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allanyed reacted to Dr PR in rigging in front of yard arms?
Buntlines were rigged in front of the yard.
The lines attached to the bolt rope at the foot of the sail. From there they ran up the front of the sail to blocks or thimbles attached to the front of the yard. After passing through the block/thimble the line passed over the yard to another block fastened under the top, above and behind the yard. From there the line ran down to the deck.
There were several variations with different types and numbers of blocks. But I think in all cases the buntlines ran up the forward side of the sail and yard.
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allanyed reacted to Jaager in rigging in front of yard arms?
Sails are not attached to yard arms. They are attached to yards. The arms are the sections at the end of the larger yards with a step down diameter.
Yardarms have popular notice because naval vessels attached the hangman's rope there for executions. A body hanging from a line at the yardarm would be over water, not the deck. The poo and **** would not foul the deck.
Running rigging from higher yards and sails in front a lower yard would impede that yard's ability to swing and pinch the sail.
It would no matter on a museum ship that is essentially a statue. It would require some special occasion for such a ship to even have enough manpower to set and furl even one sail - it seems to me.
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allanyed reacted to Jaager in Cannons on the HMS Beagle
Marquardt shows 6 long guns - 4 x 6lb 2x9lb 1x 6lb boat carronade on a turning base - forecastle. 1x 4lb Howitzer
The 6 long guns were trussed and on the main deck. No sign of a location for the Howitzer - it may have been stored below until required for use in what stood for the main launch.
The long guns were clutter and mostly in the way. Once England was out of site, I would consider parking them in the hold were I having FitzRoy's job. Running them out would be pointless. Any locals who might physically object to the English trespassers would probably find the carronade to be a sufficient discouragement.
The U.S.Ex.Ex. used a gun to measure distance when mapping. The home ship would fire a gun, someone on a launch would use a stopwatch to measure the difference between the flash and the sound. The carronade would be perfect if Beagle used this method.
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allanyed got a reaction from mtaylor in Cannons on the HMS Beagle
Maybe it's me but I think most models, both contemporary and modern, that have cannon show them run out. As she was not really a warship and never in battle it is not likely the guns were run out except for practice firing. I have no idea what pattern guns were used or if they were long guns or carronades, but there are a number of sources on how these were rigged as well as the sizes of the blocks and lines. There has been recent discussion on these at MSW. https://modelshipworld.com/topic/21776-carriage-gun-rigging/ Also keep in mind she had carronades early on and long guns sometime later.
For anyone interested in Beagle and Darwin, the following from the National Archives in Kew is a good listen
https://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/charles-darwin-and-the-beagle/#:~:text=She [the Beagle] was in,battle%2C
Allan
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allanyed reacted to AON in HMS VICTORY 1765 by albert - 1/48
I think it better for ventilation and drainage open.
A model of the Bellona has it open.
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allanyed reacted to wefalck in Material for small-scale oars
I think in Europe we get mainly birch. Steamed beech might be actually better, because it is very malleable.
I tend to hesitate to kind of disaggregate wood by squashing it, but making a sort of compound material with white glue as binder could be an idea to try out. Rather than hammering, I may try out the wire-rolling mill I recently acquired - just feeding it in over a certain length. As the distance between the rollers can be preset, it can be done in a controlled and repeatable way.
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allanyed got a reaction from mtaylor in Material for small-scale oars
Thanks T. I will try a few different species. Do you happen to know the type of wood you use? From what I can find on the internet it may be white birch. This is the same as often used for popsicle sticks and toothpicks in the US.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from mtaylor in Material for small-scale oars
I will be giving the stick hammering a try! Are the cocktail sticks bamboo? Thanks for sharing the idea!!
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from scrubbyj427 in HMS VICTORY 1765 by albert - 1/48
I was so tired of Victory builds, UNTIL NOW. Just tuned in and catching up. I love that it is the Victory when built in 1765 as it is rarely modeled as she looked then.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from Cathead in HMS Beagle by brunnels - OcCre - 1:60 - first build
Truly a lovely build for a first go! One thing for the future or maybe you could change now --in your photos the blocks appear to be upside down. The line would go over the sheave and under the crown, not under the sheave and over the tail.
The below is from another build, but shows what I mean.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from Keith Black in Material for small-scale oars
Thanks T. I will try a few different species. Do you happen to know the type of wood you use? From what I can find on the internet it may be white birch. This is the same as often used for popsicle sticks and toothpicks in the US.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from Keith Black in Material for small-scale oars
I will be giving the stick hammering a try! Are the cocktail sticks bamboo? Thanks for sharing the idea!!
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from KentM in LA CREOLE/ LA GUADELOUPE by matiz - 1:48 - by Tiziano Mainardi from Boudriot plans
I am always amazed and happy to see the exactness that you put into every part of your builds.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from Old Collingwood in HMS Echo by Hamilton - 1:48 - Admiralty Models - cross-section
Your idea of using a stiffer material is a great idea. I have used my machinist squares similar to your use of right angle acrylic plates. Looking forward to your progress.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from FriedClams in HMS VICTORY 1765 by albert - 1/48
I was so tired of Victory builds, UNTIL NOW. Just tuned in and catching up. I love that it is the Victory when built in 1765 as it is rarely modeled as she looked then.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from mtaylor in 1848 stage coach concord artrsania Latins
Welcome to Model SHIP World JF. Hopefully someone here will be able to give you some help, but this is a ship model group not a stage coach group so you may not get a ton of responses. We do have a forum here at MSW called Non-ship/categorised builds and there are stage coach builds posted there. https://modelshipworld.com/search/?q=stage coach&quick=1&type=forums_topic&nodes=73 You may want to post in the non categorised builds to get more viewers or contact the members that posted the stage coach projects. Hope someone here will be able to help you out.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from mtaylor in HMS Echo by Hamilton - 1:48 - Admiralty Models - cross-section
Your idea of using a stiffer material is a great idea. I have used my machinist squares similar to your use of right angle acrylic plates. Looking forward to your progress.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from Hubac's Historian in HMS VICTORY 1765 by albert - 1/48
I was so tired of Victory builds, UNTIL NOW. Just tuned in and catching up. I love that it is the Victory when built in 1765 as it is rarely modeled as she looked then.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from mtaylor in LA CREOLE/ LA GUADELOUPE by matiz - 1:48 - by Tiziano Mainardi from Boudriot plans
I am always amazed and happy to see the exactness that you put into every part of your builds.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from hamilton in HMS Echo by Hamilton - 1:48 - Admiralty Models - cross-section
Your idea of using a stiffer material is a great idea. I have used my machinist squares similar to your use of right angle acrylic plates. Looking forward to your progress.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from Baker in 1848 stage coach concord artrsania Latins
Welcome to Model SHIP World JF. Hopefully someone here will be able to give you some help, but this is a ship model group not a stage coach group so you may not get a ton of responses. We do have a forum here at MSW called Non-ship/categorised builds and there are stage coach builds posted there. https://modelshipworld.com/search/?q=stage coach&quick=1&type=forums_topic&nodes=73 You may want to post in the non categorised builds to get more viewers or contact the members that posted the stage coach projects. Hope someone here will be able to help you out.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from archjofo in LA CREOLE/ LA GUADELOUPE by matiz - 1:48 - by Tiziano Mainardi from Boudriot plans
I am always amazed and happy to see the exactness that you put into every part of your builds.
Allan
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allanyed reacted to hamilton in HMS Echo by Hamilton - 1:48 - Admiralty Models - cross-section
A small update - not much time this past week for modelling, unfortunately, but I have a short break from work over the weekend, so hopefully I'll be able to make some progress. Today, I spent a very short time putting together a simple jig for taking vertical measurements - it's just the profile drawing adhered to a piece of 3/4" plywood with a batten clamped along the line marking the bottom of the keel. I made some tick strips out of card, but I think I will take a different approach to transferring these marks - I have a number of right angle plates that I made from 1/8" acrylic some time ago and the taller of these can be used to transfer vertical measures to the model - instead of using tick strips on the drawing, I will use 1/4" masking tape which can then be fixed to the right angle plate itself - perhaps a more stable way of transferring the measures, but we'll see how it goes - I'm going to try to mark and file out the notches for the sweep port sills and lintels this weekend using this method.
hamilton
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allanyed got a reaction from Keith Black in 1848 stage coach concord artrsania Latins
Welcome to Model SHIP World JF. Hopefully someone here will be able to give you some help, but this is a ship model group not a stage coach group so you may not get a ton of responses. We do have a forum here at MSW called Non-ship/categorised builds and there are stage coach builds posted there. https://modelshipworld.com/search/?q=stage coach&quick=1&type=forums_topic&nodes=73 You may want to post in the non categorised builds to get more viewers or contact the members that posted the stage coach projects. Hope someone here will be able to help you out.
Allan
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