 (low res) on the RMG Collections site and ZAZ173 (High res with list of scantlings on the Wiki Commons site.) The RMG plans are a little later than Indy so it might be have changed but ZAZ7175 shows every thwart has one thole set, alternating from port to starboard rather than two sets of tholes on every other thwart as it was single banked. Allan
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    WELCOME TO MSW!!!!! English please as many members do not speak Spanish. Google translator or other on-line translation websites work really well for the most part. The moderators will likely remove your email address in your post to save you from spammers. You can also send a private message to other members by clicking on their name if you do not want to post for the entire membership. The symposium sounds like a great gathering😀. Allan I hope the following translation is close. Hello Isidro. My name is Guillermo Gefaell and I am a naval engineer. Your father was a naval engineer and worked in Barreras in the 70s? If so, I met him and I liked him very much. I would like to contact you to inform you about a Symposium on Historic Ships that we have organized and that will take place at the Madrid Naval School on April 24 and 25. My email is XXXXXXXXXXXX A cordial greeting.
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    VERY NICE model. Question for your followers: How do you get the reef points to hang straight down so they are not sticking out away from the sails? I have had some success wetting the line in diluted white glue (or lacquer) and weighing each down with a small clip until it dries. If anyone has an alternative, that would be of great interest. Thanks in advance Allan
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    Kai, LOVELY first build! Changing to the Syren blocks was a wise decision. Question regarding the gammoning as I have not seen it done this way on any contemporary model or any drawings based on contemporary sources. Is this a kit instruction or was this actually done this way in some cases? Thanks Allan
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    Bienvenu Mic! Hope to see your work in the near future. Allan
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    Thank you very much Gregory. Thought it was interesting that it seemed to confirm the trapezoid shape more than 100 years earlier. Allan
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    Are you asking about the drawing Craig posted or ?? 😀 Thanks Allan
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    64 I did a couple desk top Armstrong Fredericks in 1:24 and it made for a nice change of pace type project. Give a shout if you want the carriage drawing. Allan
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    Story For the future, there are 11 high res plans of gunboats on the Wiki Commons RMG site as well as launches https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ship_plans_of_the_Royal_Museums_Greenwich. There are more in low res on the RMG Collections including a rigged armed launch. https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-85090 Allan
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    There is a picture of this area on the St. Albans on page 163 of The Master Shipwrights's Secrets by Richard Endsor. His information source is noted at the bottom left. Sorry the overall pic is askew. I rotated it in my drawing program so the cross sections are correct and show a vertical centerline for reference. Allan
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    Are you looking for Borgard, Armstrong, Armstrong Frederick, Blomefield or some other cannon pattern and carriages? These were all produced over various periods in the 18th century with obviously some overlap/carryover. Ron has been doing a fantastic job of making the barrel STLs available for 3D printing. The carriages also varied in design and construction. Examples follow. Chart of carriage dimensions from 1768 and 1775 are also attached below. Allan 1775
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    If this is for your clipper ship have you studied Ed Tosti's build log for the Young America? Shrouds are shown about page 78 and ratlines, some pages later. Regarding jackstays (are vertical jack stays something different?) you can use the search bar in the build log topic to find his many photos showing jackstays on the yards. Which book is this by Underhill (he wrote quite a few)? Can you please post a picture from figure 92. Allan
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    The fenders (skid beams) and steps are on both sides of the ship in most cases that I have seen. Note the two contemporary models from RMG below as just two examples. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of other examples on their website. Allan
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    Where ever possible I have gone to copper in place of brass. It is softer, so not applicable for everything, but the beauty is that it can be blackened instantly after being fixed in place with diluted liver of sulfur as this will not stain the wood. Brush on the LoS then brush some clean water and wipe dry. Allan
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    There do not appear to be any marks on the bulkheads for the widths of the strakes of planking. It is best explained in the Articles database here at MSW and in the planking videos by Chuck Passaro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCWooJ1o3cM Hope you don't mind the right side up pic of your model......😀 Allan
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    As most kits do not supply spiled planks, in addition to Mark's suggestion, the four videos by Chuck Passaro on planking will help you with the strip wood most kits provide . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCWooJ1o3cM is part one. The end result should look something like the below. Allan
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    Another great reason to forgo cloth sails as there is no cloth or sewing technique that is to scale if smaller than about 1:12 . Silkspan seems to be gaining a bigger following, and with very good reason.
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    This looks pretty good! What is the scale? Some kits now have gratings with laser cut holes and they look nice. Maybe include a shallow cut to indicate the run of the battens on top of the ledges as the battens always run fore and aft. Keep in mind that the openings should be no more than about 3" square. A big plus to making the grating first is that you can then fit the coaming and head ledges to fit. If the head ledges and coamings are made first and the gratings sanded to fit, there is the danger of there being open edges as in the second sketch below. Allan
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    Mediocre Ron's cannon drawings are top shelf and the printed pieces are fantastic. Regarding those for the Connie, did the museum curators offer you any detailed information? Allan
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    What English and Spanish patterns, calibers and lengths do you have ? Lengths are often a problem. For example designated 9 foot barrels (108") are not 9 feet long overall, but rather closer to 119". Thanks Allan
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    Dan, I have the draw plate you posted in the photo and the draw plate from Jim Byrnes. No comparison as to quality and accuracy as the Byrnes is superior in all aspects. I use bamboo for many things, including tree nails. I can take most bamboo species down to 0.016" which is the equivalent of 1" at 1:64 or 0.75" at 1:48. Bamboo skewers typically work best in my experience plus they are subtle in color in addition to being at the proper scale. I split the skewers so they can pass through the largest diameter hole then pass the piece through each hole two or three times at a slight angle, then to the next smallest hole until I get to the diameter I need. Donna Byrnes indicates accessories are available so you may be in luck. https://www.byrnesmodelmachines.com/drawplate5.html Allan
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    Hi Mediocre Welcome to MSW😀. It would be great if you posted a little introduction about yourself in the new member forum here at MSW. As this topic is about Blomefield pattern guns you may want to post your kind offer in a new topic as yours is something else and may attract a wider audience. The barrel in the last photo looks very nicely done, but I cannot place the pattern it represents. Allan
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    Monique There is a full set of high resolution drawings of the Enterprise (28) 1774 and her class on the Wiki Commons site that you might useful whether you are looking to build a kit, modify a kit, or scratch build. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ship_plans_of_the_Royal_Museums_Greenwich They are on page 8 and include drawings of the following. Enterprize (1774), Siren (1773), Fox (1773), Surprize (1774), Acteon (1775), Medea (1778), Serpine (1777), Andromeda (1777), Aurora (1777), Sibyl (1779), Brilliant (1779), Pomona (1778), Crescent (1779), Nemesis (1780), RMG There is a set for Enterprise 1848 as well, but obviously a totally different ship. Allan
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    Snipping off the end of any line can be tricky. I prefer using professional barber shears as they are so sharp, but many folks love nail clippers to snip the Irish pennant once the knot is finished. Allan
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    Welcome aboard! Is your dory kit the Antscherl designed kit from Model Shipways. If so, you picked the best starter available. With the three kit series, you will learn great skills and habits that will carry over to other very accurate and more complex models such as those from Syren Ship Models. Allan

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